Dr Andrew Constable
Program Leader, Antarctic Marine Ecosystems

03 6232 3558
andrew.constable@aad.gov.au
The Antarctic Marine Ecosystems program examines the impact of climate warming and the loss of sea-ice on Antarctic marine ecosystems and the emerging krill fishery.

ECOSYSTEMS: Impacts of Climate Change on Antarctic Marine Life.
What will the impact of Southern Ocean and sea ice changes have on Antarctic ecosystems and fisheries?


AME-01: Dynamic modelling of the Antarctic marine ecosystem
The main goal of this project is to develop a framework for marine ecosystem modelling, including a coupled biophysical model of the Southern Ocean, in order to explore and assess the consequences to the ecosystem of historical exploitation of biota in the Southern Ocean, the ecological sustainability of exploitation and conservation strategies in the Southern Ocean, and the impacts of climate change on the ecology of the Southern Ocean

AME-02: Processes Linking Physical and Biological Elements in the Sea Ice Zone
This project is identifying and quantifying the relative importance of processes that link physical and biological elements of Antarctic marine ecosystems in the sea ice zone. In particular, it is evaluating the effect of sea ice on the productivity of these ecosystems.

AME-03: Factors influencing large-scale regional dynamics
The goal of the project is to describe the large-scale relationships between the biological patterns and oceanographic processes of the marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean around eastern Antarctica.

AME-04: BROKE-West - An integrated survey of the waters between 30° and 80° East (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2)
The main goal of this project was to survey and estimate the biomass of Antarctic krill using acoustic technology in the southwest Indian Ocean between 30° and 80°E.