Missing link in the Southern Ocean: sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote Bouvet Island

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Arntz, Wolf E., Thatje, Sven, Linse, Katrin, Avila, Conxita, Ballesteros, Manuel, Barnes, David K.A., Cope, Therese, Cristobo, Francisco J., De Broyer, Claude, Gutt, Julian, Isla, Enrique, Lopez-Gonzalez, Pablo, Montiel, Americo, Munilla, Tomas, Ramos Espla, Alfonso A., Raupach, Michael, Rauschert, Martin, Rodriguez, Estefania, Teixido, Nuria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2006
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Bouvetøya; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8

Bouvet (Bouvetøya) is a geologically young and very remote island just south of the Polar Front. Here we report samples taken during the RV “Polarstern" cruise ANTXXI/2 on 3 days in November 2003 and January 2004. This work was part of SCAR’s EASIZ programme and intended, by providing data on t...