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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 A Brief History of Exploration and Discovery |
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1.1 The Age of Navigation |
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1.2 Scientific expeditions come to the fore |
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1.2.1 Pre-1914, the precursor era |
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1.2.2 Post 1950, the age of permanent settlement |
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1.3 An increase in commercial exploitation |
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1.4 Dynamics of the discovery of Southern Ocean biodiversity |
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1.5 Tools for oceanography exploration |
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Chapter 2 The Southern Ocean and its Environment: a World of Extremes |
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2.1 An ocean with undefined limits |
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2.2 The southern climate: windy and cold, with very little light |
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2.2.3 From winter night to weak daylight |
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2.3.2 Ice sheets and ice shelves |
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2.4 In isolation yet interconnected, the complexity of ocean circulation ... |
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2.4.2 Ocean fronts and the zonation of water masses |
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2.4.3 A complex interplay between wind, water and ice |
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2.5 Sediment and nutrients |
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2.5.1 Marine sediment and its origins |
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2.5.2 Oxygen and nutrients, sources of marine life |
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Chapter 3 The Ocean Through Time |
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3.1 The split of a supercontinent from the Jurassic to the Eocene |
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3.2 Global cooling at the Eocene-Oligocene transition |
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3.3 Other thermal anomalies during the Oligocene and Miocene |
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3.4 Another cold snap in the late Miocene |
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3.5 Climatic oscillations and glacial-interglacial cycles |
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Chapter 4 Southern Ocean Biogeography and Communities |
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4.1 Inventorying Antarctic marine biodiversity |
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4.2 Southern Ocean biogeography |
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4.2.2 Unique biodiversity |
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4.2.3 Richness and latitude |
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4.2.4 Biogeographic regions and provinces |
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4.2.5 The paradox of bipolar distribution patterns |
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Chapter 5 History of Biodiversity in the Southern Ocean |
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5.1 So much ice yet so few fossils |
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5.2 Origins and age of Antarctic marine biodiversity |
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5.3 Break-up of Gondwana and isolation of Antarctic fauna |
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5.4 Mass extinction event at the end of the Mesozoic Era |
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5.5 Evolution of biodiversity and ancient climatic changes |
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5.5.1 The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum |
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5.5.2 Consequences of the late Eocene biological crisis |
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5.5.3 Glaciation and species adaptation in the Miocene Epoch |
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5.5.4 Are glacial-interglacial cycles good for biodiversity? |
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Chapter 6 Adaptation of Organisms |
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6.1 Surviving the cold and escaping the ice |
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6.1.1 Fish that make their own antifreeze |
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6.1.2 Looking out for number one, but stronger together |
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6.1.4 Adaptations in physiology and metabolism |
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6.2.2 Far from the world, under the ice shelves |
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6.3 Dealing with intense fluctuations |
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6.3.1 Hellish coastline conditions |
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6.3.2 Advantaged trophic groups |
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6.3.3 Feeding their young by endless periods of fasting |
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6.3.4 From total night to permanent day |
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6.4 Lower metabolic rates, longer lifespans and gigantism |
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6.4.1 Metabolism and development |
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6.5 Parents caring for their offspring |
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6.5.2 Kangaroo sea urchins |
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6.5.3 Why is there so much brooding in the Southern Ocean? |
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Chapter 7 Projections into the Future |
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Appendix |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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