A most isolated benthos: coastal bryozoans of Bouvet Island

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: Barnes, David K.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2006
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0015-3

Bouvet Island is, uniquely, thousands of km from the next nearest land, even other islands. Its Southern Ocean location, isolation and the exposure of its surrounding cliffs have resulted in only rare visits by ship and its coastal marine fauna is little known. For animal taxa with non-pelagic larva...