Benthic ecosystem cascade effects in Antarctica using Bayesian network inference

• Main Authors: Mitchell, Emily, Whittle, Rowan, Griffths, Huw
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic Regions; Bayes Theorem; Ecosystem; Geography; Models; Theoretical; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/310043; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.57132

Antarctic sea-floor communities are unique, and more closely resemble those of the Palaeozoic than equivalent contemporary habitats. However, comparatively little is known about the mechanisms and interactions that structure these communities or how they might respond to anthropogenic change. In ord...