TY  - RPRT
AU  - Chesterton, A.
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Sea ice, zooplankton, and fish interactions at a coastal Antarctic site.
N2  - Each year the total surface area of sea ice of Antarctica continues to decline due to<br />warming climates, which might be starting to indicate consequences for sea ice interface<br />dependent organisms. Species in the coastal waters of Antarctica are not readily studied, but are<br />proving to have more of an importance in the Antarctic marine ecosystems than previously<br />thought. This study analyzes the inter-annual differences among two consecutive summer<br />seasons (2015/2016 and 2016/2017) in the coastal regions near Dumont d&rsquo;Urville station,<br />Antarctica. The purpose of this study is to determine if a continued loss of Antarctic sea ice will<br />effect species that depend on the sea ice interface, such as <em>Paralabidocera antarctica</em> and<br /><em>Pagothenia borchgrevinki</em>. Specifically, this study compared zooplankton species found in<br />vertical hauls, chlorophyll-a concentrations in both the water column and the sea ice, water<br />temperature, and sea ice dynamics, during both summer seasons, then compared these results<br />with zooplankton species variation in the gut contents of larval <em>Pagothenia borchgrevinki</em>.<br />Results from this study show that there is a food chain from ice algae, to <em>Paralabidocera</em><br /><em>antarctica</em>, to <em>Pagothenia borchgrevinki</em> and that <em>Paralabidocera antarctica</em> and <em>Pagothenia</em><br /><em>borchgrevinki</em> both depend highly on the sea ice interface of the Antarctic coastal waters as the<br />abundance of Paralabidocera antarctica and the feeding habits of <em>Pagothenia borchgrevinki</em><br />fluctuate based on changes in this habitat.
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ID  - Chesterton2017
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