Antarctic marine biodiversity and deep-sea hydrothermal vents

• Published in: PLoS Biology
• Main Author: Chown, S.L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; East Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/120042

The diversity of many marine benthic groups is unlike that of most other taxa. Rather than declining from the tropics to the poles, much of the benthos shows high diversity in the Southern Ocean. Moreover, many species are unique to the Antarctic region. Recent work has shown that this is also true...