Marine richness and gradients at Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Barnes, David K.A., Linse, Katrin, Enderlein, Peter, Smale, Dan, Fraser, Keiron P.P., Brown, Matthew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Bellows; Deception Island; Fumarole Bay; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11390/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11390/1/download.pdf

Studies of the recovery of the fauna following the 1967-70 eruptions at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, have made it one of the best-studied marine sites of the Southern Ocean for biodiversity. Using SCUBA we surveyed the mega- and macro-epifauna of its subtidal zones in the entrance (Nept...