Controls on faunal microdistribution and reproductive development in deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Antarctic

• Main Author: Marsh, Leigh
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Scotia Ridge; Galapagos; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363751/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363751/1/Leigh%2520Marsh%2520Thesis%25202014.pdf

There is no longer any part of the ocean that is inaccessible, however, spanning 361 million km2 across the earth's surface and, with approximately 50% of its volume at a depth greater than 2000 m, it is the very sheer size and complex nature of the deep ocean, that means it still remains one o...