Marine pelagic ecosystems: The West Antarctic Peninsula

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1477, 2007, Pages 67-94

  Ducklow, Hugh W ^a   Baker, Karen ^b   Martinson, Douglas G ^c   Quetin, Langdon B ^d   Ross, Robin M ^d   Smith, Raymond C ^d   Stammerjohn, Sharon E ^c   Vernet, Maria ^b   Fraser, William ^e  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic krill; Climate change; LTER; Palmer Station

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEABIRD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHAUSIACEA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; MAMMAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHAUSIACEA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; MAMMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHENISCIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249056225     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1955     Document Type: Review

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