Project information
Project aim
Macquarie Island offers scientists a unique laboratory for investigating subantarctic climate change.
We will establish the biodiversity of microalgal flora (specifically diatoms) within the lakes and lagoons of Macquarie Island and ultimately use the flora of today to investigate changes in fossil microalgal communities of Macquarie Island lake and lagoon ecosystems to better understand past, present and future climate change in the Australian Subantarctic.
Related publications
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Ecosystem impacts of feral rabbits on World Heritage sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island: A palaeoecological perspective Anthropocene, 2014
(Ref: 15335)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Holocene westerly wind and ecosystem changes on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. 12th International Paleolimnology Symposium, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 20-24 August 2012, 2012
(Ref: 14852)
Authors:Category 3: Verbal presentation
The mid- to high-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere are dominated by the westerly winds. These are important because changes in their strength determine precipitation and temperature regimes. However, little is known about their past strength, or spatial and temporal variability.
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Holocene climate and ecosystem variability on sub-Antarctic Campbell, Macquarie and Marion Islands. International Quaternary Association, University of Bern, Switzerland 21-27 July 2011, 2011
(Ref: 14855)
Category 3: Poster
The sub-Antarctic region between 45-60°S is primarily ocean. However, there are a few small isolated islands, most of which are currently facing the combined pressures of climate change and introduced species.
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Holocene climate and ecosystem variability on sub-Antarctic Campbell, Macquarie and Marion Islands. SCAR Biology-EBA Workshop: Antarctic biodiversity: status and trends, University of Liège, Belgium, 31 May 2011, 2011
(Ref: 14854)
Category 3: Poster
The sub-Antarctic region between 45-60 °S is primarily ocean. However, there are a few small isolated islands, most of which are currently facing the combined pressures of climate change and introduced species.
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12,000 years of westerly wind and ecosystem changes on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Meeting, University of Portland, Portland, USA, 15-19 July 2012, 2012
(Ref: 14853)
Authors:Category 3: Poster
Sub-Antarctic islands are the only landmasses between Antarctica and South America, Africa and Australia where terrestrial climate and ecosystem records are available, making them crucial locations for linking southern mid and high latitude regions. However…