Kerguelen Islands: a living laboratory to understand the benthic biodiversity of the Antarctic

• Main Authors: Feral, Jean-Pierre, Poulin, Elie
• Other Authors: Diversité, évolution et écologie fonctionnelle marine (DIMAR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular (LEM), Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Guy Duhamel & Dirk C. Welsford
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: Brooding invertebrates; Coastal communities; Southern ocean; Biodiversity; reproduction mode; dispersal; connectivity; marine functional ecology and evolution; Biodiversité; écosystèmes côtiers; Océan Austral; mode de reproduction; dispersion; connectivité; évolution et écologie fonctionnelle marine; geo; envir; Antarctic; Austral; Îles Kerguelen; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Kerguelen Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01790635/file/2011_F%C3%A9ral_Kerguelen%20Plateau_pr_Kerguelen%20Islands-%20a%20living%20laboratory%20to%20understand%20the%20benthic%20biodiversity%20of%20the%20Antarctic.pdf; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01790635

International audience The high proportion of brooding (50 to 70% depending on phyla) compared with broadcaster species among invertebrates living along the coast of the Southern ocean has been traditionally interpreted as an adaptation to local environmental conditions. Currently, however, species...