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We will use the latest technology to establish the level of information that remote sensing can provide about vegetation communities on subantarctic islands and continental Antarctica.
Previous opportunistic surveys indicate that the freshwater fauna of Heard Island is deficient probably due to isolation (Dartnall, 1995, in press A & B).
The HIMI Ecosystem Project is aimed at examining key predators based on Heard Island, including albatross, penguins and seals, and their interactions with prey, the ocean and benthic environment and commercial fisheries.
The distribution of the remains of microscopic crustacea preserved in Antarctic freshwater lake sediments will be used to develop new proxies for Antarctic climate change.
“Frozen dunes: An indicator of climate variability, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctic”.
Facilities for chemical analysis of environmental samples in Antarctica are limited, with samples frequently shipped at great expense to Australia for analysis.
Methane is a significant greenhouse gas, second in importance after carbon dioxide. Methane also plays an important role in establishing the ozone layer, which helps protect the Earth from ultraviolet radiation. Atmospheric methane concentrations prior to 1978 are known from analysing ice core air.
This project investigates how water viscosity (fluid stickiness) in the Southern Ocean varies with temperature and the concentration of polymeric substances.
This project will compare sea ice electrical conductivities measured in-situ over lateral scales of tens of metres with those determined by small-scale laboratory measurements on core samples.
The scientifically and historically important collection of marine hydroids from Sir Douglas Mawson’s Antarctic BANZARE Expeditions 1929-1931 has never been studied.