Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island.

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Avila, Conxita, Angulo-Preckler, Carlos, Martín-Martín, Rafael P., Figuerola, Blanca, Griffiths, Huw James, Waller, Catherine Louise
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature Limited 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526586/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526586/1/s41598-020-58561-y.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58561-y

Antarctic shallow coastal marine communities were long thought to be isolated from their nearest neighbours by hundreds of kilometres of deep ocean and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The discovery of non–native kelp washed up on Antarctic beaches led us to question the permeability of these barr...