Patterns and drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the kelp forests of southern Patagonia.

• Published in: Nanoscale Advances
• Main Authors: Alan M Friedlander, Enric Ballesteros, Jennifer E Caselle, Mathias Hüne, Alyssa M Adler, Enric Sala
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Cape Horn; Mitre; The Mitre; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279200; https://doaj.org/article/84c8b8e43dea4d5aaed904c9cd1bdc94

The kelp forests of southern Patagonia have a large diversity of habitats, with remote islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, gulfs, channels, and fjords, which are comprised of a mixture of species with temperate and sub-Antarctic distributions, creating a unique ecosystem that is among the least impac...