Late-Holocene initiation of ice-free ecosystems in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-25

  Emslie, Steven D ^a   Berkman, Paul Arthur ^b   Ainley, David G ^c   Coats, Larry ^d   Polito, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguins; Antarctica; Late holocene; Paleoclimate; Ross sea; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; SEABIRD;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0344668820     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262019     Document Type: Article

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