Antarctic intertidal limpet ecophysiology: a winter-summer comparison

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• Main Authors: Obermüller, Birgit E., Morley, Simon A., Clark, Melody S., Barnes, David K.A., Peck, Lloyd S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Nacella; The Antarctic; Antarc*; ice algae
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14484/

The Antarctic intertidal zone is one of the world's most extreme marine environments. As well as having a typically high annual temperature variation (~ 30 °C), it is affected by frequent ice scouring in summer and ice encasement in winter, as well as substantial salinity fluctuations during ti...