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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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Title

Benthic community productivity in the Magellan region and in the Weddell Sea

Abstract

Our comparison of macrobenthic biomass, production and productivity of the Magellan region (14 - 349 m water depth) and the Weddell Sea (132 - 548 m water depth) is based on multi box corer samples collected in both areas. Biomass is slightly but not significantly lower in the Magellan region (7.3 g C m^-2) than in the Weddell Sea (12.0 g C m^-2). Annual production and P/B ratio are higher in the Magellan region (5.1 g C m-2 y-1, 0.7 y-1) as compared to the Weddell Sea (3.6 g C m^-2 y^-1, 0.3 y^-1). In the Magellan region, Mollusca, Polychaeta and Arthropoda dominate benthic production, whereas in the Weddell Sea Polychaeta, Porifera and Echinodermata are the most productive taxa.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000085828800017

Bibliographic citation

Brey, T.; Gerdes, D. (1999). Benthic community productivity in the Magellan region and in the Weddell Sea. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 63(S1): 145-148. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1145

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

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open access

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true