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Science Summaries 2016-17 BAS Science Summaries Rothera, Islands and RRS James Clark Ross 2016-2017 season Contents Introduction 3 Detailed contents – Field-based projects 4 Detailed contents – Rothera Research Station 5 Detailed contents – Islands 6 Detailed contents – RRS James Clark Ross 7 Map of field-based project locations 8 Science summaries 9 Appendix – Non-BAS personnel and their associated institutes 70 Feedback and further information 74 BAS offices and research stations 75 i For more information, please visit: www.bas.ac.uk 2 BAS Science Summaries 2016-2017 Introduction This booklet contains project summaries of all field and station-based science taking place during the 2016-2017 Antarctic summer season from Rothera, Bird Island, King Edward Point and Signy Research Stations, and RRS James Clark Ross. It is intended as a brief overview of the science, for detailed information about individual projects please contact the Project Investigators (PIs) listed. Please note that only the PIs and field personnel have been listed and full lists of project collaborators are not included in this summary. PIs appear in capital letters, and in brackets if not present on site, and Field Assistants are indicated with an asterisk. A list of non-BAS personnel and their affiliated organisations is shown in the Appendix. Thanks to all the authors for their contributions and to Laura Gerrish for the field sites map. This booklet was compiled by: Elaine Fitzcharles Senior Laboratory Manager Rosey Grant Rothera Physical Sciences Co-ordinator Ali Massey Bonner Laboratory Manager November 2016 i For more information, please visit: www.bas.ac.uk 3 Detailed contents Field-based projects Sledge Project title Personnel Page Location PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant Alpha Automatic weather station network servicing (STEVEN COLWELL), Rosey Grant, John 9 Antarctic Peninsula Law, Mairi Simms Bravo Long-term micro-environmental monitoring for (PETE CONVEY, KEVIN NEWSHAM, 10 terrestrial biology LLOYD PECK), Ali Massey Antarctic Peninsula Charlie The contribution to sea-level rise of the Amundsen (MIKE BENTLEY, PETER CLARKE, MATT 11 Sea sector of Antarctica (iSTAR D) KING), Octavian Carp Union Glacier Delta Reconstructing millennial-scale ice sheet change in JOANNE JOHNSON, *Ali Rose 12 the western Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica, using high-precision exposure dating (ANiSEED) Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land Echo Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream: Bed access, (ANDY SMITH), Alex Brisbourne, *Nick 13 monitoring and ice sheet history (BEAMISH) Gillet Rutford Ice Stream Foxtrot Observing the turbulent oceanic boundary layer (KEITH NICHOLLS), Octavian Carp, Ben 14 beneath ice shelves (SIBLEX) Keitch Larsen C Ice Shelf, George VI Sound India Ice dynamical changes over the southern Antarctic (HILMAR GUDMUNDSSON), HUGH 15 Peninsula CORR Southern Antarctic Peninsula Juilet Earth’s response to ice unloading: a unique GPS (MATT KING, ANYA READING, 16 measurement from Antarctica PAUL TREGONING, SIMON Northern Antarctic Peninsula, near former Larsen B Ice MCCLUSKY, EUGENE DOMACK, ERIN Shelf region PETTIT) MICHAEL BENTLEY, PIPPA WHITEHOUSE, Chris Darvill, *[Field Assistant] Kilo Larsen B Ice Shelf and glacier flow: instrument (HILMAR GUDMUNDSSON), Octoavian 17 servicing Carp Larsen B Ice Shelf, Flask Glacier and Scar Inlet Lima Low power magnetometer servicing (MIKE ROSE), Octavian Carp, Gabor 18 Polar Plateau Gereb Mike Seismic investigation of Subglacial Lake CECs (SLC) (ANDY SMITH), Alex Brisbourne, *Nick 19 Subglacial Lake CECS Gillet November Reducing the uncertainty in estimates of the sea- (MIKE BENTLEY, PETER CLARKE, KIRILL 20 level contribution from the westernmost sector of PALAMARTCHOUK), Gabor Gereb the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum Halley and Coats Land Quebec Larsen C Ice Shelf bathymetry survey (PAUL HOLLAND, ALEX BRISBOURNE), 21 Larsen C Ice Shelf Tom Hudson, *Bradley Morrell Romeo Ultrasonic Planetary Core Drill PATRICK HARKNESS, Ryan Timoney, Tatu 22 Coal Nunatak Tolonen, Kevin Worrell, *[Field Assistant] i For more information, please visit: www.bas.ac.uk 4 Detailed contents continued Sledge Project title Personnel Page Location PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant X-Ray University of Utrecht IMAU AWS in the Antarctic (MICHIEL VAN DEN BROEKE, CARLEEN 23 Peninsula TIJM REIJMER, WIM BOOT), Rosey Grant, Larsen B and Larsen C Ice Shelves John Law, Mairi Simms Zulu Lithospheric structure of West Antarctica to (GRAHAM STUART, ALEX 24 control Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) models BRISBOURNE), John Paul O’Donnell, (UKANET) Charlie Dunham, Octavian Carp, Ben Southern Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land Keitch, *Alistair Doherty (FISS) Ice shelves in a warming world: Filchner Ice Shelf HUGH CORR, (HILMAR 25 System, Antarctica, Filchner Ice Shelf GUDMUNDSSON), (ANGELIKA Tango FISS 1 Oceanographic observations through hot- HUMBERT), KEITH NICHOLLS, SVEIN 27 water drilled access holes ØSTERHUS, DANIEL STEINHAGE, Paul Victor FISS 2 Bathymetry beneath Filchner Ice Shelf Anker, Jörg Brozek, Peter Davis, Tore 28 Sierra FISS 3 Servicing of established ApRES sites Hattermann, Coen Hofstede, Johannes 29 Uniform FISS 4 Ground radar measurements (pRES and Lohse, Captain Ian Potten, Lewin Probst, 30 snow accumulation) Carl Robinson, *Daze Routledge, *Catrin Papa FISS 5 Static GPS on Recovery Ice Stream Thomas, *Scott Webster 31 Hotel FISS 6 GPS measurements of tidal forcing 32 Whiskey FISS 7 Airborne survey 33 RAID Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice ROBERT MULVANEY, Julius Rix 34 Dome C, East Antarctic Plateau UAV Long-range fixed-wing UAV flight testing and (CARL ROBINSON, MIKE ROSE), Scott 35 integration into BAS Antarctic airspace Polfrey, William Clark, [UAVE Personnel] Rothera Research Station Project title Personnel Page PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant Impacts of marine vertebrates on Antarctic terrestrial foodwebs STEF BOKHORST, Emily Davey 36 and nutrient cycling in an era of climate Using underwater gliders to understand the turbulent waters of the ALEX BREARLEY, HUGH VENABLES 37 West Antarctic Peninsula Monitoring of skua population on Rothera Point (KEVIN HUGHES), RICHARD PHILLIPS, 38 Ali Massey* Phytoplankton primary production in the West Antarctic Peninsula GEMMA KULK, (ANITA BUMA), Gerrit 39 (WAP-FRRf) van der Goot, Emily Davey The role of Antarctic snowpack in the global carbon cycle AGA NOWAK, Andy Hodson, Pete 40 Convey Investigation of biodiversity, structure and physiology of Antarctic (LLOYD PECK), Ben Robinson 41 benthos down to 100m depth 1. Tracking and census of skuas at Rothera RICHARD PHILLIPS, *Ali Massey 42 2. Studies of snow petrels and Antarctic shags i For more information, please visit: www.bas.ac.uk 5 Detailed contents continued Project title Personnel Page PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant Physiological responses of Antarctic amphipods to hypoxia – does JOHN SPICER, Simon Morley 43 increased temperature limit oxygen delivery? DMS dynamics at the Antarctic Peninsula JACQUELINE STEFELS, MARIA VAN 44 LEEUWE, Alison Webb, Emily Davey Analysis of the effects of global warming on the diversity and (GEOK YUAN ANNIE TAN), Shoba 45 survival of micro-organisms in the Antarctic (using metagenomic Thomas, Pete Convey, Stef Bokhorst and metatranscriptomic approaches) Quantification and modelling of fluxes of persistent organic (NICO VAN DEN BRINK), Artem 46 pollutants (POPs) to Antarctic marine benthic organisms Krasnobaev, David Amptmeijer, Emily (FluxPOPs). Davey Long-term micro-environmental monitoring for terrestrial biology HUGH VENABLES, Sarah Reed, Zoe 47 Waring Islands Project title Personnel Page PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant Bird Island Nutritional stress in Antarctic fur seals (JAUME FORCADA), Emily Humble 48 Late Quaternary changes in the westerly winds over the Southern ANGELA GALLEGO-SALA, (DOMINIC 49 Ocean; the record in sub-Antarctic coastal peat lands HODGSON), Alex Whittle Long-term science at Bird Island (RICHARD PHILLIPS), Andy Wood, Lucy 50 Quinn, James Robbins, Tim Morley, Tegan Newman, John Dickens, Carrie Gunn King Edward Point South Georgia and Shag Rocks groundfish survey (MARK BELCHIER, SUE GREGORY), Vicki 51 Foster, Keiran Love Long-term monitoring of higher predator populations at Maiviken, (MARK BELCHIER, SUE GREGORY), Vicki 52 South Georgia Foster, Keiran Love CASS-129 (ANDREW BRIERLEY), Stephen Votier, 53 Norman Ratcliff, Richard Sherley, Camille Le Guen Signy Diversity and biogeography of soil bacteria degrading phenol SITI AQLIMA AHMAD 54 Stress physiology and ecological impacts of Eretmoptera murphyi (SCOTT HAYWARD), Jesamine Bartlett 55 Long-term science at Signy: seabirds and seals (RICHARD PHILLIPS), Mike Dunn, Stacey 56 Adlard Signy meiofaunal diversity and function in terrestrial and freshwater MEGUMU TSUJIMOTO 57 ecosystems i For more information, please visit: www.bas.ac.uk 6 Detailed contents continued RRS James Clark Ross Project title Personnel Page PI in capitals and brackets if not present, * Field Assistant Plastics in Antarctic Environment (PLANET) – International (ILARIA CORSI), Elisa Bergami, Simone 58 scientific project aims to assess both the presence and impact of Cappello, Claire Waluda micro and nanoplastics to Antarctic marine biota JR16003 – Western core box cruise (SOPHIE FIELDING), Geraint Tarling, 59 Clara Manno, Gabi Stowasser JR16003 – Abundance and distribution of mesopelagic fish in the (SOPHIE FIELDING), Ryan Saunders, 60 Polar
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