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

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Ávila Escartín, Conxita, Angulo-Preckler, Carlos, Martín-Martín, Rafael Pablo, Figuerola Balañá, Blanca, Griffiths, Huw James, Louise Waller, Catherine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: Espècies introduïdes; Antàrtic; Oceà; Introduced organisms; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/150007

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...