Biogeographic Patterns Among Deep-Sea Benthic Megafaunal Communities Across the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean)

• Main Author: Auscavitch, Steven R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2014
• Subjects: Benthic animals; Benthic plants; Drake Passage; Marine Biology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Horn; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2213; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3253&context=etd

The Southern Ocean has long been recognized as a biogeographic discontinuity for marine organisms. The Drake Passage, a region bounded by the South America shelf to the north and the Western Antarctic Peninsula to the south, represents a convergence of several biogeographic sub-regions, yet many ben...