Production and Biomass of Seaweeds in Newly Ice-Free Areas: Implications for Coastal Processes in a Changing Antarctic Environment

• Main Authors: Quartino, Maria Liliana, Saravia, Leonardo Ariel, Campana, Gabriela Laura, Deregibus, Dolores, Matua, Carolina V., Boraso, Alicia Lilian, Momo, Fernando Roberto
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: CARBON FLUX; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FREE AREAS; POTTER COVE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Potter Cove; Argentino; Argentina; Dolores; Sarmiento; Saravia; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/196235

The Antarctic rocky coasts are mainly colonized by extensive seaweed communities, which play key roles as food resource, habitat, and refuge for many benthic and pelagic organisms. Due to climate warming, Antarctic marine ecosystems are being affected by glacier retreat opening new habitats, e.g., n...