Quantitative analysis of soft-bottom polychaetes of the Bellingshausen Sea and Gerlache Strait (Antarctica)

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作者
Parapar, J. [1 ]
Lopez, E. [2 ]
Gambi, M. C. [3 ]
Nunez, J. [4 ]
Ramos, A. [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ A Coruna, Fac Ciencias, Dept Bioloxia Anim, La Coruna 15008, Spain
[2] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Ciencias, Lab Biol Marina & Invertebrados, Dept Biol, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[3] Stn Zool A Dohrn, Lab Ecol Benthos, I-80077 Naples, Italy
[4] Univ La Laguna, Dept Biol Anim, E-38206 Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
[5] IEO Ctr Oceanog Vigo, Vigo 36200, Spain
关键词
Polychaetes; Soft bottoms; Benthos; Box-corer; Distribution; BENTART cruises; Antarctica; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; BAY ROSS SEA; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA; BENTHIC FAUNA; COMMUNITIES; PATTERNS; IMPACT; SHELF; BIODIVERSITY;
D O I
10.1007/s00300-010-0927-4
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The basin off the Bellingshausen Sea, in contrast to other better known areas such as the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross and Weddell Seas, has been little investigated due to remoteness and the prevalence of ice for most of the year. The present study focuses on an analysis of polychaetes collected from soft bottoms of this sea and off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (Gerlache Strait) by means of a box-corer (25 x 25 cm) in two intensive surveys carried out during austral summers of 2002-2003 and 2005-2006 (BENTART-03 and BENTART-06). Three different polychaete assemblages were determined from the classification and ordination analyses of sampling stations based on the Bray-Curtis similarity index. One group of stations encompassed the deep stations from the shelf of the Bellingshausen Sea, the second one the shallower stations from the same area and the third one those stations located near the coast of Peter I Island and Gerlache Strait, off the Antarctic Peninsula. The environmental variables involved in segregating these groups were several sedimentary features (redox potential, gravel content) and depth. The present study provides further support to previous ones that considered the shelf of the Bellingshausen Sea as a differentiated region within the Southern Ocean, clearly distinct to the adjacent Weddell and Scott Seas and the Antarctic Peninsula.
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页数:16
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