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United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Effects Assessment Panel. Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report, 2011. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2012 (Ref: 14685)

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three panels of experts. One of these is the … Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with two focal issues. The first focus is … the effects of increased UV radiation on human health, animals, plants, biogeochemistry…

Huddling behavior in emperor penguins: Dynamics of huddling Physiology & Behavior, 2006 (Ref: 13065)

Authors:

Gilbert C.Robertson G.Le Maho Y.Naito Y.Ancel A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Although huddling was shown to be the key by which emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) save energy and sustain their breeding fast … during the Antarctic winter, the intricacies of this social behavior have been poorly studied.

Antarctic Fisheries: Heard Island and McDonald Islands Patagonian toothfish and Mackerel Icefish Fisheries. Informing the review of the Commonwealth Policy on Fisheries Bycatch through assessing trends in bycatch of key Commonwealth fisheries. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation final report 2012/046., 2013 (Ref: 15107)

Authors:

Welsford D.C.Lamb T.

Category 6: Report

Metabolic limits on dive duration and swimming speed in a key antarctic predator, the southern elephant seal New Zealand Natural Sciences, 1998 (Ref: 9514)

Authors:

Hindell M.A.Lea M-A. Morrice M.M.

Category 3: Abstract

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Atmospheric chemistry measurements over the East Antarctic during the SIPEX II cruise in polar spring 2012. Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013, Davos, Switzerland, 8-12 July 2013, 2013 (Ref: 15128)

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Bromine explosion events that occur over first year sea ice in the polar spring cause mercury deposition and dramatically alter the oxidative capacity of the polar boundary layer. Atmospheric chemical measurements made during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems eXperiment (SIPEX II)…

The Australian Contribution to CCMI Part II: Model evaluation using Southern Hemispheric ozone observations. Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative Workshop 2013, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 14-16 May 2013, 2013 (Ref: 15134)

Authors:

Stone K.Klekociuk A.R.Schofield R.Morgenstern O.Karoly D.

Category 3: Poster

Results from the chemistry—atmosphere—climate model version of the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) are presented. ACCESS is based on the UK Met Office Unified Model version 7.3 (UM 7.3) including the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) module.

Impacts of ocean acidification on early development of Antarctic krill. Third International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World, Monterey, California, USA, 24-27 September 2012, 2012 (Ref: 15091)

Authors:

Kawaguchi S.King R.Waller N.Jia Z.Robinson J.P.Wynn-Edwards C.Deagle B.Jarman S.Ishida A.Wakita M.Nicol S.Virtue P.Kurihara H.Constable A.Smith B.Ishimatsu A.

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Antarctic krill (hereafter krill) is the key species of the Antarctic marine ecosystem as well as a target of commercial fishery in the Southern Ocean, which compels careful predictions about potential impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA)…

Fitting Euphausia superba into Southern Ocean food-web models: a review of data sources and their limitations. CCAMLR Science, 2012 (Ref: 15092)

Authors:

Atkinson A.Nicol S.Kawaguchi S.Pakhomov E.Quetin L.Ross R.Hill S.Reiss C.Siegel V.Tarling G.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

This paper aims to provide the overview needed to include krill in food-web models and to guide modellers to key sources of data. It describes the strengths of each method of sampling krill, i.e. with nets (for historical time series, demographic information and live krill), acoustics (distribution…

Dietary exposure of Antarctic krill to p,p'-DDE: Uptake kinetics and toxicological sensitivity in a key polar species. Environmental Pollution, 2013 (Ref: 15090)

Authors:

Poulsen A.H.Landrum P.F.Kawaguchi S.Bengtson Nash S.M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Seabird response to environmental variation and change: identifying drivers of key ecological processes. Strategic Science in Antarctica Conference, Hobart, Australia, 24-26 June 2013, 2013 (Ref: 15073)

Authors:

Emmerson L.Southwell C.Wienecke B.

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Key microbial drivers in Antarctic aquatic environments. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2013 (Ref: 14857)

Authors:

Wilkins D.Yau S.Williams T.J.Allen M.A.Brown M.V.DeMaere M.Z.Lauro F.M.Cavicchioli R.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Parameterization of gravity wave drag in models and the impact on predictions of the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere. 19th annual conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Melbourne, Australia, 11-13 February 2013, 2013 (Ref: 15038)

Authors:

Murphy D.J.

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Links … between … changes … in … the … southern … polar … stratosphere … and … tropospheric … climate … have … been … identified … in … both … modelling … and … observational … studies, highlighting … the … importance … of … an … accurate … stratosphere … in … climate … models. However…

Climate forcings and variability during the last 2 ka. International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences First Open Science Conference, 1-5 October 2012, Presqu’île de Giens, Côte d’Azur, France, 2012 (Ref: 15035)

Authors:

van Ommen T.D.Antarctica2k/IPICS2k team

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Antarctic ice core records offer a key resource for understanding late Holocene climate … in the high latitude Southern Hemisphere, and potentially beyond.

Biodiversity and biogeography of Southern Ocean pycnogonids. Ecography, 2011 (Ref: 14983)

Authors:

Griffiths H.J.Arango C.P.Munilla T.McInnes S.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The pycnogonids of the Southern Ocean have been studied for almost two centuries and have played a key role in shaping previous biogeographic regions for the Antarctic benthos.

Cryosat-2 Validation over Law Dome and the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica - ASIRAS, ALS and Cryosat-2 SAR-In Data Analysis. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 3-7 December 2012, 2012 (Ref: 14996)

Authors:

Watson C.S.Burgette R.J.Helm V.Roberts J.Young N.Beardsley J.Tregoning P.Coleman R.Steinhage D.Fricker H.Young D.Blankenship D.

Category 3: Poster

The joint TOT-Cal / CryoVExANT2011 project contributes to the validation of the CryoSat-2 altimetry mission through investigations of a key portion of the East Antarctic ice sheet near Australia’s Casey Station. Spanning parts of Law Dome and the Totten Glacier…

Cryosat-2 Validation over Law Dome and the Totten Glacier In East Antarctica – Aircraft Trajectory Accuracy Assessment. 20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, Venice, Italy, 24-29 September 2012, 2012 (Ref: 14998)

Authors:

Watson C.S.Burgette R.Beardsley J.Helm V.Tregoning P.Roberts J.Coleman R.Steinhage D.Young N.Legresy B.Fricker H.

Category 3: Conference paper

The TotCal / CryoVExANT2011 project is an Australian and German collaboration that contributes to the validation of the CryoSat-2 radar altimetry mission through investigations of a key portion of East Antarctica near the Australian Casey Station.

Reprocessing of the Broadmeadows and Macquarie Island ozonesonde record as part of the SI2N Past Changes in the vertical distribution of ozone initiative. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 11-13 February 2013, 2013 (Ref: 14977)

Authors:

Tully M.Klekociuk A.R.

Category 3: Poster

An … important … component … of … the … SPARC/IO3C/IGACO-‐O3/NDAACC … (SI2N) initiative … "Past … Changes … in … the … Vertical … Distribution … of … Ozone" … is … the … "Ozone … Sonde … Data … Quality … Assessment … (O3S-‐DQA)" … activity … currently … underway.

Monitoring Coastal Ecosystems in Antarctica. Australian Marine Sciences Association and New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Joint Conference (AMSA-NZMSS), Hobart, Tasmania, 1-5 July 2012, 2012 (Ref: 14946)

Authors:

Stark J.S.Riddle M.J.

Category 3: Abstract

The Australian Antarctic Division has developed a long term coastal monitoring program at Australia’s Casey Station in East Antarctica. This evolved out of a series of field programs beginning in the mid-1990s.

12,000 years of westerly wind and ecosystem changes on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Meeting, University of Portland, Portland, USA, 15-19 July 2012, 2012 (Ref: 14853)

Authors:

Saunders K.M.Hodgson D.A.Grosjean M.

Category 3: Poster

Sub-Antarctic islands are the only landmasses between Antarctica and South America, Africa and Australia where terrestrial climate and ecosystem records are available, making them crucial locations for linking southern mid and high latitude regions. However…

Ocean Acidification: The knowledge base 2012. Updating what we know about ocean acidification and key global challenges. European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA), UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme, (UKOA), Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (BIOACID) and Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA), 2012 (Ref: 14901)

Authors:

Various invited contributors incl Roberts D.

Category 6: Report

Lead isotopic signatures in Antarctic marine sediment cores: A comparison between 1 M HC1 partial extraction and HF total digestion pre-treatments for discerning anthropogenic inputs Science of the Total Environment, 2009 (Ref: 13927)

Authors:

Townsend A.T.Snape I.Palmer A.S.Seen A.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Sensitive analytical techniques are typically required when dealing with samples from Antarctica as even … low concentrations of contaminants can have detrimental environmental effects. Magnetic Sector ICP-MS is … an ideal technique for environmental assessment as it offers high sensitivity…

Conservation biogeography of the Antarctic. Diversity and Distributions, 2012 (Ref: 14793)

Authors:

Terauds A.Chown S.L.Morgan F.Peat H.J.Watts D.J.Keys H.Convey P.Bergstrom D.M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Foraging habitats of top predators, and Areas of Ecological Significance, on the Kerguelen Plateau. The Kerguelen Plateau: marine ecosystem and fisheries, 2011 (Ref: 14718)

Authors:

Hindell M.A.Lea M.-A.Bost C.-A.Charrassin J.-B.Gales N.Goldsworthy S.Page B.Roberston G.Wienecke B.O'Toole M.Guinet C.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Avian and mammalian predators play a key role in the Kerguelen Plateau ecosystem, both with respect to structuring the marine community and its response to anthropogenic influences, such as climate change and commercial fisheries.

Coordinated Movements Prevent Jamming in an Emperor Penguin Huddle. PLoS ONE, 2011 (Ref: 14719)

Authors:

Zitterbart D.P.Wienecke B.Butler J.P.Fabry B.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

For Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), huddling is the key to survival during the Antarctic winter. Penguins in a … huddle are packed so tightly that individual movements become impossible, reminiscent of a jamming transition in … compacted colloids. It is crucial, however…

Radiocarbon bomb spike reveals biological effects of Antarctic climate change. Global Change Biology, 2012 (Ref: 14681)

Authors:

Clarke L.J.Robinson S.A.Hua Q.Ayre D.J.Fink D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Antarctic has experienced major changes in temperature, wind speed and stratospheric ozone levels during the last 50 years. However until recently continental Antarctica appeared to be little impacted by climate warming, thus biological changes were predicted to be relatively slow.

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