2012 LTER ASM - PAL

Spatial and inter-annual variability of net community productivity in the western Antarctica Peninsula region

khuang — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:16:18 +0000

Poster Number:

399

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kuan Huang

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Michael Bender

Student Poster:

Yes

Information Management at PAL LTER

jconners — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:21:37 +0000

Poster Number:

381

Presenter/Primary Author:

James Conners

Co-Authors:

Jesse Gordon

A variety of developments are occurring within the information management group at PAL LTER focused on improving local and network-wide access to site data and improving

Adélie Penguin Colony Size and Local Population Extinction: A Predation-Induced Tipping Point

wfraser — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:45:54 +0000

Poster Number:

328

Presenter/Primary Author:

William Fraser

Co-Authors:

Donna Patterson-Fraser

Adélie penguin research in the Palmer LTER (PALTER) region has historically focused on five island rookeries that at the inception of investigations in 1974 held 15,202 breeding pairs. During

Characteristics of eddies shed from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

ncouto — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:21:11 +0000

Poster Number:

299

Presenter/Primary Author:

Nicole Couto

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Doug Martinson

Winter temperatures in the western Antarctic peninsula (WAP) region are the fastest-warming temperatures on Earth, however understanding the heat sources driving the rise in temperatures remains an

Student Poster:

Yes

Long-term Changes in Zooplankton Community Structure along the West Antarctic Peninsula

dsteinberg — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:41:26 +0000

Poster Number:

298

Presenter/Primary Author:

Deborah Steinberg

Co-Authors:

Kate E. Ruck

Co-Authors:

Lori M. Price

Co-Authors:

Miram R. Gleiber

Co-Authors:

Joseph S. Cope

Co-Authors:

Kim S. Bernard

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, and where a high apex predator biomass is supported in large part by macrozooplankton.

Seasonal changes in open water area in the vicinity of penguin colonies near Palmer Station, northwestern Antarctic Peninsula

sstammerjohn — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:59:32 +0000

Poster Number:

266

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sharon Stammerjohn

Co-Authors:

Bill Fraser

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Doug Martinson

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

The sea ice season in the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region shows some of the fastest rates of change observed globally since 1979. The Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (PAL LTER)

Large scale forcing through the Antarctic food web: Physical drivers of the interannual variability at Palmer Station, Antarctica

gsaba — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:01:55 +0000

Poster Number:

251

Presenter/Primary Author:

Grace Saba

Co-Authors:

Vincent Saba

Co-Authors:

William Fraser

Co-Authors:

Sharon Stammerjohn

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

Co-Authors:

Douglas Martinson

Co-Authors:

Deborah Steinberg

Co-Authors:

Oscar Schofield

Plankton dynamics in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) are characterized by high interannual variability.

Climate induced shifts in the phytoplankton community biomass and community structure along the West Antarctic Peninsula

oschofield — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:34:00 +0000

Poster Number:

186

Presenter/Primary Author:

Oscar Schofield

Co-Authors:

Martin Montes Hugo

Co-Authors:

Alex Kahl

Co-Authors:

Grace Saba

Co-Authors:

Zoe Finkel

Co-Authors:

Andrew irwin

Co-Authors:

Mark Moline

Co-Authors:

Maria Vernet

Co-Authors:

Barbara Prezelin

Co-Authors:

Hugh Ducklow

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is experiencing some of the most rapid climate change on Earth as evidenced by the fastest winter warming on the planet, dramatic declines in sea ice, and documen

Dissolved organic matter and sea ice dynamics may explain changes in microbial community structure along the western Antarctic Peninsula

cluria — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:14:02 +0000

Poster Number:

150

Presenter/Primary Author:

Catherine M. Luria

Co-Authors:

Linda A. Amaral-Zettler

Co-Authors:

Hugh W. Ducklow

Co-Authors:

Daniel J. Repeta

Co-Authors:

Jeremy J. Rich

The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) experiences extreme seasonal changes in sea-ice and light, with intense phytoplankton blooms in spring and summer.

Student Poster:

Yes

Trophic interactions and variation in reproductive performance within a community of Antarctic penguins (genus Pygoscelis)

kgorman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:47:01 +0000

Poster Number:

147

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kristen Gorman

Co-Authors:

Kate E. Ruck, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Virginia, USA

Co-Authors:

Tony D. Williams, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada

Co-Authors:

William R. Fraser, Polar Oceans Research Group, Montana, USA

The southwestern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, including the Bellingshausen Sea west of the Antarctica Peninsula (AP), is now strongly influenced by ocean-climate warming.

Student Poster:

Yes