Benthic Assemblage Development and Larval Ecology of Marine Invertebrates at Adelaide Island, Antarctica |
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE STUDY AREA | 19 |
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abundance Adelaide Island analysis Anchorage Island Annellida Polychaeta Antarctic antarctica ascidian assemblage development asteroid benthic benthic assemblages benthos Brockington Bryozoa Gymnolaemata bryozoans Celleporella Chapter cheilostome bryozoans Clarke cm² Cnidaria colonisation comparisons coralline algae cyclostome bryozoans Demospongiae dispersal disturbance Echinodermata Ecology encrusting Exp Mar Biol Fenestrulina rugula Figure Gastropoda grazing growth rates Gymnolaemata habitats Hangar Cove indet invertebrates juvenile larvae larval development latitudes locations lower surfaces Mar Biol Ecol Mar Ecol-Prog marine invertebrates Nacella concinna natural substrata number of taxa Pearse photographic photoquadrats Phylum phytoplankton planktonic planktonic larvae planktotrophic plate surfaces polychaetes post-settlement predation present study recruiting to upper reproduction rocks Rothera Point Ryder Bay samples scales seabed seasonal sessile assemblages sessile taxa settlement plates Signy Island Solitary ascidian South Cove spatial species spirorbid polychaetes Sterechinus neumayeri substratum summer survey taxa recorded taxa recruiting taxon taxonomic total number undersurfaces upper surfaces urchin vagile taxa winter