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Contrasting effects of tropical cyclones on the annual survival of a pelagic seabird in the Indian Ocean

Publication 13 January, 2017

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Reviews and syntheses: A framework to observe, understand and project ecosystem response to environmental change in the East Antarctic Southern Ocean

Publication 23 November, 2022

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The need to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity at the high latitude site, South Georgia

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Ecosystem impacts of feral rabbits on World Heritage sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island: a palaeoecological perspective

Publication 1 November, 2013

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Potential climate change effects on the habitat of Antarctic krill in the Weddell Quadrant of the Southern Ocean

Publication 21 August, 2013

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Current changes in Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 26 June, 2020

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Late Holocene changes in cyanobacterial community structure in maritime Antarctic lakes

Publication 1 June, 2013

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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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Pollution, habitat loss, fishing and climate change as critical threats to penguins

Publication 1 February, 2015

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Lack of coherence in the warming responses of marine crustaceans

Publication 1 August, 2014

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Antarctic Futures: An Assessment of Climate-Driven Changes in Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Service Provisioning in the Southern Ocean

Publication 1 January, 2020

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Understanding adaptations and responses to change in Antarctica: recent physiological and genomic advances in marine environments

Publication 1 January, 2012

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FP7: Research on climate change in polar environments must include effects on biota of both polar regions

Publication 1 January, 2007

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Cretaceous patterns of floristic change in the Antarctic Peninsula

Publication 1 January, 2002

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Editorial: Antarctic Biology: Scale Matters.

Publication 21 April, 2020

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Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach

Publication 10 June, 2022

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Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives

Publication 1 October, 2013

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Is there a distinct continental slope fauna in the Antarctic?

Publication 1 January, 2011

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

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Eradications of invasive mammals from islands: why, where, how and what next?

Publication 1 January, 2010

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Palaeobiogeography and the Ordovician and Mesozoic-Cenozoic biotic radiations

Publication 1 January, 2002

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Antarctica and the evolution of taxonomic diversity gradients in the marine realm

Publication 1 January, 1996

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Extremes in benthic ecosystem services; Blue carbon natural capital shallower than 1000 m in isolated, small and young Ascension Island’s EEZ

Publication 7 November, 2019

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Filosofía ambiental de campo: Educación e investigación para la valoración ecológica y ética de los insectos dulceacuícolas (Field environmental philosophy: education and research for the ecological and ethical appreciation of freshwater insects)

Publication 7 December, 2020

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Cephalopod fauna of the Pacific Southern Ocean using Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as biological samplers and fisheries bycatch specimens

Publication 1 August, 2021

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Large within, and between, species differences in marine cellular responses: Unpredictability in a changing environment

Publication 10 November, 2021

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Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 1 January, 2024

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Continent-wide risk assessment for the establishment of nonindigenous species in Antarctica

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Environmental change and human impacts on terrestrial ecosystems of the sub-Antarctic islands between their discovery and the mid-twentieth century

Publication 1 January, 2009

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Cryptic speciation in gentoo penguins is driven by geographic isolation and regional marine conditions: Unforeseen vulnerabilities to global change

Publication 1 August, 2020

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Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Publication 19 April, 2022

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Southward migration of the zero-degree isotherm latitude over the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Peninsula: cryospheric, biotic and societal implications

Publication 20 February, 2024

Read more on Southward migration of the zero-degree isotherm latitude over the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Peninsula: cryospheric, biotic and societal implications

Antarctica: the final frontier for marine biological invasions

Publication 1 July, 2019

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Diversity of Antarctic terrestrial protozoa

Publication 1 November, 1996

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Guidelines for collecting and maintaining archives for genetic monitoring

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Global maps of soil temperature

Publication 1 May, 2022

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Identification of candidate pelagic marine protected areas through a seabird seasonal-, multispecific- and extinction risk-based approach

Publication 1 October, 2017

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Molecular mechanisms of biomineralization in marine invertebrates

Publication 29 May, 2020

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A New Daily Observational Record from Grytviken, South Georgia: Exploring Twentieth-Century Extremes in the South Atlantic

Publication 1 March, 2018

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Taxonomic implications of morphological complexity within the testate amoeba genus Corythion from the Antarctic Peninsula

Publication 1 November, 2017

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Genetic signature of Last Glacial Maximum regional refugia in a circum-Antarctic sea spider

Publication 1 October, 2017

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Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research

Publication 1 February, 2018

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Abundance and distributional patterns of benthic peracarid crustaceans from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and Weddell Sea

Publication 7 October, 2020

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Reduced survival of Antarctic benthos linked to climate-induced iceberg scouring

Publication 1 January, 2011

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Mechanisms Defining Thermal Limits and Adaptation in Marine Ectotherms: An Integrative View

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Variability among individuals is generated at the gene expression level

Publication 1 July, 2015

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Spatial and temporal variability across life’s hierarchies in the terrestrial Antarctic

Publication 1 January, 2007

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Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research

Publication 4 May, 2017

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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

A long-term study of gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) population trends at a major Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy

Publication 1 January, 2019

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Tundra plants protect the soil surface from UV

Publication 1 January, 2006

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Untangling unexpected terrestrial conservation challenges arising from the historical human exploitation of marine mammals in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

Publication 1 February, 2023

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

Publication 28 June, 2019

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Blue carbon on polar and subpolar seabeds

Publication 5 November, 2018

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Spatial variability of antarctic surface snow bacterial communities

Publication 26 March, 2019

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Geographic patterns of soft-bottoms benthic communities in Chilean Patagonian fjords (47°S-54°S) – influence of environmental stress on diversity patterns and stable isotope signatures

Publication 1 June, 2022

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A pioneer morphological and genetic study of the intertidal fauna of the Gerlache Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)

Publication 28 March, 2023

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A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022

Publication 1 January, 2022

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Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications

Publication 1 January, 2005

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Potential macroalgal expansion and blue carbon gains with northern Antarctic Peninsula glacial retreat

Publication 1 July, 2023

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The state of the polar oceans 2018: making sense of our changing world

Publication 1 July, 2018

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Species distribution modelling in low-interaction environments: Insights from a terrestrial Antarctic system

Publication 1 May, 2013

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Correlative and dynamic species distribution modelling for ecological predictions in the Antarctic: a cross-disciplinary concept

Publication 1 January, 2012

Read more on Correlative and dynamic species distribution modelling for ecological predictions in the Antarctic: a cross-disciplinary concept

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 future of Antarctic scientific research

Publication 1 January, 1993

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

Publication 1 February, 2013

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Trophic structuring of modularity alters energy flow through marine food webs

Publication 12 January, 2023

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How predictable are mass extinction events?

Publication 15 March, 2023

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Emerging spatial patterns in Antarctic prokaryotes

Publication 14 September, 2015

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Multicolony tracking reveals potential threats to little auks wintering in the North Atlantic from marine pollution and shrinking sea ice cover

Publication 1 June, 2013

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Hypoxia impacts large adults first: consequences in a warming world

Publication 1 July, 2013

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Understanding the evolution of the Scotia Arc

Publication 30 July, 2013

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Responding to warming in polar oceans: A commentary on Molina et al. (2022)

Publication 1 January, 2023

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Identification of molecular and physiological responses to chronic environmental challenge in an invasive species: the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

Publication 1 September, 2013

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A horizon scan of emerging issues for global conservation in 2019

Publication 1 January, 2019

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Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions

Publication 1 November, 2013

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

Publication 11 August, 2023

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Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history

Publication 16 November, 2018

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Diversity, abundance and composition in macrofaunal molluscs from the Ross Sea (Antarctica): results of fine-mesh sampling along a latitudinal gradient

Publication 1 June, 2014

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Marine plastics threatens giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas

Publication 20 October, 2018

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Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica

Publication 12 January, 2024

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nrDNA:mtDNA copy number ratios as a comparative metric for evolutionary and conservation genetics

Publication 1 August, 2018

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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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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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Contrasting life-history traits of two toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) species at their range edge around the South Sandwich Islands

Publication 1 July, 2022

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Tracking seabirds to identify ecologically important and high risk marine areas in the western North Atlantic

Publication 1 January, 2012

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Long-term effects of altered PH and temperature on the feeding energetics of the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri

Publication 1 April, 2016

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The nature and origin of taxonomic diversity gradients in marine bivalves

Publication 1 January, 2000

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Records of Parochlus steinenii in the Maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions

Publication 18 January, 2021

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Annelid Fauna of the Prince Gustav Channel, a previously ice-covered seaway on the northeastern Antarctic Peninsula.

Publication 8 January, 2021

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1°C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna

Publication 16 February, 2021

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Global gradients in intertidal species richness and functional groups

Publication 8 April, 2021

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Global data gaps in our knowledge of the terrestrial cryosphere

Publication 14 June, 2021

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Polar endoliths – an anti-correlation of climatic extremes and microbial diversity

Publication 1 January, 2003

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Genomics: applications to Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 1 January, 2005

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Distribution of the genus Boeckella (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida, Centropagidae)at high latitudes in South America and the main Antarctic biogeographic regions

Publication 10 June, 2019

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Antarctic ecosystems

Publication 1 January, 2017

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Summer epiphytic diatom communities from Terra Nova Bay and Cape Evans (Ross Sea, Antarctica) – A synthesis and final conclusions

Publication 14 April, 2016

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