Kelp genes reveal effects of subantarctic sea ice during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Nikula, Raisa, Spencer, Hamish, Waters, Jonathan, Fraser, Ceridwen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: National Academy of Sciences (USA)
• Subjects: Keywords: algal genetics; article; chloroplast; controlled study; ecosystem; genetic analysis; genetic marker; glacial period; glacier; haplotype; kelp; mitochondrion; nonhuman; phylogeography; polar ice cap; priority journal; Antarctic Regions; Haplotypes; Ice Cov Durvillaea antarctica; Genetic; Raft; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; New Zealand; Freed; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; Polar Ice Cap; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79827; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810635106; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79827/5/09_Fraser_-_Kelp_genes_reveal_effects.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79827/7/01_Fraser_Kelp_genes_reveal_effects_of_2009.pdf.jpg

The end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) dramatically reshaped temperate ecosystems, with many species moving poleward as temperatures rose and ice receded. Whereas reinvading terrestrial taxa tracked melting glaciers, marine biota recolonized ocean habitats freed by retreating sea ice. The extent...