Ecological consequences of sea-ice decline

Eric Post; Uma S. Bhatt; Cecilia M. Bitz; Jedediah F. Brodie; Tara L. Fulton; Mark Hebblewhite; Jeffrey Kerby; Susan J. Kutz; Ian Stirling; Donald A. Walker

doi:10.1126/science.1235225

Ecological consequences of sea-ice decline

Eric Post, Uma S. Bhatt, Cecilia M. Bitz, Jedediah F. Brodie, Tara L. Fulton, Mark Hebblewhite, Jeffrey Kerby, Susan J. Kutz, Ian Stirling, Donald A. Walker

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Abstract

After a decade with nine of the lowest arctic sea-ice minima on record, including the historically low minimum in 2012, we synthesize recent developments in the study of ecological responses to sea-ice decline. Sea-ice loss emerges as an important driver of marine and terrestrial ecological dynamics, influencing productivity, species interactions, population mixing, gene flow, and pathogen and disease transmission. Major challenges in the near future include assigning clearer attribution to sea ice as a primary driver of such dynamics, especially in terrestrial systems, and addressing pressures arising from human use of arctic coastal and near-shore areas as sea ice diminishes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	519-524
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	341
Issue number	6145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235225
State	Published - 2013

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