Antarctic Ecosystems An Extreme Environment in a Changing World

"Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Antarctic ecosystems and the open access approach to publication means this volume serves as an easy entre to that literature - many ecologists will benefit from this compilation." ( Austral Ecology , 1 October 2013)

"As an institutional library purchase, I would recommend this book." ( Frontiers of biogeography, 5 January 2013

"This timely summary of the state of Antarctic ecological science provides a springboard for an exciting future of Antarctic research." ( The Quarterly Review of Biology , 1 June 2013)

"Overall, I appreciated the book and found it to be a very good synthesis especially of the marine information." ( Biodiversity and Conservation , 1 October 2012)

"The first of these two books is a good scientific treatise on how snow and ice communities work at the moment, while the second concentrates more on marine environments and their likely future. Both are good and should be in the library." ( British Ecological Society Bulletin , 1 August 2012)

"This book is a must for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and scientists interested in Antarctic ecosystems. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." ( Choice , 1 September 2012)