Antarctic landfast sea ice (fast ice) is stationary sea ice that is attached to the coast,
grounded icebergs, ice shelves, or other protrusions on the continental shelf. Fast ice forms …

Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important and vulnerable to global drivers of
change, yet they remain challenging to study. Fish and squid make up a significant portion of …

A quantitative food web of the Ross Sea is presented here as a step towards investigating
ecosystem effects of the fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). The model …

Among the endemic notothenioid fish of Antarctica, the Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma
antarcticum) is the only species in which all developmental stages live throughout the water …

Antarctic marine ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and are
considered to be particularly sensitive because of the adaptation of most organisms to cold …

Abstract Literature on Ross Sea zooplankton is limited, although it is the most productive
system and has the highest biomass of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean. Energy …

Over the last half of the 20th century, the western Antarctic Peninsula has been one of the
most rapidly warming regions on Earth, leading to substantial reductions in regional sea ice …

The potential ecosystem effects of fishing for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in
the Ross Sea region were investigated. Mixed trophic impact analysis was applied to a …

Pleuragramma antarcticum is the dominant pelagic fish in the waters of the continental shelf
in high Antarctic regions, where it plays a key role in the food web. A nursery ground for …

Zooplankton is a fundamental group in aquatic ecosystems representing the base of the
food chain. It forms a link between the lower trophic levels with secondary consumers and …