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A von Bertalanffy growth model for toothfish at Heard Island fitted to length-at-age data and compared to observed growth from mark-recapture studies CCAMLR Science, 2007 (Ref: 13168)
Authors:
Candy S.G.Constable A.J.Lamb T.Williams R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Length-at-age data for Patagonian toothfi sh (Dissostichus eleginoides) at Heard Island … (Division 58.5.2) were fi tted using a von Bertalanffy (VB) growth model taking into … account response-biased sampling of fi sh that were aged. Subsampling of random lengthfrequency … (LF)…

Assessing the toxic effects of dissolved copper on the Antarctic macroalga Desmarestia menziesii using chlorophyll fluorescence imaging in ecotoxicological tests Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 2007 (Ref: 13102)
Authors:
Runcie J.W.Riddle M.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Chlorophyll fluorescence was used to measure changes in the maximum fluorescence yield (F0m) and effective quantum yield (F/F0m ) of Antarctic macroalgae in response to dissolved copper.

Seasonal occurrence of low frequency whale vocalizations in waters of East Antarctica, February 2005-February 2006. 2006 Meeting of the IWC, 2006 (Ref: 12396)
Authors:
Gedamke J.Gales N.Hildebrand J.Wiggins S.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Seasonal occurrence of low frequency whale vocalisations across eastern Antarctic and southern Australian waters, February 2004 to February 2007 2007 meeting of the International Whaling Commission-Scientific Committee, Paper SC/59/SH5, 2007 (Ref: 12944)
Authors:
Gedamke J.Gales N.Hildebrand J.Wiggins S.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Long term acoustic records of underwater sound can be used to assess the timing of migrations, peak periods of … relative abundance, and seasonality and overlap of different species’ presence over large spatial scales.

Quantification of damage in DNA recovered from highly degraded samples – a case study on DNA in faeces. Frontiers in Zoology, 2006 (Ref: 12710)
Authors:
Deagle B.E.Eveson J.P.Jarman S.N.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Background: Poorly preserved biological tissues have become an important source of DNA for … a wide range of zoological studies. Measuring the quality of DNA obtained from these samples is … often desired; however…

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…

Data Report: HiRISC (High-Resolution Integrated Stratigraphy Committee) pliocene-pleistocene interval, 0-50 mbsf, at ODP leg 188 site 1165, Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 2004 (Ref: 12719)
Authors:
Warnke D.A.Richter C.Florindo F.Damuth J.E.BalsamStrand K.Ruikka M.Juntila J.Theissen K.Quilty P.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals. Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006 (Ref: 12803)
Authors:
McMahon C.R.Burton H.R.van den Hoff J.Woods R.Bradshaw C.J.A.
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…

Hot water drilling on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. 16th International FRISP Workshop in Bergen, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, 2003 (Ref: 12705)
Authors:
Craven M.Elcheikh A.Brand R.Allison I.
Category 3: Conference paper

In 1999 the Glaciology Program of the Australian Antarctic Division initiated a 5-year study of … glaciological investigations into the interaction between the Amery Ice Shelf and the underlying … ocean. The principle objectives of this project are:

Use of passive acoustic techniques to assess relative distribution and seasonality of Antarctic marine mammals. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12502)
Authors:
Gedamke J.Robinson S.Gales N.Hildebrand J.Wiggins S.
Category 3: Poster

The efficient sound carrying properties of the ocean and the vocal nature of many marine … mammals provide an excellent means to monitor these often difficult to study animals.

Borehole imagery within and beneath the Amery Ice Shelf Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12566)
Authors:
Craven M.Rasch D.Brand R.Drinkell A.Donoghue S.Pedro J.
Category 3: Poster

A video system with dual camera capability (sideward, and downward looking) was … deployed within and below the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Although the system had no … real time image transmission capability, video imagery was obtained at two hot water drilled … borehole sites AM03 (70° 33.

A circum-Antarctic survey of the abundance and size characteristics of near-coastal population of icebergs. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12497)
Authors:
Young N.W.Brando A.Morffew M.
Category 3: Abstract

A survey of the size characteristics of the population of icebergs around the whole of the … Antarctic coastline was carried out using synthetic aperture radar images. A total of 36…

DNA sequencing and genetic diversity of the 18S–26S nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) in nine Antarctic moss species Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12452)
Authors:
Skotnicki M.L.Mackenzie A.M.Clements M.A.Selkirk P.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We have sequenced the 18S–26S nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS region from the genome of nine … different moss species from the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. This relatively quick and simple technique … enables these species to be readily distinguished, facilitating their taxonomic identification.

Applying network analysis to the conservation of habitat trees in urban environments: a case study from Brisbane, Australia. Conservation Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12389)
Authors:
Rhodes M.Wardell-Johnson G.W.Rhodes M.P.Raymond B.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

In Australia more than 300 vertebrates, including 43 insectivorous bat species, depend on hollows in … habitat trees for shelter, with many species using a network of multiple trees as roosts. We used roost-switching … data on white-striped freetail bats (Tadarida australis; Microchiroptera:

Photosynthesis of marine macroalgae in ice-covered and ice-free environments in East Antarctica. European Journal of Phycology, 2006 (Ref: 12332)
Authors:
Runcie J.W.Riddle M.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Antarctic macroalgae survive extended periods of darkness followed by rapid and extreme increases in irradiance when sea-ice … breaks out in summer. Algae from dark, ice-covered locations had low values of saturating irradiance (Ek: 4–19 mmol photons … m2 s1)…

Surface albedo of the Antarctic sea ice zone. Journal of Climate, 2005 (Ref: 12170)
Authors:
Brandt R.E.Warren S.G.Worby A.P.Grenfell T.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Automated single-strand conformation polymorphism reveals low diversity of a major histocompatibility complex class II gene in the threatened New Zealand sea lion. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2003 (Ref: 11603)
Authors:
Lento G.M.Baker C.S.David V.Yuhki N.Gales N.J.O'Brien S.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abundance of pack-ice seals off east Antarctica. Conference Abstracts, IX SCAR International Biology Symposium, Curitiba, Brazil, 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12124)
Authors:
Southwell C.Borchers D.L.Paxton C.L.G.Boveng P.Blix A.Nordoy E.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

The Antarctic Pack-Ice Seals program (APIS) is an initiative of the SCAR Expert Group on Seals aimed at quantifying the role of pack-ice seals (crabeater, leopard and Ross) in the Southern Ocean. A central feature of APIS was a synoptic…

A preliminary analysis of baleen whale distribution around the Western Antarctic Peninsula in the Austral fall and winter Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Vancouver, Canada, November 28-December 3, 2001, 2001 (Ref: 10509)
Authors:
Friedlaender A.Thiele D.Hofmann E.
Category 3: Poster

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.

Second annual report on IWC collaborative research in the SO GLOBEC Western Antarctic Peninsula study area International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Annual Meeting, Shimonoseki, Japan, May 2002, 2002 (Ref: 10500)
Authors:
Thiele D.Moore S.Hildebrand J.Friedlaender A.Sirovic A.Pirzl R.McDonald M.Wiggins S.Hofmann E.Klinck J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Preliminary results from the IWC collaborative studies conducted on the 2001 winter survey and the 2002 late summer mooring cruise with the US SO GLOBEC program are presented. Sea-ice cover was significantly more extensive earlier in the season in 2002.

Daily accumulation patterns of plastics on Macquarie Island and the interaction of stranded items with seabirds VIII SCAR International Biology Symposium, August 27-September 1, 2001, 2001 (Ref: 10549)
Authors:
Schulz M.Burton H.
Category 3: Conference paper

A new species of Embolemus Westwood from the Mata Atlantica of Brazil (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) American Museum Novitates, 1999 (Ref: 10121)
Authors:
Amarante S.T.P.Brandao C.R.F.Carpenter J.M.
Category 3: Article

A three-dimensional synthesis study of d 180 in atmospheric CO 2. 1. Surface fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1997 (Ref: 8564)
Authors:
Ciais P.Denning A.S.Tans P.P.Berry J.A.Randall D.A.Collatz G.J.Sellers P.J.White J.W.C.Trolier M.Meijer H.A.J.Francey R.J.Monfray P.Heimann M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A three-dimensional synthesis study of d 180 in atmospheric CO 2. 2. Simulations with the TM2 transport model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1997 (Ref: 8565)
Authors:
Ciais P.Tans P.P.Denning A.S.Francey R.J.Trolier M.Meijer H.A.J.White J.W.C.Berry J.A.Randall D.A.Collatz G.J.Sellers P.J.Monfray P.Heimann M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Brattstrand Paragneiss and the Søstrene Orthogneiss: a review of Pan-African metamorphism and Grenvillian relics in southern Prydz Bay. The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes., 1997 (Ref: 8488)
Authors:
Fitzsimons I.C.W.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Outcrops in southern Prydz Bay comprise interleaved paragneiss and orthogneiss with high-temperature mineral assemblages and structures initially regarded as 1000 Ma in age (Grenvillian), but now known to largely reflect metamorphism and deformation at ~500 Ma (Pan African).

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