Climate Change and Predatory Invasion of the Antarctic Benthos

• Main Author: Aronson, Richard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2017
• Subjects: LMG1502; NBP1002; NBP1310; Benthos; Camera Tow; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Biology; Photo/Video; Sample/Collection Description; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Oceans; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers Island; Marguerite Bay; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Marguerite; Anvers; Antarc*; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600385

Abstract: Elevated temperatures and ocean acidification are both threatening the Southern Ocean. The effects of these environmental changes are poorly understood, but preliminary data suggest that they are driving a biological invasion. Specifically, large populations of skeleton-crushing king crabs...