Polychaete assemblages of the northwestern Ross Sea shelf: worming out the environmental drivers of Antarctic macrobenthic assemblage composition

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Kröger, Kerstin, Rowden, Ashley A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Adare; Antarctic; Cape Adare; Cape Hallett; Hallett; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Iceberg*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/166267/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/166267/1/Kr%25C3%2583%25C2%25B6ger_%2526_Rowden_2008_Pol_Biol_.pdf

We have limited understanding of which environmental factors structure the distribution patterns and composition of Antarctic macrobenthos assemblages, and the spatial scales on which such factors operate. In 2004, the “BioRoss Survey” was conducted on the northwestern Ross Sea shelf between Cape Ad...