I manage the water sampling aspects Rothera Time Series (RaTS) and use ocean gliders to assess how spatially representative the time series is and investigate the controls and processes involved in the flow of water from the shelf break to the near-coastal sampling site. I also participate in numerous research cruises on the JCR.

• Droste, E., Bakker, D., Venables, H., Jones, E., Legge, O., Hendry, K., & Woodward, E. (2025). Rothera Time Series: Carbonate Chemistry 2010-2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b5fef646-8790-4bcd-8a3e-d6d5b365d2fa

• Clarke, A., Hughes, K., Phillips, R., Venables, H., Fisher, A., Beaumont, J., Bolton, E., Chapman, A., Clark, M., Collins, C., Duggan, S., Fenton, M., Geissler, P., Hall, R., Heiser, S., Hinde, S., King, M., Loines, J., Mann, P., … Waring, Z. (2024). Rothera wildlife sightings 1998 to 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2

• Clarke, A., Meredith, M., Venables, H., Hendry, K., Peat, H., ten Hoopen, P., Brandon, M., Henley, S., Annett, A., Leng, M., Arrowsmith, C., Chapman, A., Beaumont, J., Piper, R., Miller, A., Mann, P., Rossetti, H., Massey, A., Souster, T., … Clement, A. (2022). Quasi-weekly, year-round oceanographic and ice measurements at the coastal Western Antarctic Peninsula from 1997 to 2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/50acb5b7-5b42-44cd-a98e-790bd367f204

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2. PRESCIENT

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3. Biogeochemical processes in polar ecosystems

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6. Rothera Time Series

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