Scleractinian Corals as an Indicator of Vertical Density of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

The article presents data indicating the relationship of the bathymetric distribution of solitary endemic scleractinian corals inhabiting the Antarctic continental shelf and upper continental slope with the vertical density of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The study is based on materials collec...

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Published in:Oceanology (Washington. 1965) 2022-02, Vol.62 (1), p.93-97
Main Authors: Keller, N. B., Oskina, N. S., Olshanetskiy, D. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Continental shelves
Continental slope
Corals
Density
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Endemic species
Expeditions
Marine Biology
Multiship expeditions
Neogene
Oceanography
Oceans
Pleistocene
Polar environments
Vertical distribution
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Summary:The article presents data indicating the relationship of the bathymetric distribution of solitary endemic scleractinian corals inhabiting the Antarctic continental shelf and upper continental slope with the vertical density of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The study is based on materials collected by expeditions of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO RAS) and the literature data. The results show that endemic species that appeared in the Late Neogene and Pleistocene were unable to propagate across other oceans due to the existing horizontal and vertical density of the Arctic Circumpolar Current during that period.
ISSN:0001-4370
1531-8508
DOI:10.1134/S0001437022010064