The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes
© 2016 The Author(s) 2016. Extreme climate and weather events, such as a drought, hurricanes, or ice storms, can strongly imprint ecosystem processing and may alter ecosystem structure. Ecosystems in extreme environments are particularly vulnerable because of their adaptation to severe limitations i...
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ftlouisianastuir:oai:digitalcommons.lsu.edu:geo_pubs-1595 2023-06-11T04:07:11+02:00 The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes Fountain, Andrew G. Saba, Grace Adams, Byron Doran, Peter Fraser, William Gooseff, Michael Obryk, Maciej Priscu, John C. Stammerjohn, Sharon Virginia, Ross A. 2016-10-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/596 https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw110 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1595/viewcontent/596.pdf unknown LSU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/596 doi:10.1093/biosci/biw110 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1595/viewcontent/596.pdf Faculty Publications climate change coastal ecosystems deserts microbiology text 2016 ftlouisianastuir https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw110 2023-05-28T18:24:40Z © 2016 The Author(s) 2016. Extreme climate and weather events, such as a drought, hurricanes, or ice storms, can strongly imprint ecosystem processing and may alter ecosystem structure. Ecosystems in extreme environments are particularly vulnerable because of their adaptation to severe limitations in energy, water, or nutrients. The vulnerability can be expressed as a relatively long-lasting ecosystem response to a small or brief change in environmental conditions. Such an event occurred in Antarctica and affected two vastly different ecosystems: a marine-dominated coastal system and a terrestrial polar desert. Both sites experienced winds that warmed air temperatures above the 0°C threshold, resulting in extensive snow and ice melt and triggering a series of cascading effects through the ecosystems that are continuing to play out more than a decade later. This highlights the sensitivity of Antarctic ecosystems to warming events, which should occur more frequently in the future with global climate warming. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica polar desert LSU Digital Commons (Louisiana State University) Antarctic BioScience 66 10 848 863 |
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© 2016 The Author(s) 2016. Extreme climate and weather events, such as a drought, hurricanes, or ice storms, can strongly imprint ecosystem processing and may alter ecosystem structure. Ecosystems in extreme environments are particularly vulnerable because of their adaptation to severe limitations in energy, water, or nutrients. The vulnerability can be expressed as a relatively long-lasting ecosystem response to a small or brief change in environmental conditions. Such an event occurred in Antarctica and affected two vastly different ecosystems: a marine-dominated coastal system and a terrestrial polar desert. Both sites experienced winds that warmed air temperatures above the 0°C threshold, resulting in extensive snow and ice melt and triggering a series of cascading effects through the ecosystems that are continuing to play out more than a decade later. This highlights the sensitivity of Antarctic ecosystems to warming events, which should occur more frequently in the future with global climate warming. |
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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