New data on the taxonomic composition of macroinvertebrates in marine habitats from the Livingston Island, Antarctica

• Published in: ARPHA Conference Abstracts
• Main Authors: Kenderov,Lyubomir, Evtimova,Vesela, Mitov,Plamen, Apostolov,Apostol, Uzunova,Eliza, Kenderov,Marian
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: Maritime Antarctica; macrozoobenthos; meiobenthos; Parborlasia corrugatus; Barrukia cristata; Nacella concinna; Aequiyoldia eightsii; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Hannah; Hannah Point; Johnsons; Johnsons Dock; King George Island; Livingston Island; McIntosh; Nacella; Small Bay; South Bay; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Walker Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.2.e46493; https://aca.pensoft.net/article/46493/

Antarctic marine organisms are characterised by a significant level of endemism. This is due to geological, climatological and oceanographic reasons, such as the break-up of Antarctida from Gondwana during the Cretaceous; the formation of a circumpolar current; the extremely low water temperatures (...