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Using high throughput DNA metabarcoding to investigate Southern Ocean pelagic ecosystems and potential fisheries impacts DEAGLE, Dr Bruce Marine Science, Australia (or home country)

Marine ecological research is dependent on understanding the temporal and spatial dynamics of pelagic communities and their constituent species.

Nowhere to hide? Conservation options for a sub-Antarctic keystone species MCGEOCH, Prof. Melodie Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)

The endemic cushion plant, Azorella macquariensis (AM), has recently undergone rapid, widespread dieback across Macquarie Island. It is now listed as Critically Endangered.

Multi-species animal tracking: analytical methods and application RAYMOND, Prof. Benjamin (Ben) Australia (or home country)

For marine predators in remote Antarctic areas, telemetry studies (i.e. location tracking) provide the most feasible means for obtaining information on behaviour, movement, habitat utilization, and foraging locations.

The structure of Southern Ocean clouds HAMILTON, A/Prof. Murray Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country), Davis

Over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, water in clouds can remain liquid to temperatures as low as -35°C. Besides causing dangerous icing of aircraft, this supercooled liquid partly determines whether clouds cool or heat the earth’s surface.

Ecophysiological forecasting for mitigating environmental change in Antarctica CHOWN, Prof. Steven Casey, Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)

Conservation is all about managing populations. Often we aim to reduce populations of alien species that have impacts. Alternatively we aim to rescue populations that are at risk from pressures such as climate change. These two approaches are especially important in the Antarctic.

Post Eradication Ecosystem Response on Macquarie Island SHAW, Dr Justine Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)

The largest multi-species vertebrate eradication to-date has recently been declared successful on Australia's World Heritage Macquarie Island. Currently, there is no integrated approach to evaluate the effectiveness of this project in restoring ecosystem structure and function.

Towards an estimate of East Antarctic Sea-Ice Volume and its variability HEIL, Dr Petra Australia (or home country)

While Arctic sea ice is dramatically thinning, little is known about Antarctic sea-ice thickness, let alone whether it is changing.

An integrated study of Antarctic land-fast sea ice physical and biological processes MEINERS, Dr Klaus Davis, Australia (or home country)

Land-fast sea ice (fast ice) is a preeminent feature of the Antarctic coastal zone, is a sensitive indicator and modulator of Antarctic climate processes, and serves as a structuring component of Antarctic marine ecosystems.

Conserving Antarctica's biodiversity under multiple stressors FULLER, Dr Richard Australia (or home country)

Across much of the planet, climate change is causing species' distributions to decline and fragment.

Evidence-based spatial protection of Antarctica's biodiversity TERAUDS, Dr Aleksandrs (Aleks) Australia (or home country)

The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty requires the identification of areas to be protected for their outstanding values. The Protocol lists values that may warrant protection but offers little guidance on criteria for inclusion or for deciding the location and size of protected areas.

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