The Biology of Polar Regions
D.N. Thomas, G.E. Fogg, P. Convey, C.H. Fritsen, J.-M. Gili, R. Gradinger, J. Laybourn-Parry, K. Reid, and D.W.H. Walton
Abstract
There is now an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions in the Earth system, as well as their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change, including of course global climate change. This text is the latest edition of this book and offers an introduction to polar ecology. It has been revised and updated, providing expanded coverage of marine ecosystems and the impact of humans. It incorporates a comparison of the Arctic and Antarctic systems, with a particular emphasis on the effects of climate change, and describes marine, freshwater, glacial, and terrestrial habitats. Much em ... More
There is now an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions in the Earth system, as well as their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change, including of course global climate change. This text is the latest edition of this book and offers an introduction to polar ecology. It has been revised and updated, providing expanded coverage of marine ecosystems and the impact of humans. It incorporates a comparison of the Arctic and Antarctic systems, with a particular emphasis on the effects of climate change, and describes marine, freshwater, glacial, and terrestrial habitats. Much emphasis is placed on the organisms that dominate these extreme environments although pollution, conservation, and experimental aspects are also considered.
Keywords:
anthropogenic change,
global climate change,
polar ecology,
marine ecosystems,
Arctic,
Antarctic,
freshwater habitats,
glacial habitats,
terrestrial habitats,
pollution
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2008 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199298112 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298112.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
D.N. Thomas, author
University of Wales, Bangor, UK
G.E. Fogg, author
University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Deceased 2005
P. Convey, author
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
C.H. Fritsen, author
Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA
J.-M. Gili, author
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Spain
R. Gradinger, author
University of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
J. Laybourn-Parry, author
University of Tasmania, Australia
K. Reid, author
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Tasmania, Australia
D.W.H. Walton, author
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
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