Quantitative analysis of soft-bottom polychaetes of the Bellingshausen Sea and Gerlache Strait (Antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Parapar, J. (Julio), López-Díaz, E. (Eduardo), Gambi, M.C. (María Cristina), Núñez, J. (Jorge), Ramos, A. (Ana)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2010
• Subjects: Polychaetes; Soft bottoms; Benthos; Box-corer; Distribution; BENTART cruises; Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Bellingshausen Sea; Bray; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Peter I Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7893; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0927-4

The basin off the Bellingshausen Sea, in contrast to other better known areas such as the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross and Weddell Seas, has been little investigated due to remoteness and the prevalence of ice for most of the year. The present study focuses on an analysis of polychaetes collecte...