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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Troncoso, Jesús S., Aldea, Cristian, Arnaud, Patrick, Ramos, Ana, García, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2007
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Peter I Island; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2021; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6226

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...