JOURNAL ARTICLE

Extreme Responses to Climate Change in Antarctic Lakes

Wendy C. QuayleLloyd S. PeckHelen J. PeatJ. Cynan Ellis‐EvansP. Richard Harrigan

Year: 2002 Journal:   Science Vol: 295 (5555)Pages: 645-645   Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

We report data for maritime Antarctic lakes showing extremely fast physical ecosystem change, combined with the ecological responses to that change. Nutrient levels at some sites exhibit order of magnitude increases per decade. Polar lakes are early detectors of environmental change because snow

Keywords:
Climate change Environmental change Environmental science Ecosystem Snow Physical geography Oceanography Ecology Geography Geology Biology Meteorology

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Topics

Polar Research and Ecology
Physical Sciences →  Environmental Science →  Ecology
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Physical Sciences →  Earth and Planetary Sciences →  Oceanography
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Physical Sciences →  Environmental Science →  Ecology
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