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 …

Seamounts are one of the major biomes of the global ocean. The last 25 years of research
has seen considerable advances in the understanding of these ecosystems. The …

The deep sea is often viewed as a vast, dark, remote, and inhospitable environment, yet the
deep ocean and seafloor are crucial to our lives through the services that they provide. Our …

The history of Earth's biodiversity is punctuated episodically by mass extinctions. These are
characterized by major declines of taxon richness, but the accompanying ecological …

Over the past few decades the field of biogeo graphy has expanded with rapid technological
and methodological developments. Th Page 1 Published by the Scientific Committee on …

Members of the Asteroidea (phylum Echinodermata), popularly known as starfish or sea
stars, are ecologically important and diverse members of marine ecosystems in all of the …

Although the status of Crinoidea (sea lilies and featherstars) as sister group to all other living
echinoderms is well-established, relationships among crinoids, particularly extant forms, are …

Global models predict that Antarctica has little suitable habitat for macroalgae and that
Antarctic macroalgae therefore make a negligible contribution to global carbon fixation …

Abstract In the Ross Sea, biodiversity organisation is strongly influenced by sea-ice cover,
which is characterised by marked spatio-temporal variations. Expected changes in seasonal …

Coastal food webs that are supported by multiple primary producer sources are considered
to be more stable against perturbations. Here, we investigated how declining macroalgal …