Screen LibraryAdaptation and evolution in marine environments. Volume 2 : the impacts of global change on biodiversity /
The second volume of "Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments - The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity" from the series "From Pole to Pole" integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bac...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Heidelberg ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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From pole to pole,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27349-0 |
| Summary: |
The second volume of "Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments - The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity" from the series "From Pole to Pole" integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and extent of warming in the Arctic and in regions of Antarctica (the Peninsula, at the present ) are greater than elsewhere. Changes impact several parameters, in particular the extent of sea ice; organisms, ecosystems and communities that became finely adapted to increasing cold in the course of millions of years are now becoming vulnerable, and biodiversity is threatened. Investigating evolutionary adaptations helps to foresee the impact of changes in temperate areas, highlighting the invaluable contribution of polar marine research to present and future outcomes of the IPY in the Earth system scenario. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783642273490 (electronic bk.) 3642273491 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QH84 |
| CLC: | Q151.6 |
| Contents: |
Biodiversity Evolution and Data Management -- The Census of Antarctic Marine Life: The First Available Baseline for Antarctic Marine Biodiversity / Connecting Biodiversity Data During the IPY: The Path Towards e-Polar Science / Evolution - A Molecular Perspective -- Southern Ocean Evolution in a Global Context: A Molecular Viewpoint / Pole-to-Pole Gene Flow in Protozoan Ciliates / Excess Oxygen in Polar Evolution: A Whole Organism Perspective / Catalysis and Protein Folding in Extreme Temperature Environments / Monitoring and Management -- Changing the Look on Seals from Pole to Pole with Satellite Technology / Environmental Processes, Biodiversity and Changes in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica / Environmental Assessment of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica / Anthropogenic Impacts on Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Islands and the Adjacent Marine Environments / Polar Monitoring: Seabirds as Sentinels of Marine Ecosystems / |