Environmental control on the structure of echinoid assemblages in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica).

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Moya, Francina, Saucède, Thomas, Manjón-Cabeza, Maria Eugenia
• Other Authors: Centre of Malaga, Spanish Oceanographic Institute, Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Animal Biology, Universidad de Málaga Málaga = University of Málaga Málaga, Study supported by the Spanish MCYT funds (projects: REN2001-1074/ANT, REN2003--01881/ANT, GLC2004-01856/ANT and CGL2004-04684/ANT), by the Antarctic Program CGL2004-21066-E of the Spanish Government, by the BIANZO I and II projects supported by the Belgian Science Policy (PADDII projects)., ANR-07-BLAN-0213,ANTFLOCKS,ANTARCTIC SHELF AS A SPECIES FLOCKS GENERATOR(2007)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Benthos; Diversity; Echinodermata; Echinoidea; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; Peter I Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00732419; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1176-5

15 pages International audience The Bellingshausen Sea is one of the most remote and least surveyed seas of the Southern Ocean, so that little was known about benthic communities and those factors that determine community structuring until recently. The present work aims at characterizing the struct...