Assemblages of necrophagous animals off Enderby Land, east Antarctica
Takeuchi, I.; Watanabe, K.; Tanimura, A.; Fukuchi, M. (2002). Assemblages of necrophagous animals off Enderby Land, east Antarctica, in: Arntz, W.E. et al. (Ed.) Ecological studies in the Antarctic sea ice zone: results of EASIZ Midterm Symposium. pp. 97-103 In: Arntz, W.E.; Clarke, A. (Ed.) (2002). Ecological studies in the Antarctic sea ice zone: Results of EASIZ Midterm Symposium. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 3-540-43218-3. 277 pp., more Related to:Takeuchi, I.; Watanabe, K.; Tanimura, A.; Fukuchi, M. (2001). Assemblages of necrophagous animals off Enderby Land, east Antarctica. Polar Biol. 24(9): 650-656. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003000100264, more |
| Keywords | Abundance
Aquatic organisms > Heterotrophic organisms > Scavengers
Composition > Community composition
Spatial distribution
Eurythenes gryllus (Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822) [WoRMS]; Natatolana meridionalis (Hodgson, 1910) [WoRMS]; Pseudorchomene coatsi (Chilton, 1912) [WoRMS]
PSE, Antarctica, Enderby Land [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Takeuchi, I.
- Watanabe, K.
- Tanimura, A.
- Fukuchi, M.
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| Abstract | A hyperbenthic baited trap was deployed at three sites in Lützow-Holm Bay and off Enderby Land, Antarctica, in the 1993/1994 summer to investigate the species composition, distribution, and abundance of necrophagous animals. The trap consisted of four chambers, with a length of 100 cm and a diameter of 38 cm. The sample at the abyssal site, 3,186 m deep, contained 74 individuals of 6 species, completely different from that at the other 2 sites on the continental shelf; it was dominated by the large amphipod Eurythenes gryllus, a cosmopolitan species recorded from bathyal to abyssal depths. The species composition of the continental shelf sites, 93-137 individuals of 10-12 species, was dominated by species endemic to Antarctica, such as the small amphipod Pseudorchomene coatsi and the isopod Natatolana meridionalis; in these continental shelf sites, a high degree of species diversity was observed. |
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