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Byers Peninsula: A reference site for coastal, terrestrial and limnetic ecosystem studies in maritime Antarctica

2009

Abstract This article describes the development of an international and multidisciplinary project funded by the Spanish Polar Programme on Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, South Shetlands). The project adopted Byers Peninsula as an international reference site for coastal and terrestrial (including inland waters) research within the framework of the International Polar Year initiative. Over 30 scientists from 12 countries and 26 institutions participated in the field work, and many others participated in the processing of the samples. The main themes investigated were: Holocene changes in climate, using both lacustrine sediment cores and palaeo-nests of penguins; limnology of the lakes, …

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcologyEcologyAquatic ecosystemLimnologyLimnopolarBiodiversityByers peninsulaEarth and Planetary Sciences(all)BiotaWetlandAquatic ScienceTerrestrial ecosystemsLakesOceanographyPeninsulaBiocomplexityLimnologyGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEcosystemEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPolar Science
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