HABITATS OF FISH AND EPIBENTHIC INVERTEBRATES IN FILDES BAY, KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA (17th Symposium on Polar Biology)

• Main Authors: サクライ ヒロシ, サトウ テツ, アライ ヒロシ, タカサキ アキノリ, タダ サトシ, ホリ ヒデマサ, キンパラ イサオ, マツヤマ トシキ, コダマ マサアキ, Hiroshi SAKURAI, Tetsu SATO, Hiroshi ARAI, Akinori TAKASAKI, Satoshi TADA, Hidemasa HORI, Isao KIMPARA, Toshiki MATSUYAMA, Masaaki KODAMA
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Proceeding 1996
• Subjects: Austral; King George Island; Fildes; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology; Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=5317; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00005317/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=5317&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

From 1991 to 1993 we conducted underwater observations on communities of fish and epibenthic invertebrates four times during the austral summer in Fildes Bay, King George Island Antarctica. We defined eight distinctive habitat types in the inshore areas (depths between 0 and 40 m), each having a characteristic community of fish and epibenthic invertebrates. Species compositions of animal communities varied according to the bottom substrates, depths and the presence or absence of macroalgal colonies. The habitat types of the major animal species are described, and characteristics of each habitat type and its faunal composition are noted.