Antarctic Ecosystems

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Since its discovery Antarctica has held a deep fascination forbiologists. Extreme environmental conditions, seasonality andisolation have lead to some of the most striking examples ofnatural selection and adaptation on Earth. Paradoxically, some ofthese adaptations may pose constraints on the ability of theAntarctic biota to respond to climate change. Parts of Antarcticaare showing some of the largest changes in temperature and otherenvironmental conditions in the world. In this volume, published inassociation with the Royal Society, leading polar scientistspresent a synthesis of the latest research on the biologicalsystems in Antarctica, covering organisms from microbes tovertebrate higher predators. This book comes at a time when newtechnologies and approaches allow the implications of climatechange and other direct human impacts on Antarctica to be viewed ata range of scales; across entire regions, whole ecosystems and downto the level of species and variation within their genomes.Chapters address both Antarctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems,and the scientific and management challenges of the future areexplored.

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Alex D. Rogers

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"Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview ofAntarctic ecosystems and the open access approach to publicationmeans this volume serves as an easy entre to that literature- many ecologists will benefit from thiscompilation." (Austral Ecology, 1 October2013) "As an institutional library purchase, I would recommendthis book." (Frontiers of biogeography, 5January 2013 "This timely summary of the state of Antarctic ecologicalscience provides a springboard for an exciting future of Antarcticresearch." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1June 2013) "Overall, I appreciated the book and found it to be a verygood synthesis especially of the marine information." (Biodiversity and Conservation, 1 October 2012) "The first of these two books is a good scientifictreatise on how snow and ice communities work at the moment, whilethe second concentrates more on marine environments and theirlikely future. Both are good and should be in thelibrary." (British Ecological Society Bulletin,1 August 2012) "This book is a must for senior undergraduates, graduatestudents, and scientists interested in Antarctic ecosystems. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesthrough professionals." (Choice, 1 September2012)
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