Thoughts on controls on evolution and dispersal of benthos in the Magellan-Scotia Sea region: a workshop proposal

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Author: Thomson, Michael R.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; evolution; invertebrates; faunistic exchange; interdisciplinary perspectives; Antártida; evolución; invertebrados; intercambio faunístico; perspectivas interdisciplinarias; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Scotia Sea; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Magallanes; Cono; Antarc*; Antártica
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/337; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s2355

The Scotia Arc and the Scotia Sea comprise a geologically young feature of the Earth’s surface that evolved over the last 40 million years (Ma) or so, between the southern tip of South America and the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. With the notable exception of the much younger South Sandw...