Note: Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Antarctic Seaweeds: Biogeography, Adaptation, and Ecosystem Services -- 1.1 Introduction: The Historical Context -- 1.2 Antarctic Seaweeds in the Wake of Climate Change -- 1.3 The Book -- 1.3.1 Diversity and Biogeography -- 1.3.2 Environment and Ecophysiology -- 1.3.3 Ecological Functions -- 1.3.4 Chemical Ecology -- 1.4 Gaps, Emerging Challenges, and Future Directions -- References -- Part II: Diversity and Biogeography -- Chapter 2: Diversity of Antarctic Seaweeds -- 2.1 The Antarctic Environment -- 2.2 Seaweeds in Antarctica: Definition and Importance -- 2.3 Seaweed Taxonomic Studies in Antarctica: Toward a New Species Compilation -- 2.4 Molecular Taxonomy for the Study of Antarctic Seaweed Diversity -- 2.5 Seaweed Distribution in Antarctica -- 2.6 Concluding Remarks: Gaps and Prospects for the Future -- References -- Chapter 3: Biogeographic Processes Influencing Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Seaweeds -- 3.1 Antarctica's Place in the World: An Isolated Continent? -- 3.1.1 Adaptations of Terrestrial Organisms to Antarctic Conditions -- 3.1.2 Adaptations of Marine Organisms to Antarctic Conditions -- 3.1.3 Evidence for Dispersal of Organisms into the Antarctic -- 3.2 Physical Oceanographic Processes Influencing Movement of Seaweeds into or out of the Antarctic -- 3.2.1 Ekman Transport -- 3.2.2 Eddies -- 3.2.3 Wave-Driven Stokes Drift -- 3.2.4 Surface Currents -- 3.3 Hitch-Hiking to the Antarctic: Passengers on Seaweed Rafts -- 3.3.1 Characteristics of Rafting Species -- 3.3.2 Processes Affecting Establishment of New Taxa in the Antarctic -- 3.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Detached Seaweeds as Important Dispersal Agents Across the Southern Ocean -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Detached Seaweeds in Antarctica. , 4.3 Abiotic Factors Influencing Floating Seaweeds -- 4.4 Biotic Factors Affecting Floating Seaweeds -- 4.5 Physiology of Floating and Drifting Seaweeds: Traspassing Thermal Barriers -- 4.5.1 Out of Antarctic: Is it Physiologically Feasible? -- References -- Chapter 5: Biogeography of Antarctic Seaweeds Facing Climate Changes -- 5.1 The Abiotic Setting of the Southern Ocean -- 5.2 Biogeographic Patterns -- 5.3 Seaweed Assemblages: Are Antarctic Seaweed Diversity and Richness Changing? -- 5.4 The Physiological Bases of Macroalgal Shifts -- 5.5 Deception Island: A Case Study of Opportunistic, Alien, Cryptic and Cryptogenic Species -- 5.6 Reevaluating Eco-Regions, Isolation, and Endemism in the Southern Ocean -- 5.7 Concluding Remarks: Prospects for the Future Marine Flora of the Southern Ocean -- References -- Chapter 6: Comparative Phylogeography of Antarctic Seaweeds: Genetic Consequences of Historical Climatic Variations -- 6.1 Historical Isolation of Antarctic Marine Macroalgae -- 6.2 Antarctic Marine Macroalgae: Surviving Quaternary Glacial Cycles in Situ -- 6.3 Persistence in Multiple Isolated Glacial Refugia Versus a Single Antarctic Refugium -- 6.4 Antarctic Macroalgae Genetic Diversity: COI and TufA Sequences Data Sets -- 6.5 Brown, Red and Green Macroalgae: Sharing a Common Pattern of Glacial Impact and Postglacial Populations Recovery? -- 6.5.1 Signature of a Drastic Impact of the Last Glacial Maximum -- 6.5.2 One Refugium to Rule Them all -- 6.5.3 Postglacial Recolonization: Widespread Haplotypes Drifting Around Antarctica? -- 6.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part III: Physiology, Productivity and Environmental Reponses -- Chapter 7: Underwater Light Environment of Antarctic Seaweeds -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Optics of Antarctic Coastal Waters -- 7.2.1 Light in Aquatic Environment -- 7.2.2 Light Climate in Antarctic Waters. , 7.3 Adaptations of Antarctic Seaweeds to Extreme Light Conditions -- 7.3.1 Photosynthetic Shade Adaptation of Antarctic Seaweeds -- 7.3.2 Tolerance of Antarctic Seaweeds to High PAR and UV -- 7.4 Consequences for Light Field Under Current and Future Threats -- 7.4.1 Ozone Depletion -- 7.4.2 Regional Warming -- 7.4.3 Feedback with Other Emergent Threats -- 7.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Production and Biomass of Seaweeds in Newly Ice-Free Areas: Implications for Coastal Processes in a Changing Antarctic Environment -- 8.1 Introduction: Seaweeds in Coastal Marine Ecosystems -- 8.2 Macroalgae and Carbon Fluxes in Antarctic Coastal Areas -- 8.3 Macroalgal Biomass Studies in Antarctica -- 8.4 The Ecosystem of Potter Cove: An Outstanding Case Study -- 8.5 A Dynamic Growth Model for Antarctic Macroalgae Under a Fast-Changing Environment -- 8.6 Seaweed Production in Present and Future Warming Scenarios -- 8.7 Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 9: Carbon Balance Under a Changing Light Environment -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Climate Change in the Antarctic Coastal Zone -- 9.1.2 Antarctic Seaweeds and the Changing Light Environment -- 9.1.3 Carbon Balance: Concepts and Methodological Challenges -- 9.2 Carbon Balance: A Case Study in Potter Cove -- 9.2.1 Light Availability -- 9.2.2 Photosynthetic Acclimation -- 9.2.3 Daily Carbon Balance of Seaweeds -- 9.3 New Scenarios and Their Implications for Algal Photosynthesis -- 9.4 Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 10: Life History Strategies, Photosynthesis, and Stress Tolerance in Propagules of Antarctic Seaweeds -- 10.1 Seasonal Strategies and Life History Cycles -- 10.1.1 Season Anticipators -- 10.1.2 Season Responders -- 10.2 Photosynthetic Light Requirements of Early Stages -- 10.2.1 Estimating Photosynthetic Parameters from Chlorophyll Fluorescence. , 10.3 Effects of Environmental Factors on the Biology of Propagules -- 10.3.1 High Solar Radiation -- 10.3.2 Temperature -- 10.3.3 Other Environmental Stressors -- 10.4 Concluding Remarks: Biology of Propagules under Climate Change -- References -- Chapter 11: Form and Function in Antarctic Seaweeds: Photobiological Adaptations, Zonation Patterns, and Ecosystem Feedbacks -- 11.1 Brief Overview of Form and Function in Seaweeds -- 11.2 Functional Groups of Seaweeds in the Antarctic -- 11.3 The Vertical Zonation of Antarctic Seaweeds: A Paradigm of Spatial Distribution of Different Morpho-functional Traits -- 11.4 Light Use Characteristics as a Major Factor Delineating Physiological Thallus Anatomy of Seaweeds -- 11.5 Form and Function in the Context of Life Strategies and Stress Tolerance -- 11.6 Functional Traits of Seaweeds and Properties of Benthic Communities -- 11.7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part IV: Biological Interactions and Ecosystem Processes -- Chapter 12: Successional Processes in Antarctic Benthic Algae -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Structural Patterns and Changes in Algal Community Composition during Succession -- 12.3 Ecological Factors Influencing Antarctic Algal Succession -- 12.3.1 Ultraviolet Radiation -- 12.3.2 Grazing -- 12.3.3 Glacier Retreat -- 12.4 Experimental Approaches to Study In Situ Succession of Antarctic Benthic Algae -- 12.5 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 13: Seaweed-Herbivore Interactions: Grazing as Biotic Filtering in Intertidal Antarctic Ecosystems -- 13.1 Biological Invasions and Their Impact on the Ecology of Antarctic Coastal Systems -- 13.2 Recent Introductions of Exotic Macroalgae in Antarctica -- 13.3 Can Grazers Control Alien Macroalgae in Antarctica? -- 13.4 Ulva intestinalis as a Case Study in a Simple, Two-Species Assembly Model -- 13.5 Concluding Remarks -- References. , Chapter 14: Diversity and Functioning of Antarctic Seaweed Microbiomes -- 14.1 Introduction: Environment and Antarctic Seaweed Host-Microbiome -- 14.2 Functional Interactions of Antarctic Seaweeds and Their Associated Microbiota -- 14.3 Deciphering the Structure and Diversity of Seaweed Microbiomes -- 14.4 Variation of Bacterial Community Diversity in Antarctic Seaweeds -- 14.5 Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 15: Seaweeds in the Antarctic Marine Coastal Food Web -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Food Webs and Seaweeds -- 15.3 Network Dynamics and Robustness -- 15.4 Non-Trophic Interactions -- 15.5 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 16: Trophic Networks and Ecosystem Functioning -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.1.1 Quantitative and Semiquantitative Multispecies Trophic Modelling -- 16.1.2 Selection of Model Components, Sampling Programs, and Data Sources -- 16.2 Macroscopic Ecosystem-Network Properties -- 16.2.1 Macroscopic Properties of Coastal Benthic-Pelagic Ecosystem at Fildes Bay -- 16.3 Keystone Species Complex (KSC) -- 16.3.1 Functional Keystoneness Indices -- 16.3.2 Topological Keystone Index -- 16.3.3 Semiquantitative or Qualitative Keystone Index -- 16.3.4 Centrality of Node Sets -- 16.3.5 Keystone Species Complex in Benthic-Pelagic Ecosystem at Fildes Bay -- 16.4 Contribution of Keystone Species Complex to Macroscopic Network Properties -- 16.5 Constrains and Perspectives -- Appendix 16.A -- References -- Part V: Chemical Ecology -- Chapter 17: Chemical Mediation of Antarctic Macroalga-Grazer Interactions -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Feeding Bioassay Methodology -- 17.3 Antarctic Macroalgal Resistance to Herbivory -- 17.3.1 Macroalgal Palatability and Resistance to Amphipods -- 17.3.2 Macroalgal Palatability and Resistance to Fish -- 17.3.3 Macroalgal Palatability and Resistance to Sea Stars. , 17.3.4 Macroalgal Palatability and Resistance to Sea Urchins in McMurdo Sound.

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Note: Literaturangaben , Antarctic Seaweeds: Biogeography, Adaptation and Ecosystem Services -- Diversity of Antarctic Seaweeds -- Biogeographic Processes Influencing Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seaweeds -- Detached Seaweeds as Important Dispersal Agents Across the Southern Ocean.-Biogeography of Antarctic Seaweeds Facing Climate Changes -- Comparative Phylogeography of Antarctic Seaweeds: Genetic Consequences of Historical Climatic Variations -- Underwater Light Environment of Antarctic Seaweeds -- Production and Biomass of Seaweeds in Newly Ice-Free Areas: Implications for Coastal Processes in a Changing Antarctic Environment -- Carbon Balance Under a Changing Light Environment -- Life History Strategies, Photosynthesis and Stress Tolerance in Propagules of Antarctic Seaweeds -- Form and Function in Antarctic Seaweeds: Photobiological Adaptations, Zonation Patterns and Ecosystem Feedbacks -- Successional Processes in Antarctic Benthic Algae -- Seaweed-Herbivore Interactions: Grazing as Biotic Filtering in Intertidal Antarctic Ecosystems -- Diversity and Functioning of Antarctic Seaweed Microbiomes -- Seaweeds in the Antarctic Marine Coastal Food Web -- Trophic Networks and Ecosystem Functioning -- Chemical Mediation of Antarctic Macroalgal-Grazer Interactions -- Brown Algal Phlorotannins: An Overview of their Functional Roles.