How isolated is Antarctica?

Clarke, Andrew; Barnes, David K.A.; Hodgson, Dominic A.

Clarke, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-3074; Barnes, David K.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-7867; Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3841-3746. 2005 How isolated is Antarctica? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20 (1). 1-3. 10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.004

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Abstract

The traditional view of Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean as an isolated system is now being challenged by the recent discovery at the Antarctic Peninsula of adult spider crabs Hyas areneus from the North Atlantic and of larvae of subpolar marine invertebrates. These observations question whether the well described biogeographical similarities between the benthic fauna of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Magellan region of South America result from history (the two regions were once contiguous), or from a previously unrecognized low level of faunal exchange. Such exchange might be influenced by regional climate change, and also exacerbated by changes in human impact.

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Official URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.004

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.004

Programmes (Superseded):

BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Antarctic Biodiversity - Past, Present and Future
BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Life at the Edge - Stresses and Thresholds

ISSN:

0169-5347

NORA Subject Terms:

Zoology
Ecology and Environment

Additional Keywords:

Benthic fauna, Biogeography, Crabs

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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1702

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Publication - Article

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