Antarctic ecosystems in transition–life between stresses and opportunities

J Gutt, E Isla, JC Xavier, BJ Adams, IY Ahn… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of
environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 …

Emerging themes in population consequences of disturbance models

KA Keen, RS Beltran, E Pirotta… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Assessing the non-lethal effects of disturbance from human activities is necessary for wildlife
conservation and management. However, linking short-term responses to long-term impacts …

Cross-chapter paper 6: Polar regions

AJ Constable, S Harper, J Dawson, K Holsman… - IPCC AR WGII, 2022 - epic.awi.de
The polar regions, notably the Arctic and maritime Antarctic, are experiencing impacts from
climate change at magnitudes and rates that are among the highest in the world, and will …

[HTML][HTML] Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change

RD Cavanagh, J Melbourne-Thomas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale.
Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the …

[HTML][HTML] Status, change, and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean

NM Johnston, EJ Murphy, A Atkinson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the Southern Ocean, several zooplankton taxonomic groups, euphausiids, copepods,
salps and pteropods, are notable because of their biomass and abundance and their roles …

Heat tolerance of marine ectotherms in a warming Antarctica

AN Molina, JM Pulgar, EL Rezende… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is affecting the Antarctic continent in complex ways. Because Antarctic
organisms are specialized to living in the cold, they are vulnerable to increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems

EJ Murphy, NM Johnston, EE Hofmann… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important. Processes in the Antarctic atmosphere,
cryosphere, and the Southern Ocean directly influence global atmospheric and oceanic …

Antarctic climate change and the environment: A decadal synopsis and recommendations for action

SL Chown, RI Leihy, TR Naish, CM Brooks, P Convey… - 2022 - ro.uow.edu.au
Scientific evidence is abundantly clear and convincing that due to the current trajectory of
human-derived emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the atmosphere and ocean …

Massive circumpolar biomass of Southern Ocean zooplankton: Implications for food web structure, carbon export, and marine spatial planning

G Yang, A Atkinson, EA Pakhomov… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid, sector‐specific climatic changes impacting the Southern Ocean, we need
circumpolar‐scale biomass data of its plankton taxa to improve food web models, blue …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic interactions and possible combined biological effects in Antarctic marine ecosystems

R Bargagli, E Rota - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plastic pollution is spreading worldwide and a growing number of reports
point to the presence of plastic waste and microplastics in Antarctic marine ecosystems …