Nadine Johnston

Marine Ecologist

Biography

Since completing my undergraduate (Marine, Freshwater and Antarctic Biology, First Class Hons, University of Tasmania, Aus) and receiving my PhD (Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK) I have worked at the British Antarctic Survey, as a marine ecologist within the Ecosystems Team.

My research is focused on understanding the structure (i.e., biodiversity and community composition) and functioning (i.e., carbon and nutrient cycling- including climate regulation, and the transfer of energy through food webs to support productivity, fisheries, and wildlife tourism) of marine ecosystems within the Scotia Sea and Weddell Sea regions, their links to the rest of the Southern Ocean, and the impacts of climate and other human stressors (such as fisheries, pollutants, and tourism) on these systems. I am particularly interested in understanding impacts on the complex life cycles and distributions of pelagic (open water) species and communities (e.g., phytoplankton, zooplankton – especially copepods, fish, and squid), which link air breathing predators and benthic (ocean floor) communities, and are pivotal to Southern Ocean ecosystem structure and functioning across a range of spatio-temporal scales. I also work in collaboration with scientists from other disciplines (e.g., climate scientists, oceanographers, biogeochemists, and computer modellers), institutes, research programmes, and initiatives to improve understanding of these aspects at the polar ocean scale (both Arctic and Southern Ocean), their links with the global ocean, and their contribution to and feedbacks with the Earth system. Understanding these regional and ocean scale aspects during the past and present allows us to predict what may happen to them in the future under different future climate change scenarios. Collectively, this information supports our understanding of Earth system functioning, the parameterisation of regional and Earth system models, scenarios and projections of future change, which are needed to support Southern Ocean and global policy decisions to manage and conserve marine ecosystems so they continue to support life on Earth.

Current projects

British Antarctic Survey Ecosystems Team research under the Polar Science For a Sustainable Planet Strategy 2022-2033 (primarily within the Ocean Ecosystems Research Group) relating to:

Understanding the life cycles of polar marine species
The structure and functioning of polar ocean ecosystems
Impacts of variability and change
Modelling ecosystems and future change
Conservation in areas of rapid change
Lead Work Package 4 (Providing international leadership in polar marine ecosystem research), Research, Conservation, and Leadership in Southern Ocean Ecosystems programme (CONSEC)
Panel Member, Ecosystems Community for Scientific Excellence and Learning (ECSEL)

Polar Regions in the Earth System (PolarRES), a €7.1M European Union Horizon2020 Research and Innovation Programme aimed at understanding how the projected changes in global circulation influence the climate of the Arctic and Antarctic and their implications for society and the environment (Oct 2021-2025):

Co-lead, Work Package 6 (Polar climate change impacts on the environment and societal challenges and opportunities)
Member, Work Package 7 (Dissemination, cooperation with stakeholders, synergies and policy outreach)
Member, Scientific Steering Committee
Chair, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
Member, Dissemination Task Force

Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in changing polar systems and their global impacts (BIOPOLE), an £8.5M interdisciplinary Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) National Capability Long-Term Science Multi-Centre (NC-SM2) programme aimed at addressing a fundamental aspect of the Earth System – how ecosystems in polar waters regulate the balance of carbon and nutrients in the worlds ocean, and support primary productivity and fisheries (Apr 2022- Mar 2027):

Member, Executive Board, Scientific Co-ordination and Outreach
Member, Work Package 2 (Biological Processes and Ecosystem Function)
Member, Work Package 4 (Management and Synthesis)
Lead, East-West Antarctic Forum
Mentor, BIOPOLE Early Career Researcher group

UK Polar Research Expertise for Science and Society (PRESCIENT), a £10.8M NERC National Capability Single Science Centre programme awarded to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), that supports UK led environmental science in the polar regions and UK national strategy and societal benefit (Apr 2022-2029):

Member, Work Package 5 (National Public Good)

External Roles

Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED), a regional programme of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and Future Earth’s Integrated Marine Biosphere Research project (IMBeR), and a co-sponsored programme of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) (2008-current):

Co-founder and co-chair of the Scientific Steering Committee, responsible for the overall scientific direction and delivery of this programme
Lead, Research Challenge 1 ‘State and Variability of Southern Ocean ecosystems’
Member, Scientific Steering Committee of the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO)

United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) a global UN initiative supporting transformative ocean science solutions for sustainable development, connecting people and our ocean:

Member, UN Decade of the Ocean Project ‘Polar Ecosystems – Global Impacts (BIOPOLE)’
Member, Southern Ocean Task Force (representing ICED) advising the UN Decade Collaborative Centre for the Southern Ocean (DCC-SOR) on delivery of the Southern Ocean Action Plan
Southern Ocean Task Force Liaison, Working Group 2: A Healthy and Resilient Ocean

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), a thematic organisation of the International Science Council (ISC) charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and its role in the Earth system:

Member and Ex-officio delegate (representing ICED), ‘Integrated Science to inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation’ (Ant-ICON) Scientific Research Programme (2021-2024)
Member, Southern Ocean Task Force (representing ICED), which produced a Southern Ocean Action Plan, and is an Advisory Body to the UN Decade Collaborative Centre for the Southern Ocean Region (DCC-SOR)
Member, 5th International Polar Year (2032-2033) Interim Planning Group (representing ICED), which has produced an Initial Concept Note and formulated Special Task Groups
Member of Changes in Circumpolar Antarctic Gradients in Ecosytems (C-CAGE) Programme Planning Group

UK National Committee for Antarctic Research (UKNCAR), a body promoting and co-ordinating the UK’s interest in the activities of the SCAR and other areas of international Antarctic scientific activity:

Member, UK Representative for ICED

European Marine Research Network (EuroMarine), a member-based, interdisciplinary, collaborative network of European marine organisations and research institutes (2014-current):

Member, Steering Committee
Member, General Assembly, representative for the British Antarctic Survey

Trans Antarctic Association (TAA), a charity that awards small grants to promote scientific research or expeditions of discovery in the Antarctic:

Australian Representative, United Kingdom Advisory Committee

Association for Early Career Scientists (APECS), an international and interdisciplinary organisation for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early career faculty members, early career professionals, educators and others with interests in Polar and Alpine regions and the wider cryosphere:

Mentor

UK Polar Network (UKPN), the UK National Committee of APECS International, which organises skill development workshops and education and outreach opportunities for early career polar research scientists:

Member

Research interests

Collaborations

Google Scholar Profile at:

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ORCID ID

Nadine M Johnston (0000-0003-2211-1492) – ORCID

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Sylvester, Z. , Veytia, D. , Bahl, A.A. , Bahlburg, D. , Benkort, D. , Bestley, S. , Cagdas, B. , Cleary, A.C. , Constable, A. , Corney, S. , Fach, B.A. , Hellessey, N. , Hill, S.L. , Johnston, N.M. , Labrousse, S. , Merkel, B. , Murphy, E. , Subramaniam, R.C. , Thorpe, S. , Raymond, B. . (2025) Untangling the Complexities of Larval Antarctic Krill Overwintering Success Under Climate Change. ICES Journal Marine Science, 82 (). 17 pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsaf049

2024

Levine, Xavier J., Williams, Ryan S. , Marshall, Gareth , Orr, Andrew , Seland Graff, Lise, Handorf, Dörthe, Karpechko, Alexey, Köhler, Raphael, Wijngaard, René R., Johnston, Nadine , Lee, Hanna, Nieradzik, Lars, Mooney, Priscilla A.. (2024) Storylines of summer Arctic climate change constrained by Barents–Kara seas and Arctic tropospheric warming for climate risk assessment. Earth System Dynamics, 15 (). pp. 10.5194/esd-15-1161-2024

Williams, Ryan S. , Marshall, Gareth J. , Levine, Xavier, Graff, Lise S., Handorf, Dörthe, Johnston, Nadine M. , Karpechko, Alexey Y., Orr, Andrew , Van de Berg, Willem J., Wijngaard, René R., Mooney, Priscilla A.. (2024) Future Antarctic Climate: Storylines of mid-latitude jet strengthening and shift emergent from CMIP6. Journal of Climate, 37 (). pp. 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0122.1

Hill, Simeon L, , Atkinson, Angus, Arata, Javier, Belcher, Anna , Bengtson-Nash, Susan, Bernard, Kim S., Cleary, Alison , Conroy, John, Driscoll, Ryan, Fielding, Sophie , Flores, Hauke, Forcada, Jaume , Halfter, Svenja, Hinke, Jefferson, Hückstädt, Luis, Johnston, Nadine M. , Kane, Mary, Kawaguchi, So, Krafft, Bjørn A., Krüger, Lucas, La, Hyoung Sul, Liszka, Cecilia , Meyer, Bettina, Murphy, Eugene , Pakhomov, Evgeny, Perry, Frances, Piñones, Andrea, Polito, Michael J., Reid, Keith, Reiss, Christian, Rombola, Emilce, Saunders, Ryan A. , Schmidt, Katrin, Sylvester, Zephryr, Takahashi, Akinori, Tarling, Geraint A. , Trathan, Philip N. , Veytia, Devi, Watters, George, Xavier, José C. , Yang, Guang. (2024) Observing change in pelagic animals as sampling methods shift: the case of Antarctic krill. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11 (). 20 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2024.1307402

2023

Murphy, Eugene J. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Hofmann, Eileen E., Phillips, Richard A., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Constable, Andrew J.. (2023) The Southern Ocean Ecosystem Affects The Entire World. Frontiers for Young Minds, 11 (). 10 pp. 10.3389/frym.2023.1089779

Constable, A.J., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Muelbert, M.M.C., McCormack, S., Brasier, M., Caccavo, J.A, Cavanagh, R.D. , Grant, S.M. , Griffiths, H.J. , Gutt, J., Henley, S.F., Höfer, J., Hollowed, A.B., Johnston, N.M. , Morley, S.A. , Murphy, E.J. , Pinkerton, M.H., Schloss, I.R., Swadling, K.M., van de Putte, A.P.. (2023) Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Summary for Policymakers. Online, SCAR, SCOR and IMBeR, 74 pp. (.) 10.5281/zenodo.8359585

Swadling, Kerrie M., Constable, Andrew J., Fraser, Alexander D., Massom, Robert A., Borup, Melanie D., Ghigliotti, Laura, Granata, Antonia, Guglielmo, Letterio, Johnston, Nadine M. , Kawaguchi, So, Kennedy, Fraser, Kiko, Rainer, Koubbi, Philippe, Makabe, Ryosuke, Martin, Andrew, McMinn, Andrew, Moteki, Masato, Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Peeken, Ilka, Reimer, Jody, Reid, Phillip, Ryan, Ken G., Vacchi, Marino, Virtue, Patti, Weldrick, Christine K., Wongpan, Pat, Wotherspoon, Simon J.. (2023) Biological responses to change in Antarctic sea ice habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (). 25 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2022.1073823

2022

Lee, Hanna, Johnston, Nadine , Nieradzik, Lars, Orr, Andrew , Mottram, Ruth H., van de Berg, Willem Jan, Mooney, Priscilla A.. (2022) Toward Effective Collaborations between Regional Climate Modeling and Impacts-Relevant Modeling Studies in Polar Regions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (). pp. 10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0102.1

Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Atkinson, Angus, Constable, Andrew J., Cotté, Cédric, Cox, Martin, Daly, Kendra L., Driscoll, Ryan, Flores, Hauke, Halfter, Svenja, Henschke, Natasha, Hill, Simeon L. , Höfer, Juan, Hunt, Brian P. V., Kawaguchi, So, Lindsay, Dhugal, Liszka, Cecilia , Loeb, Valerie, Manno, Clara , Meyer, Bettina, Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Pinkerton, Matthew H., Reiss, Christian S., Richerson, Kate, Smith, Walker O., Steinberg, Deborah K., Swadling, Kerrie M., Tarling, Geraint A. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Veytia, Devi, Ward, Peter, Weldrick, Christine K., Yang, Guang. (2022) Status, change, and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (). 41 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624692

2021

McCormack, Stacey A., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Trebilco, Rowan, Griffith, Gary, Hill, Simeon , Hoover, Carie, Johnston, Nadine M. , Marina, Tomás I., Murphy, Eugene J. , Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Pinkerton, Matt, Plagányi, Éva, Saravia, Leonardo A., Subramaniam, Roshni C., Van de Putte, Anton P., Constable, Andrew J.. (2021) Southern Ocean food web modelling: Progress, prognoses, and future priorities for research and policy makers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (). 21 pp. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.624763

Bentley, Mike, Siegert, Martin, Jones, Anna , Meredith, Michael , Hendry, Katharine, Arthur, Jennifer, Brooks, Ian, Convey, Peter , Dodds, Klaus, Freeman, Mervyn , Hughes, Kevin A. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Marschalek, Jim, Nichols, Keir, Plaschkes, Charlotte, Rhodes, Rachael, Taylor, Michelle L.. (2021) The future of UK Antarctic science: Strategic priorities, essential needs and opportunities for international leadership. Imperial College London, The Grantham Institute, 10 pp. (Grantham Institute Discussion Paper 9.) 10.25561/92181

Murphy, Eugene J. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Hofmann, Eileen E., Phillips, Richard A., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Constable, Andrew J., Henley, Sian F., Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Trebilco, Rowan, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Saunders, Ryan A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Costa, Daniel P., Corney, Stuart P., Fraser, Ceridwen I., Höfer, Juan, Hughes, Kevin A. , Sands, Chester J. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Trathan, Philip N. , Xavier, José C.. (2021) Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (). 29 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624451

van Putten, I., Kelly, R., Cavanagh, R.D. , Murphy, E.J. , Breckwoldt, A., Brodie, S., Cvitanovic, C., Dickey-Collas, M., Maddison, L., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Arrizabalaga, H., Azetsu-Scott, K., Beckley, L.E., Bellerby, R., Constable, A.J., Cowie, G., Evans, K., Glaser, M., Hall, J., Hobday, A.J., Johnston, N.M. , Llopiz, J.K., Mueter, F., Muller-Karger, F.E., Weng, K.C., Wolf-Gladrow, D., Xavier, J.C. . (2021) A decade of incorporating social sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research project (IMBeR): Much done, much to do?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 14 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.662350

2017

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Turner, John , Knowland, Cheryl A., Corney, Stuart P., Smith, Walker O., Waluda, Claire M. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Bellerby, Richard G.J., Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel p., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Staniland, Iain J. , Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter, Xavier, Jose C. . (2017) A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (). pp. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00308

2016

Murphy, Eugene J. , Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Drinkwater, Ken F., Grant, Susie M. , Heymans, J.J., Hofmann, Eileen E., Hunt, George L., Johnston, Nadine M. . (2016) Understanding the structure and functioning of polar pelagic ecosystems to predict the impacts of change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 283 (). pp. 10.1098/rspb.2016.1646

2014

Constable, Andrew J., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Corney, Stuart P., Arrigo, Kevin R., Barbraud, Christophe, Barnes, David K.A. , Bindoff, Nathaniel L., Boyd, Philip W., Brandt, Angelika, Costa, Daniel P., Davidson, Andrew T., Ducklow, Hugh W., Emmerson, Louise, Fukuchi, Mitsuo, Gutt, Julian, Hindell, Mark A., Hofmann, Eileen E., Hosie, Graham W., Iida, Takahiro, Jacob, Sarah, Johnston, Nadine M. , Kawaguchi, So, Kokubun, Nobuo, Koubbi, Philippe, Lea, Mary-Anne, Makhado, Azwianewi, Massom, Rob A., Meiners, Klaus, Meredith, Michael P. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Nicol, Stephen, Reid, Keith, Richerson, Kate, Riddle, Martin J., Rintoul, Stephen R., Smith, Walker O., Southwell, Colin, Stark, Jonathon S., Sumner, Michael, Swadling, Kerrie M., Takahashi, Kunio T., Trathan, Phil N. , Welsford, Dirk C., Weimerskirch, Henri, Westwood, Karen J., Wienecke, Barbara C., Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter, Wright, Simon W., Xavier, Jose C. , Ziegler, Philippe. (2014) Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: How changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota. Global Change Biology, 20 (). pp. doi:10.1111/gcb.12623

Constable, Andrew, Costa, Dan, Murphy, Eugene , Hofmann, Eileen, Schofield, Oscar, Press, Anthony, Johnston, Nadine M. , Newman, Louise. (2014) Assessing status and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. In: De Broyer, Claude, Koubbi, Philippe, Griffiths, Huw , Raymond, Ben, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Van de Putte, Anton, Danis, Bruno, David, Bruno, Grant, Susie , Gutt, Julian, Held, Christoph, Hosie, Graham, Huettmann, Falk, Post, Alexandra, Ropert-Coudert, Yan (eds.). Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, pp.

2013

Murphy, E.J. , Hofmann, E.E., Watkins, J.L., Johnston, N.M. , Piñones, A., Ballerini, T., Hill, S.L. , Trathan, P.N. , Tarling, G.A. , Cavanagh, R.A. , Young, E.F. , Thorpe, S.E. , Fretwell, P. . (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia. Journal of Marine Systems, 109-110 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.011

2012

Brandt, A., De Broyer, C., Ebbe, B., Ellingsen, K.E., Gooday, A.J. , Janussen, D., Kaiser, S., Linse, K. , Schueller, M., Thomson, M.R.A., Tyler, P.A., Vanreusel, A.. (2012) Southern Ocean Deep Benthic Biodiversity. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, Chichester, Wiley/Blackwell, 564 pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch10

Pörtner, Hans O., Peck, Lloyd S. , Somero, George N.. (2012) Mechanisms Defining Thermal Limits and Adaptation in Marine Ectotherms: An Integrative View. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch13

Barnes, David K.A. , Conlan, Kathleen E.. (2012) The Dynamic Mosaic Disturbance and Development of Antarctic Benthic Communities. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch9

Chown, Stephen L., Convey, Peter. (2012) Spatial and Temporal Variability in Terrestrial Antarctic Biodiversity. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch1

Clarke, Andrew , Barnes, David K. A. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Ducklow, Hugh. W., King, John C. , Meredith, Michael P. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2012) The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch4

Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Rogers, Alex D.. (2012) Introduction – Antarctic ecology in a changing world. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch

Convey, P. , Barnes, D K.A. , Griffiths, H.J. , Grant, S.M. , Linse, K. , Thomas, D.N.. (2012) Biogeography and Regional Classifications of Antarctica. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch15

Ducklow, Hugh W., Clarke, Andrew , Dickhut, Rebecca, Doney, Scott C., Geisz, Heidi, Huang, Kuan, Martinson, Douglas G., Meredith, Michael P. , Moeller, Holly V., Montes-Hugo, Martin, Schofield, Oscar, Stammerjohn, Sharon E., Steinberg, Debbie, Fraser, William. (2012) The Marine System of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch5

Grant, Susie M. , Convey, Pete , Hughes, Kevin A. , Phillips, Richard A., Trathan, Phil N. . (2012) Conservation and Management of Antarctic Ecosystems. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch16

Mackey, Andrew, Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon , Ward, Peter, Cunningham, Nathan, Johnston, Nadine , Murphy, Eugene . (2012) Antarctic macrozooplankton of the southwest Atlantic sector and Bellingshausen Sea: Baseline historical distributions (Discovery Investigations, 1928–1935) related to temperature and food, with projections for subsequent ocean warming. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.011

Murphy, E. J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. , Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Hill, S.L. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M. , Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Cavanagh, R.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Korb, R.E., Whitehouse, M.J., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6

Murphy, E.J. , Cavanagh, R.D. , Hofmann, E.E., Hill, S.L. , Constable, A.J., Costa, D.P., Pinkerton, M.H., Johnston, N.M. , Trathan, P.N. , Klinck, J.M., Wolf-Gladrow, D.A., Daly, K.L., Maury, O., Doney, S.C.. (2012) Developing integrated models of Southern Ocean food webs: including ecological complexity, accounting for uncertainty and the importance of scale. Progress in Oceanography, 102 (). pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.03.006

Pearce, David A. , Laybourn-Parry, Joanna. (2012) Antarctic Lakes as Models for the Study of Microbial Biodiversity, Biogeography and Evolution. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp.

Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew . ; Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). (2012) Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World. , , Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241

Trathan, Phil N. , Forcada, Jaume , Murphy, Eugene J. . (2012) Environmental Forcing and Southern Ocean Marine Predator Populations. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch11

2009

Shreeve, Rachael S., Collins, Martin Anthony , Tarling, Geraint A. , Main, Charlotte, Ward, Peter, Johnston, Nadine . (2009) Feeding ecology of myctophid fishes in the northern Scotia Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 386 (). pp. 10.3354/meps08064

2008

Collins, Martin A. , Xavier, Jose C. , Johnston, Nadine M. , North, Anthony W., Enderlein, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A. , Waluda, Claire M. , Hawker, Elizabeth J., Cunningham, Nathan J.. (2008) Patterns in the distribution of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea ecosystem. Polar Biology, 31 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-008-0423-2

2007

. ; Rogers, A.D., Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. (eds.). (2007) Antarctic ecology: from genes to ecosystems. Part 2: Evolution, diversity and function. , London, Royal Society, 181 pp. (Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 362, No. 1488). doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2135

. ; Rogers, A.D., Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. (eds.). (2007) Antarctic ecology: from genes to ecosystems. Part 1. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), London, Royal Society, 166 pp. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 362, No. 1477).

Rogers, A.D., Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. . (2007) Introduction: Antarctic ecology from genes to ecosystems. Part 2. Evolution, diversity and functional ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362 (). pp. 10.1098/rstb.2007.2135

Murphy, Eugene J. , Trathan, Philip N. , Watkins, Jon L., Reid, Keith, Meredith, Michael P. , Forcada, Jaume , Thorpe, Sally E. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Rothery, Peter. (2007) Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1180

Murphy, E.J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. , Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M. , Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Shreeve, R.S., Atkinson, A., Korb, R., Whitehouse, M.J., Ward, P., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Hill, S.L. , Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1957

Johnston, Nadine M. . (2007) Squid. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, pp.

Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Rogers, Alex D.. (2007) Introduction. Antarctic ecology from genes to ecosystems: the impact of climate change and the importance of scale. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1943

2003

Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. . (2003) Antarctic marine benthic diversity. In: Gibson, R.N., Atkinson, R.J.A. (eds.). Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review. Volume 41, London, Taylor and Francis, pp.

1999

Clarke, Andrew , Johnston, Nadine M. . (1999) Scaling of metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in teleost fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68 (). pp. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00337.x

1998

Hodgson, D.A. , Johnston, N.M. , Caulkett, A.P., Jones, V.J.. (1998) Palaeolimnology of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella populations and implications for Antarctic management. Biological Conservation, 83 (). pp. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00068-2

1997

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Johnston, Nadine M. . (1997) Inferring seal populations from lake sediments. Nature, 387 (). pp. doi:10.1038/387030a0

BBC The World Tonight Radio 4 (with James Coomarasamy 00:53 & 34:03): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t3h9

The Economist’s Babbage (with Alok Jha & Catherine Brahic): https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2024/05/15/why-the-defrosting-of-antarctica-will-be-felt-everywhere

STEM Learning’s Protecting Our Planet Day 2023 Protecting our Ice session live link from the RRS Sir David Attenborough: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/protecting-our-planet-day-2023/

Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/sir-david-attenborough-how-polar-ship-will-help-scientists-study-climate-change/

New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2381589-on-board-rrs-sir-david-attenborough-as-it-prepares-for-antarctic-trip/

New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/video/2382607-rrs-sir-david-attenborough-prepares-for-first-antarctic-science-voyage/

BAS News & Media: First Antarctic research mission on polar ship: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/first-antarctic-research-mission-on-polar-ship/

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