South Georgia Pelagic Biodiversity
Zooplankton are a vital part of the Scotia Sea food web. The project aims to improve the way we manage and monitor the pelagic ecosystem around South Georgia.
Cleary AC, Hoffman JI, Forcada J, Lydersen C, Lowther AD, Kovacs KM. 50,000 years of ice and seals: Impacts of the Last Glacial Maximum on Antarctic fur seals. Ecology and Evolution. 2021 Sep 10.
Bass D, Rueckert S, Stern R, Cleary AC, Taylor JD, Ward GM, Huys R. Parasites, pathogens, and other symbionts of copepods. Trends in Parasitology. 2021 Jun 20.
Paijmans AJ, Stoffel MA, Bester MN, Cleary AC, De Bruyn PN, Forcada J, Goebel ME, Goldsworthy SD, Guinet C, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM. The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate. Scientific reports. 2020 Mar 20;10(1):1-2.
Cleary AC, Casas MC, Durbin EG, Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Parasites in Antarctic krill guts inferred from DNA sequences. Antarctic Science. 2019 Feb;31(1):16-22.
Hoffman JI, Bauer E, Paijmans AJ, Humble E, Beckmann LM, Kubetschek C, Christaller F, Kröcker N, Fuchs B, Moreras A, Shihlomule YD., Bester MN, Cleary AC, DeBruyn PJN, Forcada J, Goebel ME, Guinet C, Hoelzel AR, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM, Lowther A. A global cline in a colour polymorphism suggests a limited contribution of gene flow towards the recovery of a heavily exploited marine mammal. Royal Society open science. 2018 Oct 17;5(10):181227.
Cleary AC, Durbin EG, Casas MC. Feeding by Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the West Antarctic Peninsula: differences between fjords and open waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2018 May 14;595:39-54.
Cleary AC, Søreide JE, Freese D, Niehoff B, Gabrielsen TM. Feeding by Calanus glacialis in a high arctic fjord: potential seasonal importance of alternative prey. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 2017 Sep;74(7):1937-46.
Cleary AC, Durbin EG, Rynearson TA, Bailey J. Feeding by Pseudocalanus copepods in the Bering Sea: trophic linkages and a potential mechanism of niche partitioning. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2016 Dec 1;134:181-9.
Cleary AC, Durbin EG, Casas MC, Zhou M. Winter distribution and size structure of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba populations in-shore along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2016 Jun 23;552:115-29.
Cleary AC, Durbin EG. Unexpected prevalence of parasite 18S rDNA sequences in winter among Antarctic marine protists. Journal of Plankton Research. 2016 May 30;38(3):401-17.
Cleary AC, Durbin EG, Rynearson TA. Krill feeding on sediment in the Gulf of Maine (North Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2012 May 30;455:157-72.
Cleary, A., Perry, F., & Tarling, G. (2024). Elemental contents of E. superba eggs (carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen) in the context of maternal parasite load (South Georgia, January 2018) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6c4aaf56-1439-4849-b869-8058479e5d6e
Zooplankton are a vital part of the Scotia Sea food web. The project aims to improve the way we manage and monitor the pelagic ecosystem around South Georgia.
Understanding krill-parasite interactions helps predict krill population dynamics. It also improves models of Antarctic ecosystem function.