Mapping Antarctic suspension feeder abundances and seafloor food-availability, and modeling their change after a major glacier calving

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Jansen, J, Hill, NA, Dunstan, PK, Cougnon, EA, Galton-Fenzi, BK, Johnson, CR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2018
• Subjects: food availability; Antarctic marine biodiversity; pelagic-benthic-coupling; sea-ice; climate change; surface productivity; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/27957/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/27957/1/Jansen_2018_GlacierCalving.pdf

Seafloor communities are a critical part of the unique and diverse Antarctic marine life. Processes at the ocean-surface can strongly influence the diversity and abundance of these communities, even when they live at hundreds of meters water depth. However, even though we understand the importance o...