Publications database

Impact of changes in natural ultraviolet radiation on pigment composition, physiological and morphological characteristics of the Antarctic moss, Grimmia antarctici. Global Change Biology, 2005 (Ref: 11871)

Authors:

Robinson S.A.Turnbull J.D.Lovelock C.E.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The impact of ambient ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation on the endemic bryophyte, Grimmia … antarctici, was studied over 14 months in East Antarctica. Over recent decades, Antarctic … plants have been exposed to the largest relative increase in UV-B exposure as a result of … ozone depletion.

Invasion of two exotic terrestrial flatworms to subantarctic Macquarie Island. Polar Biology, 2007 (Ref: 12832)

Authors:

Greenslade P.Stevens M.I.Edwards R.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Invasive species are a serious threat to biodiversity … worldwide. The relatively simple ecological … systems of the subantarctic have the potential to be signiWcantly … damaged by predatory species that invade. Two species of exotic, predatory…

A possible framework in which to consider plausible models of the Antarctic marine ecosystem for evaluating krill management procedures. CCAMLR Science, 2005 (Ref: 12829)

Authors:

Constable A.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

CCAMLR is developing a management procedure for the krill fi shery, including the … evaluation of candidate management procedures in a simulation framework, using … plausible models of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. This paper develops a framework … for erecting such models.

An alternative method for estimating the level of illegal fishing using simulated scaling methods on detected effort. CCAMLR Science, 2005 (Ref: 12828)

Authors:

Ball I.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A new method for estimating illegal fi shing effort is put forward. The results from this … new method are similar to those of the Agnew and Kirkwood (2005) method…

An alternative method for estimating the level of illegal fishing using simulated scaling methods on detected effort. CCAMLR Scientific papers. WG-FSA-04/63, 2004 (Ref: 11884)

Authors:

Ball I.

Category 2: International meeting papers

Estimating the level of illegal fishing using simulated scaling methods on detected activity. CCAMLR Scientific papers. WG-FSA-SAM-04/14, 2004 (Ref: 11883)

Authors:

Ball I.

Category 2: International meeting papers

Structured graphs for visualisation and exploration of biodiversity data. 5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics, Santa Barbara, California, December 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12807)

Authors:

Raymond B.Hosie G.Woehler E.

Category 3: Verbal presentation

We describe the use of structured graphs for the visual exploration of biodiversity data. A graph consists of a set of nodes, representing entities of interest, linked by edges showing relationships between those entities. For biodiversity data, the nodes are typically chosen to represent taxa…

Common-volume characteristics of PMC and PMSE observed at Davis, Antarctica. Proceedings of MST11: Eleventh International Workshop on Technical & Scientific Aspects of MST radar, Gadanki/Tirupati, India, 11-15 December 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12783)

Authors:

Klekociuk A.R.Morris R.J.Innis J.L.

Category 3: Poster

There are continuing efforts to refine our understanding of the association … between Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs) and Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes … (PMSEs).

Observations of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes with absolute calibrated MST radars in the Northern and Southern hemisphere: Interhemispheric similarities and dissimilarities. MST11: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Workshop on Technical & Scientific Aspects of MST radar, Gadanki/Tirupati, India, 11-15 December 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12781)

Authors:

Latteck R.Singer W.Morris R.J.Murphy D.J.Holdsworth D.A.Hocking W.K.

Category 3: Abstract

Mesosphere Summer Echoes (MSE) have been observed with 50-MHz VHF … radars at middle (MSE) and polar latitudes (PMSE) in the Northern Hemisphere for … more than 20 years. However measurements in the Southern Hemisphere were in the … past rare and limited to low southern latitudes.

A method for surveying the condition of extensive walking track systems. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2005 (Ref: 12730)

Authors:

Hawes M.Candy S.Dixon G.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Atrialwas undertaken of two techniques for assessing the physical condition ofwalking tracks (trails) over extended distances. A distance-based technique, in which categorical measurements were made at regular spatial intervals, proved to be sufficiently … reliable to warrant further development.

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

Authors:

Poncet S.Robertson G.Phillips R.A.Lawton K.Phalan B.Trathan P.N.Croxall J.P.

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)

Authors:

Robertson G.McNeill M.Smith N.Wienecke B.Candy S.Olivier F.

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).

Baseline metal concentrations in Paramoera walkeri from East Antarctica. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006 (Ref: 12764)

Authors:

Palmer A.S.Snape I.Stark J.S.Johnstone G.J.Townsend A.T.

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)

Authors:

Emmerson L.M.Southwell C.Clarke J.

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.

Histology of selected tissues of the leopard seal and implications for functional adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle Journal of Anatomy, 2006 (Ref: 12692)

Authors:

Gray R.Canfield P.Rogers T.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The microscopic anatomy of the cardio-respiratory system, digestive system, kidney, lymphatic system and integument … was investigated in the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx … , by examining histological sections of tissues … collected from leopard seals in Antarctica and New South Wales, Australia.

Composition and succession of dinoflagellates and chrysophytes in the upper fast ice of Davis Station, East Antarctica. Polar Biology, 2005 (Ref: 12225)

Authors:

Thomson P.G.McMinn A.Kiessling I.Watson M.Goldsworthy P.M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Little is known of the wider Antarctic distribution of the upper fast ice community now comprehensively described from McMurdo Sound. We determined the fast ice protist community at Davis Station, East Antarctica and compared it with that of McMurdo Sound. As at McMurdo Sound…

Late Miocene vegetation and palaeoenvironments of the Drygalski Formation, Heard Island, Indian Ocean: evidence from palynology. Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12168)

Authors:

Truswell E.M.Quilty P.G.McMinn A.Macphail M.K.Wheller G.E.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract : Well sorted, fine lithic sandstone within the Drygalski Formation at Cape Lockyer on the … southern tip of Heard Island, preserves a diverse terrestrial palynoflora as well as marine diatoms and a few … foraminifera. A combination of these elements suggests a Late Miocene age (10–5 Ma).

Population and survival trends of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding on Macquarie Island. Emu, 2006 (Ref: 12688)

Authors:

Terauds A.Gales R.Baker G.B.Alderman R.

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.

Links between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Southern Hemisphere cyclone and anticyclone behaviour. CLIVAR/OOPC/GOOS/Argo/CPPS Workshop on the South Pacific, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, 11-14 October 2005., 2005 (Ref: 12676)

Authors:

Pezza A.B.Simmonds I.

Category 3: Conference paper

Crustacea in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: Distribution, diet and life history strategies. Advances in Marine Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12687)

Authors:

Arndt C.E.Swadling K.M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

This review concerns crustaceans that associate with sea ice. Particular … emphasis is placed on comparing and contrasting the Arctic and Antarctic … sea ice habitats, and the subsequent influence of these environments on the … life history strategies of the crustacean fauna.

Southern Ocean synoptic activity and impacts on wave setup and hydrologic cycle. International Conference on Storms: Storms Science to Disaster Mitigation, Brisbane, Australia, 5-9 July, 2004., 2004 (Ref: 12677)

Authors:

Simmonds I.King J.C.

Category 3: Conference paper

Southern Hemisphere cyclone and anticyclone behavior during the last decades: Recent trends, anomalies and links with the Pacific Ocean variability. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 24-28 April 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12673)

Authors:

Pezza A.B.Simmonds I.

Category 3: Conference paper

Antarctic sea ice variability and high-latitude fluxes. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, Report No. 35, WMO/TD-No. 1276., 2005 (Ref: 12675)

Authors:

Simmonds I.Rafter A.Watkins A.B.

Category 3: Abstract