Role of suspension feeders in antarctic pelagic-benthic coupling: Trophic ecology and potential carbon sinks under climate change

• Main Authors: Alurralde, Gastón, Fuentes, Veronica, Maggioni, Tamara, Movilla, Juan Ignacio, Olariaga, Alejandro, Orejas, Covadonga, Schloss, Irene R., Tatián, Marcos
• Other Authors: Fondation Total, European Commission, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Germany), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodeposition; Faecal production; Potter cove; Absorption efficiency; Cnemidocarpa verrucosa; Euphausia superba; Carbon sink; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Carlini Station; Potter Cove; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/197821; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104790; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002923; https://doi.org/10.13039/100010442; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100010964; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207

15 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, supplementary data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104790 Sea-ice and coastal glacier loss in the Western Antarctic Peninsula open new ice-free areas. They allowing primary production and providing new seabed for colonisation, both acting as a negative feedbac...