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Genetic hotspots for conserving Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity.
Current biology : CB - 9 Mar 2026
Lau Sally C Y, Strugnell Jan M, Umbrello Linette S, Carvajal Jose I, Rouse Greg W, Davis Ruth A, Johnson Constance M, Wilson Nerida G
Abstract excerpt
As climate change intensifies, maintaining genetic diversity of natural populations is crucial to safeguard ecosystem integrity and adaptive potential. The Southern Ocean encompasses 10% of the Earth's oceans1 and contains a taxonomically diverse ecosystem with an extraordinarily high level of endemism (50%-90%).2,3,4 As one of the fastest-changing regions on Earth, the Southern Ocean is currently under threat...
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