Response of a natural Antarctic phytoplankton assemblage to changes in temperature and salinity

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• Main Authors: Antoni, Julieta Silvina, Almandoz, Gaston Osvaldo, Ferrario, Martha Elba, Hernando, Marcelo Pablo, Varela, Diana, Rozema, Patrick D., Buma, Anita G.J., Paparazzo, Flavio Emiliano, Schloss, Irene Ruth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES; CHAETOCEROS SOCIALIS; CHLOROPHYTES; CLIMATE CHANGE; SHIONODISCUS GAARDERAE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Potter Cove; Argentina; Gaston; Julieta; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/125840

The climate around the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is rapidly changing and dramatically affecting marine coastal waters. Increases in air and seawater temperatures, not matter how small, can alter coastal biological communities due to both temperature increases as well as salinity reduction fr...