Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities
Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They...
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ftunivwaikato:oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/15162 2024-02-11T09:58:08+01:00 Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, José C. Adams, Byron J. Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesie, Claudia Cummings, Vonda J. di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian D. McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus M. Pearce, David A. Peck, Lloyd Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan R. Saba, Grace K. Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana H. 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15162 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679 en eng Wiley Biological Reviews 1464-7931 https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15162 doi:10.1111/brv.12679 1469-185X © 2020 The Authors. Biological Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Cambridge Philosophical Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics adaptation benthic dynamism biogeochemical cycles climate change invasion new habitats ocean acidification primary production range shifts sea ice PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION KRILL EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS CLIMATE-CHANGE ROSS SEA IRON FERTILIZATION THERMAL TOLERANCE METABOLIC-RATE KING PENGUIN Journal Article 2020 ftunivwaikato https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679 2024-01-23T18:25:37Z Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They address (i) altered biogeochemical cycles, (ii) ocean acidification, (iii) climate change hotspots, (iv) unexpected dynamism in seabed-dwelling populations, (v) spatial range shifts, (vi) adaptation and thermal resilience, (vii) sea ice related biological fluctuations, (viii) pollution, (ix) endangered terrestrial endemism and (x) the discovery of unknown habitats. Most Antarctic biotas are exposed to multiple stresses and considered vulnerable to environmental change due to narrow tolerance ranges, rapid change, projected circumpolar impacts, low potential for timely genetic adaptation, and migration barriers. Important ecosystem functions, such as primary production and energy transfer between trophic levels, have already changed, and biodiversity patterns have shifted. A confidence assessment of the degree of ‘scientific understanding’ revealed an intermediate level for most of the more detailed sub-messages, indicating that process-oriented research has been successful in the past decade. Additional efforts are necessary, however, to achieve the level of robustness in scientific knowledge that is required to inform protection measures of the unique Antarctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and their contributions to global biodiversity and ecosystem services. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Euphausia superba Ocean acidification Ross Sea Sea ice South Shetland Islands The University of Waikato: Research Commons Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Sea South Shetland Islands Biological Reviews 96 3 798 821 |
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Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics adaptation benthic dynamism biogeochemical cycles climate change invasion new habitats ocean acidification primary production range shifts sea ice PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION KRILL EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS CLIMATE-CHANGE ROSS SEA IRON FERTILIZATION THERMAL TOLERANCE METABOLIC-RATE KING PENGUIN |
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Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics adaptation benthic dynamism biogeochemical cycles climate change invasion new habitats ocean acidification primary production range shifts sea ice PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION KRILL EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS CLIMATE-CHANGE ROSS SEA IRON FERTILIZATION THERMAL TOLERANCE METABOLIC-RATE KING PENGUIN Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, José C. Adams, Byron J. Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesie, Claudia Cummings, Vonda J. di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian D. McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus M. Pearce, David A. Peck, Lloyd Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan R. Saba, Grace K. Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana H. Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They address (i) altered biogeochemical cycles, (ii) ocean acidification, (iii) climate change hotspots, (iv) unexpected dynamism in seabed-dwelling populations, (v) spatial range shifts, (vi) adaptation and thermal resilience, (vii) sea ice related biological fluctuations, (viii) pollution, (ix) endangered terrestrial endemism and (x) the discovery of unknown habitats. Most Antarctic biotas are exposed to multiple stresses and considered vulnerable to environmental change due to narrow tolerance ranges, rapid change, projected circumpolar impacts, low potential for timely genetic adaptation, and migration barriers. Important ecosystem functions, such as primary production and energy transfer between trophic levels, have already changed, and biodiversity patterns have shifted. A confidence assessment of the degree of ‘scientific understanding’ revealed an intermediate level for most of the more detailed sub-messages, indicating that process-oriented research has been successful in the past decade. Additional efforts are necessary, however, to achieve the level of robustness in scientific knowledge that is required to inform protection measures of the unique Antarctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and their contributions to global biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
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Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, José C. Adams, Byron J. Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesie, Claudia Cummings, Vonda J. di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian D. McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus M. Pearce, David A. Peck, Lloyd Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan R. Saba, Grace K. Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana H. |
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Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, José C. Adams, Byron J. Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesie, Claudia Cummings, Vonda J. di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian D. McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus M. Pearce, David A. Peck, Lloyd Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan R. Saba, Grace K. Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana H. |
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Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Ross Sea South Shetland Islands |
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Antarc* Antarctic Euphausia superba Ocean acidification Ross Sea Sea ice South Shetland Islands |
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Antarc* Antarctic Euphausia superba Ocean acidification Ross Sea Sea ice South Shetland Islands |
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Biological Reviews 1464-7931 https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15162 doi:10.1111/brv.12679 1469-185X |
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© 2020 The Authors. Biological Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Cambridge Philosophical Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
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