A study published in Marine Drugs on August 24 found that the Antarctic benthic organisms aren’t equipped to deal with climate change and invasive species. Contxita Avila, a Marine Biological ...

Benthic cyanobacterial assemblages ... These findings contribute to extending knowledge of Antarctic cyanobacteria and should be integrated with future molecular studies to increase understanding of ...

Therefore, this study aimed to describe, for the first time, fungal diversity in Antarctic benthic habitats along the salinity ... The sites included marine shallow water locations and open water ...

Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic seafloors ... This determines that benthic trophic ...

As the only research vessel nearby, the research icebreaker Polarstern seized on the opportunity to explore, penetrating the gap between A-74 and the Brunt Ice Shelf. Their team was comprised of ...

The composition, spatial structure, diversity and abundance of Antarctic nematode and copepod meiobenthic ... The shallow (< 50 m) benthic marine environment in the near shore region at Casey is very ...

The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica has a cold and foreboding appearance yet is home to an extraordinary diversity ... benthic and pelagic ecoregions, meaning that, in their current form, ...

In this study, samples of Antarctic marine benthic organisms were analyzed for legacy and ... (22−27) Given their complexity and diversity, this could also lead to changes in biomagnification across ...

“I was not expecting such a visible difference,” said Gail Ashton, a marine benthic ecologist at British Antarctic Survey and Smithsonian ... as well as species composition and assemblage diversity.