Measuring ecosystem response in a rapidly changing environment: the Latitudinal Gradient Project
In the face of climate variability and change, science in Antarctica needs to address increasingly complex questions. Individual small studies are being replaced by multinational and multidisciplinary research programmes. The Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP) is one such approach that combines a se...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102006000514 2024-09-15T17:46:21+00:00 Measuring ecosystem response in a rapidly changing environment: the Latitudinal Gradient Project Howard-Williams, C. Peterson, D. Lyons, W.B. Cattaneo-Vietti, R. Gordon, S. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000514 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000514 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 18, issue 4, page 465-471 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2006 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000514 2024-08-07T04:02:45Z In the face of climate variability and change, science in Antarctica needs to address increasingly complex questions. Individual small studies are being replaced by multinational and multidisciplinary research programmes. The Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP) is one such approach that combines a series of smaller studies under a single broad hypothesis to provide information that uses a gradient in latitude as a surrogate for environmental gradients, particularly climate. In this way latitudinal differences can be used to indicate climate change differences. The Key Questions for the LGP were developed via national workshops in Italy, New Zealand, and the USA and via two international workshops at SCAR conferences. Science and logistics are currently jointly shared by New Zealand, Italy and the USA, and cover marine and inland ecosystem studies along the Victoria Land coast from 72° to 78°S with plans for extensions to 85°S. The LGP forms part of the SCAR Programme Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica . This Special Issue summarizes some of the work in the first three years of the LGP (2002–2005), between McMurdo Sound and Cape Hallett, to form a basis for future comparative studies as the research shifts along the latitudinal span in the next decade. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica McMurdo Sound Victoria Land Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 18 4 465 471 |
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In the face of climate variability and change, science in Antarctica needs to address increasingly complex questions. Individual small studies are being replaced by multinational and multidisciplinary research programmes. The Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP) is one such approach that combines a series of smaller studies under a single broad hypothesis to provide information that uses a gradient in latitude as a surrogate for environmental gradients, particularly climate. In this way latitudinal differences can be used to indicate climate change differences. The Key Questions for the LGP were developed via national workshops in Italy, New Zealand, and the USA and via two international workshops at SCAR conferences. Science and logistics are currently jointly shared by New Zealand, Italy and the USA, and cover marine and inland ecosystem studies along the Victoria Land coast from 72° to 78°S with plans for extensions to 85°S. The LGP forms part of the SCAR Programme Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica . This Special Issue summarizes some of the work in the first three years of the LGP (2002–2005), between McMurdo Sound and Cape Hallett, to form a basis for future comparative studies as the research shifts along the latitudinal span in the next decade. |
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Measuring ecosystem response in a rapidly changing environment: the Latitudinal Gradient Project |
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Measuring ecosystem response in a rapidly changing environment: the Latitudinal Gradient Project |
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Measuring ecosystem response in a rapidly changing environment: the Latitudinal Gradient Project |
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