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Interleaving layers are commonly observed in the subsurface ocean near thermohaline fronts. They imply a lateral exchange of water mass properties and have been shown to influence both lateral and vertical mixing rates. We examine a set of in situ observations…
The wave-affected Marginal Ice Zones (MIZ) is a key region of air-ice-ocean interactions in the Southern Ocean (SO). However, challenges still remain for the large-scale observation of the MIZ. In this study…
The retreat of Antarctic ice shelves due to calving and the subsequent reduction in buttressing of the Antarctic Ice Sheet are of major concern for future sea-level rise. Sudden…
Antarctic sea ice plays many crucial roles in the physical environments and ecosystems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. In this study, we synthesize the physical, biogeochemical, ecosystem, and societal impacts of summers with extreme low Antarctic sea-ice coverage.
Interleaving layers are commonly observed in the subsurface ocean near thermohaline fronts. They imply a lateral exchange of water mass properties and have been shown to influence both lateral and vertical mixing rates. We examine a set of in situ observations…
Individual life-history traits, such as age and sex, influence vital rates in most large vertebrate species. Developmental differences are especially profound in polygamous mating systems. One of the most polygamous of all mammals, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)…
Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis, AMW) are an abundant, ice-dependent species susceptible to rapid climatic changes occurring in parts of the Antarctic. Here, we used remote biopsy samples and estimates of length derived from unoccupied aircraft system (UAS)…
Supporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic programmes, the government entities charged with delivering their countries’ Antarctic research strategies. This requires sustained investment in people, innovative technologies, Antarctic infrastructures…
Floral development of two alien species (Cerastium fontanum, Poa annua) were monitored through the summer of 2013/14 at three different altitudinal sites (coastal, hillside and plateau) on the North eastern end of sub-Antarctica Macquarie Island.
Special emphasis should be placed on determining optimal sampling regimes to detect … statistically significant differences in key indicators between populations for species with high conservation … values, especially when invasive handling techniques are the only method of gathering … data.
The THz spectral region includes a number of important … transitions which allow us to trace the evolution of the interstellar … medium. Because of the opacity of the atmosphere in this spectral … range, the best sites for ground-based THz observations are on the … Antarctic Plateau; of these sites…
The diversity of parasites found on Nyctiphanes simplex and Nematoscelis difficilis … (Order Euphausiacea) was compared during 10 oceanographic cruises made off both coasts of the … Baja California peninsula, Mexico. We tested the hypothesis that N.
Species of the genus Pyramimonas (Prasinophyceae) are a common, widespread, but minor component of the Antarctic marine phytoplankton. They are … often associated with the seasonal sea-ice environment. Pyramimonas gelidicola … (McFadden, Moestrup & Wetherbee, 1982)…
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).
Previous studies of Antarctic mosses … employing RAPDs have reported extraordinarily … high levels of genetic variation, even within a single … clump of moss. This is unexpected given their … extreme isolation in Antarctica and lack of sexual … reproduction. We offer an alternative explanation:
Human impacts on natural systems can cause local population extinctions, which may promote … redistribution of taxa and secondary contact between divergent lineages. In mammalian … populations that have mating systems shaped by polygyny and sexual selection…
The eVect of diVerent light regimes on the … development of sexual maturity and body composition … (carbon, nitrogen, lipid and protein) of Antarctic krill, Euphausia … superba, was studied over 12 weeks under laboratory … conditions.
Remains of tardigrades have rarely been … reported to preserve in sediments, resulting in the … absence of important ecological and biogeographic … information that they could provide. However…
Growing juvenile animalsu ndergom any morphologicalp, hysiological, a nd behaviouracl hangesth at influencet heir energetic … requirementsp, atternso f energyu se,a nd ultimately,t heir survival … and reproductives uccessW.