Environmental drivers of benthic communities and habitat heterogeneity on an East Antarctic shelf

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Post, AL, Lavoie, C, Domack, EW, Leventer, A, Shevenell, A, Fraser, AD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Univ Press 2017
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Antarctic; Sabrina Coast; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102016000468; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/113868

This study presents the first analysis of benthic megafauna and habitats from the Sabrina Coast shelf, encompassing a proposed Marine Protected Area. Sea bed imagery indicated an abundant benthic fauna compared to other parts of the Antarctic shelf, dominated by brittle stars, polychaete tubeworms,...