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Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (2023)
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Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C., & Parsons, D. R. (2023). Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z

Rivers are the major conveyor of plastics to the marine environment, but the mechanisms that impact microplastic (

A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia (2022)
Journal Article
Buckingham, J. W., Manno, C., Waluda, C. M., & Waller, C. L. (2022). A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia. Environmental pollution, 306, Article 119379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119379

The polar plastics research community have recommended the spatial coverage of microplastic investigations in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean be increased. Presented here is a baseline estimate of microplastics in the nearshore waters of South Geor... Read More about A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia.

Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology (2020)
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Mendrik, F., Henry, T., Burdett, H., Hackney, C., Waller, C., Parsons, D., & Hennige, S. (2021). Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology. Environmental pollution, 269, Article 116238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116238

There is evidence that microplastic (MP) pollution can negatively influence coral health; however, mechanisms are unknown and most studies have used MP exposure concentrations that are considerably higher than current environmental conditions. Furthe... Read More about Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology.

Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island (2020)
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Avila, C., Angulo-Preckler, C., Martín-Martín, R. P., Figuerola, B., Griffiths, H. J., & Waller, C. L. (2020). Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island. Scientific reports, 10(1), Article 1639. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58561-y

© 2020, The Author(s). Antarctic shallow coastal marine communities were long thought to be isolated from their nearest neighbours by hundreds of kilometres of deep ocean and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The discovery of non–native kelp washed... Read More about Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island.

Handheld portable FTIR spectroscopy for the triage of micro and meso sized plastics in the marine environment incorporating an accelerated weathering study and an aging estimation (2019)
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McCumskay, R., Tang, P. L., Mckumskay, R., Rogerson, M., Waller, C., & Forster, R. (2019). Handheld portable FTIR spectroscopy for the triage of micro and meso sized plastics in the marine environment incorporating an accelerated weathering study and an aging estimation. Spectroscopy, 34(2), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111364

Debris in the marine environment can be either natural, such as floating vegetation or volcanic ash deposits, or man-made. The man-made human sources cover the whole gamut of material types, from sewage, glass, mineral, fabric and, of increasing conc... Read More about Handheld portable FTIR spectroscopy for the triage of micro and meso sized plastics in the marine environment incorporating an accelerated weathering study and an aging estimation.

First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone (2016)
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Waller, C. L., Overall, A., Fitzcharles, E. M., & Griffiths, H. (2017). First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone. Polar Biology, 40(1), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1941-y

Many Antarctic marine invertebrates are considered to be highly stenothermal, subjected to loss of functionality at increased temperatures and so at high risk of mortality in a rapidly warming environment. The bivalve Laternula elliptica is often use... Read More about First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone.

The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities (2016)
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Griffiths, H. J., & Waller, C. L. (2016). The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities. Journal of Biogeography, 43(6), 1143-1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12708

Aim To describe the distribution of biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of intertidal organisms in southern temperate and polar waters. We hypothesized that there would be differences in community structure between the Antarctic, which is most... Read More about The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities.

Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community (2012)
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Waller, C. L. (2013). Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community. Antarctic science / Blackwell Scientific Publications, 25(1), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000867

Despite the general view that the Antarctic intertidal conditions are too extreme to support obvious signs of macrofaunal life, recent studies have shown that intertidal communities can survive over annual cycles. The current study investigates distr... Read More about Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community.

Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia (2010)
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Convey, P., Key, R. S., Key, R. J. D., Belchier, M., & Waller, C. L. (2011). Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 34(4), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0909-6

The human-assisted establishment of two non-native predatory carabid beetles (Merizodus soledadinus (Guerin-M,n,ville), Trechisibus antarcticus (Dejean)) on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia occurred 30-50 years ago, but the distribution of t... Read More about Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia.

Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean (2008)
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Waller, C. L. (2008). Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 31(7), 809-816. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0419-y

Despite being one of the most intensely studied habitat types worldwide, the intertidal region around Antarctica has received little more than superficial study. Despite this, the first detailed study of a single locality on the Antarctic Peninsula r... Read More about Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean.

Low heat shock thresholds in wild Antarctic inter-tidal limpets (Nacella concinna) (2008)
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Clark, M. S., Geissler, P., Waller, C., Fraser, K. P. P., Barnes, D. K. A., & Peck, L. S. (2008). Low heat shock thresholds in wild Antarctic inter-tidal limpets (Nacella concinna). Cell Stress and Chaperones, 13(1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-008-0015-7

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of genes classically used to measure levels of organism stress. We have previously identified two HSP70 genes (HSP70A and HSP70B) in sub-tidal populations of the Antarctic limpet (Nacella concinna). These genes... Read More about Low heat shock thresholds in wild Antarctic inter-tidal limpets (Nacella concinna).

Ecological contrasts across an Antarctic land-sea interface (2006)
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Waller, C. L., Barnes, D. K. A., & Convey, P. (2006). Ecological contrasts across an Antarctic land-sea interface. Austral Ecology, 31(5), 656-666. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01618.x

We report the composition of terrestrial, intertidal and shallow sublittoral faunal communities at sites around Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula. We examined primary hypotheses that the marine environment will have consi... Read More about Ecological contrasts across an Antarctic land-sea interface.

Ecophysiological strategies of Antarctic intertidal invertebrates faced with freezing stress (2006)
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Barnes, D. K. A., Convey, P., Worland, M. R., & Waller, C. L. (2006). Ecophysiological strategies of Antarctic intertidal invertebrates faced with freezing stress. Polar Biology, 29(12), 1077-1083. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0152-3

Recent studies have revealed a previously unanticipated level of biodiversity present in the Antarctic littoral. Here, we report research on the ecophysiological strategies adopted by intertidal species that permit them to survive in this environment... Read More about Ecophysiological strategies of Antarctic intertidal invertebrates faced with freezing stress.

Shallow benthic fauna communities of South Georgia Island (2005)
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Barnes, D. K. A., Linse, K., Waller, C., Morely, S., Enderlein, P., Fraser, K. P. P., & Brown, M. (2006). Shallow benthic fauna communities of South Georgia Island. Polar Biology, 29(3), 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0042-0

Benthic communities in several fjords and sheltered bays of the north coast of South Georgia Island were examined using SCUBA and shore sampling in November 2004. It is one of the most northerly islands within the Polar Front and its well studied, te... Read More about Shallow benthic fauna communities of South Georgia Island.