Chester Sands
Geneticist
Biography
I moved to the United Kingdom from Australia in 2005 to take up the post of Molecular Phylogeneticist. Since then I have participated in several Antarctic expeditions led by British Antarctic Survey, Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany) and National Science Foundation (USA) sampling the sea floor of the Weddell, Scotia, Bellingshausen, Amundsen and Ross Seas. I have spent time working at King Edward Point laboratory on South Georgia and the Bonner Laboratory at Rothera (West Antarctic Peninsula). Since 2010 I have been teaching the Molecular Evolution component of the Polar Microbiology course at the University of Norway in Svalbard.
Research interests
Planet Earth is an ever-changing environment with both great and subtle interactions between the physical and biological realms. Our team has identified one such interaction that may be the most significant negative feedback to climate change (Peck et al. 2010 Global Change Biology); as sea ice decreases in the polar seas, algal blooms – which absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) – tend to occur over shallower waters. Over deeper waters microbes recycle the dead algal cells as they drift down to the depths and the carbon they have assimilated is released into the water. Over shallower waters the cells are more likely to reach the bottom and be eaten by the encrusting organisms that live there so that the carbon is immobilized into their shells and skeletons. Upon their death, the carbon is then buried and thus removed from the carbon cycle. I am interested how individuals and assemblages are maintained over time, particularly assemblages that are unique such as on the continental shelf of Antarctica and the smaller shelf areas of the Islands of the Southern Ocean. Individuals respond to change by either adapting to it, moving to regions they are better adapted to or dying out. How assemblages respond to change may impact the “ecosystem services”, such as natural carbon capture and storage (CCS) identified in Southern Ocean species (Barnes 2015 Current Biology; Barnes et al. 2016 Global Change Biology). Signatures of demographic changes can be identified in the DNA of the ancestors of those animals and plants that survived the change, even after many millions of years allowing us to see how species reacted to changes in the past and help us predict how they will change in the future (Sands et al. Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution).
My major interest is the inference of processes that underlie observed patterns of diversity, principally of invertebrates. Practically this requires techniques used in biogeography, molecular systematics, phylogeography and population genetics, incorporating the *omics tools. Conceptually this requires the teasing apart of contributing forces of adaptation and drift, and how these two forces are affected by environmental and demographic changes.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Goodall-Copestake, William P., Stöhr, Sabine, Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E., Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, O'Hara, Timothy D., Martín-Ledo, Rafael. (2024) The diverse and widespread Southern Ocean ophiuroid Amphiura belgicae should be considered a species complex. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12. 11 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2024.1416418
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Goodall-Copestake, William P., Stöhr, Sabine, Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E., Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey. (2024) Comparative phylogeography, a tool to increase assessment efficiency of polar assemblage resilience and vulnerability. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12. 7 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2024.1409618
Maturana, C.S., Contador, T., Simoes, F.L., Valladares, M.A., Vidal, P.M., Gañán, M., González-Wevar, C.A., Poulin, E., Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands, Turner, E.C., Convey, P. ORCID record for P. Convey. (2024) Ancient diversification in extreme environments: Exploring the historical biogeography of the Antarctic winged midge Parochlus steinenii (Diptera: Chironomidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12. 13 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2024.1393376
2023
Newsham, K.K. ORCID record for K.K. Newsham, Foot, G.W. ORCID record for G.W. Foot, Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands, Goodall-Copestake, W.P. ORCID record for W.P. Goodall-Copestake. (2023) A cosmopolitan Serendipita species forms mycothalli with leafy liverworts on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Fungal Biology. 10.1016/j.funbio.2023.11.006 (In Press)
Lau, Sally C. Y., Strugnell, Jan M., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Silva, Catarina N. S., Wilson, Nerida G.. (2023) Genomic insights of evolutionary divergence and life history innovations in Antarctic brittle stars. Molecular Ecology, 32. 3382-3402. 10.1111/mec.16951
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Goodall-Copestake, William, Weller, Kara, Durrent, Andrew, Souster, Terri, Dunlop, Kathy, Gossmann, Theresa, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Zwerschke, Nadescha ORCID record for Nadescha Zwerschke. (2023) Use of emerging technologies to help measure fjordic biodiversity and blue carbon: mini-manned submarines and autonomous underwater vehicle swarms. Carbon Footprints, 2. 10 pp. 10.20517/cf.2022.24
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Zwerschke, Nadescha, Bax, Narissa, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Moreau, Camille, Downey, Rachel, Moreno, Bernabé, Held, Christoph, Paulsen, Maria. (2023) The Growing Potential of Antarctic Blue Carbon. Oceanography, 36. 5 pp. 10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.5
2022
Quiroga, Eduardo, Ortiz, Paula, Soto, Eulogio H., Salinas, Nicole, Olguín, Nicole, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands. (2022) 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. Progress in Oceanography, 204. 11 pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102810
Short, K.A., Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands, McInnes, S.J. ORCID record for S.J. McInnes, Pisani, D., Stevens, M.I., Convey, P. ORCID record for P. Convey. (2022) An ancient, Antarctic-specific species complex: large divergences between multiple Antarctic lineages of the tardigrade genus Mesobiotus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 170. 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107429
Zwerschke, Nadescha ORCID record for Nadescha Zwerschke, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands. (2022) Response to concerns regarding the role of Antarctic blue carbon habitats in a global context [Response]. Global Change Biology, 28. e7-e8. 10.1111/gcb.16048
Zwerschke, Nadescha ORCID record for Nadescha Zwerschke, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Roman-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Guzzi, Alice, Jenkins, Stuart, Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos, Scourse, James. (2022) Quantification of blue carbon pathways contributing to negative feedback on climate change following glacier retreat in West Antarctic fjords. Global Change Biology, 28. 8-20. 10.1111/gcb.15898
2021
Muñoz-Ramirez, C., Beltrán-Concha, M., Pérez-Araneda, K., Sands, C. ORCID record for C. Sands, Barnes, D. ORCID record for D. Barnes, Roman-Gonzalez, A., De Lecea, A., Retallick, K., Van Landeghem, K., Sheen, K., Gonnelli, K., Scourse, J.D., Bascur, M., Brante, A.. (2021) Genetic variation in a small bivalve along a retreating glacier fjord, King George Island, Antarctica. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 56. 10.22370/rbmo.2021.56.2.3059
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Bell, James B., Bridges, Amelia E., Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland, Howell, Kerry L., Martin, Stephanie M., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Mora Soto, Alejandra, Souster, Terri, Flint, Gareth, Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley. (2021) Climate mitigation through biological conservation: Extensive and valuable blue carbon natural capital in Tristan da Cunha’s giant Marine Protected Zone. Biology, 10. 18 pp. 10.3390/biology10121339
Lau, Sally C.Y., Strugnell, Jan M., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Silva, Catarina N.S., Wilson, Nerida G.. (2021) Evolutionary innovations in Antarctic brittle stars linked to glacial refugia. Ecology and Evolution, 11. 17428-17446. 10.1002/ece3.8376
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, O'Hara, Timothy D., Martín-Ledo, Rafael M.. (2021) Pragmatic assignment of species groups based on primary species hypotheses: the case of a dominant component of the Southern Ocean benthic fauna. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. 11 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.723328
Barnes, D.K.A. ORCID record for D.K.A. Barnes, Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands, Paulsen, M.L., Moreno, B., Moreau, C., Held, C., Downey, R., Bax, N., Stark, J., Zwerschke, N. ORCID record for N. Zwerschke. (2021) Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses.. The Science of Nature, 108. 14 pp. 10.1007/s00114-021-01748-8
Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Johnston, Nadine M. ORCID record for Nadine M. Johnston, Hofmann, Eileen E., Phillips, Richard A., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Constable, Andrew J., Henley, Sian F., Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Trebilco, Rowan, Cavanagh, Rachel D. ORCID record for Rachel D. Cavanagh, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling, Saunders, Ryan A. ORCID record for Ryan A. Saunders, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Costa, Daniel P., Corney, Stuart P., Fraser, Ceridwen I., Höfer, Juan, Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Trathan, Philip N. ORCID record for Philip N. Trathan, Xavier, José C.. (2021) Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. 29 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624451
Saucède, Thomas, Eléaume, Marc, Jossart, Quentin, Moreau, Camille, Downey, Rachel, Bax, Narissa, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Mercado, Borja, Gallut, Cyril, Vignes-Lebbe, Régine. (2021) Taxonomy 2.0: computer-aided identification tools to assist Antarctic biologists in the field and in the laboratory. Antarctic Science, 33. 39-51. 10.1017/S0954102020000462
Bax, Narissa, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Gogarty, Brendan, Downey, Rachel V., Moreau, Camille V.E., Moreno, Bernabé, Held, Christoph, Lund Paulsen, Maria, McGee, Jeffrey, Haward, Marcus, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes. (2021) Perspective: Increasing Blue Carbon around Antarctica is an ecosystem service of considerable societal and economic value worth protecting. Global Change Biology, 27. 5-12. 10.1111/gcb.15392
2020
Newsham, Kevin K. ORCID record for Kevin K. Newsham, Cox, Felipa, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Garnett, Mark H., Magan, Naresh, Horrocks, Claire A., Dungait, Jennifer A.J., Robinson, Clare H.. (2020) A previously undescribed Helotialean fungus that is superabundant in soil under maritime Antarctic higher plant. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. 13 pp. 10.3389/fmicb.2020.615608
Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos P., Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Cárdenas, Leyla, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Roman-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Scourse, James, Brante, Antonio. (2020) Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal. Royal Society Open Science, 7. 11 pp. 10.1098/rsos.200603
Bascur, Miguel, Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos, Román-González, Alejandro, Sheen, Katy, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Brante, Antonio, Urzúa, Ángel. (2020) The influence of glacial melt and retreat on the nutritional condition of the bivalve Nuculana inaequisculpta (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) in the West Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE, 15. 10.1371/journal.pone.0233513
Barnes, D.K.A. ORCID record for D.K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester H. ORCID record for Chester H. Sands, Cook, Alison, Howard, Floyd, Roman Gonzalez, Alejandro, Muñoz–Ramirez, Carlos, Retallick, Kate, Scourse, James, Van Landeghem, Katrien, Zwerschke, Nadescha ORCID record for Nadescha Zwerschke. (2020) Blue carbon gains from glacial retreat along Antarctic fjords: what should we expect?. Global Change Biology, 26. 2750-2755. 10.1111/gcb.15055
Gogarty, Brendan, McGee, Jeff, Barnes, David ORCID record for David Barnes, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Bax, Narissa, Haward, Marcus, Downey, Rachel, Moreau, Camille, Moreno, Bernabe, Held, Christoph, Paulsen, Maria Lund. (2020) Protecting Antarctic blue carbon: As marine ice retreats can the law fill the gap?. Climate Policy, 20. 10.1080/14693062.2019.1694482
2019
Jossart, Quentin, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Sewell, Mary A.. (2019) Dwarf brooder versus giant broadcaster: combining genetic and reproductive data to unravel cryptic diversity in an Antarctic brittle star. Heredity, 123. 622-633. 10.1038/s41437-019-0228-9
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Richardson, Andrew, Smith, Ness. (2019) Extremes in benthic ecosystem services; Blue carbon natural capital shallower than 1000 m in isolated, small and young Ascension Island’s EEZ. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00663
Moreau, C., Danis, B, Jossart, Q., Eléaume, M., Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Achaz, G., Agüera, A., Saucède, T.. (2019) Is reproductive strategy a key factor in understanding the evolutionary history of Southern Ocean Asteroidea (Echinodermata)?. Ecology and Evolution, 9. 8465-8478. 10.1002/ece3.5280
Bax, Narissa, Moreno, Bernabe, Moreau, Camille, Barnes, David ORCID record for David Barnes, Paulsen, Maria, Held, Christoph, Downey, Rachel, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Souster, Terri. (2019) Carbon storage by Kerguelen zoobenthos as a negative feedback on climate change.. In: Welsford, D., Dell, J., Duhamel, G. (eds.). The Kerguelen Plateau: Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries. Proceedings of the second symposium., Australian Antarctic Division, 119-123.
2018
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Bell, J., Brewin, P., Bridgen, K., Collins, M., Glass, T., Goodall-Copestake, Will P. ORCID record for Will P. Goodall-Copestake, Henry, L., Laptikhovsky, V., Piechaud, N., Richardson, A., Rose, P., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Schofield, A., Shreeve, R., Small, A., Stamford, T., Taylor, B.. (2018) Marine plastics threatens giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas. Current Biology, 28. R1137-R1138. 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.064
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Quartino, Maria Liliana, Deregibus, Dolores. (2018) Icebergs, sea ice, blue carbon and Antarctic climate feedbacks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376. 10.1098/rsta.2017.0176
Moreau, Camille, Mah, Christopher, Agüera, Antonio, Améziane, Nadia, Barnes, David ORCID record for David Barnes, Crokaert, Guillaume, Eléaume, Marc, Griffiths, Huw ORCID record for Huw Griffiths, Guillaumot, Charlène, Hemery, Lenaïg G., Jażdżewska, Anna, Jossart, Quentin, Laptikhovsky, Vladimir, Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Neill, Kate, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Saucède, Thomas, Schiaparelli, Stefano, Siciński, Jacek, Vasset, Noémie, Danis, Bruno. (2018) Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Asteroidea database. ZooKeys, 747. 141-156. 10.3897/zookeys.747.22751
2017
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands. (2017) Functional group diversity is key to Southern Ocean benthic carbon pathways. PLOS ONE, 12. 14 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0179735
Nolan, E.T., Barnes, D.K.A. ORCID record for D.K.A. Barnes, Brown, J., Downes, K., Enderlein, P., Gowland, E., Hogg, O.T., Laptikhovsky, V., Morley, S.A. ORCID record for S.A. Morley, Mrowicki, R.J., Richardson, A., Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands, Weber, N., Weber, S., Brickle, P.. (2017) Biological and physical characterization of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island from 100–1000 m. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 97. 647-659. 10.1017/S0025315417000820
Galaska, Matthew P., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Santos, Scott R., Mahon, Andrew R., Halanych, Kenneth M.. (2017) Crossing the divide: Admixture across the Antarctic Polar Front revealed by the brittle star Astrotoma agassizii. The Biological Bulletin, 232. 198-211. 10.1086/693460
Galaska, Matthew P., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Santos, Scott R., Mahon, Andrew R., Halanych, Kenneth M.. (2017) Geographic structure in the Southern Ocean circumpolar brittle star Ophionotus victoriae (Ophiuridae) revealed from mtDNA and single-nucleotide polymorphism data. Ecology and Evolution, 7. 475-485. doi:10.1002/ece3.2617
2016
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Hogg, Oliver T., Robinson, Ben J.O. ORCID record for Ben J.O. Robinson, Downey, Rachel V., Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith. (2016) Biodiversity signature of the Last Glacial Maximum at South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 43. 2391-2399. doi:10.1111/jbi.12855
Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland, Hogg, Oliver T., Morley, Simon ORCID record for Simon Morley, Enderlein, Peter, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands. (2016) Why is the South Orkney Island shelf (the world’s first high seas marine protected area) a carbon immobilization hotspot?. Global Change Biology, 22. 1110-1120. 10.1111/gcb.13157
2015
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, O'Hara, Timothy, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Martín-Ledo, Rafael. (2015) Against the flow: evidence of multiple recent invasions of warmer continental shelf waters by a Southern Ocean brittle star. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3. 10.3389/fevo.2015.00063
Saucede, Thomas, Griffiths, Huw ORCID record for Huw Griffiths, Moreau, Camille, Jackson, Jennifer ORCID record for Jennifer Jackson, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Downey, Rachel, Reed, Adam, Mackenzie, Melanie, Geissler, Paul, Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse. (2015) East Weddell Sea echinoids from the JR275 expedition. Zookeys, 504. 1-10. 10.3897/zookeys.504.8860
2014
Morley, S. A. ORCID record for S. A. Morley, Belchier, M., Sands, C. ORCID record for C. Sands, Barnes, D. K. A. ORCID record for D. K. A. Barnes, Peck, L. S. ORCID record for L. S. Peck. (2014) Geographic isolation and physiological mechanisms underpinning species distributions at the range limit hotspot of South Georgia. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 24. 485-492. doi:10.1007/s11160-013-9308-8
2013
Bull, James K., Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Garrick, Ryan C., Gardner, Michael G., Tait, Noel N., Briscoe, David A., Rowell, David M., Sunnucks, Paul. (2013) Environmental complexity and biodiversity: the multi-layered evolutionary history of a log-dwelling velvet worm in montane temperate Australia. PLoS One, 8. 10.1371/journal.pone.0084559
Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Griffiths, Huw J ORCID record for Huw J Griffiths, Barnes, Dave KA ORCID record for Dave KA Barnes, Brandt, Angelika, Davey, Niki, David, Bruno, De Grave, Sammy, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cédric, Eléaume, Marc, Glover, Adrian G., Hemery, Lenaïg G., Mah, Christopher, Martín-Ledo, Rafael, Munilla, Tomás, O'Loughlin, Mark, Pierrat, Benjamin, Saucède, Thomas, Sands, Chester J ORCID record for Chester J Sands, Strugnell, Jan M, Enderlein, Peter. (2013) The macro- and megabenthic fauna on the continental shelf of the eastern Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Continental Shelf Research, 68. 80-90. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.012
Kaiser, Stefanie, Brandão, Simone N., Brix, Saskia, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Bowden, David A., Ingels, Jeroen, Leese, Florian, Schiaparelli, Stefano, Arango, Claudia P., Badhe, Renuka, Bax, Narissa, Blazewicz-Paskowycz, Magdalena, Brandt, Angelika, Brenke, Nils, Catarino, Ana I., David, Bruno, De Ridder, Chantal, Dubois, Philippe, Ellingsen, Kari E., Glover, Adrian G., Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID record for Huw J. Griffiths, Gutt, Julian, Halanych, Kenneth M., Havermans, Charlotte, Held, Christoph, Janussen, Dorte, Lörz, Anne-Nina, Pearce, David A. ORCID record for David A. Pearce, Pierrat, Benjamin, Riehl, Torben, Rose, Armin, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Soler-Membrives, Ana, Schüller, Myriam, Strugnell, Jan M., Vanreusel, Ann, Veit-Köhler, Gritta, Wilson, Nerida G., Yasuhara, Moriaki. (2013) Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos – a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding. Marine Biology, 160. 2295-2317. 10.1007/s00227-013-2232-6
Moreau, Camille, Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Griffiths, Huw ORCID record for Huw Griffiths, Barnes, David ORCID record for David Barnes, Kaiser, Stefanie, Glover, Adrian, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, Strugnell, Jan, Enderlein, Peter, Geissler, Paul. (2013) Amundsen Sea Mollusca from the BIOPEARL II expedition. ZooKeys, 294. 1-8. doi:10.3897/zookeys.294.4796
Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Fitzcharles, Elaine, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Buckeridge, John S.. (2013) Phylogenetic position of Antarctic scalpelliformes (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 73. 99-116. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.11.006
Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID record for Huw J. Griffiths, Downey, Rachel V., Barnes, David K. A. ORCID record for David K. A. Barnes, Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Martin-Ledo, Rafael. (2013) Observations of the ophiuroids from the West Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 25. 3-10. 10.1017/S0954102012000612
Martín-Ledo, Rafael, Sands, Chester ORCID record for Chester Sands, López-González, Pablo J.. (2013) A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters. Polar Biology, 36. 115-126. 10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z
2012
Czechowski, Paul, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Adams, Byron J., D'Haese, Cyrille A., Gibson, John A.E., McInnes, Sandra J. ORCID record for Sandra J. McInnes, Stevens, Mark I.. (2012) Antarctic Tardigrada: a first step in understanding molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) and biogeography of cryptic meiofauna. Invertebrate Systematics, 26. 526-538. 10.1071/IS12034
Leese, Florian, Brand, Philipp, Rozenberg, Andrey, Mayer, Christoph, Agrawal, Shobhit, Dambach, Johannes, Dietz, Lars, Doemel, Jana S., Goodall-Copestake, William P. ORCID record for William P. Goodall-Copestake, Held, Christoph, Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Lampert, Kathrin P., Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Macher, Jan N., Nolzen, Jennifer, Raupach, Michael J., Rivera, Nicole T., Schubart, Christoph D., Striewski, Sebastian, Tollrian, Ralph, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands. (2012) Exploring Pandora’s Box: potential and pitfalls of low coverage genome surveys for evolutionary biology. PLoS One, 7. 19 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0049202
2011
Barnes, D.K.A. ORCID record for D.K.A. Barnes, Collins, M.A. ORCID record for M.A. Collins, Brickle, P., Fretwell, P. ORCID record for P. Fretwell, Griffiths, H.J. ORCID record for H.J. Griffiths, Herbert, D., Hogg, O.T., Sands, C.J. ORCID record for C.J. Sands. (2011) The need to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity at the high latitude site, South Georgia. Antarctic Science, 23. 323-331. 10.1017/S0954102011000253
Marley, Nigel J., McInnes, Sandra J. ORCID record for Sandra J. McInnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands. (2011) Phylum Tardigrada: A re-evaluation of the Parachela. Zootaxa, 2819. 51-64.
2010
Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim, McInnes, Sandra J. ORCID record for Sandra J. McInnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Fernández-Carazo, Rafael, Wilmotte, Annick, De Wever, Aaike, Peeters, Karolien, Tavernier, Ines, Willems, Anne. (2010) The limnology and biology of the Dufek Massif, Transantarctic Mountains 82° South. Polar Science, 4. 197-214. 10.1016/j.polar.2010.04.003
2009
Kaiser, Stefanie, Barnes, David K. A. ORCID record for David K. A. Barnes, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Brandt, Angelika. (2009) Biodiversity of an unknown Antarctic Sea: assessing isopod richness and abundance in the first benthic survey of the Amundsen continental shelf. Marine Biodiversity, 39. 27-43. 10.1007/s12526-009-0004-9
2008
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