Biodiversity of the Southern Ocean - 9781785480478

Biodiversity of the Southern OceanAuthor(s): Bruno David, Thomas Saucde\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: ISTE Press Ltd - Elsevier Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: ISTE Press Ltd - Elsevier Inc\nISBN-13: 9781785480478, 978-1785480478\nSynopsis\nThe Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is vast, in particular, its history, its isolation, and climate, making it a unique \""laboratory case\"" for experimental evolution, adaptation and ecology. Its evolutionary historyof adaptation provide a wealth ofinformation on the functioning of the biosphere and its potential. The Southern Ocean is the result of a history of nearly 40 million years marked by the opening of the Straits south of Australia and South America and intense cooling. The violence of its weather, its very low temperatures, the formation of huge ice-covered areas, as its isolation makes the Southern Ocean a world apart. This book discusses the consequences for the evolution, ecology and biodiversity of the region, incl?