Shallow-water mega-epibenthic communities in the high Antarctic (Weddell Sea) and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (Bellingshausen Sea)

• Main Author: Raguá Gil, Juana Marianne
• Other Authors: Arntz, Wolf E., Clarke, Andrew
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2004
• Subjects: Mega-epibenthos; Antarctica; Weddell Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Arctic; Marine biodiversity; Multivariate analyses; Underwater video; ROV; 32; ddc:32; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Atka; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/2050; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000010629

Continental shelves around Antarctica are unusual in being deep, and consequently shallow habitats at depths <150 m are scarce. In the Weddell Sea, only two shallow sites with water depths between 55 and 160 m are known (Atka Bay and a shallow bank off Four Seasons Inlet NE of Kapp Norvegia). In...