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Science 2 February 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4379, pp. 447 - 449
DOI: 10.1126/science.203.4379.447
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Life Below the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

JERE H. LiPPS 1, T. E. RONAN JR. 2, and T. E. DELACA 3

1 Department of Geology and Institute of Ecology, University of California, Davis 95616
2 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
3 Department of Geology and Institute of Ecology, University of California, Davis

Samples and observations under 420 meters of ice and 430 kilometers from the open sea on the Ross Ice Shelf at a water depth of 597 meters revealed an unusual assemblage of benthic organisms. Scavenging amphipods, an isopod, and fish were present but a living infauna was absent. The observations may be accounted for by sampling or spatial bias, or by extremely low or fluctuating trophic resources.

Submitted on August 23, 1978


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