Ecology & biodiversity

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1. NEWS STORY: Changes in seabed communities

   A new study by an international team of scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has analysed the effects on seabed communities of glacial retreat. Writing in Science Advances this […]

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2. Reproduction in a changing world

   Reproductive capacity and success of marine animals

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3. Dynamic Live Cell Imaging

   Dynamic Live Cell Imaging investigated how Antarctic marine organisms, particularly fish, function at temperatures below 0°C

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4. Changing biodiversity

   Baseline study to monitor how marine biodiversity will respond to climate change

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5. NEWS STORY: Assessing seabird communities

   Antarctic seabird community structure remains unaffected by changes in food availability A new study of sub-Antarctic seabirds shows that their community structure (how they co-exist and share resources) is unaffected […]

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6. PRESS RELEASE: Fungal diversity in Antarctic soils

   Warmer temperatures stimulate diversity of soil fungi Remote and covered by ice for much of the year the Antarctic Peninsula is home to hidden and dynamic communities of microbes that […]

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7. NEWS STORY: Grant for penguin project

   BAS scientists awarded grant to study penguins’ reliance on krill Norwegian and British scientists are to take part in a research project to determine how dependant non-breeding penguins are on […]

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8. NEWS STORY: Explaining sea lion decline

   The southern sea lion population of the Falkland Islands witnessed a dramatic decline during the last century with numbers falling by 95 per cent between the 1930s and 1960s. It […]

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9. Managing South Orkney’s seafloor communities

   SO-AntEco was a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) led expedition undertaken in conjunction with an international team of scientists from the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) AntEco research programme.

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10. NEWS STORY: Bird tracking aids seabird research

    Bird tracking technology reveals future climate may affect seabird feeding behaviour A two year study of shags on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve in Scotland reveals that when […]

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11. PRESS RELEASE: Scent matters to fur seals

    Antarctic fur seals have unique ‘scent profile’ to recognise their pups Researchers studying Antarctic fur seals have discovered their scent has a unique ‘profile’ which enables them to recognise their […]

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12. The Heated Settlement Panels

    The heated settlement panels project tested how marine life responded to warmer oceans. The focus was on the waters of the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth

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