Aspects of the ecology of the Antarctic polychaete Scoloplos marginatus mcleani (Renham, 1921); family orbiniidae.

• Main Author: Hardy, Peter, Ph.D. (Leics.)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Signy Island; Midwinter; Small Rock; Borge; Factory Cove; Borge Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34097

The ecology and life history of the burrowing polychaete Scoloplos magginatus meleani were studied at two stations in Borge Bay, Signy Island (South Orkneys, B.A.T.) during 1969-72. S.m. meleani females spawned once annually, probably laying a single cocoon each during a three-six week period around...