A Predator's Perspective on Causal Links Between Climate Change, Physical Forcing and Ecosystem Response

• Main Authors: Fraser, William R., Hofmann, Eileen E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scotia Sea; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/31; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=ccpo_pubs

The mechanisms by which variability in sea ice cover and its effects on the demography of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba cascade to other ecosystem components such as apex predators remain poorly understood at all spatial and temporal scales, yet these interactions are essential for understan...