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Developments, considerations and recommendations by the land-based predator survey group: a summary and up-date. CCAMLR WG-EMM-05/25., 2005 (Ref: 12093)
Authors:
Southwell C.Trathan P.Trivelpiece G.M.Wilson P.
Category 2: International meeting papers

A GIS tool to assist in the planning and design of sample surveys of the abundance of colonial breeding species. CCAMLR Scientific Abstracts. WG-EMM-05/25., 2005 (Ref: 12058)
Authors:
Southwell C.Driessen R.Candy S.McPherson G.Clarke J.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Optimising the timing of visual surveys of crabeater seal abundance: haulout behaviour as a consideration. Wildlife Research, 2005 (Ref: 12080)
Authors:
Southwell C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Molecular scatology as a tool to study diet: analysis of prey DNA in scats from captive Steller sea lions. Molecular Ecology, 2005 (Ref: 12074)
Authors:
Deagle B.E.Tollit D.J.Jarman S.N.Hindell M.A.Trites A.W.Gales N.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Individual variation of in-air female "pup contact" calls in Weddell seals, Leptonychotes weddellii. Behaviour, 2005 (Ref: 12022)
Authors:
Collins K.T.Rogers T.L.Terhune J.M.McGreevy P.D.Wheatley K.E.Harcourt R.G.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Vocal recognition may function as a critical factor in maintaining the phocid mother-pup bond during lactation. For vocal recognition to function, the caller must produce individually distinct calls that are recognised by their intended recipient.

Spatial movement of adult leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica Polar Biology, 2005 (Ref: 12017)
Authors:
Rogers T.L.Hogg C.J.Irvine A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

This is the first study that has used satellite … telemetry to assess the spatial behaviour of adult leopard … seals. Satellite tags on 11 leopard seals transmitted between 29 days and 282 days. Swim speeds…

A new approach to the solution of the linear mixing model for a single isotope: application to the case of an opportunistic predator Oecologia, 2005 (Ref: 12014)
Authors:
Hall-Aspland S.A.Hall A.P.Rogers T.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract Mixing models are used to determine diets … where the number of prey items are greater than one, however, the limitation of the linear mixing method is … the lack of a unique solution when the number of potential … sources is greater than the number (n) of isotopic … signatures +1.

Summer diet of leapard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica Polar Biology, 2004 (Ref: 12013)
Authors:
Hall-Aspland S.A.Rogers T.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract The diet of male and female leopard seals … (Hydrurga leptonyx) was investigated in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica. A total of 70 scats, 1 regurgitate and … 3 stomach contents were collected, during the austral … summer, between November 1999 and March 2002.

The temperature and dynamics of the mesosphere during the first complete season of PMSE observations above Davis, Antarctica. Programme/Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Toulouse, France, July 18-29 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12119)
Authors:
Morris R.J.Murphy D.J.Holdsworth D.A.Klekociuk A.R.Vincent R.A.Reid I.M.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

A hemispheric comparison of mean winds and gravity waves in the polar MLT during major stratospheric warmings. Programme/Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Toulouse, France, July 18-29 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12118)
Authors:
Dowdy A.J.Vincent R.A.Murphy D.J.Tsutsumi M.Singer W.Riggin D.M.Jarvis M.J.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

First record of Telmatogeton sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) at Heard Island. Polar Biology, 2003 (Ref: 12131)
Authors:
Delettre Y.R.D.Frenot Y.Vernon P.Chown S.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Several specimens (larvae, pupa, females) of Telmatogeton sp. were found for the first time at Heard Island in the 2000/2001 season. Owing to the morphological characters of the individuals collected, the absence of males among the material…

The first record of mycorrhizae on sub-Antarctic Heard Island: a preliminary examination. Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12130)
Authors:
Frenot Y.Bergstrom D.M.Gloaguen J.C.Tavenard R.Strullu D.G.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Roots of nine of the 12 vascular plant species present on sub-Antarctic Heard Island were examined for mycorrhizae. All species examined had some type of mycorrhization with most possessing associations with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae or dark septate mycorrhizae.

Alien fly populations established at two Antarctic research stations. Biological Conservation, 2005 (Ref: 12129)
Authors:
Hughes K.A.Walsh S.Convey P.Richards S.Bergstrom D.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The populations of two non-native Dipterans have been established at two Antarctic research stations … since at least 1998. Both belong to Sciaridae ("black … fungus midge"), and have been determined to the genus … Lycoriella. At Rothera Research Station, Antarctic … Peninsula…

Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic Hypsibius heardensis (Eutardigrada; Hypsibiidae) a new species from sub-Antarctic Heard Island. Zootaxa, 2005 (Ref: 12128)
Authors:
Miller W.R.McInnis S.J.Bergstrom D.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A new species of tardigrade, Hypsibius heardensis sp. nov. is described from samples collected during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) 1986-87 expedition to Heard Island, in the southern Indian Ocean.

Report for "Reconstructing past climates for future prediction: Integrating high-resolution palaeo data for meaningful prediction in the Australian region". Workshop Report for the Australian Greenhouse Office, Australian Academy of Sciences, 27-28 June 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12132)
Authors:
Turney C.Chappell J.Kershaw P.Lynch A.Manton A.Nicholls N.van Ommen T.Pitman A.
Category 2: International meeting papers

A two-day workshop was held at the Australian Academy of Sciences to discuss how reconstructions of past climate change might be better applied to modelling future potential climate change. Recommendations included: (1)…

Acoustic surveys offer a promise for surveying difficult to survey Antarctic marine mammals. Conference Abstracts, IX SCAR International Biology Symposium, Curitiba, Brazil, 2005., 2005 (Ref: 12123)
Authors:
Rogers T.L.Cato D.H.Southwell C.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Traditionally many marine mammal populations are estimated by visual surveys of the number of ‘available’ animals (eg pack-ice seals hauled out on ice floes) with correction for the number not available (those in the water). However…

Abundance of pack-ice seals off east Antarctica. Conference Abstracts, IX SCAR International Biology Symposium, Curitiba, Brazil, 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12124)
Authors:
Southwell C.Borchers D.L.Paxton C.L.G.Boveng P.Blix A.Nordoy E.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

The Antarctic Pack-Ice Seals program (APIS) is an initiative of the SCAR Expert Group on Seals aimed at quantifying the role of pack-ice seals (crabeater, leopard and Ross) in the Southern Ocean. A central feature of APIS was a synoptic…

An estimate of population sizes of burrowing seabirds at the Diego Ramirez archipelago, Chile, using distance sampling and burrow-scoping. Polar Biology, 2005 (Ref: 12127)
Authors:
Lawton K.Robertson G.Kirkwood R.Valencia J.Schlatter R.Smith D.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Diego Ramirez Islands lie 60 nautical miles … southwest of Cape Horn and are the breeding site for … three species of burrowing seabirds: blue petrels … (Halobaena caerulea), common diving petrels (Pelecanoides … urinatrix) and sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus).

Variations in tidal amplitudes in the Mesosphere and Lower Mesosphere (MLT) over Davis, Antarctica. Program/Proceedings of the 10 Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Toulouse, France, July 18-29 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12121)
Authors:
Murphy D.J.
Category 3: Poster

A hemispheric comparison of mean wind and gravity wave climatologies in the polar MLT. Programme/Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Toulouse, France, July 18-29 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12117)
Authors:
Dowdy A.J.Vincent R.A.Murphy D.J.Tsutsumi M.Murayama Y.Singer W.
Category 3: Poster

The Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey: Variation in Zooplankton Species Association in the Southern Ocean. Seminar at the Plankton Laboratory, University of Hokkaido, Japan, 24 November 2004, 2004 (Ref: 12122)
Authors:
Hosie G.W.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Has there been a change in the Antarctic marine ecosystem? Program and Abstracts of the Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, Darwin, 11-13 July 2005., 2005 (Ref: 12102)
Authors:
Hosie G.
Category 3: Abstract

Flagellate nutritional versatility as a key to survival in two contrasting Antarctic saline lakes. Freshwater Biology, 2005 (Ref: 12116)
Authors:
Laybourn-Parry J.Marshall W.A.Marchant H.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Virus and microbial loop dynamics over an annual cycle in three contrasting Antarctic lakes. Freshwater Biology, 2005 (Ref: 12115)
Authors:
Madan N.J.Marshall W.A.Laybourn-Parry J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey: Using Plankton as Indicators of Environmental Change. Lecture to UNSW Biology & Schools of Mathematics, 22 March 2005, 2004 (Ref: 12105)
Authors:
Hosie G.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

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