Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are a key component of the Antarctic food web with considerable lipid reserves that are vital for their health and higher predator survival. Krill …
Although groundwater is an important component of the water cycle in the polar regions, groundwater in Antarctica has rarely been studied. This study evaluated the physical and …
Abstract The Southern Ocean represents one of the world regions most sensitive to warming and there is an urgent need for quantitative data to understand changes in coastal …
DC McKee, DG Martinson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze several year‐long moored current meter records collected on the midshelf and shelf break of the western Antarctic Peninsula in order to describe the major features of the …
Climate change is rapidly reshaping high-latitude land, ice, and oceans, which has enormous consequences for climate, carbon fluxes, ecosystems, and society. There is an …
Results Sea surface temperatures. During this study (Jan 2014–Sep 2016) satellite-derived sea surface temperatures had the greatest variability in the South Orkney Islands (SOI) …
Regime shifts are persistent changes in ecosystem structure and function that can result in loss of ecosystem services upon which people depend. Thus, there is a clear need for …