Phytoplankton are the base of the Antarctic food web, sustain the wealth and diversity of life
for which Antarctica is renowned, and play a critical role in biogeochemical cycles that …

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 …

Climate change will alter marine ecosystems; however, the complexity of the food webs,
combined with chronic undersampling, constrains efforts to predict their future and to …

In the nearshore coastal waters along the Antarctic Peninsula, a recurrent shift in
phytoplankton community structure, from diatoms to cryptophytes, has been documented …

The Antarctic Peninsula region is undergoing rapid change: a warming in winter of almost 6°
C since 1950, the loss of six ice shelves, the retreat of 87% of the marine glaciers, and …

ABSTRACT A previous report of high levels of members of the domain Archaea in Antarctic
coastal waters prompted us to investigate the ecology of Antarctic planktonic prokaryotes …

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a highly productive marine ecosystem where
extended periods of change have been observed in the form of glacier retreat, reduction of …

This study focuses on 12 years of physical oceanography data, collected during the Palmer,
Antarctica, Long-Term Ecological Research program (PAL LTER) over the continental …

The annual advance and retreat of sea ice has been considered a major physical
determinant of spatial and temporal changes in the structure of the Antarctic coastal marine …

The mechanisms by which variability in sea ice cover and its effects on the demography of
the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba cascade to other ecosystem components such as apex …