Functioning of terrestrial ecosystems of the Maritime Antarctic in a warmer climate

• Main Author: Bokhorst, S.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: VU University Press 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anchorage; Signy Island; Anchorage Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Climate change; Cryptopygus antarcticus; Springtail
• Online Access: https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/252ffde3-88e9-4d64-a415-f1c34673113b; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/252ffde3-88e9-4d64-a415-f1c34673113b; http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/13215

Environmental change, as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will entail increases in temperature for most parts of the earth. Predictions are that the temperature increase in the Arctic and Antarctic regions will be highest of all on earth. As the mean summer temperat...