Louise BIDDLE (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Using Seaglider data to observe submesoscale and mixed layer processes in the Southern Ocean Drake Passage. Report here.
Using Seaglider data to observe submesoscale and mixed layer processes in the Southern Ocean Drake Passage. Report here.
Investigating adaptation to the thermal challenges of the Antarctic in killer whale ecotypes.
A high resolution study on the benthic assemblages of South Georgia’s shelf troughs by remotely operated vehicle: in situ assessment of predictive habitat mapping. Hogg_ASB_Final_Report
Development of microsatellite markers to study the genetic diversity and connectivity of Eusirus species (Amphipoda, Crustacea) on the continental shelf. See report here.
Antarctic predators to unravel the under-ice mysteries in the Weddell Sea. See publication here.
Using otolith chemistry to test population structure and life history connectivity of Pleuragramma antarctica in the Southeast Weddell Sea.
Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series in 2019.
Understanding symbiotic relationships within Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems using compound specific stable isotope analysis: Octocorals and Polynoids.
Mbrasier AS report Classifying symbiotic relationships in VMEs
Biodiversity of moss-associated diatoms from the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Timescales for continental crust generation: magmatic evolution of the Lassiter Coast Intrusive Suite, Antarctica, determined by Ion Microprobe Analysis of zircon.
Johnson Antarctic Bursary 2015 Report.
Are contemporary cryoconite holes Antarctic analogues of Snowball Earth ecosystems?
The stability of Antarctic ice shelves: the determination of the basal mass balance from space using COSMO Skymed synthetic aperture radar interferometry.
Drews and Berger Antarctic Science Bursary report
The control of an uncharted pinning point on the flow of an Antarctic ice shelf
Colloidal iron distribution and bioavailability along the West Antarctic Peninsula.
How hot rocks help species survive in cold places: using genetics to test whether small patches of volcanically-warmed earth can support high levels of biodiversity in Antarctica.
Tracing continental input and organic matter export using the long-lived thorium isotopes.
The use of individual planktonic foraminifera from sediment traps to assess seasonal variability along the West Antarctic Peninsula.
Published in 2019: Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study
The temperature sensitivity of two contrasting Antarctic soils in response to climate change.
ASB_report_O’Neill_Temperature sensitivity Antarctic soil biology
The initiation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the role of Atlantic overturning circulation. A report of this work can be found here.
Investigating how chain-reaction drainage of surface lakes triggers ice shelf break-up.
Southern Ocean Sponges: the link between biogeography and geochemistry.
Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on in situ identification characteristics. See paper in Zootaxa here.
Tracing the Quaternary evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctic Ice Sheets using lead isotopes in ice-rafted feldspar mineral grains.