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Biodegradation of petroleum products in experimental plots in Antarctic marine sediments is location dependent. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007 (Ref: 12843)
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Clean sediment collected from O’Brien Bay, East Antarctica, was artificially contaminated with a mix of Special Antarctic Blend diesel fuel and lubricating oil and deployed in two uncontaminated locations (O’Brien and Sparkes Bays) and a previously contaminated bay (Brown Bay)…

A diverse benthic assemblage 100 km from open water under the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica Paleoceanography, 2007 (Ref: 12811)
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A hot water drill was used to penetrate 480 m of ice to reveal a diverse benthic assemblage, dominated by … suspension-feeding invertebrates, under the Amery Ice Shelf (East Antarctica) at a location 100 km from open … water and at a depth of 775 m below sea level (840 m below the ice shelf surface)…

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)
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.

Penguin colonies as secondary sources of contamination with persistent organic pollutants Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2007 (Ref: 13074)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Although long-range atmospheric transport has been described as the predominant mechanism … for exposing polar regions to persistent organic pollutants (POPs), recent studies have suggested … that bird activity can also contribute substantially to contaminant levels in some environments. However…

Hydrocarbon contamination and remediation of Antarctic ecosystems Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 9-13 July 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13060)
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Australia’s Antarctic territory contains several hydrocarbon-contaminated sites of varying size and severity as a result of fifty years of human activities in the region. Contaminated site remediation in Antarctica is more challenging than in Australia.

Developing water and sediment quality guidelines for Antarctica: The sensitivity of Antarctic marine biota to metal contaminants. Abstract of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12645)
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There are a range of chemical contaminants of concern in Antarctic marine environments as a … result of the activities of humans, including past waste disposal practices and accidental fuel … spills. Environmental guidelines for contaminants, including targets for contaminated site … remediation…

Monitoring the remediation of a near shore waste disposal site in Antarctica using the amphipod Paramoera walkeri and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006 (Ref: 12763)
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The water quality of a marine embayment (Brown Bay) was monitored during the remediation of an abandoned waste disposal site at … Casey Station, East Antarctica, using a combination of biomonitoring and chemical methods. The Antarctic amphipod Paramoera walkeri…

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.…

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