Quantitative analysis of soft-bottom molluscs in the Bellingshausen Sea and around Peter I Island

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Troncoso, J.S. (Jesús), Aldea, C. (Cristian), Arnaud, P. (Patrick), Ramos, A. (Ana), García, F. (Francisco)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2007
• Subjects: Soft-bottom; Molluscs; Bellingshausen Sea; Peter I Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Bray; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7546; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00033.x

Macrobenthic soft-bottom molluscs were sampled in 30 stations located in the Bellingshausen Sea at depths ranging from 90 to 3304 m. The samples were collected using a quantitative grab box-corer during the cruises BENTART 03, from 24 January to 3 March 2003, and BENTART 06, from 2 January to 16 Feb...