In:
Biologie in unserer Zeit, Wiley, Vol. 40, No. 6 ( 2010-12), p. 386-395
Abstract:
Impacts of climate change on polar seas The polar seas in the Arctic and Antarctic are characterized by extreme cold and the prevalence of sea ice, which provides a unique polar habitat but also strongly affects the pelagic and benthic biota beneath. Life conditions for the marine fauna and flora differ considerably between the Arctic and Southern Oceans, as a result of contrasts in geography, geological history, as well as seasonal dynamics in light regime, sea ice cover and, hence, biological production. Climate change is particularly obvious in the Arctic Ocean and off the Antarctic Peninsula where warming results in a rapid shrinkage of the summer sea ice cover. Such decline threatens the sea‐ice communities and their associated fauna and will also have far reaching effects for the plankton and benthos of the polar seas.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0045-205X
,
1521-415X
DOI:
10.1002/biuz.201010437
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2010
detail.hit.zdb_id:
120079-3
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2006653-3
SSG:
12
