Project information
Project aim
This research investigates how human visitation, including travel to wildlife colonies by over-snow vehicle, helicopter or zodiac, affects the behaviour, physiology and reproductive success of Antarctic wildlife. The research is management-oriented, aimed at generating specific information that will translate directly into guidelines to minimise disturbance to wildlife.
Related publications
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Immobilisation of free-living Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii using midazolam and isoflurane Polar Biology, 2005
(Ref: 12594)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Eleven lactating female Weddell seals were … immobilised using inhaled isoflurane and oxygen, having … initially been sedated using an intramuscular injection of … midazolam. The seals were selected from colonies in … Long Fjord, East Antarctica. Isoflurane was delivered … using a precision…
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Measuring the Effect of Human Activity on Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Antarctica School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2005
(Ref: 13430)
Authors:Category 3: Thesis, higher degree
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Linking variation in penguin responses to pedestrian activity for best practise management on subantarctic Macquarie Island Polarforschung, 2007
(Ref: 13441)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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A preliminary investigation of the effect of repeated pedestrian approaches to Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2008
(Ref: 13361)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Repeated exposure to human activity can change the behavioural response of wildlife, having … implications for management.Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) breeding close to Antarctic research … stations are easily accessible and regularly visited by people.
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Emerging issues of Australia's sub-Antarctic islands: Macquarie Island and Heard Island and McDonald Islands Looking South: Australia's Antarctic agenda, 2007
(Ref: 13267)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature