Antarctic environmental change and biological responses
Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean are facing complex environmental change.
Their native biota has adapted to the region's extreme conditions over many millions of …
Their native biota has adapted to the region's extreme conditions over many millions of …
The physiology of climate change: how potentials for acclimatization and genetic adaptation will determine 'winners' and 'losers'
GN Somero - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Physiological studies can help predict effects of climate change through determining which
species currently live closest to their upper thermal tolerance limits, which physiological …
species currently live closest to their upper thermal tolerance limits, which physiological …
The cellular stress response and temperature: Function, regulation, and evolution
GN Somero - Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The cellular stress response (CSR) is critical for enabling organisms to cope with thermal
damage to proteins, nucleic acids, and membranes. It is a graded response whose …
damage to proteins, nucleic acids, and membranes. It is a graded response whose …
A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014
This paper presents the output of our fifth annual horizon-scanning exercise, which aims to
identify topics that increasingly may affect conservation of biological diversity, but have yet to …
identify topics that increasingly may affect conservation of biological diversity, but have yet to …
The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity
Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …
The physiology of global change: linking patterns to mechanisms
GN Somero - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Global change includes alterations in ocean temperature, oxygen availability, salinity, and
pH, abiotic variables with strong and interacting influences on the physiology of all taxa …
pH, abiotic variables with strong and interacting influences on the physiology of all taxa …
Antarctic marine biodiversity: adaptations, environments and responses to change
LS Peck - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares
many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading …
many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading …
Variation in the heat shock response and its implication for predicting the effect of global climate change on species' biogeographical distribution ranges and …
L Tomanek - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
The preferential synthesis of heat shock proteins (Hsps) in response to thermal stress [the
heat shock response (HSR)] has been shown to vary in species that occupy different thermal …
heat shock response (HSR)] has been shown to vary in species that occupy different thermal …
Diversity in the origins of proteostasis networks—a driver for protein function in evolution
ET Powers, WE Balch - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Although the sequence of a protein largely determines its function, proteins can adopt
different folding states in response to changes in the environment, some of which may be …
different folding states in response to changes in the environment, some of which may be …
Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: research priorities and opportunities
Abstract The west Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region has undergone significant changes in
temperature and seasonal ice dynamics since the mid-twentieth century, with strong impacts …
temperature and seasonal ice dynamics since the mid-twentieth century, with strong impacts …