Kelp genes reveal effects of subantarctic sea ice during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Fraser, Ceridwen I., Nikula, Raisa, Spencer, Hamish G., Waters, Jonathan M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Freed; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651250; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19204277; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810635106

The end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) dramatically reshaped temperate ecosystems, with many species moving poleward as temperatures rose and ice receded. Whereas reinvading terrestrial taxa tracked melting glaciers, marine biota recolonized ocean habitats freed by retreating sea ice. The extent...