Antarctic futures: an assessment of climate-driven changes in ecosystem structure, function, and service provisioning in the Southern Ocean

AD Rogers, BAV Frinault, DKA Barnes… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
In this article, we analyze the impacts of climate change on Antarctic marine ecosystems.
Observations demonstrate large-scale changes in the physical variables and circulation of …

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 …

Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats

Y Ropert-Coudert, A Chiaradia, D Ainley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Penguins face a wide range of threats. Most observed population changes have been
negative and have happened over the last 60 years. Today, populations of 11 penguin …

Update on the global abundance and distribution of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua)

R Herman, A Borowicz, M Lynch, P Trathan, T Hart… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Though climate change is widely known to negatively affect the distribution and abundance
of many species, few studies have focused on species that may benefit. Gentoo Penguin …

Reconsidering connectivity in the sub‐A ntarctic

KL Moon, SL Chown, CI Fraser - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme and remote environments provide useful settings to test ideas about the ecological
and evolutionary drivers of biological diversity. In the sub‐A ntarctic, isolation by geographic …

Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula

SJ Roberts, P Monien, LC Foster, J Loftfield… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in penguin populations on the Antarctic Peninsula have been linked to
several environmental factors, but the potentially devastating impact of volcanic activity has …

Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins

TL Cole, L Dutoit, N Dussex, T Hart… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Climate shifts are key drivers of ecosystem change. Despite the critical importance of
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean for global climate, the extent of climate-driven ecological …

Comparative population genomics reveals key barriers to dispersal in Southern Ocean penguins

GV Clucas, JL Younger, D Kao, L Emmerson… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms that determine patterns of species dispersal are important factors in the
production and maintenance of biodiversity. Understanding these mechanisms helps to …

Marked phylogeographic structure of Gentoo penguin reveals an ongoing diversification process along the Southern Ocean

JA Vianna, D Noll, GPM Dantas, MV Petry… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two main hypotheses have been debated about the biogeography of the Southern
Ocean:(1) the Antarctic Polar Front (APF), acting as a barrier between Antarctic and sub …

Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies

CM Flynn, T Hart, GV Clucas, HJ Lynch - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Port Lockroy post office, a popular Antarctic tourism
destination, to close in 2020, creating a natural experiment to test human impacts on the …