Antarctic shallow-water mega-epibenthos: shaped by circumpolar dispersion or local conditions?

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Raguá-Gil, J.M., Gutt, J., Clarke, A., Arntz, W.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2004
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Marguerite; Atka; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12350/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/y0havxd7b67cxrdq/fulltext.html

The mega-epibenthos of two different geographic areas, the Antarctic Peninsula and the high Antarctic (eastern Weddell Sea), were investigated using underwater video. The distribution of the marine fauna at shallow depths between 55 and 160 m in these two areas was investigated to determine whether...