UAVs for science in Antarctica

P Pina, G Vieira - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing is a very powerful tool that has been used to identify, map and monitor
Antarctic features and processes for nearly one century. Satellite remote sensing plays the …

Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill

MS Savoca, M Kumar, Z Sylvester… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean ecosystem has undergone extensive changes in the past two
centuries driven by industrial sealing and whaling, climate change and commercial fishing …

Using seabird and whale distribution models to estimate spatial consumption of krill to inform fishery management

V Warwick‐Evans, N Kelly, L Dalla Rosa… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem dynamics at the northwest Antarctic Peninsula are driven by interactions
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …

Insights from the first global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica

M LaRue, L Salas, N Nur, D Ainley, S Stammerjohn… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Weddell seal is one of the best-studied marine mammals in the world, owing to a
multidecadal demographic effort in the southernmost part of its range. Despite their …

The ecosystem approach to management of the Antarctic krill fishery-the 'devils are in the detail'at small spatial and temporal scales

PN Trathan, V Warwick-Evans, EF Young… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fishery demand for Antarctic krill is increasing, and projected to continue increasing into the
future. Krill has the potential to contribute approximately 10% to all future marine landings …

[HTML][HTML] What is needed to implement a sustainable expansion of the Antarctic krill fishery in the Southern Ocean?

PN Trathan - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Policy differences amongst CCAMLR Members are increasingly affecting decision-making
with regards to management of Southern Ocean fisheries. Major differences reflect differing …

Population abundance of recovering humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic

M Baines, N Kelly, M Reichelt, C Lacey… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Following the cessation of whaling, South Atlantic populations of humpback Megaptera
novaeangliae and some other baleen whale species are recovering, but there has been …

Quantifying Antarctic krill connectivity across the West Antarctic Peninsula and its role in large-scale Pygoscelis penguin population dynamics

KL Gallagher, MS Dinniman, HJ Lynch - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are considered a keystone species for higher trophic
level predators along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) during the austral summer. The …

High-spatial resolution UAV multispectral data complementing satellite imagery to characterize a chinstrap penguin colony ecosystem on deception island (Antarctica)

A Román, G Navarro, I Caballero… - GIScience & Remote …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing has evolved as an alternative to traditional techniques in the spatio-
temporal monitoring of the Antarctic ecosystem, especially with the rapid expansion of the …

Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

A Tovar-Sánchez, A Román, D Roque-Atienza… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global
ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and …