Environmental Drivers of Benthic Communities and Habitat Heterogeneity on an East Antarctic Shelf

Alexandra L. Post; Caroline Lavoie; Eugene W. Domack; Amy Leventer; Amelia E Shevenell; Alexander D. Fraser

doi:10.1017/S0954102016000468

Environmental Drivers of Benthic Communities and Habitat Heterogeneity on an East Antarctic Shelf

Alexandra L. Post, Caroline Lavoie, Eugene W. Domack, Amy Leventer, Amelia E Shevenell, Alexander D. Fraser

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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

Original language	American English
Journal	Antarctic Science
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102016000468
State	Published - Feb 1 2017

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