[HTML][HTML] Revisiting circulation and water masses over the East Antarctic margin (80–150° E)

K Yamazaki, K Katsumata, D Hirano, D Nomura… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Full-depth hydrographic sections of the BROKE experiment in 1996 (across the Antarctic
margin from 80 to 150° E; Bindoff et al., 2000) were revisited for the first time during the …

Submesoscale ocean fronts act as biological hotspot for southern elephant seal

L Siegelman, M O'toole, M Flexas, P Rivière, P Klein - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The area west of the Kerguelen Islands (20–70° E/45–60° S) is characterized by a weak
mesoscale activity except for a standing meander region of the Antarctic Circumpolar …

New insights into prime Southern Ocean forage grounds for thriving Western Australian humpback whales

S Bestley, V Andrews-Goff, E van Wijk, SR Rintoul… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Humpback whale populations migrate extensively between winter breeding grounds and
summer feeding grounds, however known links to remote Antarctic feeding grounds remain …

Sustained upwelling of subsurface iron supplies seasonally persistent phytoplankton blooms around the southern Kerguelen plateau, Southern Ocean

C Schallenberg, S Bestley, A Klocker… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although the supply of iron generally limits phytoplankton productivity in the Southern
Ocean, substantial seasonal blooms are observed over and downstream of the Kerguelen …

Alternative energy pathways in Southern Ocean food webs: Insights from a balanced model of Prydz Bay, Antarctica

SA McCormack, J Melbourne-Thomas… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a shift away from the long-standing paradigm in which a
short, krill-dominated food chain was considered to be the central element in Southern …

Drivers of phytoplankton distribution, abundance and community composition off East Antarctica, from 55-80° E (CCAMLR Division 58.4. 2 East)

AC Heidemann, KJ Westwood, A Foppert… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Southern Ocean phytoplankton form the base of the Antarctic food web, influencing higher
trophic levels through biomass and community structure. We examined phytoplankton …

Observed water-mass characteristics and circulation off Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

A Foppert, S Bestley, EH Shadwick… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Circulation and water masses in the greater Prydz Bay region were surveyed in the austral
summer 2021 (January-March) during the 'Trends in Euphausiids off Mawson, Predators …

Modelled mid‐trophic pelagic prey fields improve understanding of marine predator foraging behaviour

DB Green, S Bestley, R Trebilco, SP Corney… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biophysical interactions are influential in determining the scale of key ecological processes
within marine ecosystems. For oceanic predators, this means foraging behaviour is …

Biogeography of Southern Ocean prokaryotes: a comparison of the Indian and Pacific sectors

SLS Sow, MV Brown, LJ Clarke… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary We investigated the Southern Ocean (SO) prokaryote community structure via
zero‐radius operational taxonomic unit (zOTU) libraries generated from 16S rRNA gene …

Stomach content analysis of mesopelagic fish from the southern Kerguelen Axis

J Riaz, A Walters, R Trebilco, S Bestley… - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mesopelagic fish represent an important trophic link between zooplankton and higher order
predators in Southern Ocean food webs. Information on their feeding habits is still sparse …