期刊
POLAR BIOLOGY
卷 37, 期 12, 页码 1733-1740出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1557-z
关键词
Cnidaria hydrozoa; Abiotic factors; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Benthos; Diversity
资金
- Spanish MCYT funds [REN2003-01881/ANT]
- Antarctic Program of the Spanish Government [CGL2004-21066-E]
- Spanish MEC
- Spanish MCYT
- Spanish MCI
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [REN2003-01881/ANT, REN2001-1074/ANT, GLC2004-01856/ANT, CGL2004-04684/ANT, CTM2009-11128ANT]
Although scientific knowledge about the biodiversity of Antarctic benthic hydrozoans has considerably increased in recent years, little is known about their spatial distribution and underpinning factors. Trying to contribute to filling this gap, benthic hydroid spatial distribution in the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean) was studied. Samples were collected at 32 stations at depths between 86 and 3,304 m during Spanish Antarctic expeditions in 2003 and 2006. Sediments and bottom water properties were analyzed using an USNEL-type box corer and a Neil Brown Instrument System Mark III CTD, respectively. Forty species were reported (Acryptolaria sp., Stegopoma plicatile, Staurotheca dichotoma having the highest percentages of occurrence), representing ca. 19 % of the species richness of the known benthic hydroid fauna of the Southern Ocean. Three well-defined assemblages (shallow, deep and transitional) were established based on significant differences in species occurrence. Benthic hydroid spatial distribution in the Bellingshausen Sea seems to be controlled mainly by depth and substrate (most hydrozoan species are epibiotic), by species dispersal abilities and by species resilience to changing hydrodynamic conditions. The level of species richness found in the present study, compared with other Antarctic areas, gives support to arguments stated by authors against the idea that the Bellingshausen Sea is abenthos desert'' controlled by oligotrophic conditions and intense iceberg traffic.
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