Seasonal Food Web Dynamics in the Antarctic Benthos of Tethys Bay (Ross Sea): Implications for Biodiversity Persistence Under Different Seasonal Sea-Ice Coverage

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Simona Sporta Caputi, Giulio Careddu, Edoardo Calizza, Federico Fiorentino, Deborah Maccapan, Loreto Rossi, Maria Letizia Costantini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; climate change; food webs; keystone species; population-wide metrics; seasonal sea-ice dynamics; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Tethys Bay; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.594454; https://doaj.org/article/91eca31b72224b0689bbb340151dac75

Determining food web architecture and its seasonal cycles is a precondition for making predictions about Antarctic marine biodiversity under varying climate change scenarios. However, few scientific data concerning Antarctic food web structure, the species playing key roles in web stability and the...