Zoobenthic biodiversity, biomass and abundance at Adelaide Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Barnes, David K.A., Brockington, Simon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2003
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Nacella; Adelaide Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12570/; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2003/249/m249p145.pdf

The waters surrounding Antarctica are amongst the most isolated large areas of continental shelf, cut off for about 15 to 30 million yr by both deep water and the oceanographic barrier of the Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ). Although certain taxa are notably absent, shelf seabed richness (of the mostly end...