2025-2026 Science Planning Summary
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2025-2026 USAP Field Season
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Ballard, Grant B-200-M Population Growth at the Southern Extreme: Effects of Early Life Conditions on Adélie Penguin Individuals and Colonies
Murray, Alison B-018-N Collaborative Research: Diving Into the Ecology of an Antarctic Ascidian Microbiome-Palmerolide Association Using a Multiomic and Functional Approach
Rotella, Jay B-009-M Collaborative Research: The Drivers and Role of Immigration in the Dynamics of the Largest population of Weddell Seals in Antarctica Under Changing Conditions
Sumner, Dawn B-047-M Seasonal Primary Productivity and Nitrogen Cycling in Photosynthetic Mats in Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys
Thurber, Andrew B-249-M Career: Ecosystem Impacts of Microbial Succession and Production at Antarctic Methane Seeps
van Gestel, Natasja B-086-P Antarctica as a model system for responses of terrestrial carbon balance to warming
Vazquez-Medina, Jose B-464-M Collaborative Research: Role of Endothelial Cell Activation in Hypoxia Tolerance of an Elite Diver, the Weddell Seal
Warner, Jacob B-004-M Collaborative Research: Genomic Mechanisms Controlling the Slow Development of the Antarctic Urchin Sterechinus neumayeri
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