Shallow Coastal Marine Fauna of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island Antarctica

Published: 1999-10-07

This dataset is a description of the shallow coastal marine fauna found in the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island area, Antarctica. The results are from various surveys in this region over a 12 month period in 1981-82, and a full listing of species (with photographs) is given in the documentation. It includes benthic, pelagic and planktonic organisms of the coast as well as those that inhabit the ice-water interface. More information can be found in ANARE Research Notes 55, A survey of the marine fauna in shallow coastal waters of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Islands, Antarctica. Tucker, M.J. and Burton, H.R. (1987)