Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos

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Boltovskoy, Demetrio; Correa, Nancy; Boltovskoy, Andrés
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2005
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In total, ca. 7000 zooplanktonic species have been described for the World Ocean. This figure represents less than 4% of the total number of known marine organisms. Of the 7000 zooplanktonic species world-wide, some 60% are present in the South Atlantic; about one third of the latter have been recorded in its Subantarctic waters, and ca. 20% south of the Polar Front. When compared with those of benthic animals, these figures indicate that proportions of the overall inventories that are present in the cold waters are almost two times higher among the zooplankton. In agreement with this pattern, the proportions of Antarctic endemics in the benthos are very significantly higher than those in the plankton. For the water-column dwelling animals, the Polar Front boundary is more important than the Tropical-Subtropical limit, but almost equivalent to the Subtropical-Transitional limit, and weaker in biogeographic terms than the Transitional-Subantarctic boundary. Some of the implications of these dissimilarities, both for ecological theory and for resource allocation strategies, are discussed.
Para el Océano Mundial se ha descrito un total de 7000 especies de zooplancton. Esta cifra representa menos del 4% de los organismos marinos conocidos. De las 7000 especies zooplanctónicas del mundo, cerca del 60% está presente en el Atlántico Sur. De este 60%, alrededor de un tercio fueron registradas en aguas subantárticas, y ca. 20% al sur del Frente Polar. La comparación de estos valores con los de los animales bentónicos indica que, con respecto al total de especies descritas, en el zooplancton la proporción que habita las aguas frías duplica a las del bentos. En concordancia con ello, la proporción de endemismos es mucho más alta en el bentos que en el plancton. Para los animales que habitan la columna de agua la barrera del Frente Polar es más importante que el Límite Tropical-Subtropical, pero casi igual que el Límite Subtropical-Transición, y menos importante en términos biogeográficos que el Límite Transición-Subantártico. Se discuten algunas implicaciones de estas diferencias en términos de teoría ecológica y de las estrategias de distribución de los recursos.
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spelling Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthosDiversidad y endemismo en las aguas frías del Atlántico sur: contrastes entre el plancton y el bentosBoltovskoy, DemetrioCorrea, NancyBoltovskoy, AndrésCiencias NaturalesEcologíabiodiversitybiogeographyzooplanktonbenthosAntarcticSubantarcticbiodiversidadBiogeografíazooplanctonbentosAntártidasubantárticoIn total, ca. 7000 zooplanktonic species have been described for the World Ocean. This figure represents less than 4% of the total number of known marine organisms. Of the 7000 zooplanktonic species world-wide, some 60% are present in the South Atlantic; about one third of the latter have been recorded in its Subantarctic waters, and ca. 20% south of the Polar Front. When compared with those of benthic animals, these figures indicate that proportions of the overall inventories that are present in the cold waters are almost two times higher among the zooplankton. In agreement with this pattern, the proportions of Antarctic endemics in the benthos are very significantly higher than those in the plankton. For the water-column dwelling animals, the Polar Front boundary is more important than the Tropical-Subtropical limit, but almost equivalent to the Subtropical-Transitional limit, and weaker in biogeographic terms than the Transitional-Subantarctic boundary. Some of the implications of these dissimilarities, both for ecological theory and for resource allocation strategies, are discussed.Para el Océano Mundial se ha descrito un total de 7000 especies de zooplancton. Esta cifra representa menos del 4% de los organismos marinos conocidos. De las 7000 especies zooplanctónicas del mundo, cerca del 60% está presente en el Atlántico Sur. De este 60%, alrededor de un tercio fueron registradas en aguas subantárticas, y ca. 20% al sur del Frente Polar. La comparación de estos valores con los de los animales bentónicos indica que, con respecto al total de especies descritas, en el zooplancton la proporción que habita las aguas frías duplica a las del bentos. En concordancia con ello, la proporción de endemismos es mucho más alta en el bentos que en el plancton. Para los animales que habitan la columna de agua la barrera del Frente Polar es más importante que el Límite Tropical-Subtropical, pero casi igual que el Límite Subtropical-Transición, y menos importante en términos biogeográficos que el Límite Transición-Subantártico. Se discuten algunas implicaciones de estas diferencias en términos de teoría ecológica y de las estrategias de distribución de los recursos.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo2005info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf17-26http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/190018enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1886-8134info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s217info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2026-02-26T11:39:41Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/190018Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292026-02-26 11:39:41.55SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
Diversidad y endemismo en las aguas frías del Atlántico sur: contrastes entre el plancton y el bentos
title Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
spellingShingle Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
Boltovskoy, Demetrio
Ciencias Naturales
Ecología
biodiversity
biogeography
zooplankton
benthos
Antarctic
Subantarctic
biodiversidad
Biogeografía
zooplancton
bentos
Antártida
subantártico
title_short Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
title_full Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
title_fullStr Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
title_full_unstemmed Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
title_sort Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Boltovskoy, Demetrio
Correa, Nancy
Boltovskoy, Andrés
author Boltovskoy, Demetrio
author_facet Boltovskoy, Demetrio
Correa, Nancy
Boltovskoy, Andrés
author_role author
author2 Correa, Nancy
Boltovskoy, Andrés
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Ecología
biodiversity
biogeography
zooplankton
benthos
Antarctic
Subantarctic
biodiversidad
Biogeografía
zooplancton
bentos
Antártida
subantártico
topic Ciencias Naturales
Ecología
biodiversity
biogeography
zooplankton
benthos
Antarctic
Subantarctic
biodiversidad
Biogeografía
zooplancton
bentos
Antártida
subantártico
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In total, ca. 7000 zooplanktonic species have been described for the World Ocean. This figure represents less than 4% of the total number of known marine organisms. Of the 7000 zooplanktonic species world-wide, some 60% are present in the South Atlantic; about one third of the latter have been recorded in its Subantarctic waters, and ca. 20% south of the Polar Front. When compared with those of benthic animals, these figures indicate that proportions of the overall inventories that are present in the cold waters are almost two times higher among the zooplankton. In agreement with this pattern, the proportions of Antarctic endemics in the benthos are very significantly higher than those in the plankton. For the water-column dwelling animals, the Polar Front boundary is more important than the Tropical-Subtropical limit, but almost equivalent to the Subtropical-Transitional limit, and weaker in biogeographic terms than the Transitional-Subantarctic boundary. Some of the implications of these dissimilarities, both for ecological theory and for resource allocation strategies, are discussed.
Para el Océano Mundial se ha descrito un total de 7000 especies de zooplancton. Esta cifra representa menos del 4% de los organismos marinos conocidos. De las 7000 especies zooplanctónicas del mundo, cerca del 60% está presente en el Atlántico Sur. De este 60%, alrededor de un tercio fueron registradas en aguas subantárticas, y ca. 20% al sur del Frente Polar. La comparación de estos valores con los de los animales bentónicos indica que, con respecto al total de especies descritas, en el zooplancton la proporción que habita las aguas frías duplica a las del bentos. En concordancia con ello, la proporción de endemismos es mucho más alta en el bentos que en el plancton. Para los animales que habitan la columna de agua la barrera del Frente Polar es más importante que el Límite Tropical-Subtropical, pero casi igual que el Límite Subtropical-Transición, y menos importante en términos biogeográficos que el Límite Transición-Subantártico. Se discuten algunas implicaciones de estas diferencias en términos de teoría ecológica y de las estrategias de distribución de los recursos.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description In total, ca. 7000 zooplanktonic species have been described for the World Ocean. This figure represents less than 4% of the total number of known marine organisms. Of the 7000 zooplanktonic species world-wide, some 60% are present in the South Atlantic; about one third of the latter have been recorded in its Subantarctic waters, and ca. 20% south of the Polar Front. When compared with those of benthic animals, these figures indicate that proportions of the overall inventories that are present in the cold waters are almost two times higher among the zooplankton. In agreement with this pattern, the proportions of Antarctic endemics in the benthos are very significantly higher than those in the plankton. For the water-column dwelling animals, the Polar Front boundary is more important than the Tropical-Subtropical limit, but almost equivalent to the Subtropical-Transitional limit, and weaker in biogeographic terms than the Transitional-Subantarctic boundary. Some of the implications of these dissimilarities, both for ecological theory and for resource allocation strategies, are discussed.
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