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Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats in the subantarctic and high antarctic CONSTABLE, Dr Andrew Prydz Bay, Australia (or home country), Marine Science

This study will evaluate the potential effects of trawling on benthic habitats of the continental shelf of Eastern Antarctica and on the Kerguelen Plateau near to Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean.

The potential and actual threats of introduced organisms to sub-Antarctic islands BERGSTROM, Dr Dana McDonald Islands, New Zealand Sub-Antart Islands, Australia (or home country), Macquarie Island, HIMI

This project aims to evaluate the potential and actual threats of introduced organisms by way of ANARE and ecotourism activities to Australias subantarctic islands.

Internal Structure of Uppermost Oceanic Crust Exposed on Macquarie Island: Implications for Seafloor Spreading Processes KARSON, Dr Jeffrey (Jeff) Macquarie Island

This project will exploit the unique exposures of the uppermost oceanic crust found on Macquarie Island as a window into the internal structure of the oceanic crust.

Prevalence of viruses and parasites in populations of house mice on Macquarie Island LAWSON, Dr Malcolm (Mal) Macquarie Island

Little information exists on risks of disease introduced from exotic species to native species. House mice remain prevalent on Macquarie Island, and may interfere with the subantarctic community there by the transmission of murine diseases.

Heard Island 2003/04: Terrestrial biology: Documenting vegetation change on Heard Island KIRKPATRICK, Prof. James (Jamie) HIMI

Heard Island environments are changing steadily as global climate change … occurs.

Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands: statistical models for monitoring and predicting effects of climate change and local human impacts on invertebrates DAVIES, Dr Kendi HIMI

Terrestrial ecosystems of subantarctic islands are sensitive to global and local human impacts.

Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands: population structure and reproductive status of selected marine invertebrates of the littoral zone SIMPSON, Prof. Rodney (Rod) Macquarie Island, HIMI

The location of Heard Island in the isolated southern part of the Indian Ocean makes it an important site for the study of subantarctic marine invertebrates: how they reproduce, how they spread around the subantarctic region, how they react to disturbance and possible future marine pollution.

Investigation of the vertical structure and mixing of the water column in the coastal waters off Casey station and its implications on contaminant movement MORRIS, Dr Carl (Ric) Casey

This project is aimed at developing computational models to simulate … the hydrodynamic processes of transport and dispersion of the water and … pollutants in the nearshore waters in Antarctica.

Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and Mc Donald Islands: overall (UMBRELLA PROGRAM) SELKIRK, Dr Patricia HIMI, McDonald Islands

Australias World Heritage listed subantarctic Heard and McDonald Islands are experiencing rapid climate change. Their terrestrial and coastal ecosystems are poorly known.

The relationship between climatic/environmental signals from high resolution snow pit studies and meteorological conditions CURRAN, Dr Mark Casey, Law Dome

The Antarctic ice sheet is comprised of accumulated snowfall events, and thus preserves atmospheric information (e.g. temperature, atmospheric composition, storminess, volcanic influences etc) at the time of snowfall.

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