Marine pelagic ecosystems: the West Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Ducklow, Hugh, Baker, Karen, Martinson, Douglas G., Quetin, Langdon B., Ross, Robin M., Smith, Raymond C., Stammerjohn, Sharon E., Vernet, Maria, Fraser, William R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2006
• Subjects: Palmer Station; LTER; climate change; Ade´lie penguin; Antarctic krill; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Biological Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Marine Biology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/654; https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.1955; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/1658/viewcontent/Ducklow_2007_Marine_pelagic_ecosystems_the_west_.pdf

The marine ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) extends from the Bellingshausen Sea to the northern tip of the peninsula and from the mostly glaciated coast across the continental shelf to the shelf break in the west. The glacially sculpted coastline along the peninsula is highly convolut...