Breaking down the barrier: dispersal across the Antarctic Polar Front
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2016
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Fraser, Ceridwen
Kay, Geoffrey M.
Plessis, Marcel du
Ryan, Peter G.
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Wiley
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Our view of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF) as a circum-polar biogeographic barrier is changing (Chown et al. 2015). The APF marks the convergent boundary between cold Antarctic water and warmer sub-Antarctic water, and has long been considered to prevent north-south dispersal in the Southern Ocean (reviewed by Clarke et al. 2005, Fraser et al. 2012). Our multi-year survey data provides evidence that rafting organisms readily cross the APF.
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