Antarctic circumpolar current's role in the Antarctic ice system: An overview

DG Martinson - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2012 - Elsevier
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) provides fundamental control on the Antarctic ice
system. The tilt of the isopycnals of the ACC, in response to strong westerlies, serves to …

Transport of warm Upper Circumpolar Deep Water onto the western Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf

DG Martinson, DC McKee - Ocean Science, 2012 - os.copernicus.org
Five thermistor moorings were placed on the continental shelf of the western Antarctic
Peninsula (between 2007 and 2010) in an effort to identify the mechanism (s) responsible …

[PDF][PDF] The marine system of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

H Ducklow, A Clarke, R Dickhut, SC Doney… - … environment in a …, 2012 - academia.edu
The marine ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) extends for $1500 km from the
Bellingshausen Sea near 75 S, 80 W to the northern tip of the peninsula near 63 S, 60 W …

Pelagic-benthic coupling, food banks, and climate change on the West Antarctic Peninsula Shelf

CR Smith, DJ DeMaster, C Thomas, P Sršen, L Grange… - Oceanography, 2012 - JSTOR
ABSTRACT The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) shelf is deep and detritus-based (ie, it is
fueled by organic material sinking from intense seasonal cycles of primary production in the …

Two decades of pelagic ecology of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

DK Steinberg, DG Martinson, DP Costa - Oceanography, 2012 - JSTOR
Significant strides in our understanding of the marine pelagic ecosystem of the Western
Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region have been made over the past two decades, resulting …