The Magellan-Antarctic connection: links and frontiers at high southern latitudes (Proceedings of the Second International IBMANT Conference, CADIC, Ushuaia, Argentina, 19-24 Oct 2003)

• Other Authors: Arntz, W.E., Lovrich, G.A., Thatje, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentina; Austral; Cono; The Antarctic; Ushuaia; Alfred Wegener Institute; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/19347/; http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/vol69s2.html

The heritage of Gondwana, as reflected by the present-day fauna and flora in the Antarctic, Subantarctic and Magellan region, is subject to rapid climate change at lower latitudes whereas conditions still appear stable in the high Antarctic. In view of retreating glaciers, collapsing ice shelves, de...