Krill Hotspots
The aim of this project is to understand the biological and physical factors that produce the very large swarms of krill, or “krill hotspots” that are found in the South Orkneys region.
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Read more of: Krill Hotspots
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White-chinned Petrel Tracking
Read more of: White-chinned Petrel Tracking13 satellite tags were attached to white-chinned petrel chicks prior to their departure from Bird Island. The birds were tracked in near real-time using the Argos system.
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PRESS RELEASE: Antarctic seabird in decline
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Antarctic seabird in declineNew research shows decline in population and breeding success of Antarctic seabird A fifty year study of the charismatic seabird, the southern giant petrel, on the Antarctic island of Signy […]
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NEWS STORY: Changes in seabed communities
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Changes in seabed communitiesA 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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Reproduction in a changing world
Read more of: Reproduction in a changing worldReproductive capacity and success of marine animals
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Dynamic Live Cell Imaging
Read more of: Dynamic Live Cell ImagingDynamic Live Cell Imaging investigated how Antarctic marine organisms, particularly fish, function at temperatures below 0°C
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Changing biodiversity
Read more of: Changing biodiversityBaseline study to monitor how marine biodiversity will respond to climate change
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NEWS STORY: Assessing seabird communities
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Assessing seabird communitiesAntarctic 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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PRESS RELEASE: Fungal diversity in Antarctic soils
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Fungal diversity in Antarctic soilsWarmer 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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NEWS STORY: Grant for penguin project
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Grant for penguin projectBAS 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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NEWS STORY: Explaining sea lion decline
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Explaining sea lion declineThe 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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Managing South Orkney’s seafloor communities
Read more of: Managing South Orkney’s seafloor communitiesSO-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.
