Population structure and long-term decline in three species of heart urchins Abatus spp. near-shore in the Vestfold Hills region, East Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Carrea, C, Burridge, CP, King, CK, Miller, KJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2016
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Genetics; Genetics not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Territory; Davis Station; Davis-Station; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11573; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/107453

Patterns of fine-scale spatial population structure in Antarctic benthic species are poorly understood. There is a high proportion of brooding species in the Antarctic benthos, and a brooding life history strategy is expected to restrict their dispersal abilities and therefore foster population stru...