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Chapter Nine - The Southern Ocean: an extreme environment or just home of unique ecosystems?

from Part III - Life in extreme environments and the responses to change: the example of polar environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

By
Julian Gutt  and
Gerhard Dieckmann
Edited by
Guido di Prisco ,
Howell G. M. Edwards ,
Josef Elster  and
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Guido di Prisco
Affiliation:
National Research Council of Italy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Josef Elster
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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Summary

CAREX roadmap defined an extreme environment as having ‘parameters showing values permanently close to lower or upper limits known for life in its various forms’ (CAREX, 2011). In the Southern Ocean (SO) physical–chemical conditions shape life to a greater extent than in other marine ecosystems, due to for example the pronounced seasonality and freezing temperatures, particularly in sea-ice.

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Life in Extreme Environments
Insights in Biological Capability
 , pp. 218 - 233
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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