Antarctic shallow suhtidal echinoderms: is the ecological success of broadcasters related to ice disturbance?

• Main Authors: Palma, Alvaro T., Poulin, Elie, Silva, Marcelo G., San Martín, Roberto B., Muñoz, Carlos, Díaz, Angie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER 2007
• Subjects: KING-GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH-SHETLAND ISLANDS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; BENTHIC COMMUNITY; ADELAIDE ISLAND; ABATUS-CORDATUS; MCMURDO SOUND; SEA; REPRODUCTION; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; King George Island; McMurdo Sound; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.captura.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2692

One characteristic pattern found in the marine Antarctic shallow environments is the unusually high proportion of species with protected and pelagic lecitotrophic development modes. However, species with planktotrophic development generally appear as the most conspicuous types of organisms in these...