cff-version: 1.2.0 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below." type: software authors: - family-names: Römer given-names: Johann affiliation: "MOR Research Collective" title: "polar-biodiversity-utac" version: "1.0.0" date-released: "2026-09-03" url: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/polar-biodiversity-utac" repository-code: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/polar-biodiversity-utac" license: MIT abstract: "Real polar biodiversity trends across both poles, broad-spectrum with a deliberate focus on penguins, polar bears, and whales: penguin species trends (Fretwell et al. 2023, Strycker et al. 2020), polar bear subpopulation status (IUCN/PBSG, Archer et al. 2025, Dunham et al. 2024), whale recovery and new threats (Zerbini et al. 2019, Savoca et al. 2024), the krill/zooplankton/phytoplankton food-web base (Atkinson et al. 2019, Lewis et al. 2020), seals/seabirds/walrus (Dunn et al. 2025, Clay et al. 2025), and terrestrial biodiversity shifts (Roland et al. 2024, Tyler 2010, Corso et al. 2022). Third sibling package to antarctic-ice-shelf-utac (P120) and arctic-climate-utac (P127), built the same way. Deliberately no UTAC/CREP/AFET bridge and no invented Gamma value -- see DISCLAIMER.md. 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