Coscinodiscus bouvet Karsten - a distinctive diatom which may be an indicator of changes in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Priddle, Julian, Thomas, David P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1989
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Scotia Sea; Bransfield Strait; Bouvet; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521317/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00297171

The centric diatom Coscinodiscus bouvet Karsten is a distinctive Antaretic endemic species whose distribution can be assessed reliably from a large body of literature. It appears to be typically neritic, but has also been found as a dominant species in the Scotia Sea during the period of Discovery I...