Benthic fauna declined on a whitening Antarctic continental shelf
Sea-ice cover in Antarctica has increased over the last decades and reached a maximum in 2014. Here, the authors report strong declines in zoobenthic biomass and abundance and changes in community composition on the NE Weddell Sea shelf over 26 years, with implications for blue carbon and biochemist...
Published in: | Nature Communications |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16093-z https://doaj.org/article/b214169e6e20441989491c5dee442b60 |
Summary: | Sea-ice cover in Antarctica has increased over the last decades and reached a maximum in 2014. Here, the authors report strong declines in zoobenthic biomass and abundance and changes in community composition on the NE Weddell Sea shelf over 26 years, with implications for blue carbon and biochemistry in a globally important marine region. |
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