Large-scale distribution analysis of Antarctic echinoids using ecological niche modelling

• Main Authors: Pierrat, Benjamin, Saucède, Thomas, Laffont, Rémi, De Ridder, Chantal, Festeau, Alain, David, Bruno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Ecologie [animale]; Géologie et minéralogie; Géochimie; Géologie; Biologie des milieux particuliers; Antarctic; Campbell Plateau; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/132471

Understanding the factors that determine the distribution of taxa at various spatial scales is a crucial challenge in the context of global climate change. This holds particularly true for polar marine biota that are composed of both highly adapted and vulnerable faunas. We analysed the distribution...