Distinct or similar? Soft bottom polychaete diversity in Arctic and Antarctic glacial fjords

• Main Authors: Pabis, Krzysztof, Kędra, Monika, Gromisz, Sławomira
• Other Authors: Pabis Krzysztof, University of Lodz, Laboratory of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology, Kędra Monika, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN), Gromisz Sławomira, National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, [e-mail]
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing AG 2014
• Subjects: Polychaeta; Fjords; Polar regions; Diversity; Svalbard; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic; Arctic; Ezcurra; Ezcurra Inlet; Hornsund; Van Veen; Antarc*; International Polar Year
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11089/9914

The main aim of this study was to compare the polychaete communities in two similar polar areas: an Arctic fjord, Hornsund (Svalbard) and an Antarctic fjord, Ezcurra Inlet (South Shetlands). This is the first attempt to compare Arctic and Antarctic diversity based on fully comparable datasets. Forty...