Subantarctic Macquarie Island: environment and biology
A brief description of Macquarie Island and its settling and the history of its discovery and subsequent human occupation precedes more detailed accounts of the geomorphology and quaternary history of the island, its vegetation, avifauna, mammals, microbiology and marine and freshwater environments....
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1990
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| Series: | Studies in polar research
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| Summary: | A brief description of Macquarie Island and its settling and the history of its discovery and subsequent human occupation precedes more detailed accounts of the geomorphology and quaternary history of the island, its vegetation, avifauna, mammals, microbiology and marine and freshwater environments. Final chapter discusses management strategies. |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 285 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0521266335 |
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| adam_text | Subantarctic Macquarie Island:
environment and biology
P M SELKIRK,
R D ?EPPELT
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Contents
List of figures page viii
List of tables xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Discovery and human occupation S
Discovery and exploitation 5
Early scientific visitors 7
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 10
Control of sealing 13
Sanctuary 14
ANARE - Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and
Macquarie Island IS
Establishment of the Macquarie Island ANARE station 16
The present ANARE station 19
End of an era in the far south 19
3 The island and its setting 23
Physiography 23
Southern atmosphere 27
Southern Ocean 29
Climate 36
4 The island s origin and geology 42
Seismicity 42
Topography of the Macquarie Ridge complex 44
Tectonics 47
Dating and general geology of Macquarie Island rocks 48
Rock types on the island 51
The volcanic and sedimentary rock sequence 51
Dyke swarm complexes 54
Layered sequence of troctolites and gabbros 54
Peridotites 55
Gabbroic rocks 55
Macquarie Island as an ophiolite complex 56
vi Contents
5 Geomorphology and Quaternary history 59
Faulting 59
Uplift 67
Sea-level changes and coastal erosion 71
Glaciation 77
Erosion 80
Periglacial phenomena 82
Vegetation history 85
6 The island s vegetation 86
History of botanical studies on Macquarie Island 86
Vegetation formations 88
Coastal communities 89
Plateau uplands 105
Influence of animals on vegetation 114
Introduced and alien plant species 115
Biogeographical relationships of the flora 116
7 Lakes 119
Chemistry of Macquarie Island lake waters 121
Lake water temperatures 126
Lake vegetation 127
Freshwater fauna 131
8 The island s birds 134
Penguins 135
Giant petrels 143
Burrow-nesting petrels • 145
Southern skuas 147
Albatrosses 148
Kelp or Dominican gulls 152
Blue-eyed cormorants 153
Ducks 155
Self-introduced birds 156
9 Mammals - indigenous and introduced 157
Indigenous mammals 157
Non-indigenous mammals 177
10 Microbiology, parasitology and terrestrial arthropods 188
Soil organisms 188
Bacteria of birds and mammals 191
Virology on Macquarie Island 192
Applied microbiology on Macquarie Island • 194
Parasites of elephant seals and birds - 196
Free-living arthropods 201
Contents vii
11 The nearshore environment 203
Intertidal ecology 203
Sublittoral organisms 207
The oceans around Macquarie Island 208
12 Human effects: from mismanagement to management strategies 217
Introduced animals and plants on Macquarie Island 218
Conservation and management strategies 226
References 231
Appendix 1
Vascular plants recorded from Macquarie Island 251
Appendix 2
Bryophytes recorded from Macquarie Island 253
Appendix 3
Lichens recorded from Macquarie Island 256
Appendix 4
Fungi recorded from Macquarie Island 258
Appendix 5
Freshwater and terrestrial algae recorded from Macquarie Island 260
Appendix 6
Marine algae recorded from Macquarie Island 262
Appendix 7
Terrestrial invertebrates (excluding parasites and mites) of
Macquarie Island 264
Appendix 8
Marine and littoral invertebrates recorded from Macquarie Island and
the Macquarie Ridge 267
Appendix 9
Nearshore fishes of Macquarie Island 270
Appendix 10
Birds of Macquarie Island 272
Appendix 11
Marine mammals of Macquarie Island 275
Appendix 12
Introduced mammals established on Macquarie Island 276
Index of genus and species names 277
Subject index 280
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