Application of the dendrite analysis in the discussion on the biogeography of the Antarctic

• Main Author: Siciński, Jacek
• Other Authors: University of Łódź, Institute of Environmental Biology, Department of General Zoology, Laboratory of Polar Biology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1986
• Subjects: Antarctica; biogeography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Lowry; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11089/17137

Paper received 20 October 1984. The method of construction and division of dendrites proposed by Florek et al. (1951) was used for defining of the Antarctic biojjeographic areas. The affinity matrices of Knox and Lowry (1977) resulting from the analysis of the distribution of Antarctic Polychaeta and Amphipoda were taken as a basis for dendrite construction The results of the present analysis are compared with the conclusions of these authors and similarities and differences are discussed on the background of the hitherto published biogeographic divisions of Antarctica.