Annual report 2005-06.indd - Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems ...

esearch collaborationconducted by multiple organisations in manycountries. For Antarctic research, distancesare vast, conditions are harsh and costs areenormous.The ACE CRC’s collaborative efforts result inincreased logistical and scientific support – suchas ship time, satellite data, and access tocomputer facilities, data bases and models – thatis necessary to maintain Australia’s leadershipposition in this field of research.In addition to ongoing the collaborations amongthe different research programs within the ACECRC, our researchers are involved in 43 nationalcollaborative projects and 82 internationalcollaborative projects involving 17 differentcountries. They also served on 23 national and51 international committees.The nature of Antarctic and global climateresearch is such that collaboration is essential.The study of global climate is multidisciplinary bynature, and relies on a wide range of researchCollaborative projects, committee memberships,staff exchanges, international visitors, researchconsultancies and grants are detailed in thefollowing tables.National collaborative projectsProjectResponse of Southern Ocean circulation toscenarios of protracted elevated greenhousegas concentrationsThe ARC Earth System Science Network (ARCNetwork)ACEResearcher(s)Bi D, Hirst ABindoff N,Coleman RAustralian Community Ocean Model Bindoff N,Roberts J, Heil PTargeting organically-complexed iron species Bowie Ain seawater using selective solid-phaseadsorbent resinsCollaborator(s), AffiliationBudd B, UTAS (Retired)Pitman A, Macquarie UniversityAlves O, BMRCHaddad P, School of Chemistry, UTASExopolysaccharides from Antarctic bacteria Bowie A Mancuso-Nichols C, School of AgriculturalScience, UTASIron content of Southern Oceanphytoplankton: implications for carbontransfer to the deep seaSelenium as a key micronutrient in primaryproductivity in the Southern OceanLooking back to see the future: Change in theLambert Glacier and the East Antarctic IceSheet (ARC Discovery)Winter temperature and salinitymeasurements in the Southern Ocean usingelephant seals as ocean observing platforms(ARC Discovery)Bowie ABowie AColeman RColeman R,Rintoul STownsend A, Central Science Laboratory,UTASButler E, CSIRO Marine and AtmosphericResearchLambeck K, Fabel D, Tregoning P, ANU; FinkD, ANSTOHindell M, UTAS; Michael K, IASOSAntarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC - Annual Report 2005-06 55