BAS Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation
Lead Research Organisation:
British Antarctic Survey
Department Name: UNLISTED
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Organisations
- British Antarctic Survey (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Tromso (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- University of Malaya (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- University of Otago (Collaboration)
- National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) (Collaboration)
- Royal Veterinary College (RVC) (Collaboration)
- Bielefeld University (Collaboration)
- University of Canterbury (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Lloyd Peck (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Harper E
(2018)
"Business as usual": Drilling predation across the K-Pg mass extinction event in Antarctica
in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Barnes DKA
(2021)
1 °C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna.
in Communications biology
Mayk D
(2022)
130 years of heavy metal pollution archived in the shell of the intertidal dog whelk, Nucella lapillus (Gastropoda, Muricidae).
in Marine pollution bulletin
Cross EL
(2018)
A 120-year record of resilience to environmental change in brachiopods.
in Global change biology
Sutherland WJ
(2017)
A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity.
in Trends in ecology & evolution
Sutherland WJ
(2018)
A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity.
in Trends in ecology & evolution
Sutherland WJ
(2021)
A 2021 Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues.
in Trends in ecology & evolution
Yarra T
(2021)
A Bivalve Biomineralization Toolbox.
in Molecular biology and evolution
Telesca L
(2021)
A century of coping with environmental and ecological changes via compensatory biomineralization in mussels.
in Global change biology
Michailova P
(2023)
A chromosome map of Belgica antarctica Jacobs (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Antarctica, including chromosome variability
in Antarctic Science
| Description | 1. Antarctic marine species a amongst the least capable group in terms of surviving changing environments 2. The carbon sequestered in polar marine ecosystems when coastal ice (glaciers and ice shelves) disintegrate is the second largest natural factor reducing CO2 in the environment globally 3. life under permanent ice shelves is more diverse than previously thought |
| Exploitation Route | too many different avenues to detail here |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Education Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Transport |
| Description | Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation (BEA) Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation (BEA). The BEA Team comprises two groups, one of which focusses on polar terrestrial and marine biodiversity from the deep sea to the intertidal. It especially aims to identify how observed biodiversity relates to current and past environments and what impacts there have been and will be from environmental change. The second is investigating adaptations to extreme polar conditions, from the molecular level through physiology to ecology. It is also making comparisons to species and ecosystems from temperate and tropical latitudes, and has several projects aimed at improving mechanistic biological understanding that also have strong innovation elements with potential for direct societal benefit. The overall team has an integrative element aiming to model foodwebs and interactive networks in the polar-regions both on land and in the sea. Members of the team have strong impact nationally through advice to UK government committees and internationally through a very wide range of activities including membership of SCAR committees and steering groups, foreign government advisory groups and advisory/steering groups for foreign institutions and universities. Examples of this are that one of our team (Dr Melody Clark) gave verbal evidence to the UK Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee inquiry into ocean acidification. BEA team members have published over 600 ISI listed papers since 2015 and were cited over 10000 times. This includes a special issue of Marine Genomics journal devoted to the CACHE network on production of shells in bivalve molluscs and a briefing document in Science Advances for COP 25. BEA team members were Co-I or PI on over £10 million of grant funding and support for PhD students and have supervised over 50 grants or PhD studentships since 2015, including BAS ODA relevant funding, AIMP biodiversity survey, small BAS innovation grants and a NERC pathfinder grant. BEA team members currently supervise 24 PhD students. Dr JA Crame was PI and Dr S Morley was a tutor on a 4 week NERC funded training course in Svalbard on Polar field skills. Prof L. Peck was awarded an Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and Dr Melody Clark was awarded a DSC by Imperial College, London. Prof Peck and Prof Clark have both been elected Fellows of Wolfson College Cambridge. The Biodiversity Group contains experts in polar terrestrial and marine biodiversity who have strong taxonomic and phylogenetic capability. They have been in the past and still are major players in large international programmes of science such as SCAR MarBIN and the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML). Its scientists have internationally strong track records in marine ecology and terrestrial biodiversity patterns, with highlights such as demonstrating the importance of plastics in changing distributions of marine species, and limiting models of past ice cap extents by showing continuous presence of biota on exposed ice-free ground for millions of years and longer. There are strong international collaborations with a wide range of countries, especially Chile, Malaysia, Italy and Norway (Svalbard). The Biodiversity Group conducts internationally leading science in the areas of biogeography and macroecology, diversity (including microbiology), community ecology, evolution, biological change (including environmental monitoring) and human impacts, and it incorporates the concept of 'past, present and future' in its science direction. It will have strong input into future conservation measures and understanding impacts of change, especially in the polar-regions. The Adaptations Group contains scientists with strong international records in investigations of how polar animals differ from those in lower latitudes from the molecular (gene) level through cellular and metabolomic to physiology and ecological levels. Its scientists have past highlights that include: showing a link between maximum animal size and water oxygen content; in describing the details of the heat shock response, which is complex and appears absent in some Antarctic species; in demonstrating Antarctic marine species are less resistant to warming conditions than lower latitude species; in showing that growth, development rate and the time needed to complete processes related to feeding are markedly slower in Antarctic marine species than would be expected from predictions of temperature effects on temperate and tropical species, and in demonstrating that in long-term experiments Antarctic urchins and brachiopods are more resistant to ocean acidification than is often generally assumed, which led to the team being invited to give evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on Ocean Acidification for the British Overseas Territories. Current research is, and future research will investigate fundamental mechanistic adaptations to cold polar conditions, such as the problems that Antarctic species appear to have in making successfully folded proteins, collaborations on genomic sequencing of Antarctic species, investigation of whether there is there a universal stress response or universal biomarkers that can be used in field evaluations, and in conducting long-term multiple stressor assessments of animal abilities to resist change. It will also make stronger links with potential industrial partners to identify and develop the value of biomolecules from organisms adapted to low temperature environments. |
| Sector | Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Advice to Parliamentary groups (polar regions, overseas territories) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Marine and Terrestrial Protected Areas in Antarctica |
| Description | Briefing of House of Commons Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Paper used by AAAS Science Magazine group as part of briefing to COP25 delegates |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Demomnstrated the large impacts of climate change on polar organisms from climate change - impact on over 200 international politicians (COP25 delegates) |
| Description | Written and oral contribution to Government Select committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Melody Clark provided written and oral evidence to the UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee inquiry into ocean acidification |
| Description | Controlled Environment Facility rebuild |
| Amount | £4,300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | EIA Biodiversity survey |
| Amount | £900,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | IAPETUS DTP |
| Amount | £87,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S007431/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Innovation voucher |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | Viscometer |
| Amount | £31,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Title | Detailed survey of seabed |
| Description | We have three main methods of surveying seabed biodiversity - high quality ROV's, high detail still camera arrays and seabed sampling via coring, grab or scoop samplers. |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | We have conducted a very detailed biodiversity survey of the seabed to the north of the Rothera runway as the baseline for an Environmental Impact assessment for future potential works. |
| Title | Heated panel technology to manipulate marine environments in situ to simulate end century conditions in the field |
| Description | 15 cm x 15 cm panels with embedded heating matrices are connected via 100 m cables to powered control boxes. The amount of power dictates precisely the surface temperature of the panel. Panels are deployed at ~10 m depth in the sea and natural communities allowed to develop. Regular monitoring allows growth rates of species in warmed environments to be cpompared to controls and the method also allows changes in communit composition to be assessed as well as ecological factors not usually included in this type pf research designe such as competition. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Several research groups around the world are currently working towards using this method in their own local marine systems. |
| Title | A bathymetric compilation of Ascension Island, 2000-2017 (Version 1.0) |
| Description | A new bathymetric compilation around Ascension Island here defined by the following bounding box: 14.57 to 14.17 W, 8.12 to 7.75 S. This bathymetry grid was compiled from a variety of multibeam swath bathymetry data acquired during 4 different cruises (see lineage). The data is available as a grid of approximately 50 m resolution in two different formats: a GMT-compatible (2-D) NetCDF and Arc/Info and ArcView ASCII grid format using geographic coordinates on the WGS84 datum. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Acclimation potential of global ectothermic species, collated from literature, 1960 to 2015 |
| Description | A dataset of acclimation potential of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ectotherms across latitudes collected from the literature spanning the time period 1960 to 2015 with the aim to test the importance of physiological acclimation as a mechanism to buffer species against climate warming. The projected rate of environmental warming is used to calculate how many years and generations acclimation capacity will afford each species before it will exceed its thermal maximum. Acclimation capacity, generation time, latitudinal range extent and projected rate of warming are then combined into an index of vulnerability. This data together with critical thermal maxima of the ectotherms are presented here. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | An opportunistic Marine Mammal survey between Harwich, UK and Rothera Research Station, Antarctica |
| Description | An opportunistic marine mammal survey through the Atlantic Ocean between the UK and Antarctica was undertaken in November and December 2020. The RRS James Clark Ross, was used to transfer cargo and personnel for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from the UK to Rothera Research Station, Antarctica for the start of the 2020/2021 summer season. The transit and station relief included stops at King Edward Point and Bird Island, South Georgia, Falkland Islands and Signy Research Station, South Orkney Islands. The journey took a total of 48 days. Two JNCC marine mammal observers were on-board as well as other dedicated observers. Marine mammal observations were made as opportunistic sightings and recorded along with geographical position and other metadata. This transit and subsequent survey was unique in its passage as few vessels journey down the centre of the North and South Atlantic and continue on down the Western Antarctic Peninsula. British Antarctic Survey will continue to make this journey twice a year and it could provide a platform for an annual marine mammal survey of the entire Atlantic Ocean. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01587 |
| Title | Benthic functional diversity using imagery from drop down live camera feed in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea in 2017 |
| Description | Multiple images of the seafloor at six sites across a broad latitudinal range in the Barents Sea in the Arctic were collected in July 2017 on the month long scientific cruise JR16006. The dataset includes environmental variables for each accompanied image. Each image (406 x 341mm) has density of fauna from different functional groups. We have 13 different functional groups based on other similar studies. The aim was to look at the effect of climate change in the Arctic on the biology of the seafloor. Funding was provided by the NERC Changing Arctic Oceans ChAOS project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01602 |
| Title | Benthic seafloor images from Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, March 2018 |
| Description | In-situ underwater images were gathered during the expedition JR17003a of RRS James Clark Ross to the eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018. The BAS' Shallow Underwater Camera System (SUCS) has been used to estimate faunal density, biomass and species abundance of the benthos and to provide an overview of the conditions of the underwater landscape. Funding was provided by NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01405 |
| Title | Blue carbon data for marine invertebrates living on soft substrata (20m South Cove and Hangar Cove) and Rocky substrata (Cheshire Island) around Rothera Point Antarctica (2013-2015) |
| Description | Blue carbon data for assemblages living on soft substrata (20m South Cove and Hangar Cove) and Rocky substrata (Cheshire Island) around Rothera Point Antarctica (2013-2015) in both winter and summer. All fauna larger than 1mm (soft substrata) and 3mm (hard substrata) were collected by suction samplers. All fauna were identified and then carbon values calculated for each species from dry mass and ash free dry mass. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01595 |
| Title | Greenhouse gas exchange, temperatures, bacterial and fungal abundances and the relative abundances of the 40 most frequent bacterial taxa in a soil warming and irrigation experiment on Svalbard |
| Description | Data on CO2 and CH4 exchange rates between soil and atmosphere, soil temperatures, bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA genes, fungal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) copies and the relative abundances of the 40 most abundant bacterial taxa in the 48 plots of a soil warming and irrigation experiment on Svalbard in the High Arctic. On 2014-09-10, a soil warming and irrigation experiment was set up at Kongsfjordneset on the Brogger Peninsula, Svalbard. Warming was applied continuously with open top chambers and the irrigation treatment was applied in mid-late June and late August each year. Greenhouse gas exchange between the soil and atmosphere was measured on 2018-08-23 and 2018-08-26. At this time, soil samples were taken for DNA analyses and the amount of bacterial and fungal DNA present in soil was measured. The 40 most frequent bacterial operational taxonomic units were also determined. This project was funded by UK Natural Environment Research Council (core funding to the British Antarctic Survey), the Danish National Research Foundation (CENPERM DNRF100) and Seoul National University. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01668 |
| Title | Growth rates and specific cellulase activities of Antarctic Pseudogymnoascus roseus isolates exposed to constant and fluctuating temperatures - VERSION 2.0 |
| Description | Data on the growth rates and specific cellulase activities of 10 isolates of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus roseus from sub- and maritime Antarctica, exposed in vitro to fluctuating temperatures of 2-15 degrees Celsius, 2-18 degrees Celsius, 2-21 degrees Celsius and 2-24 degrees Celsius and their corresponding mean constant temperatures of 9.0 degrees Celsius, 10.7, 12.0 or 13.1 degrees Celsius, respectively, and constant temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius, 5.5 degrees Celsius, 8.5 degrees Celsius, 15.0 degrees Celsius, 18.0 degrees Celsius, 21.0 degrees Celsius and 24.0 degrees Celsius. Funding: UK Natural Environment Research Council (core funding to the British Antarctic Survey). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01807 |
| Title | Growth rates and specific cellulase activities of Antarctic Pseudogymnoascus roseus isolates exposed to constant and fluctuating temperatures. |
| Description | Data on the growth rates and specific cellulase activities of 10 isolates of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus roseus from sub- and maritime Antarctica, exposed in vitro to fluctuating temperatures of 2-15 degrees Celsius, 2-18 degrees Celsius, 2-21 degrees Celsius and 2-24 degrees Celsius and their constant mean temperatures of 9.0 degrees Celsius, 10.7, 12.0 or 13.1 degrees Celsius, respectively. The 10 isolates of P. roseus were obtained from soils at Lewis Pass on South Georgia, The Backslope on Signy Island, Walton Terraces on Leonie Island and Mars Oasis on Alexander Island. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01741 |
| Title | In situ growth and physiological data from two Antarctic anemone species, Isotealia antarctica and Urticinopsis antarctica at Rothera Research Station (2020-2023) |
| Description | To further our understanding of Antarctic predator growth and seasonal physiology, field growth rates were measured for two soft-bodied Antarctic anemone benthic predators, Isotealia antarctica and Urticinopsis antarctica, using in situ sampling of anemones on uniquely marked tiles from Rothera Research Station from 2020-2023. Ex situ measurements of oxygen consumption and seven-day faecal output were obtained from recently collected specimens in aquaria and compared between summer and winter. Winter physiological data for Antarctic species are rare, and we tested the hypothesis that generalist feeders or predators continue to feed during the winter. There is a dearth of basic life history and physiological data from Southern Ocean species, particularly from benthic sessile predators. This is an important data gap because species inhabiting the Southern Ocean live in a more temperature stable but seasonally varying environment than temperate and tropical counterparts. This work was supported by core funding from the NERC, UKRI, UK to the British Antarctic Survey. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01816 |
| Title | Macrobenthic Cumacea collected by epibenthic sledge from the Amundsen Sea in March 2008 and from the Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula in March 2018 |
| Description | In 2008 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity in Amundsen Sea and in 2018 the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel (PGC) area and the macrobenthic cumacean fauna (Peracarida, Crustacea) collected by epibenthic sledge (EBS) has been assessed for species richness, abundance and assemblage composition. In total 4431 cumacean specimens assigned to 58 morphospecies and 5 families were identified. To set the cumacean dataset into a wider context, published cumacean species richness and abundance data from EBS collected stations in the Magellan Region and Southern Ocean (Rehm et al 2007, Muehlenhardt-Siegel 1999, Cordoba & San Vincente 2009) were added. This dataset provides data for 1) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS locations, 2) Amundsen Sea and PGC EBS cumacean abundances, 3) Magellan Region and Southern Ocean EBS cumacean standardised 1000 m trawl length abundances (175 - 3500 m depth). Funding for the expeditions and KL was provided by NERC NC Science for the BAS core project BIOPEARL and for NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. Funding for DD was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/51-1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01553 |
| Title | Macrobenthic Isopoda collected by epibenthic sledge from the southern Weddell Sea in 2012, South Orkney Islands in 2016, Prince Gustav Channel in 2018 and Eastern Antarctic Peninsula in 2019 |
| Description | In 2012 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the southern Weddell Sea (JR275), in 2016 the marine benthic biodiversity of the South Orkney Islands (JR15005) and in 2018 the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel area. In 2019 RV Polarstern investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the eastern Antarctic Peninsula (PS119). During all expeditions macrobenthic isopod fauna (Peracarida, Crustacea) was collected by a total of 37 epibenthic sledge (EBS) and assessed for species richness and abundance. In total 27099 isopod specimens assigned to 228 morphospecies and 78 genera were identified. To set the isopod dataset into a wider context of species diversity, published isopod species richness data from a further EBS collected stations during the ANDEEP I-III expeditions (ANT XIX/2-3, ANT XXII-3) in the Weddell Sea (Brandt et al. 2007) were added. This dataset provides data for 1) Isopoda EBS station locations and environmental data, 2) EBS Isopoda abundance data JR275, JR15005, JR17003a and PS118, 3) Isopoda species absence/presence data JR275, JR15005, JR17003a and PS118, 4) Isopoda species absence/presence data ANDEEP Weddell Sea only. Funding for KL, HJG, and the RRS James Clark Ross expeditions was provided by NERC for NC Science (JR275, JR15005) and for NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf' (JR17003a). Ship time for EBS work during PS118 was provided to Linse et al. via a co-user grant from Leitstelle Deutsche Forschungsschiffe (AWI-PS118_7). Funding for DD was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/51-1. Financial support for the ANDEEP I-III expeditions was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant Br1121/22/1-3. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01554 |
| Title | Macrobenthic Mollusca from Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula collected by epibenthic sledge in March 2018 |
| Description | In 2018 RRS James Clark Ross investigated the marine benthic biodiversity of the Prince Gustav Channel area and the macrobenthic molluscan fauna collected by epibenthic sledge (EBS) has been assessed for species richness, abundance and assemblage composition as well as for functional traits. In total 20,307 mollusc specimens assigned to 50 morphospecies and 4 classes (Solenogastres, Bivalvia, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda) were identified. Assemblage analyses across the Prince Gustav Channel area did not show apparent pattern or separation across depth, taxon or station. To set the bivalve dataset into a wider context, unpublished bivalve species richness and abundance data from EBS collected stations in the area influenced by the Weddell Gyre were added. This doi dataset provides data for 1) PGC EBS locations, 2) PGC EBS molluscan abundances, 3) PGC molluscan functional traits, 4) Weddell Gyre EBS stations (300 - 2000 m depth), 5) Weddell Gyre EBS bivalve standardised 1000 m trawl length abundances (300 - 2000 m depth). Funding was provided by NERC urgency grant NE/R012296/1 'Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves - baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf'. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01530 |
| Title | Measurements for a 92 day climate manipulation experiment on replicate macrofaunal mesocosms collected on the cruise JR18006 in the Western Barents Sea and at Rothera research station in 2019 |
| Description | Measurements were collected during the 92 day lab-based experiment carried out on replicate macrofaunal mesocosms of Astarte crenata, Ctenodiscus crispatus, Cistenides hyperborea from the Western Barents Sea and Aequiyoldia eightsi and Laternula elliptica from Rothera Point, Antarctic Peninsula. Macrofauna were collected on cruise JR18006 in the Western Barents Sea and by hand during scuba dives in the cove adjacent to Rothera research station. Experimental measurements include carbonate chemistry indices measured in water samples; carbon dioxide concentration levels; benthic invertebrate response rate, burial rate, sediment particle reworking, bioirrigation, and associated nutrient concentrations; benthic invertebrate body size and individual biomass; sediment organic material content, and sediment particle size. Supported by the INSPIRE Doctoral Training Partnership programme (grant NE/S007210/1) and 'The Changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS) - how changing sea ice conditions impact biological communities, biogeochemical processes and ecosystems' project (NE/N015894/1 and NE/P006426/1, 2017/2021), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in the UK. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01749 |
| Title | Microscopy data on fungal structures in the tissues of leafy and simple thalloid II liverwort species sampled from High Arctic Spitsbergen and sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
| Description | Microscopy data on the percentages of stem length colonised by (i) hyphal coils, (ii) stained septate hyphae and (iii) dark septate hyphae, and (iv) percentages of rhizoids colonised by hyphae, in 26 leafy liverwort species and two simple thalloid II liverwort species sampled from High Arctic Spitsbergen and sub-Antarctic South Georgia. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01463 |
| Title | Microscopy data on mycothalli in 16 leafy liverwort species from the Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia |
| Description | Microscopy data on the percentages of liverwort stem length colonised by (i) stained hyphal coils, (ii) stained septate hyphae and (iii) dark septate hyphae, and (iv) percentages of rhizoids colonised by hyphae, in 16 leafy liverwort species sampled from sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Specimens were collected in 2011 and 2016 from 12 sites on the Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia. The specimens have been deposited in the British Antarctic Survey herbarium. This project was funded by NERC under the British Antarctic Survey Long Term Monitoring programme. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01655 |
| Title | Nematode taxa extracted from Cephaloziella varians and Sanionia uncinata in open top chamber warming experiment at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. |
| Description | Nematode species were extracted from two species of bryophyte (Cephaloziella varians and Sanionia uncinata) in a vegetated gully on Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Nematode species were extracted from 10 fixed plots: five control plots, and five warmed plots (covered with open top chambers for the duration of the experiment). Sampling occurred over eight days between 2007 and 2010. The total number of nematodes in each sample, along with the numbers of males, females and juveniles of each species, were recorded and expressed per gram dry weight of bryophyte colony. The numbers of gravid females of Plectus belgicae, along with the total number of eggs in gravid females, were also recorded at four of the samplings. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01325 |
| Title | Neogastropod species lists from the Early Cenozoic of Seymour Island Antarctica, US Gulf Coast and Paris Basin |
| Description | These files comprise lists of neogastropod species from the Early Cenozoic of Seymour Island, Antarctica and tropical counterparts in both the US Gulf Coast and Paris Basin. They comprise a key part of the raw data analysed in the paper Crame et al. (2018). For each of these three localities species are listed in taxonomic order, following conventional taxonomic notation. Faunas are listed for the Paleocene, Early Eocene and Middle Eocene time intervals for the two tropical localities, but only for the Paleocene and Middle Eocene of Antarctica. The accurate location of all the localities is given in a series of published papers. The Seymour Island samples were collected across three field seasons; 1999, 2006 and 2010. The US Gulf Coast and Paris Basin data were constructed from existing literature. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Pan-Atlantic comparison of deep-water macrobenthos diversity collected by epibenthic sledge sampling and analysis of patterns and environmental drivers. |
| Description | Epibenthic samples were collected during the following research expeditions: ANDEEP-SYSTCO II, BIOPEARL I, DIVA1-3, IceAGE1-3&RR, IceDIVA1,2, JR275 and Vema-TRANSIT (Brandt & Wuerzberg 2014, Linse 2006, DIVA cruise reports, Brix et al. 2014, Devey & Brix 2017 cruise report, Brix & Taylor 2022, 2023, Griffiths 2012, Rhiel et al. 2018). While EBS diversity data at high taxon level were published for ANDEEP_SYSTCO II, DIVA1-3 and Vema-TRANSIT (Brandt et al 2014, Kaiser et al. in review, Brandt et al 2018), unpublished diversity data for BIOPEARL I, IceAGE1-3&RR, IceDIVA1, 2 and JR275 came from sample databases at DZMB Senckenberg and British Antarctic Survey, and are published here for the first time. During all 13 expeditions EBS with an epibenthic and a suprabenthic netsampler following the sampler sizes and height defined by Brandt and Barthel (1995) and Brenke (2005) were used, enabling comparability of samples. This type of EBS was a suitable device for sampling small benthic fauna on and above the seabed, including macrofauna and small-sized megafauna. The EBS holds an epi-and a suprabenthic netsampler (Brenke, 2005). Each of these nets has an opening of 100x33 cm and net mesh size of 500 micrometers. The cod ends are equipped with net-buckets containing 300 micrometer mesh windows. On deployment 1.5 times cable length to water depth were laid out and then EBS was trawled with 1 kn for 10 minutes on the seabed at a 1 knot for deployments in 500 m to 1500 m. Once on the deck, the content of the samplers was immediately fixed in 96 percent undenaturated and pre-cooled (at -20 degrees Celsius) ethanol. Samples were stored in a -20 degrees Celsius freezer for at least 48 h to reduce degradation of DNA for subsequent genetic studies. During this time, samples were gently rolled every three to six hours. Ethanol was changed once for all sub-fractions. In the laboratory, samples were initially sorted under a stereomicroscope to higher taxonomic ranks, lowest were class level for this analysis. Live specimen numbers were counted for abundance data and thanatocoenosis were not taken into account. For comparison between stations abundance data were standardised to 1000 m2 trawled area. The haul distances were calculated based on equation (4) in Brenke (2005). For comparison between stations abundance data were standardised to 1000 m2 trawled area. In this study we included data for 41 higher taxa of the initially separated 50 taxa ranging from phyla to orders. We excluded Foraminifera, Bryozoa, and fish. Brachiopoda, Chaetognatha, Echiura, Hemichordata, Nematoda, Nemertea, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, Porifera and Priapulida were not identified beyond phylum level. Annelida were separated into Polychaeta, Sipunculida, Oligochaeta and Hirudinea. The phylum Arthropoda was split into the subphylum Chelicerata and Crustacea, with the former comprising Pycnogonida and Acarina and the latter crustacean order levels. Chordata only consisted of Tunicates. Echinodermata and Mollusca were separated into classes. For the DIVA1 & 2 data sets, Cnidaria and Echinodermata were not further discriminated into classes. For the DIVA-1, IceAGE 1-3 and IceDIVA1,2 data sets, Aplacophora were not separated into Caudofoveata and Solenogastres. So, if corresponding data on class assignment were available, these were reported separately, but for all univariate and multivariate analyses, classes within Aplacophora, Cnidaria and Echinodermata were grouped. The environmental parameters for this study were provided by Bio-ORACLE (http://www.bio-oracle.org/; Tyberghein et al., 2012; Assis et al., 2018). Bio-ORACLE identifies average (mean) values for different physical and chemical variables over a 14-year time period through a combination of satellite and in-situ measurements (2000 - 2014; Assis et al., 2018), at a resolution of 5 arcmin. In this study, surface and benthic (maximum depth) values were used for the following variables: salinity (PSS), silicate (mol/m3), iron (mmol/m3; mol/m3), phosphate (mmol/ m3; mol/ m3), nitrate (mmol/ m3; mol/ m3), chlorophyll-a (mg/m3; mg/cm3) and primary production (g/m3/day). Additionally, benthic data for temperature (degrees Celsius) and current velocity (m/s) as well as surface data for calcite (mol/ m3) and dissolved oxygen (mol/ m3) were included. This dataset outlines each EBS event along with temporal and spatial data. Abundances are reported raw and standardised /1000m2. PRIMER v6.0 (Clarke and Gorley, 2005) was used to perform a suite of multivariate statistical analyses: Similarity Percentage (SIMPER), Analysis of Similarities (ANOSIM), Biota-Environment Stepwise Analysis (BioEnv BEST) and Principal Components Analysis (PCA) (Hong and Zhinan, 2003). Analyses use taxonomic classification at the phyla level and at the multitaxon level (highest taxonomic classification achievable for each sample). 2 SIMPER analyses were conducted using standardised abundances to assess the contribution of taxa (at the phyla and 'multitaxon' level) to similarity analyses. A Bray-Curtis similarity matrix was used, and 90 percent was the cut off for low contributions to similarity. They used depth and region as factors. Depth split into the following factors using bins: abyssal (4000m-6000m), hadal (6000m), shelf (200m), bathyal (1000-4000m) and slope (200-1000m). Region is split into Vema Fracture Zone, Puerto Rico Trench, South West Atlantic, South East Atlantic, Southern Ocean, North West Atlantic and North West Atlantic. ANOSIM was conducted using standardised abundances from EBS sample to test whether there was a significant difference between samples based on different factors. 4 ANOSIMs were carried out: one for each depth and region (splitting samples as for SIMPER) at the phyla and 'multitaxon' level. PCA analysis is used to understand the associations between community composition and environmental factors, using standardised abundances. 2 PCA analyses were performed: one including 21 environmental variables (all factors: depth (m), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), temperature - mean at max dept (degrees Celsius), chlorophyll-a - mean at max depth (mg/m^3), dissolved oxygen concentration - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), dissolved iron concentration- mean at max depth (mol/m^3), nitrate - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), phosphate - mean at max depth (mol/m^3), salinity - mean at max depth (PSS), silicate - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), current velocity - mean at max depth (m/s) primary productivity - mean at max depth, chlorophyll - mean at surface (mg/cm^3), calacite - mean at surface (mol/cm^3), dissolved iron concentration - mean at surface (mol/m^3), nitrate - mean at surface (mol/m^3), phosphate - mean at surface (mol/m^3), primary productivity - mean at surface, salinity - mean at surface (PSS), silicate - mean at surface (mol/m^3)) and one including 11 environmental variables (main factors: depth (m), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), temperature - mean at max depth (degrees Celsius), chlorophyll-a - mean at max depth (mg/m^3), dissolved oxygen concentration - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), dissolved iron concentration- mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), nitrate - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), phosphate - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), salinity - mean at max depth (PSS), silicate - mean at max depth (mmol/m^3), current velocity - mean at max depth (m/s) primary productivity - mean at max depth). BioEnv analysis were conducted to test which environmental variables (up to 5 variables) best explain patterns in abundances. Spearman rank correlation method was used. Euclidean distance was used for resemblance analysis. 2 analyses were performed: one at the phyla level and one at the 'multitaxon' level. The following environmental variables were included in the analyses: depth (m), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), temperature - mean at max depth (degrees Celsius), chlorophyll-a - mean at max depth (mg/cm^3), dissolved oxygen concentration - mean at max depth (mol/m^3), dissolved iron concentration- mean at max depth (mol/m^3), nitrate - mean at max depth (mol/m^3), phosphate - mean at max depth (mol/m^3), salinity - mean at max depth (PSS), silicate - mean at max depth (mol/m^3), current velocity - mean at max depth (m/s) primary productivity - mean at max depth, chlorophyll - mean at surface (mg/cm^3), calacite - mean at surface (mol/m^3), dissolved iron concentration - mean at surface (mol/m^3), nitrate - mean at surface (mol/m^3), phosphate - mean at surface (mol/m^3), primary productivity - mean at surface, salinity - mean at surface (PSS), silicate - mean at surface (mol/m^3). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01719 |
| Title | Physico-chemical properties of maritime Antarctic fellfield soils collected from along a latitudinal transect between Signy Island (60 deg S) and south-eastern Alexander Island (72 deg S), 2007-2008 |
| Description | The dataset consists of 21 physico-chemical parameters (moisture concentration, pH value, electrical conductivity, the concentrations of total organic C and N, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Zn, and those of water-extractable phosphate ions, sulphate ions, chloride ion, ammonium-N ions, nitrate/nitrite-N ions and dissolved organic carbon) measured in 29 soils gathered from along a latitudinal transect between Signy Island (60 degrees South) and south-eastern Alexander Island (72 degrees South) in November 2007-February 2008. Funding was provided by NERC grants NE/D00893X/1; AFI 7/05 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01402 |
| Title | Physiological acclimation and predicted persistence of species across the globe |
| Description | A dataset of acclimation potential of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ectotherms across latitudes collected from the literature spanning the time period 1960 to 2015 with the aim to test the importance of physiological acclimation as a mechanism to buffer species against climate warming. The projected rate of environmental warming is used to calculate how many years and generations acclimation capacity will afford each species before it will exceed its thermal maximum. Acclimation capacity, generation time, latitudinal range extent and projected rate of warming are then combined into an index of vulnerability. This data together with critical thermal maxima of the ectotherms are presented here. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Plant biology variables under cold stress from published experiments (1975-2019) that include microbial symbionts as an experimental factor. (Version 1.0) |
| Description | The data compiles different aspects of plant biology (e.g., anatomy, physiology, fitness and gene-expression) reported in scientific articles that experimentally explored the role of plant microbial symbionts in plant tolerance to chilling (0-15 degrees Celsius) and freezing (<0 degrees Celsius) conditions. Each variable included in the dataset is composed of at least four values, representing the mean of the measured variable with or without a given microbial symbiont and under control or cold conditions in a factorial design. The data were generated for a meta-analysis, and so the level of replication and standard deviation or standard error, plus other relevant information such as plant and microbial species, and source, are also included. The search from which the articles were obtained used ISI-web of Science used ENDOPH* AND COLD and MYCORRHIZA* AND COLD in both title and keyword fields from 1975 to 2019. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Pseudogymnoascus roseus in soil at Mars Oasis, Alexander Island, under different temperature, irrigation and substrate treatments |
| Description | This dataset consists of field measurements of Pseudogymnoascus roseus DNA concentrations in soil and three edaphic factors (soil temperature, water potential and snow depth) at Mars Oasis, Alexander Island, from 2009 to 2012, under different temperature, irrigation and substrate (glucose, glycine and tryptone soy broth) treatments. Laboratory measurements of hyphal extension rates, conidial germination, numbers of conidia produced per colony of fungus and specific enzyme activities of three P. roseus isolates are also included. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01333 |
| Title | Quasi-weekly, year-round oceanographic and ice measurements at the coastal Western Antarctic Peninsula from 1997 to 2018 |
| Description | Year-round measurements of the water column in Ryder Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula have been collected by the Rothera Marine Assistant and associated researchers, starting in 1997 as part of the Rothera Oceanographic and Biological Time Series (RATS) to assess temporal variability in physical and biogeochemical oceanographic properties. The data were collected using instrumentation deployed from rigid inflatable boats, or through instrumentation deployed through holes cut in the sea ice when the bay is frozen over in winter. Data collected include profiles to about 500m depth with a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) system that produces measurements of temperature, salinity, fluorescence and photosynthetically-active radiation (PAR). Individual water samples are collected with a Niskin bottle from a standard 15m depth, with some samples also collected from the surface layer. These individual samples are analysed for size-fractionated chlorophyll, macronutrients (nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, orthophosphate and silicic acid), stable isotopes of oxygen in seawater, and some ancillary parameters. The bottle data have been quality controlled using international reference standards. Profiling and water sample collection occur with quasi-weekly frequency in summer and weekly in winter, but are weather and sea ice dependent. In addition, daily assessments of sea ice concentration and sea ice type are made from nearby Rothera Research Station by visual inspection, to aid interpretation of the ocean data collected. These data constitute one of the longest time series of ocean measurements in Antarctica, with near-unique systematic data collection in winter, within either polar circle. Data collection has been supported since 1997 by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through core funding supplied to the British Antarctic Survey. Since 2017, it has been supported by NERC award "National Capability - Polar Expertise Supporting UK Research" (NE/R016038/1). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01683 |
| Title | Relative abundances of DNA and RNA of a previously undescribed Helotiales species in soils from Signy Island and Leonie Island, along with edaphic factors |
| Description | The dataset consists of the relative abundances of the DNA and RNA of a fungus in soil samples from Signy and Leonie Islands, along with physico-chemical parameters (moisture concentration, pH value, total carbon and nitrogen concentrations, delta-carbon-13 content, carbon-14 enrichment, and mean carbon residence time). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01403 |
| Title | Sea-air methane fluxes measured using an eddy-covariance technique on RRS James Clark Ross from January 2019 to March 2021 |
| Description | This dataset contains sea-air methane flux data from January 2019 to March 2021 measured using a Picarro G2311-f greenhouse gas analyser onboard RRS James Clark Ross, in the Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. The fluxes are 2 hour averaged and have been filtered based on wind direction to data corresponding to wind coming from behind the ship to remove sources of pollution from the ship stack. Limit of detection for the flux data are calculated for each cruise by multiplying the standard deviation of the random noise by three. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and the ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership (grant no. NE/S007334/1). Royal Holloway, University of London was funded by NERC through grants NE/V000780/1 and NE/N016211/1. Anna E. Jones and Katrin Linse were part of the British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [NC-Science]. The measurements from the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross (JCR) were principally supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council's ORCHESTRA project (Grant No. NE/N018095/1). The Picarro analyser was funded by the European Space Agency funding (ESA AMT4OceanSatFlux project, Grant No. 4000125730/18/NL/FF/gp). This work further contributes to the NERC MOYA project (Grant No. NE/N015932/1). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01814 |
| Title | Seafloor bathymetry of Sheldon Cove, Börgen Bay and Marian Cove, merged and gridded from EM122 multibeam echosounder data collected for the project NE/P003087/1 (2017-2020) |
| Description | We present three new gridded bathymetric compilations of Sheldon Cove, Börgen Bay and Marian Cove. These bathymetry grids were compiled from EM122 multibeam swath bathymetry data acquired during three different cruises (RRS James Clark Ross JR17001, JR18003 and JR19002 cruises also known as NERC-ICEBERGS cruises) from 2017 to 2020. The data is available as grids of 5 m resolution in NetCDF and GeoTIFF formats using geographic coordinates on the WGS84 datum. This grid was compiled as part of the ICEBERGS (Impacts of deglaciation on bentic marine ecosystems in Antarctica) project. Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/P003087/1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01511 |
| Title | Taxonomic identification and molecular barcoding of sea cucumbers collected from Rothera Research Station, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, in 2012 and 2021 |
| Description | This dataset describes the taxonomic identification and molecular barcoding of the five species of sea cucumber (three common and two very rare species) identified from diver-collected samples in Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, in 2012 and 2021. Specimens of each species were registered and taxonomic identification performed at the Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia with additional molecular barcoding performed using the cytochrome c oxidase sub unit 1 (CO1) gene at the British Antarctic Survey. This study was funded by core funding to UKRI NERC-BAS. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01754 |
| Title | Terrestrial invertebrate water content from Signy Island from 1984 to 1996 |
| Description | This dataset comprises data on the water content of various terrestrial invertebrates on Signy Island, from 1984 to 1996. Species include native mites (Gamasellus racovitzai, Halozetes belgicae, Alaskozetes antarcticus, Stereotydeus villosus), springtails (Archisotoma brucei, Parisotoma (now Folsomotoma) octooculata, Cryptopygus antarcticus) and the non-native midge (Eretmoptera murphyi). Live samples were collected monthly at Bernsten Point, Elephant Flats, Gourlay Peninsula and Factory Bluff over both the summer and winter season. This data were collected as part of a long-term monitoring programme on terrestrial habitats in the maritime Antarctic. This dataset was supported with NERC core funding to BAS. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01742 |
| Title | The effectiveness of Virkon® S disinfectant against the invasive chironomid Eretmoptera murphyi and implications for Antarctic biosecurity practices. |
| Description | This study is an exploration of the efficacy of existing biosecurity protocols in Antarctica (virkon bootwashes) against an invasive invertebrate, Eretmoptera murphyi. This dataset includes all experimental treatment data on the response of E. murphyi to Virkon dilutions over varied durations, and alternative possible biosecurity treatments including tolerance to hotwater exposures and salt water: We investigated the efficacy of, Virkon® S in controlling the spread of E. murphyi using boot-wash simulations and maximum threshold exposures. We found E. murphyi tolerates over 8 h of submergence in 1% Virkon® S. Higher concentrations increased effectiveness, but larvae still exhibited > 50% survival after 5 h in 10% Virkon® S. Salt and hot water treatments (without Virkon ® S) were explored as possible alternatives. Salt water proved ineffective, with mortality only in first-instar larvae across multi-day exposures. Larvae experienced 100% mortality when exposed for 10 s to 50 °C water, but complete survival at 45 °C. Given current boot-wash protocols alone are an ineffective control of this invasive insect, we advocate hot water (>50 ºC) to remove soil, followed by Virkon® S as a microbial biocide on 'clean' boots. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/3686s39g9j/4 |
| Title | Upper Thermal Limits (UTL) experiments on the Antarctic spirorbid Romanchella perrieri |
| Description | UTLs were used to determine whether whole animal acclimation had occurred in R. perrieri on heated settlement panels in the Antarctic. The panels were placed at 15m depth at two sites (South Cove and North Cove) near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula (67.06861 S, 68.125 W). Heated and non-heated panels (one each of control, +1, +2) from the South Cove and North Cove sites colonised by R. perrieri were transferred to a 60 L jacketed tank with aerated sea water at the same temperature as the ambient sea water (0 degrees Celsius) and connected to a thermocirculator (Grant Instruments Ltd, Cambridge, UK). The temperature was raised at 1 degree Celsius h-1 with the temperature limit of each animal noted when they no longer responded to tactile stimuli.# Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/J007501/1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Wide diversity in the environmental stress response |
| Description | Three species of Antarctic marine invertebrate: Nacella concinna (limpet), Paraceradocus miersi (crustacean) and Sterechinus neumayeri (urchin) were subjected to three different rates of warming and a two month acclimation trial at 2 degrees Celsius. The rates of warming were 1 degree Celsius per hour, 1 degree Celsius per day and 1 degree Celsius per 3 days. Animals were evaluated to determine whether there was a universal stress response at the cellular level. Funding was provided from the BAS Core Funding, the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not applicable. |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01375 |
| Description | Cambridge University |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | THE BEA Team have strong collaborations with Cambridge University scientists in several departments including: Prof Jane Clarke (Department of Chemistry) on low temperature protein folding. Prof Alison Smith and Dr Matthew Davey (Plant Sciences) on low temperature plant and algal biodiversity including metabolic biodiversity. Dr Kathryn Lilley (Biochemistry) on proteomics of cellular components of Antarctic marine species Dr Elizabeth Harper (Earth Sciences) on several topics including molluscan and brachiopod shell structure and composition, global vriation in predation, and ocean acidification Prof Serena Best and Dr David Shepherd (Materials Science) analyses of marine invertebrate skeletons |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners have provided access to facilities, staff time and consumables to collaborastive projects. All partners have applied for and been successful in joint grant applications or PhD studentships in the last 3 years. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Chilean IDEAL Programme |
| Organisation | National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | FONDAP |
| Collaborator Contribution | joint projects run on antarctic and Chilean marine species to assess physiological tolerances and likelihood of non-native species invasion of Antarctic marine sites. |
| Impact | Seven snail species hidden in one: Biogeographic diversity in an apparently widespread periwinkle in the Southern Ocean CA González-Wevar, NI Segovia, S Rosenfeld, CS Maturana, V Jeldres, ... Journal of Biogeography Evolutionary constraints on physiology confound range shift predictions of two nacellid limpets SA Morley, JM Navarro, A Ortíz, C Détrée, L Gerrish, C González-Wevar, ... Science of The Total Environment 806, 150943 Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from the Western Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer M Bascur, SA Morley, MP Meredith, CP Muñoz-Ramírez, DKA Barnes, ... PeerJ 9, e12679 Contrasting biogeographical patterns in Margarella (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae: Margarellinae) across the Antarctic Polar Front CA González-Wevar, NI Segovia, S Rosenfeld, D Noll, CS Maturana, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 156, 107039 Evaluating the effects of ocean warming and freshening on the physiological energetics and transcriptomic response of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna JM Navarro, C Détrée, SA Morley, L Cárdenas, A Ortiz, L Vargas-Chacoff, ...Science of the Total Environment 748, 142448 Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal CP Muñoz-Ramírez, DKA Barnes, L Cárdenas, MP Meredith, SA Morley, ...Royal Society Open Science 7 (9), 200603 Dynamics of Marine Debris Ingestion by Profitable Fishes Along The Estuarine Ecocline. GVB Ferreira, M Barletta, ARA Lima, SA Morley, MF Costa. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-12 Cryptic speciation in Southern Ocean Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839): Mio-Pliocene trans-Drake Passage separation and diversification CA González-Wevar, K Gérard, S Rosenfeld, T Saucède, J Naretto, ... Progress in Oceanography 174, 44-54 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Chilean IDEAL Programme |
| Organisation | National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | FONDAP |
| Collaborator Contribution | joint projects run on antarctic and Chilean marine species to assess physiological tolerances and likelihood of non-native species invasion of Antarctic marine sites. |
| Impact | Seven snail species hidden in one: Biogeographic diversity in an apparently widespread periwinkle in the Southern Ocean CA González-Wevar, NI Segovia, S Rosenfeld, CS Maturana, V Jeldres, ... Journal of Biogeography Evolutionary constraints on physiology confound range shift predictions of two nacellid limpets SA Morley, JM Navarro, A Ortíz, C Détrée, L Gerrish, C González-Wevar, ... Science of The Total Environment 806, 150943 Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from the Western Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer M Bascur, SA Morley, MP Meredith, CP Muñoz-Ramírez, DKA Barnes, ... PeerJ 9, e12679 Contrasting biogeographical patterns in Margarella (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae: Margarellinae) across the Antarctic Polar Front CA González-Wevar, NI Segovia, S Rosenfeld, D Noll, CS Maturana, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 156, 107039 Evaluating the effects of ocean warming and freshening on the physiological energetics and transcriptomic response of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna JM Navarro, C Détrée, SA Morley, L Cárdenas, A Ortiz, L Vargas-Chacoff, ...Science of the Total Environment 748, 142448 Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal CP Muñoz-Ramírez, DKA Barnes, L Cárdenas, MP Meredith, SA Morley, ...Royal Society Open Science 7 (9), 200603 Dynamics of Marine Debris Ingestion by Profitable Fishes Along The Estuarine Ecocline. GVB Ferreira, M Barletta, ARA Lima, SA Morley, MF Costa. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-12 Cryptic speciation in Southern Ocean Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839): Mio-Pliocene trans-Drake Passage separation and diversification CA González-Wevar, K Gérard, S Rosenfeld, T Saucède, J Naretto, ... Progress in Oceanography 174, 44-54 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboraration with Malaysian Antarctic Programme |
| Organisation | University of Malaya |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Several small research projects and studentships have and are being conducted with the Univesiti Malaya, predominantly run through Prof P. Convey at BAS. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of research projects, identifying science topics, assistance with collection of material, supervision of students, analysis of data and writing of manuscripts. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with Southampton University |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | BEA staff supervise PhD students and run joint science projects with the Univeristy of southampton primarily via their DTP |
| Collaborator Contribution | Student supervision, access to facilities, input to research them development, data analysis and manuscript preparation. |
| Impact | Completed doctoral theses, scientific papers |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Heated Panel Deployment in Otago, New Zealand |
| Organisation | University of Otago |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We designed and constructed the heated panels and devised (jointly) the experimental design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They deployed the panels in New Zealand and collected relevant data. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Heated Panel deployment in Newcastle |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | There is a joint PhD student (Ainsley Hatt) between Newcastle University (Prof Tony Clare) led by BAS that is researching biofilm development on surfaces in marine environments. This project is deploying heated panels in the university marine laboratory. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to flumes and laboratory systems for evaluating mbiofilm and microbial build up and attachment strenth. Access to field sites for panel deployment |
| Impact | Three conference contributions, one oral, two poster. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Heated Panel deployment in Newcastle |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | There is a joint PhD student (Ainsley Hatt) between Newcastle University (Prof Tony Clare) led by BAS that is researching biofilm development on surfaces in marine environments. This project is deploying heated panels in the university marine laboratory. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to flumes and laboratory systems for evaluating mbiofilm and microbial build up and attachment strenth. Access to field sites for panel deployment |
| Impact | Three conference contributions, one oral, two poster. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Heated panel deployment in New Zealand and McMurdo sound, Antarctica |
| Organisation | University of Otago |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I designed, developed and provided funding for the construction of the panels to be used in this collaboration and also, with help from my team in BAS developed the methodology used in their deployment |
| Collaborator Contribution | The New Zealand partner (Prof Miles LaMare) will use local manpoower and resources to deploy a set of heated panels that we have supplied for 18 months to 2 years in New Zealand. Secondly he will use his own grant resources to transport a fulll set of heated panels to antarctica and deploy them at the New Zealand Scott base for 1-2 years, to monitor ocmmuntiy growth on panels and then to retrieve them and return them to NZ. He will further provide a PhD student to analyse the results obtained in the deployments. |
| Impact | non so far - the collaboration is in its early stages |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Heated panel deployment in Tromso |
| Organisation | University of Tromso |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | My team has constructed panels and controllers and supplied them plus given training to Tromso researchers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are in the process of deploying panels near their research sites in northern Norway. they will monitor and assess community development. Results will be analysed and published jointly |
| Impact | none to date |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Heated panel deployment in UK freshwaters |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Zoology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Supplied panels and expertise collaborating with data analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford University partners are deploying panels in sites they have previous expertise in and are analysing biofilms that build up on them. |
| Impact | Outputs being developed |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Low temperature cell biology |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We devised the low temperature biology elements of the project, provided material and carried out cell cultures |
| Collaborator Contribution | contributed PhD student, and 2 x masters students to develop low temperature microscopy system. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Populatoin genetics of Antarctic marine species |
| Organisation | Bielefeld University |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We assisted with project ideas development, grant writing and then in sample collecting and transfer to Univ Bielefeld |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof Hoffman and his team helped to develop the project ideas and then led the successful grant application to the DGF. they are now carrying out population genetic analyses on samples collected to obtain landscape genetic analyses over scales of 1 m to 1000 km for Antarctic marine invertebrates |
| Impact | 8 Papers in the papers list in volving Prof J Hoffman from Bielfeld University |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Portsmouth University |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Teaching and research collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Members of BEA staff assist with provision and use of facilities, expertise and advice, and tachning/mentoring of students |
| Impact | 2 x Masters theses |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Veterinary college |
| Organisation | Royal Veterinary College (RVC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to expertise and facilities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to expertise and facilities |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | University of Canterbury |
| Organisation | University of Canterbury |
| Department | Gateway Antarctica |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Terching Fellowship at University of Canterbury plus joint grant written to monitore Ross Sea MPA |
| Collaborator Contribution | Teaching, input to writing grant |
| Impact | Grant application written to NZ government |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Antarctic Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 250 academics from across the world attended Several contacts were made asking for research collaborations. Three have led to concrete interactions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Briefing Politicians in New Zealand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Briefing New Zealand MP's, Ambassadors from other countries and the Mayor of Christchurch on climate change, Antarctica and impacts on animals living there. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Antarctica New Zealand Season Opening festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Departmental Seminar (Newcastle university |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar for Newcastle University Department of Biological Sciences. Audience included undergraduate and post-graduate students, academics and administrators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Immelman Lecture at University of bielefeld |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gave the invited annual Immelman Lectur at Bielefeld University. This is an annual Univeristy scale presentation given by invited global leaders in the given field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation presentation to Cambridge university |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 60 Cambridge university academics attended. The aim was to stimulate thinking about collaborations around the BAs/UCam innovation centre. 12 applications for pilot funded projects from the U Cam call in 2013 were made following this presentation. 6 were successful and are now running |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Invited Presentation at Alfred-Wegener-Institute confernece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk changed the view of adaptation to cold marine environments After my talk more than 15 attendees asked to be sent copies of the paper the talk was based on when it comes out. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited specialist conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 35 leading international academics attended Much progress in thinking in field |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Keynote presentation at Portsmouth University Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation at Portsmouth Universities Science Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Keynote presentation to Env East and Cambridge DTPs spring meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynot presentation at DTP spring meeting of 2 NERC funded DTPs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Keynote talk at Italian Society for experimental Biology, Padua |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk at major international conference on adaptations of antarctic marine species and their resilience to climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lectures to Cambridge Univeristy final year undergraduates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Heated panel technology and outcomes taught as part of Applied Ecology course for final year undergraduates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | Malac Soc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 120 international academics attended Much following interest and debate. Two requests for collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Media interest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press releases by BAS and also by the publishers (Cell Press) of the main paper were taken up by over 100 media outlets. There were subsequently several radio interviews on this work in media outlets across the globe including USA, UK, Australia and Germany. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Naked scientist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel memeber of the Naked scientist programme for rdio - reached audiences of tens of thousands Further requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | PlymSEF Silve medal presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation and award presentation to a wide ranging audience with interest in marine science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | PlymSEF Silve medal presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talked engendered great interest from undergraduate students through to senior academics, changing understanding in this area of science. Requests to continue discussing the work in ths presentation went on until after 11 pm in the evening. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation to Royal Society for Biology Annual meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given to the Royal Society for Biology annual meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public keynote talk at the openeing of the Antarctic Season in Christchurch, NZ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | openinig keynote presentation in the opening of the Antarctic Season event in Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Radio 4 the life scientific |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | the PI (LSP) weas subject of the radio 4 "Life Scientific" programme broadcast on Radio 4 and the World Service Several groups (schools, WI groups and Camera Clubs) have asked for further information or visits |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | SCAR EBA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 50-60 invited attendees of international specialists meeting further requests for information. Two collaborations progressed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | SCAR Horizon Scan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 80 leading international academics came together to identify the large questions on the horizon for antarctic research. To inform the academic community, stakeholder and policy maker decisions. 1 paper in Nature, a second in Antarctic science. Follow up meetings in at least 6 countries to identify how to use the information produced in national programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Talk to Galapagos Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 50 invited stakeholders and supporters of the Galapagos trust attended. My presentation was on similarities between the problems caused by climate change in Antarctica and the Galapagos. Penguin examples were amongst severl others. The audience spent over 30 mins in the question session after the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Talk to Oxford Science Union |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 75 academics attended the presentation n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | XIII SCAR Antarctic Biology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 6 members of BEA presented at this global conference, one gave a keynote. There was TV media interest as well as a wide ranging group of others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | uk horizon Scan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 20-30 academics and managers attended meeting and discussion groups Information provided for future decisions on priorities for funding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |