Climate change enhances primary production in the western Antarctic Peninsula

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2191-2205

  Moreau, Sébastien ^a,b   Mostajir, Behzad ^c   Bélanger, Simon ^d   Schloss, Irene R ^b,e,f   Vancoppenolle, Martin ^g   Demers, Serge ^b   Ferreyra, Gustavo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ozone hole; Photoinhibition; Primary production; Regional warming; Sea ice; Seawater temperature; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; OZONE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84928362431     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12878     Document Type: Article

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