The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes
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 nutrien...
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ftmontanastateu:oai:scholarworks.montana.edu:1/12839 2023-05-15T13:55:57+02:00 The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes Fountain, Andrew G. Saba, Grace Adams, Byron Doran, Peter T. Fraser, William Gooseff, Michael N. Obryk, Maciej K. Priscu, John C. Stammerjohn, Sharon E. Virginia, Ross A. 2016-10 application/pdf https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12839 en_US eng Fountain, Andrew G, Grace Saba, Byron Adams, Peter Doran, William Fraser, Michael Gooseff, Maciej Obryk, John C Priscu, Sharon Stammerjohn, and Ross A Virginia. "The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes." Bioscience 66, no. 10 (October 2016): 848-863. DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw110. 0006-3568 https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12839 This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Bioscience followng peer review. The version of record Fountain, Andrew G, Grace Saba, Byron Adams, Peter Doran, William Fraser, Michael Gooseff, Maciej Obryk, John C Priscu, Sharon Stammerjohn, and Ross A Virginia. "The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes." Bioscience 66, no. 10 (October 2016): 848-863. DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw110. is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/biosci/biw110 Article 2016 ftmontanastateu https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw110 2022-06-06T07:25:00Z 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 degrees 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. National Science Foundation (OPP 0096250, ANT-0423595, OPP-0130525, OPP-9632763, ANT-0823101) Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica polar desert Montana State University (MSU): ScholarWorks Antarctic BioScience 66 10 848 863 |
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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 degrees 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. National Science Foundation (OPP 0096250, ANT-0423595, OPP-0130525, OPP-9632763, ANT-0823101) |
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Fountain, Andrew G. Saba, Grace Adams, Byron Doran, Peter T. Fraser, William Gooseff, Michael N. Obryk, Maciej K. Priscu, John C. Stammerjohn, Sharon E. Virginia, Ross A. 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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The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes |
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