The potential and actual threats of introduced organisms to sub-Antarctic islands - do subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species?

• Other Authors: BERGSTROM, DANA M. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), BERGSTROM, DANA M. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; EXOTIC SPECIES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; EXOTIC VEGETATION; VEGETATION; INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES; INDIGENOUS VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TRANSPORTATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; Aliens; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; New Zealand; Queensland; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Australian Antarctic Program; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/potential-actual-threats-alien-species/699556; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5536FDCC5F02E; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1187_Aliens; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

The main objective for this study was to establish whether subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species. Our main focus was the examination of the logistic operations and people travelling with the Australian Antarctic Program Field Activities Report on survey of cargo...