Senckenberg am Meer

Infaunal polychaete communities from continental shelf areas around the Antarctic Peninsula and the Filchner Trough region (Weddell Sea)

Abstract Polychaetes are a dominant and functionally diverse infaunal group of marine soft-bottom ecosystems. Yet their diversity in the Weddell Sea remains poorly known. We investigated the composition of polychaete communities (taxonomic and functional identity) in two key regi...