A seasonally varying biotope at Signy Island, Antarctic: implications for meiofaunal structure

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Vanhove, S., Beghyn, M., Van Gansbeke, D., Bullough, L.W., Vincx, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Benthos; Biomass; Population density; Seasonal variations; Sediment analysis; Trophic relationships; Copepoda [copepods]; Nematoda [Nematodes]; Ostracoda; Antarctic; Factory Cove; Shallow Bay; Signy Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6138

Under the typical high-latitude conditions of temperature, productivity and settlement of chlorophyll and phaeophytin to the sediment, many benthic organisms in the Antarctic show strong seasonal variation. Although meiofauna comprise an important component of the southpolar benthic ecosystem, our k...