Antarctic ecosystems : an extreme environment in a changing world / edited by Alex D. Rogers [and others]
"In this volume, published in association with the Royal Society, leading polar scientists present a synthesis of the latest research on the biological systems in Antarctica, covering organisms from microbes to vertebrate higher predators. This book comes at a time when new technologies and app...
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Antarctic ecology in a changing world
- Part 1. Terrestrial and freshwater habitats
- Spatial and temporal variability in terrestrial Antarctic biodiversity
- Global change in a low diversity ecosystem: the McMurdow dry valleys
- Antarctic lakes as models for the study of microbial biodiversity, biogeography and evolution
- Part 2. Marine habitats and regions
- The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula
- The marine system of the western Antarctic Peninsula
- Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem
- The Ross Sea continental shelf: regional biogeochemical cycles, trophic interactions, and potential future changes
- Pelagic ecosystems in the waters off east Antarctica (30° E-150° E)
- The dynamic mosaic
- Southern ocean deep benthic biodiversity
- Environmental forcing and southern ocean marine predator populations
- Part 3. Molecular adaptations and evolution
- Molecular ecophysiology of Antarctic notothenioid fishes
- Mechanisms defining thermal limits and adaptation in marine ectotherms: an integrative view
- Evolution and biodiversity of Antarctic organisms
- Part 4. Conservation and management aspects
- Biogeography and regional classifications of Antarctica
- Conservation and management of Antarctic ecosystems.