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Anthropogenic Impacts on Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Islands and the Adjacent Marine Environments

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The impacts of human activities are more apparent at present in the sub-Antarctic than in the Antarctic. The sub-Antarctic islands, despite their physical isolation in the Southern Ocean, are generally more accessible, have less challenging climates, and a longer history of human presence than the more southern latitudes of the Peninsula and continent.

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Acknowledgments

Part of this review was stimulated by the Census of Antarctic Marine Life during IPY, and especially Drs. Michael Stoddart and Victoria Wadley. The Brazilian assessment of Admiralty Bay was contributed by the Brazilian Antarctic Environment Research Network (CNPq processes: 550345/02-7, 550347/02-0, 550348/02-6, 550349/02-2, 550350/02-0, 550351/02-7, 550354/02-6, 550356/02-9, 550357/02-5, 550359/02-8, 550365/02-8, 550368/02-7, 550371/02-8, 550373/02-0), the IPY project MABIREH (Process No. 52.0293/2006-1), and continues through the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology on Antarctic Environmental Research (INCT-APA) financed by CNPq (Process No. 574018/2008-5), FAPERJ (Process No. E-26170.023/2008). We are thankful to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), Ministry of Environment (MMA), and Interministerial Secretariat for the Brazilian Marine Resources (SECIRM). G. di Prisco and C. Verde are thanked for useful comments and contribution to this chapter.

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Campos, L.S., Montone, R.C., Moura, R.B., Yoneshigue-Valentin, Y., Kawall, H.G., Convey, P. (2013). Anthropogenic Impacts on Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Islands and the Adjacent Marine Environments. In: Verde, C., di Prisco, G. (eds) Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 2. From Pole to Pole. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27349-0_10

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