Our publications

Determining the native/non-native status of newly discovered terrestrial and freshwater species in Antarctica – current knowledge, methodology and management action

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Status assessment of non-native terrestrial species in Antarctica

Publication 14 April, 2025

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Evaluation of non-native species policy development and implementation within the Antarctic Treaty area

Publication 1 August, 2016

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Eradication of the non-native Poa pratensis colony at Cierva Point, Antarctica: A case study of international cooperation and practical management in an area under multi-party governance

Publication 1 March, 2017

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Non-native species in Antarctic terrestrial environments: how climate change and increasing human activity are compounding the threat of invasion

Publication 4 January, 2023

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Status of known non-native species introductions and impacts (updated)

Publication 21 August, 2015

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Terrestrial non-native species in Antarctica: introduction, impact and management response

Publication 11 August, 2023

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The role of substrate characteristics and temperature for potential non-native plant establishment in Maritime Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 1 April, 2025

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The fate of the non-native collembolon, Hypogastrura viatica, at the southern end of its introduced range in Antarctica

Publication 1 October, 2017

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Warming impacts potential germination of non-native plants on the Antarctic Peninsula

Publication 25 March, 2021

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Contrasting impacts of non-native isopods and springtails on ecosystem processes under simulated Antarctic climate conditions

Publication 1 October, 2023

Read more on Contrasting impacts of non-native isopods and springtails on ecosystem processes under simulated Antarctic climate conditions

Accidental transfer of non-native soil organisms into Antarctica on construction vehicles

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Ocean currents as a potential dispersal pathway for Antarctica’s most persistent non-native terrestrial insect

Publication 1 January, 2021

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International response under the Antarctic Treaty System to the establishment of a non-native fly in Antarctica

Publication 1 June, 2021

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Poa pratensis L., current status of the longest-established non-native vascular plant in the Antarctic

Publication 1 October, 2013

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Evolving to invade: Using geometric morphometrics to assess wing shape variation in the Antarctic non-native fly Trichocera maculipennis

Publication 1 November, 2025

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Food for thought: risks of non-native species transfer to the Antarctic region with fresh produce

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Non-native microbial introductions: what risk to Antarctic ecosystems?

Publication 13 March, 2018

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An outsider on the Antarctic Peninsula: A new record of the non-native moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Publication 5 February, 2024

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Marine non-native species in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

Publication 17 December, 2024

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Assessing the effects of low temperature on the establishment potential in Britain of the non-native biological control agent Eretmocerus eremicus

Publication 1 January, 2004

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Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Temperature impact on the influence of penguin-derived nutrients and mosses on non-native grass in a simulated polar ecosystem

Publication 1 February, 2022

Read more on Temperature impact on the influence of penguin-derived nutrients and mosses on non-native grass in a simulated polar ecosystem

Can classic biological invasion hypotheses be applied to reported cases of non-native terrestrial species in the Maritime Antarctic?

Publication 1 June, 2022

Read more on Can classic biological invasion hypotheses be applied to reported cases of non-native terrestrial species in the Maritime Antarctic?

The non-native chironomid Eretmoptera murphyi in Antarctica: erosion of the barriers to invasion

Publication 1 February, 2013

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Non-native species in Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater environments: presence, sources, impacts and predictions

Publication 1 January, 2008

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Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Publication 24 February, 2023

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Non-native species in Antarctic terrestrial environments: the impacts of climate change and human activity

Publication 1 August, 2014

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Non-native species in Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater environments

Publication 1 January, 2008

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Alien invasions. The impact of non-native species: changing the face of life on land in Antarctica?

Publication 1 January, 2015

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Hunting aliens in Antarctica. On the hunt for non-native species in Antarctica with the polar alien hunters

Publication 1 January, 2020

Read more on Hunting aliens in Antarctica. On the hunt for non-native species in Antarctica with the polar alien hunters

Assessing the vulnerability of Antarctic marine ecosystems to invasive non-native species

Publication 10 March, 2022

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Native woody species depend on the soil microbiome to establish on burned soils, while non‐native do not

Publication 1 December, 2024

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Albatrosses

Publication 30 June, 2022

…these baited hooks. Others are injured or killed in collisions with trawler cable. Plastic waste ingested at sea, past introductions of non-native, invasive species such as rats, mice and cats…

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Occurrence of the on-native annual Bluegrass on the Antarctic mainland and its negative effects on native plants

Publication 1 January, 2012

Read more on Occurrence of the on-native annual Bluegrass on the Antarctic mainland and its negative effects on native plants

The rising threat of climate change for arthropods from Earth’s cold regions: Taxonomic rather than native status drives species sensitivity

Publication 1 October, 2022

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Competition between co-occurring invasive and native consumers switches between habitats

Publication 1 December, 2018

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Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Publication 1 April, 2020

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Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island.

Publication 31 January, 2020

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Increasing impacts by Antarctica’s most widespread invasive plant species as result of direct competition with native vascular plants

Publication 24 October, 2019

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An expert-driven framework for applying eDNA tools to improve biosecurity in the Antarctic

Publication 1 October, 2023

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Alien invasions in Antarctica – is anyone liable?

Publication 14 May, 2014

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Antarctica: the final frontier for marine biological invasions

Publication 1 July, 2019

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Biological invasions in terrestrial Antarctica: what is the current status and can we respond?

Publication 1 May, 2015

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A polar insect’s tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica

Publication 1 March, 2023

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The Antarctic Peninsula under a 1.5°C global warming scenario.

Publication 28 June, 2019

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Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in Maritime Antarctica

Publication 1 January, 2022

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The protection of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems from inter and intra-continental transfer of non-indigenous species by human activities: a review of current systems and practices

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Breaking the ice: the introduction of biofouling organisms to Antarctica on vessel hulls

Publication 1 February, 2017

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Diversity and ecology of Chlorophyta (Viridiplantae) assemblages in protected and non-protected sites in Deception Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands) assessed using an NGS approach

Publication 1 February, 2021

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Global Collembola on Deception Island

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Statistical optimisation of diesel biodegradation at low temperatures by an Antarctic marine bacterial consortium isolated from non-contaminated seawater

Publication 3 June, 2021

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Uncharted territory: the arrival of Psychoda albipennis (Zetterstedt, 1850) (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Maritime Antarctica

Publication 17 December, 2024

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The ratio of MSA to non-sea-salt sulphate in Antarctic Peninsula ice cores

Publication 1 September, 1992

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Global movement and homogenisation of biota: challenges to the environmental management of Antarctica

Publication 1 January, 2014

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Humans and wind, shaping Antarctic soil arthropod biodiversity

Publication 1 January, 2020

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Evidence that a highly invasive ascidian can survive the thermal conditions of a simulated transit across the sub-Antarctic and polar fronts

Publication 15 September, 2025

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Nonlinear interaction between ocean tides and the Larsen C Ice Shelf system

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Summer distribution and migration of nonbreeding albatrosses: individual consistencies and implications for conservation

Publication 1 January, 2005

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Angiosperm symbioses with non‐mycorrhizal fungal partners enhance N acquisition from ancient organic matter in a warming maritime Antarctic

Publication 1 December, 2019

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Spotlight on the invasion of a carabid beetle on an oceanic island over a 105-year period island

Publication 13 October, 2020

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Particle Export Fluxes in the Southern Ocean: Importance of Nonheterotrophic Processes in POC Flux Attenuation

Publication 1 July, 2025

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Ecological consequences of a single introduced species to the Antarctic: Terrestrial impacts of the invasive midge Eretmoptera murphyi on Signy Island

Publication 1 May, 2023

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Importation of psychrotolerant fungi to Antarctic associated with wooden cargo packaging

Publication 1 October, 2018

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An insect invasion of Antarctica: the past, present and future distribution of Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera, Chironomidae) on Signy Island

Publication 1 January, 2020

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Seabirds mated for life migrate separately to the same places: behavioural coordination or shared proximate causes?

Publication 1 March, 2015

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Stable isotopes document inter- and intra-specific variation in feeding ecology of nine large southern Procellariiformes

Publication 17 September, 2013

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Microbial dynamics in coastal waters of East Antarctica:bacterial production and nanoflagellate bacterivory

Publication 1 October, 1996

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Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

Publication 10 June, 2014

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Continental governance and environmental management mechanisms under the Antarctic Treaty System: sufficient for the biodiversity challenges of the this century?

Publication 1 January, 2012

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DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem

Publication 1 January, 2012

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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Spatial distribution, habitat preference and colonization status of two alien terrestrial invertebrate species in Antarctica

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Antarctic environmental change and biological responses

Publication 27 November, 2019

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Biodegradation of diesel oil by cold-adapted bacterial strains of Arthrobacter spp. from Antarctica

Publication 1 October, 2020

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Current changes in Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 26 June, 2020

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Response surface methodology optimisation and kinetics of diesel degradation by a cold-adapted Antarctic bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. strain AQ5-05

Publication 27 August, 2020

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Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

Publication 11 April, 2022

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Effects of temperature on the establishment potential of the predatory mite Amblyseius californicus McGregor (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in the UK

Publication 1 January, 2002

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Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

Publication 1 January, 2009

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Short-period planetary waves in the Antarctic middle atmosphere

Publication 1 January, 2008

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Feeding and energy budgets of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the onset of winter. II. Juveniles and adults

Publication 1 January, 2002

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Sexual and individual foraging segregation in Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua from the Southern Ocean during an abnormal winter

Publication 31 March, 2017

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Signatures of selection on mitonuclear integrated genes uncover hidden mitogenomic variation in fur seals

Publication 30 July, 2022

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Major-Minor-Trace Element Analyses and Oceanographic Modeling Confirms Circumpolar Transport of the 1962 Protector Shoal Pumice Raft

Publication 1 December, 2025

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Changes in Holocene climate and the intensity of Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds based on a high-resolution palynological record from sub-Antarctic South Georgia

Publication 1 February, 2015

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Variable crustal thickness beneath Thwaites Glacier revealed from airborne gravimetry, possible implications for geothermal heat flux in West Antarctica

Publication 1 December, 2014

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Re-assessing copepod growth using the Moult Rate method

Publication 1 September, 2014

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Aliens in Antarctica: Assessing transfer of plant propagules by human visitors to reduce invasion risk

Publication 1 March, 2014

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Threats to soil communities: human impacts

Publication 1 January, 2014

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A foodweb model to explore uncertainties in the South Georgia shelf pelagic ecosystem

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Untouched Antarctica: mapping a finite and diminishing environmental resource

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Perfluorinated compounds in the Antarctic region: Ocean circulation provides prolonged protection from distant sources

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Geographic range shift responses to climate change by Antarctic benthos: where we should look

Publication 1 January, 2009

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Climate spectrum estimation in the presence of timescale errors

Publication 1 January, 2009

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Quantitative relationships between benthic diatom assemblages and water chemistry in Macquarie Island lakes and their potential for reconstructing past environmental changes

Publication 1 January, 2009

Read more on Quantitative relationships between benthic diatom assemblages and water chemistry in Macquarie Island lakes and their potential for reconstructing past environmental changes

Antarctic and subantarctic biological invasions: sources, extents, impacts and implications

Publication 1 January, 2008

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DMS and MSA measurements in the Antarctic Boundary Layer: impact of BrO on MSA production

Publication 17 June, 2008

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Estimating juvenile copepod growth rates: corrections, inter-comparisons and recommendations

Publication 1 January, 2007

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