Dossier
Antarctica
The work of researchers on Antarctica has a wide variety of subjects, from polar sea to sea ice and from krill to whales. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of research of Wageningen University & Research in the Antarctic region. Also, follow expeditions to Antarctica in our researchers' blogs.
In this dossier, you can find research conducted by Wageningen University & Research in relation to its Statutory Research Task (WOT) in Antarctic Research for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This task follows from the Netherlands' consultative membership in the Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement for shared government of the Antarctic continent and Southern Oceans. Additional support is obtained from the Netherlands Polar Program of the Netherlands Science Foundation and from foreign host countries that kindly support logistics in our cooperative projects.
The work in the Antarctic has a wide variety of subjects, but has a shared focus on the important role of sea ice in sustaining the rich polar food webs. That focus leads to occasional participation in comparative research expeditions in Arctic areas. When possible, the dossier provides blogs from expeditioners in the field.
Expedition blogs
- Wageningen University & Research blogs - Antarctica
- Antarctic expedition sea-ice (2014-2015)
- Winter research in the Antarctic (2013)
Publications
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Op zoek naar het rijk van krill
Natuurwetenschap & Techniek (2009), Volume: 77, Issue: 7/8 - ISSN 1573-6083 - p. 68-71. -
Comparison of two-phase lipase-catalyzed esterification on micro and bench scale
Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2008), Volume: 99, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0006-3592 - p. 855-861. -
Distribution, abundance and ecological relevance of pelagic fishes in the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2008), Volume: 367 - ISSN 0171-8630 - p. 271-282. -
Breeding strategies of Antarctic Petrels Thalassoica antarctica and Southern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialoides in the high Antarctic and implications for reproductive success
Ibis (2008), Volume: 150, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0019-1019 - p. 160-171. -
Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics
Studies in Mycology (2007), Volume: 58, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0166-0616 - p. 105-156. -
GWOT gebruikswaardeonderzoek tulp : verslag van de negende serie cultivars 2004-2005 en 2005-2006 : (bijlage)
BloembollenVisie (2007), Issue: 120 - ISSN 1571-5558 - p. 2-15. -
Distribution and abundance of the Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Polar Biology (2007), Volume: 30, Issue: 9 - ISSN 0722-4060 - p. 1083-1097. -
First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea
Nature (2007), Volume: 447, Issue: 7142 - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 307-311. -
Food for thought
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Ecological significance of lanternfish in the Southern Ocean