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Antifreeze glycopeptides in nototheniid fish from cold antarctic waters off Amery Ice Shelf HAYMET, Prof. Anthony (Tony) Amery Ice Shelf, Davis, Marine Science

Validation and implementation of a semi-automated sea ice mapping system WILLIAMS, Dr Raymond (Ray) Australia (or home country)

Repertoire and detection range of crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) underwater vocalisations TERHUNE, Dr John (Jack) Marine Science

The carbon cycle in the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean TILBROOK, Dr Bronte Marine Science

The Southern Ocean is one the most significant regions on earth for regulating the build up of anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere, and the capacity for carbon uptake in the region could be altered by climate change. The project aims to establish a time series of anthropogenic carbon accumulation.

Development of an Underway Trace-Metal Clean Seawater Sampling System for Antarctic Waters SEDWICK, Dr Peter Australia (or home country), Marine Science

Iron is a major factor controlling phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean, yet our knowledge of iron in Southern Ocean waters is hindered by our inability to collect uncontaminated seawater from ships.

Spatial and temporal variation in the recruitment of benthic macroinvertebrates to artificial substrata SMITH, Dr Stephen (Steve) Wilkes Land Coast, Australia (or home country), Casey, Macquarie Island

This project will develop a method to monitor human impacts in the shallow marine environment of Antarctica.

Bacterial hydrocarbon degradation and impacts of hydrocarbon pollutants on microbial communities within Antarctic coastal sediments BOWMAN, Dr John Casey, Australia (or home country)

Petroleum contamination poses a major threat to Antarctic ecosystems because petroleum products are persistent and potentially toxic in the environment. Natural attenuation of most fuels and oils that are commonly used in Antarctica is very slow in the terrestrial environment (decades or longer).

Calibration of an existing biogeochemical model of DMS production in the Antarctic Southern Ocean GABRIC, Prof. Albert (Al) Australia (or home country)

This project will use computer-based modelling and existing field data to analyse the production and cycling of dimethylsulphide (DMS) and predict its role in climate regulation in the Antarctic Southern Ocean.

Amery shallow ice coring CURRAN, Dr Mark Amery Ice Shelf

Ice core drilling is used to extract information from glacial ice, which aids in the reconstruction of past climatic conditions, and produces proxy records of environmental parameters.

Late Holocene precipitation record from Windmill Island lakes MCMINN, Prof. Andrew Australia (or home country)

Antarctic lake cores record a history of precipitation in the preservation of climate sensitive microbial communities.

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