Spatial and Vertical Distribution of Benthic Littoral Communities in Terra Nova Bay

Cattaneo‐Vietti, Riccardo; Chiantore, M.; Gambi, María Cristina; Albertelli, Giancarlo; Cormaci, Mario; Geronimo, I. Di

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“…Despite their diversity and the important role they play in Southern Ocean benthic communities, studies on Antarctic assemblages are scarce. Usually, Amphipoda have been treated as a part of the whole zoobenthos, or studies examined only the shallow sublittoral (Lowry 1975, Beckley & Branch 1992, Gambi et al 1994, Cattaneo-Vietti et al 2000, Arntz et al 2006.…”

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Soft bottom sublittoral amphipod fauna of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic

Jażdżewska

2011

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The present analysis is based on 140 quantitative samples collected from depths of 20 to 500 m in the central basin of Admiralty Bay and its inner shallow area, Ezcurra Inlet. One hundred and twenty species were identified, of which 47 species were new for Admiralty Bay. Mean density of crustaceans decreased with depth. Highest species richness was observed at depths of 50 -100 m. Historical data and present investigations revealed distinct differences in the amphipod assemblages at different depths. In the subtidal zone, Gondogeneia antarctica was the dominant species; in the shallow sublittoral (down to ca 50 m) Prostebbingia gracilis and Hippomedon kergueleni played an important role. Below 50 m, the importance of phoxocephalid species increased.

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Soft bottom sublittoral amphipod fauna of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic

Jażdżewska

2011

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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“…Often previous sampling was centred on certain benthic groups such as Amphipoda, Mollusca, Polychaeta, and Porifera (e.g. Dayton 1972;Stockton 1984;Gambi et al 1997;Knox and Cameron 1998;Cattaneo-Vietti et al 1999;Cantone et al 2000).…”

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Distribution and composition of macrozoobenthic communities along a Victoria-Land Transect (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

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The Victoria-Land Transect project onboard the Italian research vessel ''Italica'' in February 2004, was a large-scale attempt to obtain benthic samples of smaller macrozoobenthic specimens systematically along a latitudinal and a depth transect along the VictoriaLand coast. Data presented from this survey are based on Rauschert dredge samples, which were taken at four areas at depth ranging from 84 to 515 m. A cluster analysis based on relative numbers of abundance was performed and demonstrated a change in community structure depending on the location along the latitudinal transect. A change in community structure with depth was not recorded. Dominant taxa of the Ross Sea fauna along the Victoria-Land coast were the Arthropoda (65.7%), followed by Annelida (20.7%), Mollusca (9.6%) and Echinodermata (2.5%). Total number of abundance decreased with depth with an exception at Cape Russell, whereas a trend in biomass was not documented. Abundance and biomass proportions of major taxa changed gradually along the latitudinal transect.

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“…The shallowest subtidal zone is inhabited by a small group of very abundant species (Gambi et al 1994;Cattaneo-Vietti et al 2000;Jazdzewski et al 2001;Siciński et al 2011). Below this zone shallow sublittoral (5-50 m) assemblage is present-the diversity increases but the abundance diminishes.…”

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“…There are no similar analyses proving the usefulness of these methods with respect to the Antarctic benthos; however, the majority of papers describing the Southern Ocean communities are based on higher level identification or identification of only the most dominant taxa. Rare ecological studies, where amphipods were identified to the species level, concern mainly shallow sublittoral assemblages (Lowry 1975;Richardson and Hedgpeth 1977;Jażdżewski et al 1991a, b;Rauschert 1991;Gambi et al 1994;Cattaneo-Vietti et al 2000;Arntz et al 2006;Aumack et al 2011;Siciński et al 2012;Martín et al 2016). Last years have brought new investigations where the bathyal and abyssal Antarctic fauna was studied, confirming high abundance and diversity of amphipod crustaceans and consequently their importance also in deep-sea communities (e.g.…”

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Assemblages and habitat preferences of soft bottom Antarctic Amphipoda: Admiralty Bay case study

Jażdżewska

Siciński

2017

Polar Biol

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Spatial and Vertical Distribution of Benthic Littoral Communities in Terra Nova Bay

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Soft bottom sublittoral amphipod fauna of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic

Soft bottom sublittoral amphipod fauna of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctic

Distribution and composition of macrozoobenthic communities along a Victoria-Land Transect (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Assemblages and habitat preferences of soft bottom Antarctic Amphipoda: Admiralty Bay case study

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