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Macquarie Island, located along the Australian-Pacific transform plate boundary~1200 km south of New Zealand, consists of uplifted oceanic crust that still lies within the ocean basin where it formed. A lower crustal and upper mantle section of sheeted dikes…
The number of people travelling to Antarctica and interacting with wildlife is continually increasing. Research has indicated that visitation can have a negative effect on some Antarctic wildlife, causing changes to their behaviour and physiology. Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)…
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) and Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (SO GLOBEC) program are collaborating on an ecosystem approach to understand baleen whale distributions in Antarctica.
This thesis describes cetacean research in the Southern Ocean by the author. The work involved: initiating and developing the Southern Ocean Cetacean Ecosystem Program; conducting exploratory and further research; analysing, writing up and reporting on the results in refereed scientific journals…
Penguins breeding in the Antarctic have evolved in the most isolated ecosystem in the world. However, recent increase in human activity in the region, both in tourism and science, has led to concern regarding the possible introduction of infectious agents to Antarctic wildlife.
Penguins breeding in the Antarctic have evolved in the most isolated ecosystem in the world, receiving only very minimal exposure to infectious agents from other regions. However, yearly expansion of human activity in the region, seen both in tourism and science…