Title Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems; Antarctica as a global indicator
Author Huiskes, A.H.L.; Convey, P.; Bergstrom, D.M.
Source Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems; Antarctica as a global indicator, edited by D.M. Bergstrom, P. Convey and A.H.L. Huiskes, p.1-13, . Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. ISBN: 1-4020-5276-6; 978-1-4020-5276-7; 978-1- 4020-5277-4; 1-4020-5277-4
Publication Date 2006
Notes In English. 58 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 297117. CRREL Acc. No: 64002112
Index Terms biogeography; animals; climatic change; ecology; environmental effects; global change; human activity; lakes; plant ecology; temperature; Antarctica; biota; climate change; faunal list; Invertebrata; lacustrine environment; Plantae; Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; subantarctic regions; terrestrial environment
Abstract Overview of aims of SCAR research programme on Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems (RiSCC) outlines differing environmental circumstances affecting biogeography in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic biomes. Includes biogeographic zonation of native terrestrial invertebrates and plant species; key environmental factors and effect of isolation both of and within Antarctica; effects of anthropogenic atmospheric change; responses of biota to introduced species and climate change; and importance of Antarctica in global systems
Publication Type monograph
Record ID 87457