Faunal composition and community structure of the world\'s deepest whale-fall community: shedding light on the ecological role of Osedax (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae) and whale-fall biogeography

• Main Author: Lucas, Joan Manel Alfaro
• Other Authors: Sumida, Paulo Yukio Gomes
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2015
• Subjects: Osedax; Ambientes redutores; Biodiversidade; Carcaças de baleia; Hipótese das pedras de dispersão; Mar profundo; Stepping-stone hypothesis; Reducing environments; Deep-sea; Biodiversity; Whale fall; Alta; Antarctic; Nordeste; Pacific; Sigla; Stepping Stones; Antarc*; Antarctic Minke whale; Antártica; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; minke whale; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/21/21134/tde-20032016-201739/; https://doi.org/10.11606/D.21.2016.tde-20032016-201739

This study aims to describe the faunal composition and community structure of the world\'s deepest whale fall and the first found in the South Atlantic Ocean. This discovery adds very important data on the poorly known whale-fall biogeography and provides new insights on the ecological role of...