Tag: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 18:25 UTC

  Microscopic parasite could be affecting food chain near Antarctica

  

  A tiny parasite is leading Australian scientists to rethink how they view Antarctic food chains, after a research showed these microscopic organisms were present in quantities far larger than previously thought, it was reported Monday.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Australian scientists attempting a krill “census” based on the “sound” of the species

  

  A team of Antarctic scientists hopes that an experiment to capture the “sound” of a single krill will help determine how many individuals of this key Antarctic species are swimming in the Southern Ocean. Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) are using echo sounder technology to record the sound of krill specimens of different sizes over a range of frequencies.