| How do polar marine ecosystems respond to rapid climate change? | |
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PMID: 20558708 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Climate change will alter marine ecosystems; however, the complexity of the food webs, combined with chronic undersampling, constrains efforts to predict their future and to optimally manage and protect marine resources. Sustained observations at the West Antarctic Peninsula show that in this region, rapid environmental change has coincided with shifts in the food web, from its base up to apex predators. New strategies will be required to gain further insight into how the marine climate system has influenced such changes and how it will do so in the future. Robotic networks, satellites, ships, and instruments mounted on animals and ice will collect data needed to improve numerical models that can then be used to study the future of polar ecosystems as climate change progresses. |
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Authors:
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Oscar Schofield; Hugh W Ducklow; Douglas G Martinson; Michael P Meredith; Mark A Moline; William R Fraser |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 328 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-18 Completed Date: 2010-07-01 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1520-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. oscar@marine.rutgers.edu |
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Animals Antarctic Regions Biomass Birds Climate Change* Cold Climate* Ecosystem* Fishes Food Chain Ice Cover Mammals Oceanography / methods Oceans and Seas Phytoplankton Population Dynamics Seawater* |
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