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Nitrogen isotope constraints on subantarctic biogeochemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006 (Ref: 12708)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We report nitrate (NO3) nitrogen isotope ratios for seawater samples collected in the … Subantarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean during both winter and summer as part of the … Australian Antarctic CRC Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) Project.

A review of the effectiveness of streamer lines as a seabird by-catch mitigation technique in longline fisheries and CCAMLR streamer line requirements. CCAMLR Science, 2004 (Ref: 12827)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Based to a large degree on the precedent set by CCAMLR in 1991, the streamer line has … become the primary, and most commonly prescribed, seabird mitigation device in world … longline fi sheries. This paper reviews CCAMLR streamer line requirements (Conservation … Measure 25-02 (2002)…

Climate change manipulations show Antarctic flora is more strongly affected by elevated nutrients than water. Global Change Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12682)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Climate change is expected to affect the high latitudes first and most severely, rendering … Antarctica one of the most significant baseline environments for the study of global … climate change. The indirect effects of climate warming…

Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals. Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006 (Ref: 12803)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The process of marking otherwise indistinguishable animals … as individuals (and following them through subsequent … phases of their lives) has been central to numerous advances … in animal ecology, management, and conservation (Caughley … and Gunn 1996). Indeed…

Status and distribution of wandering, black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses breeding at South Georgia. Polar Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12729)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Long-term studies at Bird Island, South … Georgia, show that numbers of wandering, black-browed … and grey-headed albatrosses have been decreasing … since the late 1970s. To determine the status of the total … South Georgia population…

Fast sinking (integrated weight) longlines reduce mortality of white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) and sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) in demersal longline fisheries. Biological Conservation, 2006 (Ref: 12713)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Longline fisheries have been responsible for the deaths of large numbers of seabirds worldwide. Two of the most difficult seabird species to deter from baited hooks are the whitechinned … petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) and sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus).

Three mass strandings of sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ) in southern Australian waters Marine Mammal Science, 2002 (Ref: 10507)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

One hundred and fifteen sperm whales (97 female, 15 male, 3 unknown sex) were involved in three mass stranding events during the month of February 1998 along the west and northwest coastlines of Tasmania, Australia. Sixty-six of these whales stranded at Ocean Beach, Strahan; 35 at Greens Beach…

Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12749)
Category 3: Poster

The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) plays a key role in managing and providing … access to scientific data collected under the auspices of the Australian Antarctic program. Through its membership of the Joint Committee of Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)…

The systematics of Australian Daphnia and Daphniopsis (Crustacea: Cladocera): a shared phylogenetic history transformed by habitat-specific rates of evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2006 (Ref: 12721)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

This study examines the molecular-genetic divergence and evolution of Australian aquatic micro-Crustacea Daphnia … and Daphniopsis. The results indicate that species of Daphniopsis are accommodated within the genus Daphnia. Although their phyletic integrity is no longer supported…

Baseline metal concentrations in Paramoera walkeri from East Antarctica. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006 (Ref: 12764)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Remediation of the Thala Valley waste disposal site near Casey Station, East Antarctica was conducted in the austral summer of … 2003/2004. Biomonitoring of the adjacent marine environment was undertaken using the gammaridean amphipod Paramoera walkeri … as a sentinel species [Stark, J.S.…

Modelling variability and estimating power to detect change in Adélie penguin fledgling weights. CCAMLR Science, 2006 (Ref: 12751)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Statistical models of variation in Adélie penguin fledgling weight data were used to … examine the power to detect a change in fledgling weights after an impact.

Landform evolution in the Marine Plain region, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 2006 (Ref: 12661)
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Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Landforms of Marine Plain in the Vestfold Hills contrast with those of most in the Vestfold Hills. They include consistent land surfaces at 40+ m and 25 m, characteristics controlled by orientation of rock … features, and imprints of phases of glaciation…

Population and survival trends of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding on Macquarie Island. Emu, 2006 (Ref: 12688)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) are globally threatened owing to declines in populations, and the breeding population of Macquarie Island is particularly vulnerable as it comprises fewer than 20 breeding … pairs.

Fine scale distribution of mtDNA haplotypes for the springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni(Collembola) corresponds to an ancient shoreline in Taylor Valley, continental Antarctica Polar Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12678)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We examined the fine scale distribution of the … endemic Antarctic collembolan Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni … in Taylor Valley, southern Victoria Land using the … mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase I gene.

Photosynthetic parameters, size-fractionated chlorophyll and primary production durintg the KEOPS Expedition east of Kerguelen Island January-February 2005. Eos Transactions, AGU, Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement., 2006 (Ref: 12619)
Category 3: Abstract

: P vs E experiments determining photosynthetic parameters and daily primary production were carried out east of Kerguelen Island during the KEOPS cruise in January and February 2005. The Kerguelen Plateau region is naturally enriched with iron, while deeper waters (>1000m) nearby may not be.

Nutrient supply and uptake in the Subantarctic mixed layer: Constraints from the isotopes of nitrate. Eos Transactions AGU, Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement., 2006 (Ref: 12617)
Category 3: Abstract

The isotopes of nitrate, which show different dynamics than nitrate concentration during physical transport and nitrate assimilation, provide a complementary constraint in the effort to understand nutrient transport and biogeochemical fluxes in the Southern Ocean. For instance…

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