Potential macroalgal expansion and blue carbon gains with northern Antarctic Peninsula glacial retreat

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Deregibus, Dolores, Campana, Gabriela L., Neder, Camila, Barnes, David K.A., Zacher, Katharina, Piscicelli, Juan Manuel, Jerosch, Kerstin, Quartino, María Liliana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: 25 de Mayo; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; isla 25 de Mayo; King George Island; Potter Cove; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Isla 25 de Mayo
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535064/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535064/1/1-s2.0-S0141113623001848-main.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141113623001848

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a hotspot of physical climate change, especially glacial retreat, particularly in its northern South Shetland Islands (SSI) region. Along coastlines, this process is opening up new ice-free areas, for colonization by a high biodiversity of flora and fauna. At Po...