Ophiuroid community structure of the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Manjón-Cabeza, M.E. (María Eugenia), Ramos, A. (Ana)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Deception Island; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Trinity Island; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10084; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0539-3

During the BENTART 95 survey, epifauna was sampled with an Agassiz trawl at 24 stations ranging from north of Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands) to the Antarctic Peninsula at depths from 40 to 850 m. Four assemblages of ophiuroids were identified and correspond to Deception Island, Trinity I...