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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437787503321

Titolo

Adaptation and evolution in marine environments [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 : the impacts of global change on biodiversity / / Cinzia Verde, Guido di Prisco, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-91054-3

3-642-27349-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

From pole to pole, , 2193-7338

Altri autori (Persone)

VerdeCinzia

PriscoGuido di

Disciplina

577.7

577.7220911

Soggetti

Biodiversity - Climatic factors - Polar regions

Biotic communities - Polar regions

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Polar regions

Marine animals - Adaptation - Polar regions

Marine animals - Climatic factors - Polar regions

Marine ecology - Polar regions

Adaptation (Biology) - Polar regions

Evolution (Biology) - Polar regions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Biodiversity evolution and data management -- pt. II. Evolution : a molecular perspective -- pt. III. Monitoring and management.

Sommario/riassunto

The second volume of "Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments - The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity" from the series "From Pole to Pole" integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and extent of warming in the Arctic and in regions of Antarctica (the Peninsula, at the present ) are greater than elsewhere. Changes impact several parameters, in particular the extent of sea ice; organisms, ecosystems



and communities that became finely adapted to increasing cold in the course of millions of years are now becoming vulnerable, and biodiversity is threatened. Investigating evolutionary adaptations helps to foresee the impact of changes in temperate areas, highlighting the invaluable contribution of polar marine research to present and future outcomes of the IPY in the Earth system scenario.