Buch, Englisch, 564 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1306 g
An Extreme Environment in a Changing World
Buch, Englisch, 564 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1306 g
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9840-0
Verlag: Wiley
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
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Contributors
Introduction: Antarctic ecology in a changing world
Andrew Clarke, Nadine M. Johnston, Eugene J. Murphy & Alex D. Rogers
Part I: Terrestrial and freshwater habitats
Chapter 1. Spatial and temporal variability in terrestrial Antarctic biodiversity Steven L. Chown and Peter Convey
Chapter 2. Global Change in a Low Diversity Terrestrial Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Diana H. Wall
Chapter 3. Antarctic lakes as models for the study of microbial biodiversity, biogeography and evolution
David A. Pearce and Johanna Laybourn-Parry
Part II: Marine habitats and regions
Chapter 4. The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula
Andrew Clarke, David K. A. Barnes, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Hugh W. Ducklow, John C. King, Michael P. Meredith, Eugene J. Murphy and Lloyd S. Peck
Chapter 5. The Marine Ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula
Hugh W. Ducklow, Andrew Clarke, Rebecca Dickhut, Scott C. Doney, Heidi Geisz, Kuan Huang, Douglas G. Martinson, Michael P. Meredith, Holly V. Moeller, Martin Montes-Hugo, Oscar Shofield, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Debbie Steinberg and William Fraser
Chapter 6. Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem
Eugene J. Murphy, Jonathan L. Watkins, Phil N. Trathan, Keith Reid, Michael P. Meredith, Simeon Hill, Sally E. Thorpe, Nadine M. Johnston, Aandrew Clarke, Geraint Tarling, Martin Collins, Jaume Forcada, Angus Atkinson, Peter Ward, Iain Staniland, David Pond, Rachel Cavanagh, Rachael Shreeve, Rebecca Korb, Michael J. Whitehouse, Paul G. Rodhouse, Peter Enderlein, Aandrew Hirst, Anthony R. Martin, I. D. Briggs, Nathan Cunningham and Andrew Fleming
Chapter 7. The Ross Sea Continental Shelf: Regional Biogeochemical Cycles, Trophic Interactions, and Potential Future Changes
Walker O. Smith, Jr., David G. Ainley, Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti and Eileen E. Hofmann
Chapter 8. Pelagic ecosystems in the waters off East Antarctica (30°E-150°E) Stephen Nicol and Ben Raymond
Chapter 9. The dynamic mosaic: Disturbance and development of Antarctic benthic communities
David K.A. Barnes and Kathleen E. Conlan
Chapter 10. Southern Ocean deep benthic biodiversity
Angelika Brandt, Claude De Broyer, B. Ebbe, Kari E. Ellingsen, Andrew J. Gooday, D. Janussen, Stephanie Kaiser, Katrin Linse, M. Schueller, Michael R. A. Thomson, Paul A. Tyler and A. Vanreusel
Chapter 11. Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability
Phil N. Trathan, Jaume Forcada and Eugene J. Murphy
Part III: Molecular adaptations and evolution
Chapter 12. Molecular ecophysiology of Antarctic notothenioid fishes
C.-H. Christina Cheng and H. William Detrich III
Chapter 13. Mechanisms defining thermal limits and adaptation in marine ectotherms: an integrative view
Hans O. Pörtner, Lloyd S. Peck and George N. Somero
Chapter 14. Evolution and biodiversity of Antarctic organisms; a molecular perspective
Alex D. Rogers
Part IV: Conservation and management aspects
Chapter 15. Biogeography and regional classifications of Antarctica
Peter Convey, David K. A. Barnes, Huw J. Griffiths, Susie M. Grant, Katrin Linse and David N. Thomas
Chapter 16. Conservation and Management of Antarctic Ecosystems
Susie M. Grant, Peter Convey, Kevin A. Hughes, Richard A. Phillips and Phil N. Trathan
Index