Dossier
Antarctica
The work of researchers on Antarctica has a wide variety of subjects, from polar sea to sea ice and from krill to whales. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of research of Wageningen University & Research in the Antarctic region. Also, follow expeditions to Antarctica in our researchers' blogs.
In this dossier, you can find research conducted by Wageningen University & Research in relation to its Statutory Research Task (WOT) in Antarctic Research for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This task follows from the Netherlands' consultative membership in the Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement for shared government of the Antarctic continent and Southern Oceans. Additional support is obtained from the Netherlands Polar Program of the Netherlands Science Foundation and from foreign host countries that kindly support logistics in our cooperative projects.
The work in the Antarctic has a wide variety of subjects, but has a shared focus on the important role of sea ice in sustaining the rich polar food webs. That focus leads to occasional participation in comparative research expeditions in Arctic areas. When possible, the dossier provides blogs from expeditioners in the field.
Expedition blogs
- Wageningen University & Research blogs - Antarctica
- Antarctic expedition sea-ice (2014-2015)
- Winter research in the Antarctic (2013)
Publications
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How vegetation patches drive soil development and organic matter formation on polar islands
Geoderma Regional (2021), Volume: 27 - ISSN 2352-0094 -
Fungal planet description sheets : 1182-1283
Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi (2021), Volume: 46 - ISSN 0031-5850 - p. 313-528. -
Seasonal variation in the positional distribution of fatty acids in bovine milk fat
Journal of Dairy Science (2021), Volume: 104, Issue: 12 - ISSN 0022-0302 - p. 12274-12285. -
Plant Diseases Caused by Dickeya and Pectobacterium Species
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Flashing light emitting diodes (LEDs) induce proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and pigments in three microalgae
Journal of Biotechnology (2021), Volume: 325 - ISSN 0168-1656 - p. 15-24. -
Soil erosion modelling : A global review and statistical analysis
Science of the Total Environment (2021), Volume: 780 - ISSN 0048-9697 -
Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties
Scientific Data (2021), Volume: 8, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2052-4463 -
Quantification and modelling of Fluxes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to Antarctic marine benthic organisms
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): I.M.C.M. Rietjens, co-promotor(en): N.W. van den Brink - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789463953597 -
Op vakantie naar de grootste ijsmassa ter wereld
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Fungal planet description sheets : 1042-1111
Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi (2020), Volume: 44 - ISSN 0031-5850 - p. 301-459.