Studying the molecular biology of organisms is essential for the development of conservation strategies regarding species and the ecosystem itself. However, only understanding how different organisms interact among each other…
“Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin.”Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World The first description of…
Some groups of oceanic animals, such as cephalopods, are highly skiing to scientific nets. Occurring in big areas such the Southern Ocean, the task of discover their habitat is a…
Updated: 6 mar. 2019 Knowledge on the biology, ecology and population dynamics of marine species is fundamental to understand ecosystem functioning. Southern Ocean food webs are extremely dynamic as a…
The traditional vision portrayed Antarctica as a continent with low biodiversity and limited by a hostile environment. However, biodiversity studies over the last few years have shown that life in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is…
The legend of "Kraken" is not totally false. In the depths of the Antarctic Ocean lies the refuge of a creature similar in size and appearance to myth. The colossal…
Mercury is one of the most hazardous elements all over the world. During centuries, mercury was used on medicine, as preservative and anti-bacterial agent, and also largely used in industry.…
Indicative species is a concept used in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as one of the elements used to monitoring and to manage the…
Cephalopods, particularly squids, are known to play an important role in Southern Ocean (SO). There are eighteen squids’ species in the SO and it is expected that more waits to…
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and salps (such as Salpa thompsoni) are two main grazers in the Southern Ocean. As any other species, the distribution of these two species is profoundly…