Conservation ecology

Chinstrap Penguin Tracking

The commercial fishery for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) operates in the southwest Atlantic, in particular along the west Antarctic Peninsula, and over the shelf breaks of the South Shetland Islands, …

Bycatch risk of wandering albatrosses from radar detection

Wandering albatrosses at South Georgia have declined catastrophically since the 1960s due to incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries (Pardo et al. 2017) [1]. This led to the development of the …

South Georgia Right Whale project – Whale Tracking

The British Antarctic Survey whale research team at King Edward Point have been studying whale movements and patterns of habitat use in South Georgia waters. South Georgia was at the …

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Gentoo Penguin Tracking

A fishery for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) operates over the shelf breaks of the South Orkney, South Shetland and South Georgia archipelagos [8]. Krill is an important food source for …

Grey-headed Albatross Juvenile Tracking

The grey-headed albatross is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because of a decline since the 1970s of the largest global breeding population, which is …

Protecting Marine Ecosystems in the South Atlantic

The food security and economies of Tristan da Cunha and St Helena, British overseas territories in the South Atlantic, are heavily reliant on marine harvestable resources and, to a lesser …

Larsen-C Benthos

On 12 July 2017, the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calved one of the largest iceberg originating from the Antarctic Peninsula ever recorded. As iceberg A68 moves north, it leaves behind an …

Higher Predators – Long-Term Science

The British Antarctic Survey carries out Long Term Science that measures changes in Antarctic ecosystems and seeks to understand the underlying drivers and processes. Marine predators are sensitive to changes …

SO-AntEco Biodiversity

In this collaboration with the Natural History Museum (NHM) and the University of Liverpool, we have developed novel methods for using existing data to contribute to marine conservation and fisheries …

White-chinned Petrel Tracking

The white-chinned petrel is the most common bird species recorded as fisheries bycatch in the Southern Ocean [1]. Although currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN, limited population trend data …

SO-AntEco

The South Orkney Islands is a small archipelago located in the Southern Ocean, 375 miles north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The seafloor around the South Orkney Islands …

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Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators

1 June, 2020

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

1 January, 2020

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Establishment and eradication of an alien plant species in Antarctica: Poa annua at Signy Island

1 January, 2020

The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area

1 January, 2020

The emperor penguin – vulnerable to projected rates of warming and sea ice loss

1 January, 2020

Applying science to pressing conservation needs for penguins

1 January, 2020

Assessing the recovery of an Antarctic predator from historical exploitation

16 October, 2019

Threats to seabirds: A global assessment

1 September, 2019

A comprehensive large-scale assessment of fisheries bycatch risk to threatened seabird populations

1 August, 2019

Antarctica: the final frontier for marine biological invasions

1 July, 2019

Heavy metal pollution in Antarctica and its potential impacts on algae

1 June, 2019

Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats

28 May, 2019

Translating marine animal tracking data into conservation policy and management

1 May, 2019

Habitat preferences of Adélie Pygoscelis adeliae and Chinstrap Penguins Pygoscelis antarctica during pre-moult in the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean)

1 April, 2019

Human-mediated dispersal of terrestrial species between Antarctic biogeographic regions: a preliminary risk assessment

15 February, 2019

Ten years on: A review of the first global conservation horizon scan

2 February, 2019

Using habitat models to identify marine important bird and biodiversity areas for Chinstrap Penguins Pygoscelis antarcticus in the South Orkney Islands

1 January, 2019

A horizon scan of emerging issues for global conservation in 2019

1 January, 2019

Metapopulation dynamics of roseate terns: Sources, sinks and implications for conservation management decisions

1 January, 2019

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

1 January, 2019

Current logistical capacity is sufficient to deliver the implementation and management of a representative Antarctic protected area system

5 December, 2018

Using habitat models for chinstrap penguins Pygoscelis antarctica to advise krill fisheries management during the penguin breeding season

1 December, 2018

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

1 December, 2018

Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

1 December, 2018

Seasonal prey switching in non-breeding gentoo penguins related to a wintertime environmental anomaly around South Georgia

16 November, 2018

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

16 November, 2018

Conventional and molecular analysis of the diet of gentoo penguins: contributions to assess scats for non-invasive penguin diet monitoring

1 November, 2018

Identification of marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins around the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands

1 November, 2018

Marine plastics threatens giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas

20 October, 2018

A Cross-Sectoral Approach to Tackle Ocean Plastic Pollution (Meeting report)

3 October, 2018

Status and trends of albatrosses in the French Southern Territories, Western Indian Ocean

1 October, 2018

Accumulate or eliminate? Seasonal mercury dynamics in albatrosses, the most contaminated family of birds

1 October, 2018

Importation of psychrotolerant fungi to Antarctic associated with wooden cargo packaging

1 October, 2018

Proposed construction of a crushed rock airstrip at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, British Antarctic Territory. Final comprehensive environmental evaluation

18 September, 2018

An integrated ecological and geophysical approach to habitat mapping and its application in marine conservation

11 September, 2018

How will vessels be inspected to meet emerging biofouling regulations for the prevention of marine invasions?

1 September, 2018

Managing for change: Using vertebrate at sea habitat use to direct management efforts

1 August, 2018

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: Identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica

1 August, 2018

Marine Protected Areas

29 June, 2018

What is a Marine Protected Area? Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) support conservation. They are defined geographical areas of water that have some level of protection for the species and ecosystems …

Krill fishing and conservation in the Southern Ocean

29 June, 2018

Antarctic krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that can grow to 6cm long, is a food source for fish, whales, seals, penguins and other seabirds. Rich in oil and other nutrients, krill …

Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area

20 June, 2018

On the ecological relevance of landscape mapping and its application in the spatial planning of very large marine protected areas

1 June, 2018

Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: the Falkland Islands case study

1 June, 2018

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA): a case study at Rothera Point providing tools and perspectives for the implementation of the ASPA network in the Antarctic Peninsula

12 May, 2018

Antarctic environmental protection: Strengthening the links between science and governance

1 May, 2018

Do pelagic grazers benefit from sea ice? Insights from the Antarctic sea ice proxy IPSO 25

4 April, 2018

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

13 March, 2018

Projected distributions of Southern Ocean albatrosses, petrels and fisheries as a consequence of climatic change

23 February, 2018

Conflicting science requirements impact on rare moss conservation measures

1 January, 2018

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

1 January, 2018

Additive effects of climate and fisheries drive ongoing declines in multiple albatross species

12 December, 2017

Genetic population structure of black-browed and Campbell albatrosses, and implications for assigning provenance of birds killed in fisheries

1 December, 2017

Expanding the protected area network in Antarctica is urgent and readily achievable

1 November, 2017

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

1 October, 2017

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

1 October, 2017

DNA metabarcoding as a marine conservation and management tool: A circumpolar examination of fishery discards in the diet of threatened albatrosses

31 August, 2017

Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

1 August, 2017

Impacts of rising sea temperatures on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea

6 July, 2017

Recent trends in numbers of wandering (Diomedea exulans), black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) albatrosses breeding at South Georgia

1 July, 2017

Using globally threatened pelagic birds to identify priority sites for marine conservation in the South Atlantic Ocean

1 July, 2017

Using super-high resolution satellite imagery to census threatened albatrosses

1 July, 2017

Interannual variability in reproductive traits of the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia

1 July, 2017

The spatial distribution of Antarctica’s protected areas: a product of pragmatism, geopolitics, or conservation need?

1 June, 2017

Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research

4 May, 2017

Sexual size dimorphism, spatial segregation and sex-biased bycatch of southern and northern royal albatrosses in pelagic longline fisheries

1 April, 2017

Antarctica and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020

28 March, 2017

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

1 March, 2017

KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016

1 March, 2017

Collecting and processing euphausiids

1 March, 2017

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

1 February, 2017

Feeding ecology, isotopic niche, and ingestion of fishery-related items of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans at Kerguelen and Crozet Islands

1 February, 2017

Global patterns of sex- and age-specific variation in seabird bycatch

1 January, 2017

A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

1 January, 2017

Conservation and management of Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma Antarctica populations and habitats

1 January, 2017

Is current management of the Antarctic krill fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean precautionary?

6 December, 2016

Valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services: a useful way to manage and conserve marine resources?

1 December, 2016

Understanding the structure and functioning of polar pelagic ecosystems to predict the impacts of change

1 December, 2016

Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: prospects and policy

1 December, 2016

Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas

3 October, 2016

Genetic structure of Patagonian toothfish populations from otolith DNA

1 October, 2016

The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels

1 September, 2016

Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables” — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems

1 September, 2016

A review of methods used to analyse albatross diets—assessing priorities across their range

1 September, 2016

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

1 August, 2016

Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

1 August, 2016

The use of fishing vessels to provide acoustic data on the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill and other pelagic species

1 June, 2016

Sex-related variation in the vulnerability of wandering albatrosses to pelagic longline fleets

1 June, 2016

Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem-based management of the Antarctic krill fishery

1 June, 2016

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

1 June, 2016

Antarctic geoconservation: a review of current systems and practices

1 June, 2016

Marine spatial planning for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels breeding at South Georgia

1 June, 2016

Trace element contamination and availability in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

1 May, 2016

The bottom longline fishery and its use as a source of benthic biodiversity information around South Georgia

1 May, 2016

Vulnerability of Southern Ocean biota to climate change

27 April, 2016

Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation

1 April, 2016

Antarctic Entomology

1 March, 2016

Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels

1 March, 2016

Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica’s botanical diversity

1 February, 2016

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2016

1 January, 2016

Diving deeper into individual foraging specializations of a large marine predator, the southern sea lion

1 December, 2015

Contrasting responses of male and female foraging effort to year-round wind conditions

1 November, 2015

Do krill fisheries compete with macaroni penguins? Spatial overlap in prey consumption and catches during winter

1 November, 2015

A protocol for the aerial survey of penguin colonies using UAVs

1 September, 2015

Assessing the design and power of capture-recapture studies to estimate demographic parameters for the Endangered Oceania humpback whale population

1 September, 2015

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

21 August, 2015

Assessing trace element contamination in Fildes Peninsula (King George Island) and Ardley Island, Antarctic

1 August, 2015

Future challenges in cephalopod research

1 August, 2015

Marine debris ingestion by albatrosses in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

1 July, 2015

Stresses on polar marine ecosystems: impact on key ecosystem functions and services

1 June, 2015

Important bird areas in Antarctica 2015

1 June, 2015

World squid fisheries

1 June, 2015

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

1 May, 2015

Protection of Antarctic microbial communities – ‘out of sight, out of mind’

25 February, 2015

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

1 February, 2015

Taking the sting out of darting: Risks, restraint drugs and procedures for the chemical restraint of Southern Hemisphere otariids

1 January, 2015

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2015

1 January, 2015

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

1 January, 2015

Commercial fishing vessel as research vessels in the Antarctic – requirements and solutions exemplified with a new vessel

17 September, 2014

Krill, climate, and contrasting future scenarios for Arctic and Antarctic fisheries

1 September, 2014

Survival in macaroni penguins and the relative importance of different drivers: individual traits, predation pressure and environmental variability

1 September, 2014

Strong site-fidelity increases vulnerability of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in a mass tourism destination in the western Mediterranean Sea

1 September, 2014

Areas of importance for seabirds tracked from French southern territories, and recommendations for conservation

1 September, 2014

Assessing the extent of establishment of Undaria pinnatifida in Plymouth Sound Special Area of Conservation, UK

22 August, 2014

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

1 August, 2014

Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean

1 August, 2014

Conservation and management

1 August, 2014

Foraging behaviour and habitat use by brown skuas Stercorarius lonnbergi breeding at South Georgia

1 August, 2014

Diet of South American fur seals at the Falkland Islands

1 July, 2014

Ecology and distribution of the grey notothen, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, around South Georgia and Shag Rocks, Southern Ocean

1 June, 2014

Alien invasions in Antarctica – is anyone liable?

14 May, 2014

Two intense decades of 19th century whaling precipitated rapid decline of right whales around New Zealand and east Australia

1 April, 2014

Foraging zones of the two sibling species of giant petrels in the Indian Ocean throughout the annual cycle: implication for their conservation

3 March, 2014

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

1 March, 2014

Bycatch of great albatrosses in pelagic longline fisheries in the southwest Atlantic: Contributing factors and implications for management

1 March, 2014

Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

21 January, 2014

The South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands MPA: Protecting a biodiverse oceanic island chain situated in the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

1 January, 2014

Setting the scene: human activities, environmental impacts and governance arrangements in Antarctica

1 January, 2014

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

1 January, 2014

Threats to soil communities: human impacts

1 January, 2014

Environmental effects on cephalopod population dynamics

1 January, 2014

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014

1 January, 2014

From strategic ambiguity to technical reference points in the Antarctic krill fishery: the worst journey in the world

1 December, 2013

Scale-dependence of seabird-fishery data analysis and management: Reply to Croxall et al. (2013)

20 November, 2013

Foraging range and habitat associations of non‑breeding Tristan albatrosses: overlap with fisheries and implications for conservation

1 November, 2013

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

1 November, 2013

Role of squid in the Southern Ocean pelagic ecosystem and the possible consequences of climate change

15 October, 2013

The impact of tourists on Antarctic tardigrades: an ordination-based model

2 October, 2013

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

1 October, 2013

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

1 October, 2013

Ecosystem services of the Southern Ocean: trade-offs in decision-making

1 October, 2013

Decline in local abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

1 October, 2013

Nonbreeding distribution of flesh-footed shearwaters and the potential for overlap with north Pacific fisheries

1 October, 2013

Dosidicus gigas, Humboldt squid

22 September, 2013

Doryteuthis gahi, Patagonian long-finned squid

22 September, 2013

Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia

15 September, 2013

Unexpected genetic differentiation between recently recolonized populations of a long-lived and highly vagile marine mammal

8 September, 2013

Area protection in Antarctica: how can conservation and scientific research goals be managed compatibly?

1 August, 2013

First record of Trichoceridae (Diptera) in the maritime Antarctic

1 July, 2013

Decision-making for ecosystem-based management: evaluating options for a krill fishery with an ecosystem dynamics model

1 June, 2013

Spatial distribution of management measures, Antarctic krill catch and Southern Ocean bioregions: implications for conservation planning

1 June, 2013

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

1 June, 2013

Antarctic macrobenthic communities: a compilation of circumpolar information

4 April, 2013

Requisite improvements to the estimation of seabird by-catch in pelagic longline fisheries (commentary)

1 April, 2013

Environmental management of a scientific field camp in Maritime Antarctica: reconciling research impacts with conservation goals in remote ice-free areas

1 April, 2013

A review of scientific research trends within ASPA No. 126 Byers Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

1 April, 2013

Predicting the distribution of a threatened albatross: The importance of competition, fisheries and annual variability

1 March, 2013

A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean

1 March, 2013

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

1 February, 2013

Pristine Antarctica: threats and protection

1 February, 2013

Prospects for a sustainable increase in the availability of long chain omega 3s: lessons from the Antarctic krill fishery.

30 January, 2013

Management of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas: permitting, visitation and information exchange practices

21 January, 2013

Scaling down the analysis of seabird-fishery interactions

21 January, 2013

Precautionary spatial protection to facilitate the scientific study of habitats and communities under ice shelves in the context of recent, rapid, regional climate change

1 January, 2013

A potential feedback approach to ecosystem-based management: model predictive control of the Antarctic krill fishery

1 January, 2013

Comparison of methods for determining key marine areas from tracking data

1 January, 2013

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2013

1 January, 2013

First images of the Visayan spotted deer and Visayan warty pig

1 January, 2013

The sensitivity of multiple output statistics to input parameters in a krill–predator–fishery ecosystem dynamics model

1 January, 2013

Revised assessment for Oceania humpbacks: survey design considerations and power analysis

1 January, 2013

Anthropogenic impacts on sub-Antarctic and Antarctic islands and the adjacent marine environments

1 January, 2013

The justification, design and implementation of Ecological Risk Assessments of the effects of fishing on seabirds

1 January, 2013

Changes in distribution, relative abundance, and species composition of large whales around South Georgia from opportunistic sightings: 1992 to 2011

13 December, 2012

Keeping the aliens out (editorial)

1 January, 2012

Conservation biogeography of the Antarctic

1 January, 2012

Trampling on maritime Antarctica: can soil ecosystems be effectively protected through existing codes of conduct?

1 January, 2012

The breeding cycle, year-round distribution and activity patterns of the endangered Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris)

1 January, 2012

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

1 January, 2012

Stock definition: terminologies revisited

1 January, 2012

Responses of microplankton community structure to iron addition in the Scotia Sea

1 January, 2012

Responses of Antarctic pack-ice seals to environmental change and increasing krill fishing

1 January, 2012

Introduction – Antarctic ecology in a changing world

1 January, 2012

The Antarctic Treaty

1 January, 2012

The biology, ecology and development of fishery management advice for the anomuran crabs at South Georgia (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)

1 January, 2012

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

1 January, 2012

Pelagic provinces of the world: A biogeographic classification of the world’s surface pelagic waters

1 January, 2012

The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 2012

Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes

1 January, 2012

Settle discord over the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2012

Antarctic Lakes as Models for the Study of Microbial Biodiversity, Biogeography and Evolution

1 January, 2012

End-to-end in Southern Ocean ecosystems

1 January, 2012

Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem

1 January, 2012

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

1 January, 2012

Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

1 January, 2012

The role of fish as predators of krill (Euphausia superba) and other pelagic resources in the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2012

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

1 January, 2012

Global Collembola on Deception Island

1 January, 2012

Conservation and Management of Antarctic Ecosystems

1 January, 2012

Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale

1 January, 2012

Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill

1 January, 2012

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

1 January, 2012

Biogeography and Regional Classifications of Antarctica

1 January, 2012

Important bird areas: South Georgia

1 January, 2012

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Terrestrial Antarctic Biodiversity

1 January, 2012

Challenges to the future conservation of the Antarctic

1 January, 2012

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012

1 January, 2012

Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World

1 January, 2012

Extensive dissolution of live pteropods in the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2012

Polar marine ecosystems

1 January, 2012

Fitting Euphausia superba into Southern Ocean food-web models: a review of data sources and their limitations

1 January, 2012

An assessment of seabird-fishery interactions in the Atlantic Ocean

1 January, 2011

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

1 January, 2011

Untouched Antarctica: mapping a finite and diminishing environmental resource

1 January, 2011

Global seabird response to forage fish depletion – one-third for the birds

1 January, 2011

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

1 January, 2011

A review of the spatial extent of fishery effects and species vulnerability of the deep-sea demersal fish assemblage of the Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic Ocean (ICES Subarea VII)

1 January, 2011

Reducing uncertainty on the Grand Bank: tracking and vessel surveys indicate mortality risks for common murres in the North-West Atlantic

1 January, 2011

Albatrosses following fishing vessels: how badly hooked are they on an easy meal?

1 January, 2011

Non-indigenous microorganisms in the Antarctic: assessing the risks

1 January, 2011

Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity in a changing world

1 January, 2011

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

1 January, 2011

Anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems in Antarctica

1 January, 2011

Identifying the origins of fishing gear ingested by seabirds: a novel multivariate approach

1 January, 2010

Krill population dynamics at South Georgia: implications for ecosystem-based fisheries management

1 January, 2010

Ingestion of fishing gear and entanglements of seabirds: monitoring and implications for management

1 January, 2010

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

1 January, 2010

Climate change and the Antarctic marine ecosystem: an essay on management implications

1 January, 2010

An introduction to the biology of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars)

1 January, 2010

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

1 January, 2010

How committed are we to monitoring human impacts in Antarctica?

1 January, 2010

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

1 January, 2010

Wintering areas of adult Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica from a North Sea colony as revealed by geolocation technology

1 January, 2010

Interactions of the carbon cycle, human activity, and the climate system: a research portfolio

1 January, 2010

Impact of anthropogenic transportation to Antarctica on alien seed viability

1 January, 2010

The eradication of feral cats from Ascension Island and its subsequent recolonization by seabirds

1 January, 2010

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

1 January, 2010

Focused tourism needs focused monitoring

1 January, 2010

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

1 January, 2010

The impact of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates

1 January, 2010

Using ecosystem monitoring data to detect impacts

1 January, 2010

Antarctic marine biodiversity – What do we know about the distribution of life in the Southern Ocean?

1 January, 2010

Glacier retreat on South Georgia and implications for the spread of rats

1 January, 2010

Understanding oceanic migrations with intrinsic biogeochemical markers

1 July, 2009

Antarctic krill an intriguing tale of ice and industry

1 January, 2009

Geolocators map the wintering grounds of threatened Lesser Kestrels in Africa

1 January, 2009

Molecular species identification of historical whale remains from South Georgia

1 January, 2009

Emperor penguins and climate change. Tough times for hot chicks

1 January, 2009

The risk to fishery performance associated with spatially resolved management of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) harvesting

1 January, 2009

Macrophysiology: a conceptual reunification

1 January, 2009

Penguins from space: faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies

1 January, 2009

Isolation and characterization of macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) microsatellite loci and their utility in other penguin species (Spheniscidae, AVES)

1 January, 2009

Soil trampling in an Antarctic Specially Protected Area: tools to assess levels of human impact

1 January, 2009

One hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity

1 January, 2009

The white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) on South Georgia: population size, distribution and global significance

1 January, 2009

Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment

1 January, 2009

Penguin responses to climate change in the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2009

Modelling predation by transient leopard seals for an ecosystem-based management of Southern Ocean fisheries

1 January, 2009

Assemblage level variation in springtail lower lethal temperature: the role of invasive species on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

1 January, 2009

Long-term changes in deep-water fish populations in the northeast Atlantic: a deeper reaching effect of fisheries?

1 January, 2009

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

1 January, 2009

Antarctic biology, the International Polar Year, and beyond

1 January, 2009

The power of ecosystem monitoring

1 January, 2008

John Croxall and marine conservation biology: an introduction to the symposium

1 January, 2008

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

1 January, 2008

Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

1 January, 2008

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

1 January, 2008

A species approach to marine ecosystem conservation

1 January, 2008

Antarctic Treaty

1 January, 2008

Reconciling fisheries with conservation: three examples from the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2008

Minimizing our scientific footprints

1 January, 2008

Population assessments of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) breeding at an important Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

1 January, 2008

Palaeoecological tools for improving the management of coastal ecosystems: a case study from Lake King (Gippsland Lakes) Australia

1 January, 2008

Albatross overlap with fisheries in the Benguela Upwelling System: implications for conservation and management

1 January, 2008

Near-future level of CO2-driven ocean acidification radically affects larval survival and development in the brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis

1 January, 2008

Antarctic Treaty summit to focus on global science policy lessons

1 January, 2008

Conservation

1 January, 2007

Lessons from Antarctica: getting science into international law and policy

1 January, 2007

Interannual variation in cephalopod consumption by albatrosses at South Georgia: implications for future commercial exploitation of cephalopods

1 January, 2007

Monitoring and management in the Antarctic – making the link between science and policy

1 January, 2007

Fisheries in the Southern Ocean: an ecosystem approach

1 January, 2007

Squid

1 January, 2007

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

1 January, 2007

Biological invasions

1 January, 2007

Making conservation work. (Editorial)

1 January, 2006

Antarctica – a continent for peace and science

1 January, 2006

Impacts of long-line fishing on seabirds: toward identifying geographical “hotspots” of seabird mortality

1 January, 2006

Oil pollution in the Antarctic terrestrial environment

1 January, 2006

Biological invasions

1 January, 2006

Antarctic biosecurity – making it happen (Editorial)

1 January, 2006

Antarctica: closer than you think

1 January, 2006

South Georgia: plan for progress. Managing the environment 2006-2010

1 January, 2006

Accidental transfer into Antarctica of alien species with soil on construction vehicles

1 January, 2006

Sea and sky: Patagonian large marine ecosystem programme integrating continental shelf realities with deep-sea potentialities

1 January, 2005

Development of a Marine Protected Area system for Antarctica

1 January, 2005

Sexual segregation in birds: patterns, processes and implications for conservation

1 January, 2005

Proposed construction and operation of Halley VI Research Station, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Draft Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation (CEE)

1 January, 2005

Predation by great skuas at a large Shetland seabird colony

1 January, 2004

Widening the net: spatio-temporal variability in the krill population structure across the Scotia Sea

1 January, 2004

River dolphins and flooded forest: seasonal habitat use and sexual segregation of botos (Inia geoffrensis) in an extreme cetacean environment

1 January, 2004

Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield

1 January, 2004

Bottlenose dolphin abundance in the NW Mediterranean: addressing heterogeneity in distribution

1 January, 2004

The Southern Ocean: a model system for conserving resources

1 January, 2004

Management of Southern Ocean fisheries: global forces and future sustainability

1 January, 2004

The rights of microbes

1 January, 2004

A Planetary Park system for Mars

1 January, 2004

Polar pedunculate barnacles piggy-back on pycnogona, penguins, pinniped seals and plastics

1 January, 2004

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

1 January, 2004

Modelling the impact of fishery incidental mortality on three populations of wandering albatross

1 January, 2004

The biology, ecology and vulnerability of seamount communities

1 January, 2004

The biology, ecology and vulnerability of deep-water coral reefs

1 January, 2004

Migration of fishery resources in the World’s oceans

1 January, 2004

A Bayesian hierarchical formulation of the De Lury stock assessment model for abundance estimation of Falkland Islands’ squid (Loligo gahi)

1 January, 2004

Reducing sewage pollution in the Antarctic marine environment using a sewage treatment plant

1 January, 2004

Options for allocating the precautionary catch limit of krill among small-scale management units in the Scotia Sea

1 January, 2004

Pattern and process in marine biogeography: a view from the poles

1 January, 2004

Shedding new light on the life cycle of mackerel icefish in the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2003

Hermit crab real estate

1 January, 2003

SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution

1 January, 2003

Squids in

1 January, 2002

Debris accumulation on oceanic island shores of the Scotia Arc, Antarctica

1 January, 2002

Integrated environment-prey-predator interactions off South Georgia: implications for management of fisheries

1 January, 2002

Invasions by marine life on plastic debris

1 January, 2002

Setting a precautionary catch limit for Antarctic krill

1 January, 2002

Significant intra-annual variability in krill distribution and abundance at South Georgia revealed by multiple acoustic surveys during 2000/01

1 January, 2002

Feather mercury levels in seabirds at South Georgia: influence of trophic position, sex and age

1 January, 2002

Managing and forecasting squid fisheries in variable environments

1 January, 2001

A fishy future for South Georgia

1 January, 2001

Spawning locations of mackerel icefish at South Georgia

1 January, 2001

Southern Ocean fisheries

1 January, 2001

Saving the albatross

1 January, 2001

Acoustic observations of jellyfish in the Namibian Benguela

1 January, 2001

A comparison between otoliths and scales for use in estimating the age of Dissostichus eleginoides from South Georgia

1 January, 2001

Off the hook? Initiatives to reduce seabird bycatch in longline fisheries

1 January, 2001

Investigations of squid stocks using acoustic survey methods

1 January, 2001

Big chill: conference highlights

1 January, 2001

Variations in condition indices of mackerel icefish at South Georgia from 1972 to 1997

1 January, 2001

A scientific framework for environmental monitoring in Antarctica

1 January, 2001

Modelling the impact of fishery by-catches on albatross populations

1 January, 2001

The CCAMLR-2000 krill synoptic survey: a description of the rationale and design

1 January, 2001

Remote sensing of the global light-fishing fleet: an analysis of interactions with oceanography, other fisheries and predators

1 January, 2001

Biological invasions of Southern Ocean islands: the Collembola of Marion Island as a test of generalities

1 January, 2001

Culling predators to protect fisheries: a case of accumulating uncertainties

1 January, 2001

Life cycles, oceanography and variability: ommastrephid squid in variable oceanographic environments

1 January, 2001

What is the state of the Antarctic environment? (editorial)

1 January, 2000

Environmental management plan for South Georgia

1 January, 2000

Fish do not avoid survey vessels

1 January, 2000

Krill fisheries and the future

1 January, 2000

Krill: biology, ecology and fisheries

1 January, 2000

Management of krill fisheries in Canadian waters

1 January, 2000

Managing fisheries to conserve the Antarctic marine ecosystem: practical implementation of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

1 January, 2000

The impact of tourists on gentoo penguins at Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 2000

Modeling the consequences of Antarctic krill harvesting on Antarctic fur seals

1 January, 2000

Impacts of geophysical seismic surveying on fishing success

1 January, 2000

Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni from Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the subantarctic region

1 January, 2000

Experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of weighting regimes in reducing seabird by-catch in the longline toothfish fishery around South Georgia

1 January, 2000

Rapid selection effects in a short-lived semelparous squid species exposed to exploitation: inferences from the optimisation of life-history functions

1 January, 1999

Foraging white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis at risk: from the tropics to Antarctica

1 January, 1999

Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in albatrosses

1 January, 1999

Palaeolimnology of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella populations and implications for Antarctic management

1 January, 1998

Fishery biology of the seven star flying squid Martialia hyadesi at South Georgia during winter

1 January, 1998

Environmental impact assessment Ny-Ålesund international scientific research and monitoring station, Svalbard

1 January, 1998

Impact of fishing on life histories

1 January, 1998

Overview

1 January, 1998

Todarodes filippovae in the Southern Ocean: an appraisal for exploitation and management

1 January, 1998

An assessment of the conservation status of albatrosses

1 January, 1998

Research and conservation: a future for albatrosses?

1 January, 1998

Cephalopod and groundfish landings: evidence for ecological change in global fisheries?

1 January, 1998

An assessment of the utility of an acoustic Doppler current profiler for biomass estimation

1 January, 1998

Squid recruitment dynamics. The genus Illex as a model. The commercial Illex species. Influences on variability

1 January, 1998

Fisheries management and research for Loligo gahi in the Falkland Islands

1 January, 1998

Analysis of haul data from the South Georgia krill fishery

1 January, 1998

Illex argentinus

1 January, 1998

Population changes in albatrosses at South Georgia

1 January, 1998

Acoustic discrimination of Southern Ocean zooplankton

1 January, 1998

Dispersal of male and female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)

1 January, 1998

Circumstantial evidence for the presence of monk seals in the West Indies

1 January, 1998

An assessment of CCAMLR measures employed to mitigate seabird mortality in longlining operations for Dissostichus eleginoides around South Georgia

1 January, 1998

Towards the development of a management plan for the mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in Subarea 48.3

1 January, 1998

The pelagic distribution of South Georgia albatrosses and their relationships with fisheries

1 January, 1998

Interannual variation in condition of the mackerel icefish

1 July, 1997

Detection of human commensals in the area around an Antarctic research station

1 June, 1997

Inferring seal populations from lake sediments

1 May, 1997

Comparative nutritional ecology of grass-feeding in a sub-Antarctic beetle: the impact of introduced species on Hydromedion sparsutum from South Georgia

1 January, 1997

Krill fishing in the Scotia Sea in relation to bathymetry, including the detailed distribution around South Georgia

1 January, 1997

Large and meso-scale distribution of the Ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the Southern Ocean: a synthesis of information relevant to fishery forecasting and management

1 January, 1997

Precautionary measures for a new fishery on Martialia hyadesi (Cephalopoda, Ommastrephidae) in the Scotia Sea: an ecological approach

1 January, 1997

Impact of an increasing fur seal population on Antarctic pland communities: resilience and recovery

1 January, 1997

Cumulative human impacts on Antarctic vegetation

1 January, 1997

Environmental monitoring – measuring the damage

1 January, 1997

Role as Consumers

1 August, 1996

Interactions between cetaceans and longline fishery operations around South Georgia

1 July, 1996

A combined acoustic and trawl survey for efficiently estimating fish abundance

1 April, 1996

Potential interactions between wandering albatrosses and longline fisheries for Patagonian toothfish at South Georgia

1 January, 1996

Some thoughts on precautionary measures for the krill fishery

1 January, 1996

Fishing gear, oil and marine debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, during 1993/1994

1 January, 1996

Comparison of geostatistical and random sample survey analyses of Antarctic krill acoustic data

1 January, 1996

Introduced plants in Antarctica: Potential impacts and conservation issues

1 January, 1996

Conservation strategies

1 January, 1996

Trends in entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at South Georgia

1 November, 1995

Seabird interactions with longlining operations for Dissostichus eleginoides around South Georgia, April to May 1994

1 January, 1995

Fishing hooks associated with Albatrosses at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1992/1993

1 January, 1995

Interactions between marine and terrestrial ecosystems

1 January, 1995

Southern Ocean fisheries: present status and future prospects

1 January, 1995

Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia

1 October, 1994

Modelling the selective effects of fishing on reproductive potential and population structure of squid

1 July, 1994

Non-indigenous Acari of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands

1 March, 1994

Seabird interactions with longlining operations for Dissostichus eleginoides at the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia

1 January, 1994

The Penguin Conservation and Management Plan

1 January, 1994

Summary and conclusions (to section on information and communications)

1 January, 1994

Environmental geographic basis for the Protected Area System

1 January, 1994

Introduction to the Antarctic Protected Area System

1 January, 1994

The role of COMNAP in implementing Annex V of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

1 January, 1994

Developing the Antarctic protected area system

1 January, 1994

Status of the FIBEX acoustic data from the West Atlantic

1 January, 1994

Summary and conclusions (to section on tourism and historical sites)

1 January, 1994

The need for environmental monitoring in Antarctica: baselines, environmental impact assessments, accidents and footprints

1 January, 1994

Cross-sectional structure and validation of the timing of annulus formation in otoliths of the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps Richardson (Nototheniidae

1 January, 1993

Observations on life cycle and feeding ecology of two recently introduced predatory beetle species at South Georgia, sub-Antarctic

1 January, 1993

Seals, fur seals, sea lions, and walrus. Status survey and conservation action plan

1 January, 1993

Krill biomass in Area 48 and Area 49: recalculations of FIBEX data

1 January, 1993

Bycatch of fish in the South Atlantic krill fishery

1 December, 1992

Managing Southern Ocean krill and fish stocks in a changing environment

1 November, 1992

Management of the Antarctic krill fishery

1 January, 1992

By-catch of fish in the krill fishery

1 January, 1992

Fish stock assessment survey in subarea 48.3

1 January, 1992

Analyses of acoustic line-transect data from the waters around South Georgia: estimation of krill (Euphausia superba Dana) – biomass

1 January, 1992

Environmental management in the Antarctic

1 January, 1992

Seabird status and conservation: a supplement

1 January, 1991

Population regulation of seabirds: implications of their demography for conservation

1 January, 1991

The gentoo penguin as a candidate species for the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program

1 January, 1991

The fishery for Patagonothothen brevicauda guntheri in CCAMLR subarea 48.3

1 January, 1991

Antarctica: An exploitable resource or too important to develop? Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London. 21 February, 1990.

1 June, 1990

Waste disposal–expectations and realities

1 June, 1990

The distribution of zooplankton in relation to the South Georgia shelf in summer and winter

1 January, 1990

An initial environmental evaluation of the rebuilding of the research station at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

1 January, 1990

Impact of incidental mortality on Antarctic marine vertebrates [Guest editorial]

1 January, 1990

Use of indices of predator status and performance in CCAMLR fishery management

1 January, 1990

A comparison between age determinations of the Antarctic fish Notothenia gibberifrons Lönnberg using scales and otoliths

1 January, 1990

Implications of a new acoustic target strength for abundance estimates of Antarctic krill

1 January, 1990

The squid of the Falkland Islands fishery: a profile

1 January, 1990

Cephalopod fauna of the Scotia Sea at South Georgia: potential for commercial exploitation and possible consequences

1 January, 1990

Tussac grass – a cse for conservation and agronomy

1 January, 1990

Environmental assessment in the Antarctic

1 January, 1989

The isle and the pussycat

1 January, 1989

Introduced reindeer on South Georgia—A management dilemma

1 January, 1989

Exploratory squid fishing in the vicinity of South Georgia and the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone

1 January, 1989

Antarctic cephalopods: a living marine resource?

1 January, 1989

The assessment of competition between seals and commercial fisheries in the North Sea and the Antarctic

1 January, 1988

Reindeer on South Georgia. The ecology of an introduced population

1 January, 1988

Destruction of antarctic terrestrial ecosystems by a rapidly increasing fur seal population

1 January, 1988

The fur seal invasion – a conservation dilemma

1 January, 1988

Antarctic science and conservation — The historical background

1 January, 1987

Status, biology, and ecology of fur seals. Proceedings of an International Symposium and Workshop, Cambridge, England, 23-27 April 1984: International Symposium and Workshop on the Biology of Fur Seals, Cambridge, 1984

1 January, 1987

The status and conservation of Antarctic seals and seabirds: A review

1 January, 1987

The 1984 fur seal symposium: an introduction

1 January, 1987

The biota and conservation status of sub-Antarctic islands

1 January, 1987

Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems

1 January, 1987

The biological basis for conservation of subantarctic islands. Report of the Joint SCAR/IUCN Workshop at Paimpont, France, 12-14 September 1986

1 January, 1987

The future of Antarctic resources

1 January, 1986

Detection of krill (Euphausia superba) near the sea surface: preliminary results using a towed upward-looking echo-sounder

1 January, 1986

The testate rhizopod fauna of Drepanocladus moss carpet near Rothera station, Adelaide Island

1 January, 1986

Further conserved areas in the Maritime Antarctic

1 January, 1986

The selection of conservation areas in Antarctica: An example using the arthropod fauna of Antarctic islands

1 January, 1986

Man’s impact on the Antarctic environment: a procedure for evaluating impacts from scientific and logistic activities

1 January, 1985

Antarctic fur seals

1 January, 1985

Conserving the Antarctic

1 January, 1985

Impact of fur seals on the terrestrial environment at South Georgia

1 January, 1985

Conservation areas in the Antarctic. A review prepared by the Sub-Committee on Conservation, Working Group on Biology

1 January, 1985

The absence of krill from the South Georgia zone, winter 1983

1 January, 1985

Conservation and protection of marine mammals: past, present and future

1 January, 1985

International stewardship of the Antarctic: Problems, successes and future options

1 January, 1985

Animal conservation in the Antarctic

1 January, 1985

The subantarctic islands – introduced mammals

1 January, 1985

The assessment of exploited Antarctic fish stocks

1 January, 1985

A visitor’s introduction to the Antarctic and its environment

1 January, 1984

Introduced reindeer and their effects on the vegetation and the epigeic invertebrate fauna of South Georgia (subantarctic)

1 January, 1984

Conservation and the Antarctic

1 January, 1984

Status and conservation of the world’s seabirds. Based on the proceedings of the ICBP Seabird Conservation Symposium, Cambridge, August 1982

1 January, 1984

Priorities for seabird conservation and associated research. Recommendations of the ICBP Seabird Specialist Group

1 January, 1984

The status and conservation of seabirds at the Falkland Islands

1 January, 1984

The seabirds of the Antarctic Peninsula, islands of the Scotia Sea, and Antarctic continent between 80oW and 20oW: their status and conservation

1 January, 1984

Krill

1 January, 1983

The krill problem in Antarctica

1 January, 1981

Large mammal feeding strategies and related overabundance problems

1 January, 1981

Feral brown rats, Rattus norvegicus, in South Georgia (South Atlantic Ocean)

1 January, 1980

Antarctic seabird and seal monitoring studies

1 January, 1979

Monitoring whale and seal populations

1 January, 1979

Management of multispecies fisheries

1 January, 1979

Antarctic fisheries

1 September, 1978

Man’s impact on seals

1 January, 1978

Research on krill in relation to the Southern Ocean ecosystem by British Antarctic Survey

1 January, 1978

Antarctic krill: a reappraisal of its distribution

1 January, 1976

Scar Group of Specialists on Seals

1 January, 1976

Seals and birds killed or captured in the Antarctic Treaty Area, 1970–73

1 January, 1976

The elephant seal industry at South Georgia

1 January, 1953

Seabirds spend nearly 40% of their time in high seas

3 March, 2021

Albatrosses and large petrels spend 39% of their time in places where no single country has jurisdiction. The results come from a new global analysis of the year-round movements of …

Using AI to track whales from space

4 February, 2021

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists will work with an Artificial Intelligence company after being awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to support the protection of an endangered …

Penguins benefit from extended maritime zone

15 January, 2021

Gentoo penguins are benefiting from a newly enlarged no-fishing zone (known as a No-Take Zone NTZ) around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) tracking research …

Expedition to map biodiversity in Atlantic deep sea

8 January, 2021

A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientist departs Germany today (8 January 2021) onboard the research vessel SONNE to study the diversity of marine organisms in the Atlantic deep sea. Dr …

Humpback whales return to South Georgia

5 November, 2020

A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The …

Scientists discover new penguin colonies from space

5 August, 2020

A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring …

Migratory secrets of recovering whale species

20 May, 2020

Scientists have discovered where a whale species that feeds around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia breeds during the winter months. This understanding of where the animals migrate from will …

Plastic Pollution reaching Antarctica

28 April, 2020

Food wrapping, fishing gear and plastic waste continue to reach the Antarctic. Two new studies into how plastic debris is reaching sub-Antarctic islands are published in the journal Environment International. …

Krill’s influence on CO2 and global climate

18 October, 2019

A new study involving British Antarctic Survey researchers highlights the influence of krill (Euphausia superba) on atmospheric carbon levels. It is published in the journal Nature Communications today (18th October …

Study recommends special protection of emperor penguins

9 October, 2019

In a new study published this week (Wednesday 9 October) in the journal Biological Conservation, an international team of researchers recommends the need for additional measures to protect and conserve …

Antarctic krill use ‘hotspots’ for their young

25 July, 2019

New research, published this week (24 July 2019) in the journal PLOS ONE, shows how Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key species in the Southern Ocean food web, choose different …

Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at risk

22 May, 2019

A new study highlights that sub-Antarctic seabirds are most at risk from unsustainable fishing during the southern hemisphere winter and in the south Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans. The link …

“Catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies

25 April, 2019

Researchers at British Antarctic Survey have discovered “catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies.

Watching whales from space

1 November, 2018

Scientists have used detailed high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe, to detect, count and describe four different species of whales. Reported this week in the journal Marine Mammal …

Science meetings on conservation of Southern Ocean

2 July, 2018

Science meetings of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) take place over the next two weeks (starting 2 July 2018) at the Cambridge Headquarters of …

Success in the South Atlantic

26 April, 2018

A team of scientists on board the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) has conducted marine biodiversity research around the Island of St Helena with a team of UK based and …

Warming oceans could put seabirds out of sync with prey

4 April, 2018

Seabirds may struggle to find food for their chicks as they are unable to shift their breeding seasons as the climate warms, a new study suggests. Rising sea temperatures in …

More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life

4 September, 2017

A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. …

Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversity

28 March, 2017

An international study involving scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the …

New study reveals what penguins eat

15 February, 2017

The longest and most comprehensive study to date of what penguins eat is published this month. The study, published in the journal Marine Biology, examines the diets of gentoo penguins …

Divers inspect epibenthic communities on Anchorage wall, near Rothera Research Station

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1 February, 2017

Intensifying pressures from fisheries, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change are driving global declines in marine biodiversity. Despite widespread conservation efforts there is a growing argument that traditional approaches have …

Black-browed Albatross colony (Thalassarche melanophrys) at Colony Q1 on Bird Island. Black-browed Albatrosses feed on Krill, fish and squid and tend to forage around the edge of the continental shelf of South Georgia.

Conservation plans to protect the albatross

11 January, 2017

The UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands is this week launching an ambitious conservation effort to help protect the albatross. South Georgia is a globally important …

Albatrosses use different regions when on migration

25 July, 2016

A new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the Southern Ocean, they forage in different areas for the majority of the time. The results are published this month in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

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