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From a synthesis of recent oceanic observations and paleo-data it is evident that certain species … of giant diatoms including Rhizosolenia spp. Thalassiothrix spp. and Ethmodiscus rex may … become concentrated at oceanic frontal zones and subsequently form episodes of mass flux to the … sediment.
This paper very briefly summarises some aspects Adelie penguin count data from east Antarctica to demonstrate the extent and nature of variability in data from this large region, and to provide some background to some aspects of the R program SEABIRD outlined in McKinlay and Southwell…
Potential Adélie penguin breeding habitat (defined as ice-free land with area >4000 m2 and within 500 m of the ocean) in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) was mapped using a GIS…
The relationship between Ade´ lie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) and ice is well … established, with sea ice influencing penguin populations through a variety of processes … operating at different spatial and temporal scales.
Between January and April over six consecutive years (2000 to 2005) photographs of the … dorsal fin and lateral bodies of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) were … collected at the Perth Canyon, Western Australia.
Identification of DNA sequence diversity is a powerful means for assessing the … species present in environmental samples.
The application of blue-dye to fishing baits is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique used … in some pelagic longline fisheries that is thought to make the baits less visible and hence … less attractive to seabirds. We tested this assumption in two ways. First…
Airgun ‘shots’ from seismic surveys are powerful enough to be heard across ocean basins. At … close range, though, there is extraordinarily little understanding of the potential for these intense … sounds to cause temporary or permanent hearing threshold shifts (TTS/PTS) in marine … mammals.