Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World Book

Contributors

Introduction:  Antarctic ecology in a changing world
Andrew Clarke, Nadine M. Johnston, Eugene J. Murphy & Alex D. Rogers

Part I: Terrestrial and freshwater habitats
Chapter 1. Spatial and temporal variability in terrestrial Antarctic biodiversity Steven L. Chown and Peter Convey

Chapter 2. Global Change in a Low Diversity Terrestrial Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Diana H. Wall

Chapter 3. Antarctic lakes as models for the study of microbial biodiversity, biogeography and evolution
David A. Pearce and Johanna Laybourn-Parry

Part II: Marine habitats and regions

Chapter 4. The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula 
Andrew Clarke, David K. A. Barnes, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Hugh W. Ducklow, John C. King, Michael P. Meredith, Eugene J. Murphy and Lloyd S. Peck

Chapter 5. The Marine Ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula
Hugh W. Ducklow, Andrew Clarke, Rebecca Dickhut, Scott C. Doney, Heidi Geisz, Kuan Huang, Douglas G. Martinson, Michael P. Meredith, Holly V. Moeller, Martin Montes-Hugo, Oscar Shofield, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Debbie Steinberg and William Fraser

Chapter 6. Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem
Eugene J. Murphy, Jonathan L. Watkins, Phil N. Trathan, Keith Reid, Michael P. Meredith, Simeon Hill, Sally E. Thorpe, Nadine M. Johnston, Aandrew Clarke, Geraint Tarling, Martin Collins, Jaume Forcada, Angus Atkinson, Peter Ward, Iain Staniland, David Pond, Rachel Cavanagh, Rachael Shreeve, Rebecca Korb, Michael J. Whitehouse, Paul G. Rodhouse, Peter Enderlein, Aandrew Hirst, Anthony R. Martin, I. D. Briggs, Nathan Cunningham and Andrew Fleming

Chapter 7. The Ross Sea Continental Shelf: Regional Biogeochemical Cycles, Trophic Interactions, and Potential Future Changes
Walker O. Smith, Jr., David G. Ainley, Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti and Eileen E. Hofmann

Chapter 8. Pelagic ecosystems in the waters off East Antarctica (30°E–150°E) Stephen Nicol and Ben Raymond

Chapter 9. The dynamic mosaic: Disturbance and development of Antarctic benthic communities
David K.A. Barnes and Kathleen E. Conlan

Chapter 10. Southern Ocean deep benthic biodiversity
Angelika Brandt, Claude De Broyer, B. Ebbe, Kari E. Ellingsen, Andrew J. Gooday, D. Janussen, Stephanie Kaiser, Katrin Linse, M. Schueller, Michael R. A. Thomson, Paul A. Tyler and A. Vanreusel

Chapter 11. Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability
Phil N. Trathan, Jaume Forcada and Eugene J. Murphy

Part III: Molecular adaptations and evolution

Chapter 12. Molecular ecophysiology of Antarctic notothenioid fishes
C.-H. Christina Cheng and H. William Detrich III

Chapter 13. Mechanisms defining thermal limits and adaptation in marine ectotherms: an integrative view
Hans O. Pörtner, Lloyd S. Peck and George N. Somero

Chapter 14. Evolution and biodiversity of Antarctic organisms; a molecular perspective
Alex D. Rogers

Part IV: Conservation and management aspects

Chapter 15. Biogeography and regional classifications of Antarctica
Peter Convey, David K. A. Barnes, Huw J. Griffiths, Susie M. Grant, Katrin Linse and David N. Thomas

Chapter 16. Conservation and Management of Antarctic Ecosystems
Susie M. Grant, Peter Convey, Kevin A. Hughes, Richard A. Phillips and Phil N. Trathan

 Index