The Falkland Islands’ palaeoecological response to millennial‐scale climate perturbations during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition: Implications for future vegetation stability in the southern ocean islands
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DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3150
Abstract: Oceanic island flora is vulnerable to future climate warming, which is likely to promote changes in vegetation composition, and invasion of non‐native species. Sub‐Antarctic islands are predicted to experience rapid warming during the next century;… read more here.
Keywords: holocene transition; climate; vegetation; late glacial ... See more keywords
The influence of depth and season on the benthic communities of a Macrocystis pyrifera forest in the Falkland Islands
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DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02662-x
Abstract: Information on the ecology of invertebrate communities populating Macrocystis pyrifera forests in the Falkland Islands is scarce. Indeed, the factors influencing diversity, distribution and community structure have never been studied here. Benthic photoquadrats were collected… read more here.
Keywords: depth; falkland islands; macrocystis pyrifera; influence ... See more keywords
Implementation of exclusion devices to mitigate seal (Arctocephalus australis, Otaria flavescens) incidental mortalities during bottom-trawling in the Falkland Islands (Southwest Atlantic)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105537
Abstract: Abstract In the Falkland Islands, the South American fur seal and South American sea lion spatially overlap and interact with bottom-trawling fisheries. Until 2015, interactions of these species with the Patagonian bottom trawl squid fishery… read more here.
Keywords: incidental mortalities; bottom trawling; southwest atlantic; falkland ... See more keywords
A comparison of sampling methods for seawater microplastics and a first report of the microplastic litter in coastal waters of Ascension and Falkland Islands.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.004
Abstract: To date there is no gold standard for sampling microplastics. Zooplankton sampling methods, such as plankton and Neuston nets, are commonly used to estimate the concentrations of microplastics in seawater, but their ability to detect… read more here.
Keywords: comparison sampling; sampling methods; methods seawater; microplastic litter ... See more keywords
Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Falkland Islands and southernmost South America
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DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2019.1648990
Abstract: ABSTRACT Surveys of the seaweed flora of the Falkland Islands and of Tierra del Fuego revealed the presence of a new species of brown alga. Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. inhabits the shallow rocky infralittoral in… read more here.
Keywords: falklandica nov; dictyota falklandica; nov dictyotales; falkland islands ... See more keywords
The genus Eunotia (Bacillariophyta) in the Falkland Islands and species-area relationships in sub-Antarctic islands
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DOI: 10.1080/0269249x.2019.1570344
Abstract: We document the morphology of 15 species of Eunotia from freshwater habitats in the Falkland Islands using light and electron microscopy, and describe four new species, Eunotia australovalida, Eunotia inconspicua, Eunotia floweriana and Eunotia latecapitata.… read more here.
Keywords: area relationships; species area; eunotia; falkland ... See more keywords
Mid-frequency song and low-frequency calls of sei whales in the Falkland Islands
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220738
Abstract: Although sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) are distributed throughout the globe, their behaviour and vocal repertoire are poorly described. We used passive acoustic monitoring to describe the vocal behaviour of sei whales in the Falkland Islands,… read more here.
Keywords: falkland islands; sei whales; low frequency; frequency ... See more keywords
SNP analyses and acoustic tagging reveal multiple origins and widespread dispersal of invasive brown trout in the Falkland Islands
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.13274
Abstract: Biological invasions are important causes of biodiversity loss, particularly in remote islands. Brown trout (Salmo trutta) have been widely introduced throughout the Southern Hemisphere, impacting endangered native fauna, particularly galaxiid fishes, through predation and competition.… read more here.
Keywords: trout; brown trout; dispersal; falkland islands ... See more keywords
Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis
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DOI: 10.1111/mam.12085
Abstract: The Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis is an extinct canid that was once the only endemic terrestrial mammal to inhabit the Falkland Islands. There is still a puzzling picture of the morphological adaptations of this… read more here.
Keywords: dusicyon australis; wolf dusicyon; falkland; islands wolf ... See more keywords
Going native, going local: revegetating eroded soils on the Falkland Islands using native seeds and farmland waste
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DOI: 10.1111/rec.12552
Abstract: Remote island ecosystems are vulnerable to human disturbance and habitat destruction, yet they often have limited capacity to revegetate degraded habitats, especially with native species. To revegetate degraded island habitats, practitioners often rely on importing… read more here.
Keywords: native species; supportive treatments; going native; falkland islands ... See more keywords
Redescription and taxonomic status of Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), and description of Dipturus lamillai sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a new species of long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.5.1
Abstract: Recent molecular evidence has called into question the identity of skates collected in the waters off the Falkland Islands previously identified as Zearaja chilensis. NADH2 sequence data indicate that these specimens are not conspecific with… read more here.
Keywords: falkland islands; chilensis; dipturus; dipturus lamillai ... See more keywords