Antarctic Ecosystems : an Extreme Environment in a Changing World / edited by Alex D. Rogers [and others].
"Since its discovery Antarctica has held a deep fascination for biologists. Extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation have lead to some of the most striking examples of natural selection and adaptation on Earth. Paradoxically, some of these adaptations may pose constraints on...
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Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Antarctic ecology in a changing world
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Conservation and management aspects
- Biogeography and regional classifications of Antarctica
- Conservation and management of Antarctic ecosystems.