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Ocean biogeography and taxonomic resolution: What is in the name? Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12485)
Authors:
Hunt B.P.V.Hosie G.W.
Category 3: Abstract

Monitoring of zooplankton communities in the northern hemisphere has provided valuable … insights into plankton / climate interactions, and changes to plankton communities have been … shown to impact significantly on higher trophic levels.

Southern Ocean continuous plankton recorder survey: Spatial and temporal variation in zooplankton abundance, distribution and composition. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12483)
Authors:
Hosie G.W.Hunt B.P.V.Kitchener J.A.Fukuchi M.Kawaguchi S.
Category 3: Abstract

Significant changes in zooplankton composition have occurred in various ocean systems in … recent years. These changes can be quite dramatic, occurring within one or two seasons, as … happened with the regime shift in the North Sea and North Atlantic in the late 1980s.

Effect of UVR on biogenic sulfur production by Antarctic marine microbes. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12481)
Authors:
Vance T.Davidson A.T.Thomson P.G.Jones G.B.
Category 3: Abstract

Ozone depletion has enhanced exposure of Antarctic marine microbes to biologically … damaging ultraviolet-B radiation (UVBR, 280-320 nm). Increased UVBR exposure may … influence the production of climatically active, biogenic sulfur compounds … (dimethylsulfoniopropionate…

Effects of ozone depletion on natural communities of Antarctic marine protists. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12480)
Authors:
Thomson P.G.Davidson A.T.Cadman N.
Category 3: Abstract

We determined the effects of UVR (280 – 400 nm) on Antarctic marine protists over the … summer of 2001/02 in incubation experiments with light exposures of PAR, PAR+UVAR and … PAR+UVAR+UVBR.

Distribution and habitat partitioning by pack-ice seals off East Antarctica during early summer. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12469)
Authors:
Southwell C.J.Borchers D.L.Paxton C.G.
Category 3: Abstract

One of the aims of the Antarctic Pack-Ice Seals (APIS) program was to determine the … distribution and habitat use of seals inhabiting the pack-ice surrounding Antarctica. The … Australian contribution to APIS focussed on the sector of pack-ice off east Antarctica between … 60-150oE.

Network approaches to marine regionalisation. Network Theory Working Group Meeting 3, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, June 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12530)
Authors:
Raymond B.Constable A.Sokolov S.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Regionalisation algorithms attempt to partition a broad spatial area into discrete spatial regions, each with relatively homogeneous environmental or biotic conditions. Marine regionalisations commonly make use of data that can be represented naturally in a network context…

On the large-scale distribution of sea-ice algae off East Antarctica and the importance of sea-ice thickness and snow cover. International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, Hobart, 5-7 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12529)
Authors:
Meiners K.Pasquer B.Raymond B.
Category 3: Poster

Sea ice is an important structuring element of Antarctic marine ecosystems and provides a vast habitat for ice-associated algae forming communities in different horizons of the ice floes.

ICESTAR - Interactions between planetary waves and tides in the Antarctic middle atmosphere. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12471)
Authors:
Murphy D.J.Aso T.Fritts D.C.Hibbins R.E.Jarvis M.J.Riggin D.M.Tsutsumi M.Vincent R.A.
Category 3: Abstract

The international cooperation that makes Antarctica a continent for science has enabled … observations of the Antarctic middle atmosphere that are not possible anywhere else on … Earth. Atmospheric radars operated by Australia (Davis), Japan (Syowa), the UK and the … USA (Rothera)…

Ozone profiles in the high-latitude stratosphere and lower mesosphere measured by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer(ILAS)-II: Comparison with other satellite sensors and ozonesondes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006 (Ref: 12431)
Authors:
Sugita T.Nakajima H.Yokota T.Kanzawa H.Gernandt H.Herber A.von der Gathen P.König-Langlo G.Sato K.Dorokhov V.Yushkov V.A.Murayama Y.Yamamori M.Godin-Beekmann S.Goutail F.Roscoe H.K.Deshler T.Yela M.Taalas P.Kyrö E.Oltmans S.J.Johnson B.J.Allaart M.Litynska Z.Klekociuk A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A solar occultation sensor, the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS)-II, measured 5890 vertical profiles of ozone concentrations in the stratosphere and lower … mesosphere and of other species from January to October 2003. The measurement latitude … coverage was 54–71°N and 64–88°S…

Cosmic ray induced radiation dose during jet aircraft flight. Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Canberra, July 2-6 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12468)
Authors:
Duldig M.
Category 3: Abstract

A circum-Antarctic survey of the abundance and size characteristics of near-coastal population of icebergs. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12497)
Authors:
Young N.W.Brando A.Morffew M.
Category 3: Abstract

A survey of the size characteristics of the population of icebergs around the whole of the … Antarctic coastline was carried out using synthetic aperture radar images. A total of 36…

Technique for improving core quality in intermediate-depth drilling Journal of Glaciology, 1998 (Ref: 8969)
Authors:
Morgan V.Elcheikh A.Brand R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Location and DGGE methodology can influence interpretation of field experimental studies on the response to hydrocarbons by Antarctic benthic microbial community. Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12147)
Authors:
Powell S.Riddle M.J.Snape I.Stark J.S.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A field experiment investigating the effect of oil contamination on benthic microbial communities was conducted near Casey Station, East Antarctica.

Benthic diatom communities as indicators of anthropogenic metal contamination at Casey Station, Antarctica Journal of Paleolimnology, 2005 (Ref: 11938)
Authors:
Cunningham L.Raymond B.Snape I.Riddle M.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Prior to environmental legislation in the 1980s, anthropogenic waste in Antarctica was often deposited into … landfill sites or into the sea. This resulted in metal contamination in terrestrial and near-shore marine … environments. In this study…

In situ lubricant degradation in Antarctic marine sediments. 1. Short-term changes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2006 (Ref: 12280)
Authors:
Thompson B.A.W.Davies N.W.Goldsworthy P.M.Riddle M.J.Snape I.Stark J.S.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow accumulation rates on Law Dome, East Antarctica from ice core measurements. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12504)
Authors:
Morgan V.I.van Ommen T.D.
Category 3: Abstract

Snow accumulation rates at the summit of Law Dome are examined on three different … timescales. For the full record covering the last ~ 90,000 years accumulation rate is … determined as an output of the model used for ice core dating.

Effects of UVBR on biogenic sulphur in Antarctic coastal waters. PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, 2006 (Ref: 12514)
Authors:
Vance T.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

DMSP, DMS and urea as short-term indicators of the physiological stress response of Acropora intermedia to elevated nutrients and temperature. PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, 2006 (Ref: 12513)
Authors:
Fischer E.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

Dimethylsulphide (DMS) in the Great Barrier Reef: An assessment of the factors regulating its production in reef waters. PhD Thesis, James Cook University, 1997 (Ref: 12512)
Authors:
Broadbent A.D.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

Forcing of clouds and climate by the global electric circuit. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12482)
Authors:
Tinsley B.A.Zhou L.Burns G.
Category 3: Poster

Planetary wave and gravity wave influence on the occurrence of polar stratospheric clouds seen from an East Antarctic station. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12479)
Authors:
Innis J.L.Klekociuk A.R.Stark J.C.
Category 3: Poster

Four years of Rayleigh lidar and supporting radiosonde balloon data are used to study the … influence of wave activity on Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC) from an Eastern Antarctic … coastal site.

A comparison of Antarctic ground based hydroxyl rotational temperatures with recent satellite observations. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12475)
Authors:
French W.J.R.Klekociuk A.R.Lowe R.P.Burns G.B.
Category 3: Poster

An 11 year climatology (1995-2005) of mesopause region temperatures over Davis station, Antarctica (68°S, 78°E) has been derived from hydroxyl rotational spectra measured using a … scanning spectrometer.

A public database of Antarctic atmospheric electricity measurements: A data system for the International Polar Year. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12474)
Authors:
Bering III E.A.Nemec B.J.Bering IV E.A.Reddell B.D.Burns G.B.Troschichev O.A.Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.
Category 3: Poster

For over a century, atmospheric electricity data has been collected from all over the world, as well as from space. For the last thirty years, Antarctica has been the observatory site of … choice for atmospheric electricity studies.

The atmospheric electric circuit: Its relation to and influence on weather and climate. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12473)
Authors:
Burns G.B.Tinsley B.A.Troschichev O.A.Bering E.A.Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.Jarvis M.J.
Category 3: Poster

The dominant generator of the atmospheric electric circuit is meteorological activity in the … form of thunderstorms and electrified clouds, while the flow of the current within the circuit is … principally controlled by atmospheric ionisation by cosmic rays.

ICESTAR: Vertical coupling of the atmosphere over Antarctica via atmospheric tides. Abstract Volume of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart 12-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12470)
Authors:
Palo S.E.Iimura H.Murphy D.Vincent R.A.Riggin D.Fritts D.Tsutsumi M.Aso T.McDonald A.Baumgartner A.Mitchell N.
Category 3: Poster

The atmospheric tides are a dominant and persistent feature of the mesosphere and lowerthermosphere … region of the atmosphere which spans from 80 to 120km above the Earth’s … surface. The tides…

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