Spatial and temporal variation in the heat tolerance limits of two abundant Southern Ocean invertebrates

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Morley, Simon, Martin, S.M., Bates, A.E., Clark, Melody, Ericson, J., Lamare, M., Peck, Lloyd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; McMurdo Sound; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17554/; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2012/450/m450p081.pdf

While, in lower latitudes, population-level differences in heat tolerance are linked to temperature variability, in the Southern Ocean remarkably stable year-round temperatures prevail. Temporal variation in the physiology of Antarctic ectotherms is therefore thought to be driven by the intense seas...