Extreme sensitivity of biological function to temperature in Antarctic marine species

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Peck, Lloyd S., Webb, Karen E., Bailey, David M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2004
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Nacella; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12331/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00903.x/abstract

1. Biological capacities to respond to changing environments dictate success or failure of populations and species over time. The major environmental feature in this context is often temperature, and organisms across the planet vary widely in their capacity to cope with temperature variation. With v...