Antarctic Biology

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Antarctic Biology

• Roberta L. Marinelli

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Antarctic Biology

• Research at all levels of life processes
  organisms and ecosystems
• Focus on the polar environment
• Interdisciplinary approaches
• Support for individuals and teams
• Long-Term studies
• Education and outreach
• International collaborations

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Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemical
Cycling
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Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemical
Cycling

• PAL-LTER (Palmer Long Term Ecological Research)
• Multi-trophic level, interdisciplinary projects
• Biogeochemical cycling, ocean acidification, HNLC
  studies
• Marine ecosystem analysis and modeling

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Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems
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Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems

• MCM-LTER (McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term
  Ecological Research)
• Soil microbiological processes

• Biogeochemistry in Antarctic lakes
• Biodiversity over latitudinal gradients
• Extreme environments

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Population Dynamics and Physiological Ecology
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Population Dynamics and Physiological Ecology

• Diving physiology and foraging energetics of
  seabirds and marine mammals
• Behavioral ecology and population dynamics of
  seabirds and marine mammals
• Stress tolerances and linkages to global change

• Chemical ecology of marine organisms
• Larval development of marine invertebrates

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Adaptation
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Adaptation

• Structure and function of cold-adapted tubulins
  from Antarctic fishes
• Evolution and characterization of ice-active
  substances and antifreeze proteins
• Vascular plant responses to climate change
• Proteins of oxygen-binding and energy metabolism
  of muscles of marine vertebrates
• Genomic networks for cold-adaptation in
  invertebrate embryos

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Human Behavior and Medical Research
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Human Behavior and Medical Research

• Thyroid hormone metabolism during Antarctic
  residence
• Social structure and conflict in groups in
  extreme and isolated environments

• Adaptation to the overwinter experience in
  Antarctica
• Demographic, physiological and genetic predictors
  of altitude sickness

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Opportunities

• Collaboration with LTERs
• Genomic approaches to polar biology and ecology
• Year-Round Access
• Long term data sets
• Sub-Glacial Lake Studies
• Post-doc Program
• McMurdo Biology Class