Compositional Differences in the Habitat-Forming Bryozoan Communities of the Antarctic Shelf

In some areas of the Antarctic shelf, bryozoans are abundant, acting as ecosystem engineers creating secondary structures with wide benthic coverage and harboring numerous other species. As the combined forces of global warming and ocean acidification threaten these habitats, we measured the composi...

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Main Authors: Scott Santagata, Veronica Ade, Andrew R. Mahon, Phillip A. Wisocki, Kenneth M. Halanych
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00116/full