Editorial team
John van den Hoff (Editor, Australian Antarctic Division) is a seal biologist and natural historian with wide interests in the intersection of population biology, ecology, climate and human footprint.
Dana M Bergstrom (Australian Antarctic Division) is a terrestrial ecologist with interests in biodiversity, climate change and human footprint and non-native species.
Cath King (Australian Antarctic Division) is an environmental ecotoxicologist with knowledge and experience of both marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Scott Carpentier (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) is a meteorologist specialising in Antarctic climate and weather.
Summary
Flanked by the Antarctic ice plateau on one side and Prydz Bay on the other, the Vestfold Hills is ~ 400 km2 of ice-free continental Antarctica, dotted with fresh and saline lakes, and indented by marine fjords and embayments. The flora, fauna and climate of is truly coastal Antarctic oasis have been the subject of much scientific interest in the recent years. This special volume is open to any contributions from any discipline with a main focus on the Vestfold Hills and the surrounding nearshore environment.
Potential papers for Volume
| Area | Topic | Authors |
| All | Scene setting - The Vestfold Hill in modern context | DM Bergstrom, J van den Hoff, C King C Brown et al |
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| Marine | The benthic marine ecosystems of the Vestfold Hills
| J Stark et al |
| Marine | The polychaete reefs of Ellis Fjord in the Vestfold Hills
| J Stark et al |
| Soil | Tracing boundaries in Eastern Antarctica: Multi-scale drivers of soil microbial communities across the Vestfold Hills
| E Zhang, P Czechowski, SY Wong, D S. Chelliah, M Raven, M M. Tanaka, A Terauds, B C. Ferrari |
| Vegetation | Distribution of terrestrial vegetation in the Vestfold Hills | D Bergstrom, P Virtue, L Clarke, T Travers, C King K Brown, A Terauds et al |
| Vegetation | Vestfold Hills sublithic microbial communities and their relation to environmental gradients | L Clarke D Bergstrom, et al |
| Vegetation | Genetic diversity of Vestfold Hills moss populations | D Bergstrom, L Clarke et al |
| Microinvertebrates/vegetation | Taxonomy and distribution of invertebrates of mosses in the Vestfold Hills
| J Gibson, C King, K Brown, D Bergstrom, P Virtue, et al |
| Lakes | Major cation chemistry of lakes of the Vestfold Hills
| J Gibson, S Stark, C King, K Brown et al |
| Lakes | Taxonomy and distribution of lacustrine invertebrates in the Vestfold Hills (incl physico-chemical data eDNA data) | J Gibson, L Clarke, K Brown, C King, M Stevens et al |
| Lakes/Soil | Abiotic factors influencing soil invertebrate distributions - perhaps include predictive modelling across drainage lines & elevation etc | J Gibson, C King, K Brown et al |
| Lakes/Soil | Taxonomy of the genus Eudorylaimus in the Vestfold Hills | J Gibson, L Clarke, K Brown, C King et al |
| Lakes/Soil | Soil/lake microinvertebrates - individual species taxonomic descriptions | J Gibson, M Borup, K Brown, C King et al |
| Seals | Long-term variation in the distribution, abundance and local movements of Weddell seals in the Vestfold Hills | John van den Hoff, et al |
| Seals | Long-term changes in the distribution and abundance of southern elephant seals in the Vestfold Hills, 1975 – 2020 | John van den Hoff, et al |
| Seals | Vagrant pinnipeds in the Vestfold Hills
| John van den Hoff, et al |
| Seals | Seasonal occurrence of leopard seals in the Vestfold Hills | John van den Hoff, et al |
| Seabirds | Possible title: Where do penguins go to moult?, a comparison across the East Antarctic environmental gradient | Emmerson, Southwell, Salton and others. |
| Seabirds | Do audio cues reflect Wilson storm petrel breeding patterns and the emergence and success of chicks?
Results from this work could potentially feed into considerations on future AAD planned infrastructure. | Salton, Emmerson, Southwell, and others. |
| Atmospheric | Detection of supercooled liquid water clouds with ceilometers | Adrien Guyot, Alain Protat, Simon Alexander, Andrew Klekociuk, Peter Kuma, Adrian McDonald |
| Atmospheric | Development and evaluation of in-flight aircraft icing index forecasts for Antarctica | Adrien Guyot, Alain Protat, Simon Alexander, Andrew Klekociuk, Adrian McDonald, Peter Kuma |
| Atmospheric | A climatology of high-wind and low-level wind shear at Davis, Antarctica | Adrien Guyot, Alain Protat, Simon Alexander, Andrew Klekociuk, Scott Carpentier, Rachel McInerney |
| Atmospheric | A 25-year climatology of in-flight aircraft icing risk indices for Davis, Antarctica | Adrien Guyot, Alain Protat, Simon Alexander, Andrew Klekociuk |