Antarctic patterns of shallow subtidal habitat and inhabitants in Wilke' s Land

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Johnston, E., Connell, S., Irving, A., Pile, A., Gillanders, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2007
• Subjects: Rocky-coast; Macroalgae; Invertebrates; Ice-cover; Antarctica; community structure; Ice-sheets; Antarctic; Austral; Coast Island; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/36269; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0237-z

Studies of east Antarctic marine assemblages on hard substrata are rare. In relation to sea-ice breakout, we assessed benthic patterns of habitat and inhabitants between islands and bays at each of two depths (6 and 12 m) across the Windmill Islands coast. Island sites experience sea-ice breakout in...