Breaking down the barrier: dispersal across the Antarctic Polar Front
Our view of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF) as a circum-polar biogeographic barrier is changing (Chown et al. 2015). The APF marks the convergent boundary between cold Antarctic water and warmer sub-Antarctic water, and has long been considered to prevent north-south dispersal in the Southern Ocean...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/108870 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02449 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/108870/4/01_Fraser_Breaking_Down_the_Barrier_2016.pdf.jpg |
Summary: | Our view of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF) as a circum-polar biogeographic barrier is changing (Chown et al. 2015). The APF marks the convergent boundary between cold Antarctic water and warmer sub-Antarctic water, and has long been considered to prevent north-south dispersal in the Southern Ocean (reviewed by Clarke et al. 2005, Fraser et al. 2012). Our multi-year survey data provides evidence that rafting organisms readily cross the APF. |
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