Rhythms and clocks in marine organisms

NS Häfker, G Andreatta, A Manzotti… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The regular movements of waves and tides are obvious representations of the oceans'
rhythmicity. But the rhythms of marine life span across ecological niches and timescales …

The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles

EL Cavan, A Belcher, A Atkinson, SL Hill… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are swarming, oceanic crustaceans, up to two inches
long, and best known as prey for whales and penguins–but they have another important …

Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming

A Atkinson, SL Hill, EA Pakhomov, V Siegel… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
High-latitude ecosystems are among the fastest warming on the planet. Polar species may
be sensitive to warming and ice loss, but data are scarce and evidence is conflicting,–. Here …

Changing biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and its ecosystem implications

SF Henley, EL Cavan, SE Fawcett, R Kerr… - Frontiers in marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in regulating global climate as a major sink for
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), and in global ocean biogeochemistry by supplying …

Battery-free wireless imaging of underwater environments

SS Afzal, W Akbar, O Rodriguez, M Doumet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Imaging underwater environments is of great importance to marine sciences, sustainability,
climatology, defense, robotics, geology, space exploration, and food security. Despite …

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 …

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 …

Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: present knowledge and future challenges

M Vernet, W Geibert, M Hoppema… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Evidence for the impact of climate change on primary producers in the Southern Ocean

MH Pinkerton, PW Boyd, S Deppeler… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Within the framework of the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean
(MEASO), this paper brings together analyses of recent trends in phytoplankton biomass …