Benthic primary production and respiration of shallow rocky habitats: a case study from South Bay (Doumer Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Rovelli, Lorenzo, Attard, Karl M., Cárdenas, César A., Glud, Ronnie N.
• Other Authors: Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Tvärminne Benthic Ecology Team, Marine Ecosystems Research Group, Tvärminne Zoological Station
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: ADELAIDE ISLAND; Aquatic eddy covariance; Base Yelcho; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; Community oxygen exchange; Doumer Island; EDDY-CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS; ICE SCOUR DISTURBANCE; KING-GEORGE ISLAND; ORKNEY ISLANDS; PERMEABLE SEDIMENTS; POTTER COVE; SEASONAL RATES; SIGNY ISLAND; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; 1172 Environmental sciences; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Potter Cove; Signy Island; Adelaide Island; South Bay; Yelcho; Doumer; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305779

Rocky benthic communities are common in Antarctic coastal habitats; yet little is known about their carbon turnover rates. Here, we performed a broad survey of shallow ( < 65 m depth) rocky ice-scoured habitats of South Bay (Doumer Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula), combining (i) biodiversity...