Ectosymbiosis associated with cidaroids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) promotes benthic colonization of the seafloor in the Larsen Embayments, Western Antarctica.

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Hardy, Clotilde, David, Bruno, Rigaud, Thierry, de Ridder, Chantal, Saucède, Thomas
• Other Authors: Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), This work is part of 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 2011
• Subjects: Antarctica; Cidaroid echinoids; Diversity; Larsen embayments; Symbiosis; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell; Atka; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00566572; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.025

7 pages International audience Ice-shelf collapses in the Larsen A and B embayments along the Weddell side of the Antarctic Peninsula resulted in new open-water areas that are likely reorganizing benthic communities. It is a natural laboratory to assess colonization of the sea bottom under new condi...