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SUBMITTER: Fraser CI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2651250 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fraser Ceridwen I CI Nikula Raisa R Spencer Hamish G HG Waters Jonathan M JM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090209 9
The end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) dramatically reshaped temperate ecosystems, with many species moving poleward as temperatures rose and ice receded. Whereas reinvading terrestrial taxa tracked melting glaciers, marine biota recolonized ocean habitats freed by retreating sea ice. The extent of sea ice in the Southern Hemisphere during the LGM has, however, yet to be fully resolved, with most palaeogeographic studies suggesting only minimal or patchy ice cover in subantarctic waters. Here ...[more]