Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Antarctica is the most isolated continent on Earth, but it has not escaped the negative
impacts of human activity. The unique marine ecosystems of Antarctica and their endemic …

Abstract The Southern Ocean contributes substantially to the global biological carbon pump
(BCP). Salps in the Southern Ocean, in particular Salpa thompsoni, are important grazers …

In the nearshore coastal waters along the Antarctic Peninsula, a recurrent shift in
phytoplankton community structure, from diatoms to cryptophytes, has been documented …

The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale.
Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the …

In the Southern Ocean, several zooplankton taxonomic groups, euphausiids, copepods,
salps and pteropods, are notable because of their biomass and abundance and their roles …

Sea ice and oceanic boundaries have a dominant effect in structuring Antarctic marine
ecosystems. Satellite imagery and historical data have identified the southern boundary of …

The South Georgia region is characterised by high biomass and productivity of
phytoplankton, zooplankton and vertebrate predators. Important commercial fisheries have …

Available data on the spatial distribution and feeding ecophysiology of Antarctic krill,
Euphausia superba, and the tunicate, Salpa thompsoni, in the Southern Ocean are …

Trophic interactions between organisms are the main drivers of ecosystem dynamics, but
scant dietary information is available for wide-ranging predators during migration. We …