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2006 | Book

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator Read chapter Read first chapter

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems

Antarctica as a Global Indicator

Editors: D. M. Bergstrom, P. Convey, A. H. L. Huiskes

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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About this book

The Antarctic provides a suite of scenarios useful for investigating the range of climate change effects on terrestrial and limnetic biota. The international SCAR programme RiSCC (Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems) is investigating these scenarios with the goals of (1) understanding the likely response of Antarctic biota to changing climates, and (2) contributing to the development of broadly applicable theory concerning interactions between climate change, indigenous and introduced species, and ecosystem functioning. The programme draws upon both new and existing data.

The purpose of the book is to provide, based on the most up to date knowledge, a synthesis of the likely effects of climate change on Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems and, thereby, to contribute to their management and conservation, based on the information.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
1. Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator
A. H. L. Huiskes, P. Convey, D. M. Bergstrom
2. The Physical Setting of the Antarctic
D. M. Bergstrom, D. A. Hodgson, P. Convey
3. Colonisation Processes
K. A. Hughes, S. Ott, M. Bölter, P. Convey
4. Biogeography
S. L. Chown, P. Convey
5. Biogeographic Trends in Antarctic Lake Communities
J. A. E. Gibson, A. Wilmotte, A. Taton, B. van de Vijver, L. Beyens, H. J. G. Dartnall
6. Life History Traits
P. Convey, S. L. Chown, J. Wasley, D. M. Bergstrom
7. Physiological Traits of Organisms in a Changing Environment
F. Hennion, A. H. L. Huiskes, S. Robinson, P. Convey
8. Plant Biodiversity in an Extreme Environment
Genetic studies of origins, diversity and evolution in the Antarctic
M. L. Skotnicki, P. M. Selkirk
9. The Molecular Ecology of Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Invertebrates and Microbes
M. I. Stevens, I. D. Hogg
10. Biological Invasions
P. Convey, Y. Frenot, N. Gremmen, D. M. Bergstrom
11. Landscape Control of High Latitude Lakes in a Changing Climate
A. Quesada, W. F. Vincent, E. Kaup, J. E. Hobbie, I. Laurion, R. Pienitz, J. LÓPez-MartÍNez, J.-J. DuráN
12. Antarctic Climate Change and its Influences on Terrestrial Ecosystems
P. Convey
13. Antarctic Lake Systems and Climate Change
W. B. Lyons, J. Laybourn-Parry, K. A. Welch, J. C. Priscu
14. Subantarctic Terrestrial Conservation and Management
J. Whinam, G. Copson, J.-L. Chapuis
15. Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystem Conservation and Management
B. B. Hull, D. M. Bergstrom
16. The Ant Arctic: Local Signals, Global Messages
D. M. Bergstrom, A. H. L. Huiskes, P. Convey
Backmatter
Metadata
Title
Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems
Editors
D. M. Bergstrom
P. Convey
A. H. L. Huiskes
Copyright Year
2006
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Electronic ISBN
978-1-4020-5277-4
Print ISBN
978-1-4020-5276-7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5277-4