Light-driven tipping points in polar ecosystems - Casey Station, Antarctica

• Other Authors: CLARK, GRAEME F. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CLARK, GRAEME F. (processor), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (processor), JOHNSTON, EMMA L. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), JOHNSTON, EMMA L. (processor), RUNCIE, JOHN W. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RUNCIE, JOHN W. (processor), GOLDSWORTHY, PAUL M. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GOLDSWORTHY, PAUL M. (processor), RAYMOND, BEN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RAYMOND, BEN (processor), RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: oceans; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; EARTH SCIENCE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; ICE GROWTH/MELT; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW/ICE; MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS); BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PLANTS; MICROALGAE; COASTAL; Irradiance; Light; Tipping Points; USIM > Underwater Spectral Irradiance Meter; FLUOROMETERS; PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Arctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/light-driven-tipping-station-antarctica/701291; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/51D4D578E62B3; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Light_Tipping_Points; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Some ecosystems can undergo abrupt transformation in response to relatively small environmental change. Identifying imminent "tipping points" is crucial for biodiversity conservation, particularly in the face of climate change. Here we describe a tipping point mechanism likely to induce wi...