From the Tropics to the Poles : Ecosystem Models of Hudson Bay, Kaloko-Honokōhau, Hawai'i, and the Antarctic Peninsula ...

• Main Authors: Wabnitz, Colette C. C., Hoover, Carie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia. Fisheries Centre 2017
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Arctic; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0354242; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0354242

This report summarizes the existing knowledge on three ecosystems: Hudson Bay, Canada, Kaloko- Honokōhau, Hawai‘i, and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Through the construction of ecosystem models representing these three regions, research from numerous aspects of each ecosystem are pieced together to present a holistic story. While we live in a rapidly changing world, it is important to remember there are many regions where we are still gaining an understanding of basic knowledge. Research on these ecosystems, from the Arctic to the tropics to the Antarctic, presents different levels of our knowledge. For the Arctic (Hudson Bay) the focus is identifying changes known to be occurring for certain species, and addressing the reasons for those changes in addition to the greater implications to the rest of the ecosystem. In the tropics (Hawai‘i) the construction of a model allows insight into structure and function of the ecosystem focusing on the role of an endangered species, the green sea turtle, and ...