Suprabenthic assemblages from South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait (Antarctica): preliminary observations on faunistical composition, bathymetric and near-bottom distribution

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: San-Vicente, C. (Carlos), Ramos, A. (Ana), Jimeno, A. (Antonio), Sorbe, J.C. (Jean Claude)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10031; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050208

During austral summer 1995 suprabenthic assemblages were investigated at 24 stations located around Livingston Island, Deception Island and Bransfield Strait, at depths ranging from 45 to 650 m. Suprabenthos was collected on R/V Hesperides using a Macer-GIROQ sledge with an automatic opening and clo...