Marine Science Faculty Publications
Environmental Drivers of Benthic Communities and Habitat Heterogeneity on an East Antarctic Shelf
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102016000468
Abstract
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, and a range of other sessile and mobile taxa. The distribution of taxa was related (ρ=0.592, P
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Antarctic Science, v. 29, issue 1, p. 17-32
Scholar Commons Citation
Post, Alexandra L.; Lavoie, Caroline; Domack, Eugene W.; Leventer, Amy; Shevenell, Amelia E.; Fraser, Alexander D.; and NBP 14-02 SCIENCE TEAM, "Environmental Drivers of Benthic Communities and Habitat Heterogeneity on an East Antarctic Shelf" (2017). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 595.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/595
