Chapter 3 Antarctic Marine Biodiversity

Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading effect of ice in its many forms and extreme seasonality of light and phytobiont productivity. Antarctica is, however, the...

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description Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading effect of ice in its many forms and extreme seasonality of light and phytobiont productivity. Antarctica is, however, the most isolated continent on Earth and is the only one that lacks a continental shelf connection with another continent. This isolation, along with the many millions of years that these conditions have existed, has produced a fauna that is both diverse, with around 17,000 marine invertebrate species living there, and has the highest proportions of endemic species of any continent. The reasons for this are discussed. The isolation, history and unusual environmental conditions have resulted in the fauna producing a range and scale of adaptations to low temperature and seasonality that are unique. The best known such adaptations include channichthyid icefish that lack haemoglobin and transport oxygen around their bodies only in solution, or the absence, in some species, of what was only 20 years ago termed the universal heat shock response.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-330092025-03-04T09:57:42Z Chapter 3 Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Peck, Lloyd S. oceanography marine biology environment climate change climate change impacts Southern Ocean high Arctic ice seasonality phytobiont productivity Antarctica Antarctic fauna marine invertebrate species endemic species low temperature adaptations seasonality adaptions channichthyid icefish universal heat shock response gametogenic cycles vitellogenesis microtubule assembly locomotion metabolic rate whole-animal growth embryonic development limb regeneration echinoderms Southern Ocean fauna ecophysiological adaptations coldblooded marine species thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSP Hydrobiology::PSPM Marine biology thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading effect of ice in its many forms and extreme seasonality of light and phytobiont productivity. Antarctica is, however, the most isolated continent on Earth and is the only one that lacks a continental shelf connection with another continent. This isolation, along with the many millions of years that these conditions have existed, has produced a fauna that is both diverse, with around 17,000 marine invertebrate species living there, and has the highest proportions of endemic species of any continent. The reasons for this are discussed. The isolation, history and unusual environmental conditions have resulted in the fauna producing a range and scale of adaptations to low temperature and seasonality that are unique. The best known such adaptations include channichthyid icefish that lack haemoglobin and transport oxygen around their bodies only in solution, or the absence, in some species, of what was only 20 years ago termed the universal heat shock response. 2021-02-10T14:04:11Z 2021-02-10T14:04:11Z 2020-03-17 10:22:32 2020-04-01T06:48:35Z 2018 chapter 1007866 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22316 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33009 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/22316/1/9781138318625_Chapter3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/22316/1/9781138318625_Chapter3.pdf Taylor & Francis CRC Press 10.1201/9780429454455 10.1201/9780429454455 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Oceanography and Marine Biology CRC Press 133 open access
spellingShingle oceanography
marine biology
environment
climate change
climate change impacts
Southern Ocean
high Arctic
ice
seasonality
phytobiont productivity
Antarctica
Antarctic fauna
marine invertebrate species
endemic species
low temperature adaptations
seasonality adaptions
channichthyid icefish
universal heat shock response
gametogenic cycles
vitellogenesis
microtubule assembly
locomotion
metabolic rate
whole-animal growth
embryonic development
limb regeneration
echinoderms
Southern Ocean fauna
ecophysiological adaptations
coldblooded marine species
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSP Hydrobiology::PSPM Marine biology
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Peck, Lloyd S.
Chapter 3 Antarctic Marine Biodiversity
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topic oceanography
marine biology
environment
climate change
climate change impacts
Southern Ocean
high Arctic
ice
seasonality
phytobiont productivity
Antarctica
Antarctic fauna
marine invertebrate species
endemic species
low temperature adaptations
seasonality adaptions
channichthyid icefish
universal heat shock response
gametogenic cycles
vitellogenesis
microtubule assembly
locomotion
metabolic rate
whole-animal growth
embryonic development
limb regeneration
echinoderms
Southern Ocean fauna
ecophysiological adaptations
coldblooded marine species
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSP Hydrobiology::PSPM Marine biology
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
topic_facet oceanography
marine biology
environment
climate change
climate change impacts
Southern Ocean
high Arctic
ice
seasonality
phytobiont productivity
Antarctica
Antarctic fauna
marine invertebrate species
endemic species
low temperature adaptations
seasonality adaptions
channichthyid icefish
universal heat shock response
gametogenic cycles
vitellogenesis
microtubule assembly
locomotion
metabolic rate
whole-animal growth
embryonic development
limb regeneration
echinoderms
Southern Ocean fauna
ecophysiological adaptations
coldblooded marine species
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSP Hydrobiology::PSPM Marine biology
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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