Distribution of the genus Boeckella (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida, Centropagidae)at high latitudes in South America and the main Antarctic biogeographic regions

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Maturana, Claudia S., Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Naretto, Javier, Convey, Peter, Poulin, Elie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Boeckella; Antarc*; Antarctica; Copepods
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520891/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520891/1/ZK_article_29614_en_1.pdf

Copepods are present in numerous aquatic environments, playing key roles in food webs, and are thought to be useful indicators of environmental change. Boeckella is a calanoid copepod genus distributed mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, with 14 species reported at higher southern latitudes in South...