The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing one of the fastest rates of regional climate change
on Earth, resulting in the collapse of ice shelves, the retreat of glaciers and the exposure of …

Understanding the energy flux through food webs is important for estimating the capacity of
marine ecosystems to support stocks of living resources. The energy density of species …

The isolation of the Southern Ocean after the opening of Drake Passage some 23–25 million
years ago, the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the subsequent cooling of the …

The gut contents of 2982 specimens of 33 amphipod families, 71 genera and 149 species
were examined, representing a high percentage of amphipod diversity in the Iberian …

Recent molecular research on Antarctic benthic organisms has challenged traditional
taxonomic classifications, suggesting that our current perceptions of Antarctic biodiversity …

Because of the unique conditions that exist around the Antarctic continent, Southern Ocean
(SO) ecosystems are very susceptible to the growing impact of global climate change and …

Carbon isotopic composition was used to assess the linkage between three different
potential sources of energy and the community in the shallow coastal zone of Martel Inlet …

This review concerns crustaceans that associate with sea ice. Particular emphasis is placed
on comparing and contrasting the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice habitats, and the subsequent …

Antarctic amphipods from the Weddell Sea and Bransfield Strait were collected to
investigate the impact of various species and feeding types on lipid and fatty acid …

With about 8000 marine benthic species, the amphipod crustaceans form one of the richest
animal groups of the worldwide Ocean. They have colonized a wide range of soft-and hard …