Antarctic silverfish: Life strategies of a key species in the high-Antarctic ecosystem

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-266

  La Mesa, Mario ^a   Eastman, Joseph T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic silverfish; Biology; Climate change; Ecology; Physiology; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INSECT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SPECIALIZATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

EID: 84864083017     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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