Recent ostracods in surface sediment samples from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica

Ostracods from Admiralty Bay on King George Island (South Shetland Islands) represent 29 podocopid species, belonging to 19 genera, one cladocopid and six myodocopid species. They were recovered from Recent marine and/or glacio-marine sediment samples from water depths of up to 520 m. These ostracod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Majewski, Wojciech, Olempska, Ewa
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2007
Subjects:
Admiralty_Bay
King George Island
Antarctic Peninsula
MULT
Multiple investigations
Antarctic
The Antarctic
West Antarctica
South Shetland Islands
Admiralty Bay
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Research
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.667645
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667645
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Summary:Ostracods from Admiralty Bay on King George Island (South Shetland Islands) represent 29 podocopid species, belonging to 19 genera, one cladocopid and six myodocopid species. They were recovered from Recent marine and/or glacio-marine sediment samples from water depths of up to 520 m. These ostracods constitute a variable assemblage, which is overall typical for the Antarctic environment. Shallow-water assemblages tend to be more variable in terms of frequencies and species richness than deep-water assemblages. The later are low in numbers and remain relatively high diversities. Overall, no linear relation between ostracod assemblage-composition and environmental features analyzed was recognized.

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