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Researcher: McMinn, A (Professor Andrew McMinn)

Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Palaeoecology
Microbial ecology
Palaeontology (incl. palynology)
Palaeoclimatology
Biological oceanography
Virology
Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis)
Plant physiology
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Sedimentology
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Geology
Bacteriology
Chemical oceanography
Microbial genetics
Environmental management
Biogeography and phylogeography
Human information behaviour
Conservation and biodiversity
Microbiology
Forensic biology
Invertebrate biology
Genetics
Physical oceanography
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Population ecology
Pollution and contamination
Other biological sciences
Freshwater ecology
Plant biology
Geochemistry
Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics)
Cell metabolism
Genome structure and regulation
Molecular evolution
Mycology
Genomics
Haematology
Atmospheric sciences
Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy
Marine geoscience
Glaciology
Behavioural ecology
Biochemistry and cell biology
Evolutionary biology
Fish pests and diseases
International criminal law
Global change biology
Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination)
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
Receptors and membrane biology
Ecosystem function
Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Evolutionary impacts of climate change
Crop and pasture post harvest technologies (incl. transportation and storage)
Animal systematics and taxonomy
Landscape ecology
Aquaculture
Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
Industrial microbiology (incl. biofeedstocks)
Analytical spectrometry
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Climate change processes
Natural resource management
Other environmental sciences

Research Objectives

Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Marine biodiversity
Other environmental management
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Natural hazards
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments
Understanding climate change
Fisheries - aquaculture
Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments
Air quality
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Terrestrial biodiversity
Aquaculture oysters
International relations
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Biofuel energy
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Environmentally sustainable plant production
Native forests
Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Grain legumes
Human pharmaceutical products
Renewable energy
Processed fish and seafood products

Career Best Publications

Dark survival in a warming world; Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Development of Immunoassays for the Iron-Regulated Proteins Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin in Polar Microalgae; Journal of Phycology
Effect of Hyperoxia on the Growth and Photosynthesis of Polar Sea Ice Microalgae; Journal of Phycology
Effect of seasonal sea ice breakout on the photosynthesis of benthic diatom mats at Casey, Antarctica; Journal of Phycology
In situ net primary productivity of an Antarctic fast ice bottom algal community; Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Marine diffusive boundary layers at high latitudes; Limnology and Oceanography
Marine introductions in the Southern Ocean: an unrecognised hazard to biodiversity; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Minimal effects of UVB radiation on Antarctic diatoms over the past 20 years; Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science
Response of phytoplankton Photophysiology to varying environmental conditions in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Zone; PLoS One
The response of Antarctic sea ice algae to changes in pH and CO₂; PLoS ONE
The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity; Ecological Monographs

Research Publications

Research Projects

210Pb Dating of Anoxic Sediments Containing Preserved Zooplankton Eggs; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
A Free Ocean CO2 Enriched experiment (FOCE) to estimate the effects of ocean acidification on benthic habitats; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
AINSE Winter School appn; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
An integrated analysis of Climate Variability and Change in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) during the last Millennium; Australian Research Council (ARC)
An integrated study of Antarctic land-fast sea ice physical and biological processes; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Antarctic Freshwater Lake Fauna: Palaeobiogeography, Palaeoecology and Applications to Climate change Studies ; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Antarctic Ice Sheet History and Stability: Baseline Palaeoclimate Research on the Pagodroma Group, Prince Charles Mountains; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Appearance of Toxic Dinoflagellates at Port Lincoln; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Application of Lead Isotope Ratios for Identifying and Quantifying Lead Inputs in a Complex Marine Environment with Multiple Inputs; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Assessing the Hazard of Non-Indigenous Marine Species in the Subantarctic Islands and Antarctica; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Assessment of habitats, productivity and food webs on the Kerguelen Axis in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Australia and Korea in the Antarctic; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Ballast transport of toxic dinoflagellates to Tasmania; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Bio-optical Model of Antarctic Sea-Ice Algae Photosynthesis; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Biological fractionation of phytoplankton during Antarctic sea-ice formation; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Bursary Award to attend 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium, USA; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Carbon Dioxide Induced Effects on Phytoplankton, Larval Krill Nutrition and the Antarctic Food Web; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Contribution of dinoflagellates to Antarctic coastal zone carbon flux; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Dark Survival in the Polar Winter; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Determination of Holocene precipitation changes in coastal eastern Antarctica.; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Dinoflagellate cystpopulations in sediment cores from the Derwent River; effects of eutrophication and evidence for ballast water introduction; CSIRO/University of Tasmania (CSIRO/UTAS)
Distribution and variability of zooplankton eggs from anoxic sediments from the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Ecology and Local Impacts on Near Shore Marine Benthic Algal Mats; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Effect of Global Change on the Primary Production of Antarctic Coastal Ecosystems; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Effect of Global Climate Change on the Primary Production of Antarctic Coastal Ecosystems; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Effect of UV-B Radiation on the Photoacclimation of Fast Ice Algal Mats (II); Australian Research Council (ARC)
Effects of elevated UV radiation on the productivity of sea ice algae; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Effects of enhanced UV-B on sea-ice algae; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Effects of thinner ice on the Arctic marine Ecosystem; Australian Academy of Science (AASc)
Effects of Urban Eutrification in Southeast Australian Coastal Lagoon Ecosystems: Three Case Studies; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Effects of UV on the productivity of Antarctic phytoplankton; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Effects of UV-B radiation on the photoadaption of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice algae; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Environmental effects on the growth and productivity of sea ice algae; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Free Ocean Carbon Enrichment infrastructure for the Southern Ocean: measuring impacts of ocean acidification on biological communities; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Gymnodinium catenatum in New Zealand : endemic or introduced; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND THEIR LONG-TERM SEDIMENT RECORD IN EAST COAST TASMANIAN WATERS; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Heavy Metal Concentration in Diatom Frustules from an Antarctic Contaminated Site (A Pilot Study); Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
High resolution climate analysis of Antarctic fjord cores.; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
High Resolution Environmental Records from Lakes and Lagoons of Australia's Subantarctic Heard Island; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
High Resolution Palaeoclimate Analysis of Lacustrine Systems in the Vestfold Hills; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
High Resolution Palaeoclimate Analysis of Lacustrine Systems in the Vestfold Hills; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
High Resolution Palaeoclimate Analysis of Lacustrine Systems in the Vestfold Hills; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
High Resolution Palaeoclimate Analysis of the Windmill Islands: The Last 200 Years; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Human Impacts on Southeast Australian Coastal Lagoons and Shallow Bays since European Settlement; Project Aware Foundation (PAF)
Impact of Climate Change on Late Holocene Penguin Populations of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, Using High Resolution Lake Sediment Cores; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Impact of Climate Change on Late Holocene Penguin Populations of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, using High Resolution Lake Sediment Cores; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Improved management of coastal plankton systems by ancient DNA technology; Australian Research Council (ARC)
In situ Southern Ocean pack ice primary productivity; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Introduction of the Toxic Dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium Catenatum, to Port Lincoln; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Introduction of the Toxic Dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium, into New Zealand; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Investigation of the fractoination of 14C by marine benthonic organisms in Prydz Bay, Antarctica; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Is the Supply of CO2 Limiting the Photosynthesis of Sea Ice Algae; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Late Holecene chronology of Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Late Holocene Precipitation Record from Windmill Island Lakes; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Limnological and Nearshore Diatom Communities of Heard Island: Proxies of Subantarctic Climate Change; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Limnological and Nearshore Diatom Communities of Macquarie Island: Proxies of Subantarctic Climate Change?; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Marine Bioinvasions in the Sub-antarctic Islands - NZ Ministry of Fisheries; New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (NZMAF)
Microfossil evidence for the recent introduction of the toxic dinoflagellate gymnodinium catenatum into Tasmanian waters; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Natural variability of benthic microalgal communities at Casey, Antarctica; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Pagadroma Group; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Neogene Glacial Geology of the Prince Charles Mountains; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Nitrate Limitation in Antarctic Sea Ice Algae; Australian Research Council (ARC)
On thin ice? An in situ surveillance system for sea ice microbial communities; New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute (NZARI)
Palaeoclimate analysis of sediment cores from fjords and lakes of the Vestfold Hills; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Palaeoclimate analysis of sediment cores from the fjords and lakes of the estfold Hills; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Pb and Be Dating of Sediment Cores from an Estuarine Coastal Lake: A Study into Thermal Plume Impacts and the Use of Benthic Diatoms as Bioindicators of a Power Station Cooling Field; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Photosynthetic rates of Antarctic sea-ice algae; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Phytoplankton and hydrological succession in Omega and Taynaya Bays, easternAntarctica.; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Phytoplankton distribution in surface samples and cores from Prydz Bay and Long Fjord and its relationships to sea level and climatic change; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Phytoplankton ecology in the flords of the Vestfold and Larsmann Hills; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Phytoplankton Flora of Temperate Australian Coastal Waters: Finishing Touches in Preparation for Printing; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Phytoplankton Flora of Temperate Australian Waters; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Preliminary investigation into 14C reservoir effect in Prydz Bay, Antarctica; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Preliminary investigation of 231Pa/230Th ratios in sediments from Ellis Fjord; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Preliminary investigation of growth and photosynthesis of sea ice algae during winter; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Productivity of Antarctic pack ice algal communities; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Purchase of a multi-purpose Schottky field emission gun scanning electron microscope; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Quantifying the Effects of Long Term Environmental Change on World Heritage Macquarie Island; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Recent Introduction of Gymnodinium Catenatum to Cowan Creek, NSW; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Relationship between Phytoplankton Succession and Nutrient Dynamics and the Output of Marine Biogenic Gas Production, off Cape Grim, Tasmania; Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (CGBAPS)
Response of Antarctic Marine Diatoms to Environment Modification; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Response of diatoms to changing ecological parameters in the Vestfolds Hills; implications for climate change; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Response of sea ice algae to multiple co-stressors ; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Role of Micronutrients in the Sea Ice Microbial Ecosystem; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Role of Micronutrients in the Sea Ice Microbial Ecosystem (ii); Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Sea ice microbial community dynamics in a changing climate ; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Sea Ice Primary Production off Eastern Antarctica; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Sea-ice algae of the saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Spatial and Temporal Uptake of Trace Metals in Heart Urchin Tests: Use as an Indicator of Environmental Contamination and Relationship to Organism Growth and Structural Deformity; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Temporal Variability of Trace Metal Imput and Diatom Response in the Marine Environment; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The effect of enhanced UV-B on the marine phytoplankton of Antarctica; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
The Effect of Global Climate Change on Antarctic Marine Diatoms; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Juvenile Antarctic Krill: Quantification of Nutritional Changes of Dietary Phytoplankton and Sea Ice Bottom Algae and Krill; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
The photosynthetic response and EPS production of microphytobenthic communities to different environmental stressors in temperate wetland; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
The role of dinoflagellates in the coastal Antarctic marine ecosystem; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The use of diatoms to reconstruct the environmental history of Orielton Lagoon, Tasmania, since European settlement; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
The use of lipid biomarkers in Euphausia superba as a parameter for determining energy flow in the Antarctic marine food web; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
The use of lipid profiles of Euphausia superba as a parameter for determining deitary preferences and the abundance and spatial distribution of krill; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
The use of lipid profiles of Euphausia superba as a parameter for determining dietary preferences, and the abundances and spatial distribution of krill; CSIRO/University of Tasmania (CSIRO/UTAS)
Transfer of ice-algae to the spring phytoplankton bloom in an antarctic fjord; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Using 210Pb to determine phytoplankton range extensions in southeast Australia in the recent past.; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
UV climate over the Southern Ocean South of Australia, and its biological impact; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)

Research Candidate Supervision

'Aspects of Ordovician conodonts and stratigraphy in Thailand, Malaysia and Tasmania'
Algal Biomass in the East Antarctic Pack Ice
An ecosystem based approach to studying cetaceans in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary
Bacterial and Algal Interactions in a Tasmanian Estuary
BENTHIC DIATOM COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE WINDMILL ISLANDS, ANTARCTICA
Benthic Diatoms as Bioindicators of a Point Source Thermal Discharge to an Estuary
Breeding Biology and Feeding Ecology of Little Penguins
Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Southern Ocean and East Antarctica
Condition indicators for Antarctic krill
Deep Sea Corals- Taxonomy/Ocean Acification/Genetics
Determination of paleoprecipitation using high resolution lake sediment cores from the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica
Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins in Tasmanian Coastal Waters- Causative Dinoflagellate Organisms, Dissolved Toxins and Shellfish Depuration
Distribution and Abundance of Larvaceans in the Southern Ocean
DNA evolution in krill
Ecophysiology of fast ice brine communities
Ecophysiology, Toxicology and Genetic Affinities of Marine and Freshwater Epiphytic Dinoflagellates from Tasmania, Australia
Ecotoxicological Studies of the Effects of Heavy Metals and Hydrocarbons on Antarctic and Temperate Echinoderms
Effects of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Primary Production and Chemotaxonomy in Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ecosystems
Effects of Elevated pCO2 on the Productivity of Marine Microbes and the Remineralisation of Nutrients in Coastal Antarctic Waters
Effects of Elevated Temperatures on the Photosynthetic Rates and Recovery from Photoinhibition of the Benthic Microalgae of Polar, Temperate, and Tropical Ecosystems
Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Nutritional Quality of Antarctic Phytoplankton as Food for Euphausia Superba Larvae
Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin as Indicators of Iron Availability in Antarctic Sea Ice Microalgal Communities
Fluoride in Antarctica Krill, Euphausia superba, and other crustaceans.
Impact of Climate Change on Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Coastal Micropytobenthos
Incorporation of Sea Ice Algae into Newly Forming Sea Ice
Keeping the Coastlines of the Southern Ocean Pest-free- Hazards, Risks and Management of Non-indigenous Species in High Latitude Marine Environments
Lipids in Euphausia superba dana
Measuring impacts of ocean acidification on biological communities in Antarctica- an in-situ experiment and laboratory exploration of the mechanisms of community changes in high-CO2 polar ocean
Meiofaunal Communities and Human Impacts at Casey Station, Antarctica
Microsensor Studies of Sea Ice Algal Primary Production
Palaeolimnology as a Management Tool for Australian Aquatic Ecosystems
Photosynthetic Performance and Productivity of Phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean
Plasticity in the Reproductive Strategies of the Southern Ocean Ommastrephid Squid Todarodes filippovae - a Morphometric, Lipid and Fatty Acid Approach
Primary Production and Fate of Antarctic Sea Ice Algae
Pyramimonas gelidicola cyst scales; a new climatic record
Sedimentary Diatom Assemblages of Prydz Bay and Mac.Robertson Shelf, East Antarctica, and their use as Palaeoecological Indicators
Study of sourthern ocean climatic changes over the last millennia using high-resolution paleo climatic records
The Application of DNA-Based Methods to the Diet of Antarctic Krill (Euphausia Superba)
The comparative UVB photophysiology of Phaecystis antarctica and selected species of Antarctica marine diatoms
The lipid composition of Patagonian Toothfish from the Macquarie Island region- Ecology and dietary implications within a regional food web
The Ocean-atmosphere Cycles of Methyl Halide Trace Gases in the Southern Ocean and Tasmanian Coastal Waters
The Palaeobiogeography of the East Antarctic Freshwater Fauna
The Role of Iron as a Micronutrient in the Antarctic Sea Ice Environment
The Sedimentology of Holocene Prydz Bay- Sedimentary Patterns and Processes and Their Implications for Climate Reconstruction
The Spatio-temporal Distribution of Zooplankton Communities in the Southern Ocean South of Australia- High Resolution Sampling by the Continuous Plankton Recorder and its Implications for Long-term Monitoring
The Survival Strategies of Microphytobenthos- Behaviour and Physiology
The use of Diatoms as Biological Indicators of Water Quality, and for Environmental Reconstruction, in South-East Tasmania, Australia
Weighted-averaging regression & calibration model for inferring lakewater salinity from fossil diatom assemblages in saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills
Winter sea ice primary production- use of in situ remote automated apparatus