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Causes and benefits of chick aggregations in penguins The Auk, 2009 (Ref: 13862)
Authors:
Wilson D.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Blubber fatty acid profiles indicate dietary resource partitioning between adult and juvenile southern elephant seals Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2009 (Ref: 13854)
Authors:
Newland C.Field I.C.Nichols P.D.Bradshaw C.J.A.Hindell M.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

When resources are limited or patchy, a species may develop some degree of resource … partitioning to reduce intra-specific competition. Development of intra-specific resource partitioning … is more pronounced in species with clear phenotypic variation among individuals (e.g. age or sex).

Skeletal and hormonal responses to sunlight deprivation in Antarctic expeditioners Osteoporos Int, 2009 (Ref: 13856)
Authors:
Iuliano-Burns S.Wang X.F.Ayton J.Jones G.Seeman E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Serum 25(OH)D levels decline without sunlight … exposure. We studied 120 expeditioners to Antarctica to … determine the skeletal and hormonal responses to sunlight … deprivation. With emerging vitamin D insufficiency, serum … calcium decreased, PTH increased…

Quasi-stationary planetary waves in the late winter Antarctic stratosphere temperature distribution International Antarctic Conference IAC2009, International Polar Year in Ukraine: results and horizons, May 22 - 24, 2009 - Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2009 (Ref: 13841)
Authors:
Grytsai A.Evtushevsky O.Kravchenko V.Milinevsky G.Klekociuk A.
Category 3: Conference paper

Ozone hole over Antarctica exists almost three decades each austral spring.

Asymmetries in Antarctic total ozone distribution and tropopause height International Antarctic Conference IAC2009, International Polar Year in Ukraine: results and horizons, May 22 - 24, 2009 - Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2009 (Ref: 13840)
Authors:
Milinevsky G.Evtushevsky O.Grytsai A.Agapitov O.Klekociuk A.
Category 3: Conference paper

The zonal anomalies data in total ozone and thermal tropopause height … shows that ozone depletion during austral spring has a strong influence on … the height and sharpness of the tropopause over West Antarctica.

Fur seals at Macquarie Island: post-sealing colonisation, trends in abundance and hybridisation of three species Polar Biology, 2009 (Ref: 13837)
Authors:
Goldsworthy S.D.McKenzie J.Page B.Lancaster M.L.Shaughnessy P.D.Wynen L.P.Robinson S.A.Peters K.J.Baylis A.M.M.McIntosh R.R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Commercial sealers exterminated the original … fur seal population at Macquarie Island in the early 1800s. The Wrst breeding record since the sealing era was not … reported until March 1955. Three species of fur seal now … occur at Macquarie Island, the Antarctic (Arctocephalus … gazella)…

Reply to 'Clarifying the interpretation of Hamer et al. (2008) by Bilgmann et al. (2008)' Animal Conservation, 2009 (Ref: 13832)
Authors:
Bilgmann K.Moller L.M.Harcourt R.G.Gales R.Beheregaray L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

In our recent study on the population genetic structure of … short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis in southern … Australia (Bilgmann et al., 2008) we unequivocally … showed a high level of genetic differentiation between the … local common dolphin population in South Australia (SA)…

Stomatopod interrelationships: Preliminary results based on analysis of three molecular loci Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2009 (Ref: 13834)
Authors:
Ahyong S.T.Jarman S.N.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda) are quintessential marine predators. The combination of powerful raptorial appendages … and remarkably developed sensory systems place the stomatopods among the most effi cient invertebrate predators.

Temporal variation in Adélie penguin diet at Béchervaise Island, east Antarctica and its relationship to reproductive performance Marine Biology, 2009 (Ref: 13833)
Authors:
Tierney M.Emmerson L.Hindell M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Diet, and in particular, food quality and quantity … can inXuence the reproductive performance of marine … predators. Also, the diet of specialist predators is often … monitored in programmes that model and manage ecosystems. We examined the diet of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis … adeliae)…

DNA evidence of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding on red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) larvae at Christmas Island, Australia Marine and Freshwater Research, 2009 (Ref: 13835)
Authors:
Meekan M.G.Jarman S.N.McLean C.Schultz M.B.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are thought to aggregate in nearshore waters around Christmas Island … (105◦37E, 10◦29S) to consume the marine larvae of the endemic red land crab (Gecarcoidea natalis). However, there … have been no direct observations of sharks feeding on crab larvae.

Low latitude 2-day planetary wave impact on austral polar mesopause temperatures: revealed by a January diminution in PMSE above Davis, Antarctica MST12 Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, London, Ontario, Canada, May 17-23, 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13826)
Authors:
Morris R.J.Klekociuk A.R.Murphy D.J.Holdsworth D.A.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic PMSE-ESRAD, MARA and Davis MST12 Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, London, Ontario, Canada, May 17-23, 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13825)
Authors:
Kirkwood S.Nilsson H.Morris R.Klekociuk A.Holdsworth D.Karlsson B.
Category 3: Poster

A trend update for the Davis hydroxyl temperatures and a new NDMC site at Casey 2nd NDMC meeting, Bad-Reichenhall, Germany, 4-8 May 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13830)
Authors:
French J.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13829)
Authors:
Bittner M.Espy P.French J.Höppner K.Scheer J.Taylor M.
Category 3: Poster

The Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) is a global program with the mission to promote … international cooperation among research groups investigating the mesopause region (80-100 km) with the goal of … early identification of changing climate signals.

Thematic Area: Climate Change Signal Detection 2nd NDMC meeting, Bad-Reichenhall, Germany, 4-8 May 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13831)
Authors:
French J.
Category 3: Abstract

Accurate measurement of fundamental parameters, such as temperature, density and composition, through the whole atmosphere and over long time scales is vitally important to identify and quantify changes in the earths climate, whether natural or anthropogenic.

Low latitude 2-day planetary wave impact on austral polar mesopause temperatures: revealed by a January diminution in PMSE above Davis, Antarctica Geophysical Research Letters, 2009 (Ref: 13797)
Authors:
Morris R.J.Klekociuk A.R.Holdsworth D.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of East Antarctica in the Dumont d'Urville Sea (139 - 145°E) during summer 2004 Antarctic Science, 2009 (Ref: 13790)
Authors:
Vallet C.Koubbi P.Sultan E.Goffart A.Swadling K.M.Wright S.W.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of Terre Ade´lie, Antarctica, was assessed using … oblique tows of a double-framed bongo net at 38 stations during summer 2004. Larvae of Euphausia … crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura were observed. For E. crystallorophias larvae…

Two intense Forbush decreases of solar activity cycle 22 Advances in Space Research, 2009 (Ref: 13795)
Authors:
Ahluwalia H.S.Ygbuhay R.C.Duldig M.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We study two intense Forbush decreases that occurred during two adjacent SOLTIP (Solar connection of Transient Interplanetary … Processes) intervals; namely SOLTIP 1 (22–27 March 1991) and SOLTIP 2 (1–17 June 1991)…

Determination of interplanetary coronal mass ejection geometry and orientation from ground-based observations of galactic cosmic rays Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13794)
Authors:
Kuwabara T.Bieber J.W.Evenson P.Munakata K.Yasue S.Kato C.Fushishita A.Tokumaru M.Duldig M.L.Humble J.E.Silva M.R.Dal Lago A.Schuch N.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We have developed a method for determining interplanetary coronal mass ejection … (ICME) geometry from galactic cosmic ray data recorded by the ground-based muon … detector network. The cosmic ray density depression inside the ICME, which is associated … with a Forbush decrease…

Methanesulphonic acid from Talos Dome ice core as a marker of past periodicity of Ross Sea ice extent and southern hemisphere atmospheric circulation mode Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13791)
Authors:
Becagli S.Castellano E.Curran M.Manganelli D.Marino F.Morganti A.Proposito M.Severi M.Traversi R.Udisti R.
Category 3: Abstract

This work contributes to the understanding of variation in methanesulphonic (MSA) concentration in an ice core … drilled during the 1996-97 Antarctic Campaign at the coastal plateau site of Talos Dome (East Antarctica)…

Time evolution of the subauroral electric fields: A case study during a sequence of two substorms Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13789)
Authors:
Makarevich R.A.Kellerman A.C.Bogdanova Y.V.Koustov A.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The temporal evolution of the subauroral polarization stream (SAPS) is investigated … using the Doppler velocity observations by the Unwin HF radar in conjunction with … the simultaneously observed auroral luminosity and plasma convection reversal regions. The event under study of 14 December 2004…

On the coupling between the Harang reversal evolution and substorm dynamics: A synthesis of SuperDARN, DMSP, and IMAGE observations Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13788)
Authors:
Zou S.Lyons L.R.Wang C.-P.Boudouridis A.Ruohoniemi J.M.Anderson P.C.Dyson P.L.Devlin J.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Harang reversal is a prominent feature frequently observed in the electric and … magnetic field patterns in the high-latitude auroral zone and plays an important role … in substorm dynamics. A comprehensive set of instruments, including Super Dual Auroral … Radar Network (SuperDARN)…

E-region decameter-scale plasma waves observed by the dual TIGER HF radars Annales Geophysicae, 2009 (Ref: 13787)
Authors:
Carter B.A.Makarevich R.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The dual Tasman International Geospace Environment … Radar (TIGER) HF radars regularly observe E-region … echoes at sub-auroral magnetic latitudes 58–60 S including … during geomagnetic storms. We present a statistical analysis … of E-region backscatter observed in a period of 2 years …

Decadal-scale variability in the upwelling of Upper Circumpolar Deep Water and its impact on primary production of the Southern Ocean 9th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography/16th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13742)
Authors:
Johnston B.Gabric A.
Category 3: Poster

The spatio-temporal variability in the upwelling of iron-rich Upper Circumpolar Deep Water (UCDW) is thought to have a significant impact on primary production in the Southern Ocean, since iron has been shown to be a limiting nutrient in an otherwise high nutrient region.

Methanesulphonic acid (MSA) stratigraphy from a Talos Dome ice core as a tool in depicting sea ice changes and southern atmospheric circulation over the previous 140 years Atmospheric Environment, 2009 (Ref: 13699)
Authors:
Becagli S.Castellano E.Cerri O.Curran M.Frezzotti M.Marino F.Morganti A.Proposito M.Severi M.Traversi R.Udisti R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Firn core methanesulphonic acid (MSA) stratigraphy from Talos Dome (East … Antarctica) was compared with anomalies of the satellite-measured sea ice … extent (1973–1995) in the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land oceanic sector. In spite … of the sparseness of sea ice data…

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