The ecology of an assemblage dominant: the encrusting bryozoan Fenestrulina rugula

• Published in: Invertebrate Biology
• Main Authors: Barnes, David K.A., Clarke, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Microscopical Society 1998
• Subjects: Rothera; Adelaide Island; Rothera Point; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503898/; https://doi.org/10.2307/3227035

The cheilostome bryozoan Fenestrulina rugula is a major component of the encrusting fauna of physically disturbed shallow water habitats in Antarctica. On rocks collected from Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, F. rugula was the dominant occupier of space (88% of all bryozoans, 76% of all fauna), thoug...