Banding of the Black-browed Albatross at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

1954 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island

Accumulation of Fishing Debris, Plastic Litter, and Other Artefacts, on Heard and Macquarie Islands in the Southern Ocean

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Slip ◽  
Harry R. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Marine Debris ◽  
Minimum Rate ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Fur Seals ◽  
Heard Island

Sections of coastline of Heard and Macquarie Islands were surveyed for marine debris in the summer of 1987–88 and 1989, respectively. These surveys were carried out at the same sites as previous surveys in 1986–87 at Heard Island, and in 1988 at Macquarie Island. The minimum rate of artefact accumulation was 13 objects per km of shoreline per year for Heard Island, and 90 objects per km of shoreline per year for Macquarie Island. Drift-cards, released from known locations and collected on the two islands, show a similar artefact catchment area.Plastic litter was a major component of the debris at both islands. Fisheries-related debris accounted for 40% of all artefacts on Heard Island, compared with 29% on Macquarie Island. Entanglement of Fur Seals appears to be more common at Heard Island, while plastic ingestion by seabirds appears to be more common at Macquarie Island.

Branding Elephant Seals for life-history studies

Polar Record ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 13 (85) ◽  
pp. 447-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Ingham
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Study ◽  
Individual Recognition ◽  
Elephant Seal ◽  
Southern Elephant Seal ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Antarctic Research

In 1949 the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) began a long-term ecological study of the Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) at HeardIsland. The biologists devised a method of branding seals for individual recognition (Chittleborough and Ealey, 1953) which has been modified only in detail since then (Carrick and Ingham, 1962a). At Heard Island, pups were branded every year until 1953, but the study here came to an end with the closing of the ANARE station in 1955. At Macquarie Island, pups have been branded every year from 1951 to 1965, giving a sample of individuals of known age and known history.

Parasitic Nematoda collected by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition: Heard Island and Macquarie Island, 1948–1951

Parasitology ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Mawson
Keyword(s):  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Antarctic Research

The nematodes described here were collected by biologists of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition based at the subantarctic stations at Macquarie Island and Heard Island, over the years 1948–51.

Origins, age composition and change in numbers of moulting southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) in the Windmill Islands, Vincennes Bay, east Antarctica, 1988 - 2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
John van den Hoff ◽  
Rupert Davies ◽  
Harry Burton
Keyword(s):  
Mature Male ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Age Composition ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Southern Elephant Seals ◽  
Windmill Islands

We discovered that the number of male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) moulting at wallow sites in the Windmill Islands, Vincennes Bay, Antarctica has decreased by 88% since the last data were presented in 1989. This figure equates to an annual decrease of 6.5%, a figure quite different to the known population trends at the islands from where the seals originate. The seals inhabited four fewer wallows in 2001 than in 1990. Brand and tag resights confirm that seals moulting at Browning Peninsula and Peterson Island originate from Macquarie Island and Heard Island. Male seals aged 1–7+ years of age were present but most (68%) were aged over 7. Males aged 4 years old began to haul out in mid-February while prior to that time only male seals older than 5 years were seen. Timing of moult for particular age classes was similar to that observed at other breeding islands. Trends in the numbers of adolescent and mature male seals hauled out at the sub-antarctic breeding locations require investigation.

scholarly journals The Quarantine Protection of Sub-Antarctic Australia: Two Islands, Two Regimes

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-192
Author(s):  
Sandra Potter
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Remote Sites ◽  
To Receive

Sub-Antarctic Heard Island and Macquarie Island are among Australia’s offshore properties susceptible to colonization by species introduced by humans. While both islands share World Heritage status and are IUCN Category Ia Protected Areas (Strict Nature Reserves), different quarantine protection regimes are in operation. Macquarie Island’s biosecurity appears to be less catered for while the means and likelihood of introductions are greater. The administrative, political, practical and geographical contexts within which quarantine management planning takes place variously impact on the level of quarantine protection provided to both islands. These and other remote sites of high conservation value are unlikely to receive heightened protection until the issues associated with such management contexts receive greater attention.

Parasites of Antarctic fishes: Monogenea, Copepoda and Acanthocephala

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Rohde ◽  
Ju-Shey Ho ◽  
Lesley Smales ◽  
Richard Williams
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Antarctic Fish ◽  
The Body ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Antarctic Fishes ◽  
Northern Latitudes ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Casey Station

The body surface, mouth, gills, internal organs and tissues of 368 teleost fish of 26 species from Prydz Bay, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Davis Station and Casey Station in Antarctica were examined for parasites. At least eight species of Monogenea, seven species of Copepoda, and five or six species of Acanthocephala were recorded. Overall, the fauna of Monogenea and Copepoda of Antarctic fish is much poorer than that of lower latitudes, and there are fewer species of Gyrodactylidae relative to other Monogenea than at higher northern latitudes. Abundance and species richness of Acanthocephala are relatively high. Extra keyword: species diversity.

Revision of Friesea Species (Collembola: Neanuridae) of Australia and Offshore Islands, with Biogeographical Notes and Key to Species

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Greenslade ◽  
L. Deharveng
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Record ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island

Seven species of Friesea are recorded here from Australia and its offshore islands and a key and checklist is provided to them. Three of the species, F. neptunia, F. australica and F. florifera, are new and are described here, and one, F. bispinosa Deharveng, from Heard and Macquarie Islands, is a new record for Australia. Earlier records of F. mirabilis Tullberg and F. claviseta Axelson are examined and the seventh species, F. tilbrooki Wise, already recorded from Macquarie Island and Heard Island, is probably a synonym of F. multispinosa Denis from Kerguelen. Records of Friesea sp. cf. claviseta from Pacific islands are also listed. The fauna is divided into biogeographical groups based on morphology as determined by an existing phylogenetic analysis of the genus.

Mosses of sub-Antarctic Heard Island: an updated list and discussion of their distribution

Polar Record ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. Selkirk ◽  
J.P. Whinam ◽  
A.J. Downing ◽  
M.L. Skotnicki
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island

ABSTRACTDuring an early summer visit in 2000, mosses were collected from sites around Heard Island. Three species, Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen, Philonotis cf. tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt and Syntrichia filaris (Müll.Hall) R.H. Zander have been added to the list of moss species known from the island, bringing the total to 40 moss taxa. Syntrichia anderssonii (abcngström) R.H. Zander was found with sporophytes, whereas previously its sporophytes were known in the sub-Antarctic only from Macquarie Island. Extensions of range on Heard Island have been recorded for several species. There are few geographical differences in species composition between locations around the island, provided appropriate habitats exist.

Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, 1948–50

Polar Record ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip G. Law
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Operation ◽  
Recent Issue ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Heard Island ◽  
Antarctic Research

In a recent issue of the Polar Record an account was given of the establishment by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition of research stations at Heard Island and Macquarie Island. These stations have now been in continuous operation for nearly three years, and the purpose of the following account is to summarize the progress made during this period.

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