The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity

Steven L. Chown (), Andrew Clarke, Ceridwen I. Fraser, S. Craig Cary, Katherine L. Moon and Melodie A. McGeoch
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Steven L. Chown: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Andrew Clarke: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council
Ceridwen I. Fraser: Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
S. Craig Cary: International Centre for Terrestrial Antarctic Research, University of Waikato
Katherine L. Moon: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Melodie A. McGeoch: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7557, 431-438

Abstract: Abstract Antarctic biodiversity is much more extensive, ecologically diverse and biogeographically structured than previously thought. Understanding of how this diversity is distributed in marine and terrestrial systems, the mechanisms underlying its spatial variation, and the significance of the microbiota is growing rapidly. Broadly recognizable drivers of diversity variation include energy availability and historical refugia. The impacts of local human activities and global environmental change nonetheless pose challenges to the current and future understanding of Antarctic biodiversity. Life in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean is surprisingly rich, and as much at risk from environmental change as it is elsewhere.

Date: 2015
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