Bioregionalization of the George V Shelf, East Antarctica  

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Beaman, R.J. | Harris, P.T.

Abstract

The East Antarctic continental shelf has had very few studies examining the macrobenthos structure or relating biological communities to the abiotic environment. In this study, we apply a hierarchical method of benthic habitat mapping to Geomorphic Unit and Biotope levels at the local (10s of kilometers) scale across the George V Shelf between longitudes 1421E and 1461E. We conducted a multi-disciplinary analysis of seismic profiles, multibeam sonar, oceanographic data and the results of sediment sampling to define geomorphology, surficial sediment and near-seabed water mass boundaries.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2005.04.013

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• External PublicationScientific Journal Paper

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• Antarctic data

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• marine

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• abiotic surrogates

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• Earth Sciences

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2005-01-01T00:00:00

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[-67.5, -65.0, 142.0, 146.0]

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