A Novel Invertebrate Predator on an Oceanic Island: Impacts and Invasion Dynamics of Kontikia andersoni on Macquarie Island
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71663
Abstract: ABSTRACT Sub‐Antarctic islands, characterised by high endemism and invertebrate‐dominated terrestrial ecosystems, hold significant conservation value and are vulnerable to biological invasion. On Macquarie Island, the invasive terrestrial flatworm Kontikia andersoni poses a threat to native… read more here.
Keywords: invertebrate; macquarie island; island; kontikia andersoni ... See more keywords
Aspects of the ecology of killer whale (Orcinus orca Linn.) groups in the near-shore waters of Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
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DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2361-y
Abstract: Occurrences of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the waters surrounding Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island have been recorded since the 1820s; however, their presence only became the focus of scientific research in the mid-1990s. The analyses of… read more here.
Keywords: killer whales; island; macquarie island; sub antarctic ... See more keywords
Assemblages of myxomycetes on subantarctic Macquarie Island and tropical Christmas Island
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.464.1.3
Abstract: Christmas Island and Macquarie Island are two isolated islands of essentially the same size but providing very different environmental conditions for myxomycetes. The former is located in the tropics and the latter in the subantarctic.… read more here.
Keywords: christmas island; assemblages myxomycetes; island; macquarie island ... See more keywords