Pteropods in Southern Ocean ecosystems

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Hunt, B.P.V., Pakhomov, E.A., Hosie, G.W., Siegel, V., Ward, Peter, Bernard, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Clione limacina; Limacina antarctica; Limacina helicina; Mesozooplankton; Prince Edward Islands
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11527/

To date, little research has been carried out on pelagic gastropod molluscs (pteropods) in Southern Ocean ecosystems. However, recent predictions are that, due to acidification resulting from a business as usual approach to CO2 emissions (IS92a), Southern Ocean surface waters may begin to become uni...