Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Remote sensing of suspended particulate matter in turbid waters: state of the art and future perspectives
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MERIS imagery of Belgian coastal waters: mapping of Suspended Particulate Matter and Chlorophyll-a
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Optical remote sensing of the North Sea
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Reconsideration of the systematics and distribution of the rhynchonellid brachiopod Atrypa mesacostale Hall, 1843 from the Late Givetian and Early Frasnian of New York.
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Biogeographic patterns of Southern Ocean benthic Amphipods
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Jacoburbirostrum, new middle Famennian rhynchonellid (brachiopod) genus from southwestern New York State
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Amphipoda: Hyperiidea
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Going dynamic : A vision for the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (BASO)
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Conclusions : Present and Future of Southern Ocean Biogeography
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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
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The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)
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World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species
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The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
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Intra-annual variations of the diet of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at South Georgia (Southern Ocean)
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Phylogeographic patterns of the Lysianassoidea (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda)
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Hydrodynamic models.
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Application 2: Connectivity.
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Seasonal changes in the vertical distribution and community structure of Antarctic macrozooplankton and micronekton
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Comparative phylogeography of three trematomid fishes reveals contrasting genetic structure patterns in benthic and pelagic species
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Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill
- Antarctic krill Euphausia superba (hereafter ‘krill’) occur in regions undergoing rapid environmental change, particularly loss of winter sea ice. During recent years, harvesting of krill has increased, possibly enhancing stress on krill and Antarctic ecosystems. Here we review the overall impact of climate change on krill and Antarctic ecosystems, discuss implications for an ecosystem-based fisheries management approach and identify critical knowledge gaps. Sea ice decline, ocean warming and other environmental stressors act in concert to modify the abundance, distribution and life cycle of krill. Although some of these changes can have positive effects on krill, their cumulative impact is most likely negative. Recruitment, driven largely by the winter survival of larval krill, is probably the population parameter most susceptible to climate change. Predicting changes to krill populations is urgent, because they will seriously impact Antarctic ecosystems. Such predictions, however, are complicated by an intense inter-annual variability in recruitment success and krill abundance. To improve the responsiveness of the ecosystem-based management approach adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), critical knowledge gaps need to be filled. In addition to a better understanding of the factors influencing recruitment, management will require a better understanding of the resilience and the genetic plasticity of krill life stages, and a quantitative understanding of under-ice and benthic habitat use. Current precautionary management measures of CCAMLR should be maintained until a better understanding of these processes has been achieved.
