Changes in phytoplankton communities along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: causes, impacts and research priorities

A Ferreira, RR Costa, TS Dotto, R Kerr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP), located in West Antarctica, is amongst the most
impacted regions by recent warming events. Its vulnerability to climate change has already …

Ocean forcing of glacier retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula

AJ Cook, PR Holland, MP Meredith, T Murray… - Science, 2016 - science.org
In recent decades, hundreds of glaciers draining the Antarctic Peninsula (63° to 70° S) have
undergone systematic and progressive change. These changes are widely attributed to …

The ecosystem approach to management of the Antarctic krill fishery-the 'devils are in the detail'at small spatial and temporal scales

PN Trathan, V Warwick-Evans, EF Young… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fishery demand for Antarctic krill is increasing, and projected to continue increasing into the
future. Krill has the potential to contribute approximately 10% to all future marine landings …

Water exchange between deep basins of the Bransfield Strait

DI Frey, VA Krechik, EG Morozov, ID Drozd, AS Gordey… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Bransfield Strait is a relatively deep and narrow channel between the South Shetland
Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula contributing to the water transport between the Pacific …

[PDF][PDF] Northern Antarctic Peninsula: a marine climate hotspot of rapid changes on ecosystems and ocean dynamics

R Kerr, MM Mata, CRB Mendes… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2018 - researchgate.net
The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP; Fig. 1), which encompasses the 2 Bransfield Strait,
the southernmost part of the Drake Passage, the northwestern Weddell 3 Sea and the region …

Variability and dynamics of along‐shore exchange on the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) continental shelf

X Wang, C Moffat, MS Dinniman… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The continental shelf of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is characterized by strong along‐
shore hydrographic gradients resulting from the distinct influences of the warm …

Source water distribution and quantification of North Atlantic deep water and Antarctic bottom water in the Atlantic Ocean

ML de Carvalho Ferreira, R Kerr - Progress in Oceanography, 2017 - Elsevier
The distribution and quantification of the source waters of the North Atlantic Deep Water
(NADW) and the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) in the Atlantic Ocean were investigated …

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica

PN Trathan, V Warwick‐Evans, JT Hinke… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Southern Ocean, the at‐sea distributions of most predators of Antarctic krill
are poorly known, primarily because tracking studies have only been undertaken on a …

Oceanographic variability induced by tides, the intraseasonal cycle and warm subsurface water intrusions in Maxwell Bay, King George Island (West-Antarctica)

PJ Llanillo, CM Aiken, RR Cordero, A Damiani… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We examine the hydrographic variability induced by tides, winds, and the advance of the
austral summer, in Maxwell Bay and tributary fjords, based on two recent oceanographic …

Water masses in the Bransfield Strait and adjacent seas, austral summer 2013

WGC Huneke, O Huhn, M Schröeder - Polar Biology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Bransfield Strait is a semi-enclosed sea located in the northern part of the West
Antarctic Peninsula region, which is subject to strong climatic changes. The bathymetry is …