Deep-living and diverse Antarctic seaweeds as potentially important contributors to global carbon fixation

LW Tait, C Chin, W Nelson, S George… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Global models predict that Antarctica has little suitable habitat for macroalgae and that
Antarctic macroalgae therefore make a negligible contribution to global carbon fixation …

Macroalgal input into the coastal food web along a gradient of seasonal sea ice cover along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

K Iken, CD Amsler, KB Gorman, AG Klein… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
Coastal food webs that are supported by multiple primary producer sources are considered
to be more stable against perturbations. Here, we investigated how declining macroalgal …

[HTML][HTML] Potential macroalgal expansion and blue carbon gains with northern Antarctic Peninsula glacial retreat

D Deregibus, GL Campana, C Neder… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a hotspot of physical climate change,
especially glacial retreat, particularly in its northern South Shetland Islands (SSI) region …

Surface texture heterogeneity in maculated bird eggshells

MRG Attard, J Bowen… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many of the world's 10 000 bird species lay coloured or patterned eggs. The large diversity
of eggshell patterning among birds, achieved through pigment, has been attributed to a few …

Strong correlations of sea ice cover with macroalgal cover along the Antarctic Peninsula: Ramifications for present and future benthic communities

CD Amsler, MO Amsler, AG Klein… - Elementa: Science of …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Macroalgal forests dominate shallow hard bottom areas along the northern portion of the
Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Macroalgal biomass and diversity are known to be …

Gastropod assemblages associated with Himantothallus grandifolius, Sarcopeltis antarctica and other subtidal macroalgae

CD Amsler, LR Miller, RA Edwards, MO Amsler… - Antarctic …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Gastropods are an important component of subtidal Antarctic communities including in
common association with macroalgae. Nonetheless, limited data exist detailing their …

[HTML][HTML] Climate-driven changes in underwater irradiance and primary productivity in an Antarctic fjord (Potter Cove, Western Antarctic Peninsula)

D Deregibus, ML Quartino, ER Barlett, K Zacher… - Science of The Total …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a hotspot of climate warming, evidencing
glacier retreat and a decrease in the fast-ice duration. This study provides a> 30-y time …

[HTML][HTML] Leaching material from Antarctic seaweeds and penguin guano affects cloud-relevant aerosol production

M Dall'Osto, A Sotomayor-Garcia… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Within the Southern Ocean, the greatest warming is occurring on the Antarctic
Peninsula (AP) where clear cryospheric and biological consequences are being observed …

Effects of seawater temperature and seasonal irradiance on growth, reproduction, and survival of the endemic Antarctic brown alga Desmarestia menziesii …

CV Matula, ML Quartino, JD Nuñez, K Zacher, I Bartsch - Polar Biology, 2022 - Springer
Endemic Antarctic macroalgae are especially adapted to live in extreme Antarctic conditions.
Their potential biogeographic distribution niche is primarily controlled by the photoperiodic …

Glacial melt impacts carbon flows in an Antarctic benthic food web

U Braeckman, K Soetaert, F Pasotti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Most coastal glaciers on the West Antarctic Peninsula are in retreat. Glacial ice scouring and
lithogenic particle runoff increase turbidity and shape soft sediment benthic communities …