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Overview

Colin Southwell is affiliated with the Australian Antarctic Division in Australia and has a focused research profile primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Oceanography.

Southwell's research topics center on marine animal studies and avian ecology and behavior, with significant contributions to isotope analysis in ecology, species distribution and climate change, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, polar research and ecology, as well as cryospheric studies and observations.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems", 2020, Nature
  • "The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project", 2020, Scientific Data
  • "Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Penguins in Antarctica, Targets for Conservation Action", 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) as biovectors for long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants to Antarctica", 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Circumpolar assessment of mercury contamination: the Adélie penguin as a bioindicator of Antarctic marine ecosystems", 2023, Ecotoxicology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Southwell include Louise Emmerson, Bárbara Wienecke, Simon Wotherspoon, Stuart Corney, and Akiko Kato. These collaborations reflect a network engaged in Antarctic and marine ecological research.

Southwell publishes regularly in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Ecology and Evolution, Nature, Scientific Data, and Environmental Pollution. This blend of interdisciplinary journals aligns with the diverse scientific interests and environmental focus evident in their work.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Global threats to pinnipeds

    Kit M. Kovacs;Alex Aguilar;David Aurioles;Vladimir Burkanov

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi‐species predator tracking

    Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Mary Anne Lea;Toby Patterson;Virginia Andrews-Goff;Virginia Andrews-Goff

  • Adélie penguin population diet monitoring by analysis of food DNA in scats

    Simon N. Jarman;Julie C. McInnes;Cassandra Faux;Andrea M. Polanowski

  • Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables” — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Daniel P. Costa;Oscar Schofield;Louise Newman

  • Responses of Antarctic pack-ice seals to environmental change and increasing krill fishing

    Jaume Forcada;Philip N. Trathan;Peter L. Boveng;Ian L. Boyd

  • Sea ice cover and its influence on Adélie Penguin reproductive performance.

    Louise Emmerson;Colin Southwell

  • Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

    Katharine Keogan;Francis Daunt;Sarah Wanless;Richard A. Phillips

  • Density Can Be Misleading for Low-Density Species: Benefits of Passive Acoustic Monitoring

    Tracey L. Rogers;Michaela B. Ciaglia;Holger Klinck;Colin Southwell

  • The timing of pupping by pack-ice seals in East Antarctica

    Colin Southwell;Knowles Kerry;Paul Ensor;Eric J. Woehler

  • Evaluating and using stable-isotope analysis to infer diet composition and foraging ecology of Adélie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae

    Megan Tierney;Colin Southwell;Louise M. Emmerson;Mark A. Hindell

  • High inter- and intraspecific niche overlap among three sympatrically breeding, closely related seabird species: Generalist foraging as an adaptation to a highly variable environment?

    Nina Dehnhard;Nina Dehnhard;Helen Achurch;Judy Clarke;Loïc N. Michel

  • Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek. 5. Patterns of defecation by eastern gray kangaroos and red-necked wallabies

    C. N. Johnson;P. J. Jarman;C. J. Southwell

  • The Southern Ocean observing system: Initial science and implementation strategy

    S. R. Rintoul;M. Sparrow;M. P. Meredith;V. Wadley

  • An automated camera system for remote monitoring in polar environments

    Kym B. Newbery;Colin Southwell

  • Evaluation of Walked Line Transect Counts for Estimating Macropod Density

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  • Uncommon or cryptic? Challenges in estimating leopard seal abundance by conventional but state-of-the-art methods

    Colin Southwell;Charles G.M. Paxton;David Borchers;Peter Boveng

  • The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;Anton P. Van de Putte;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Horst Bornemann

  • The influence of animal mobility on the assumption of uniform distances in aerial line-transect surveys

    Rachel M. Fewster;Colin Southwell;David L. Borchers;Stephen T. Buckland

  • Spatially Extensive Standardized Surveys Reveal Widespread, Multi-Decadal Increase in East Antarctic Adélie Penguin Populations

    Colin Southwell;Louise Emmerson;John McKinlay;Kym Newbery

  • Continental-scale mapping of Adélie penguin colonies from Landsat imagery

    Mathew R. Schwaller;Colin J. Southwell;Louise M. Emmerson

  • Simultaneous DNA-based diet analysis of breeding, non-breeding and chick Adélie penguins.

    Julie C. McInnes;Louise Emmerson;Colin Southwell;Cassandra Faux

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Raymond
Ben Raymond Australian Antarctic Division
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter L. Boveng
Peter L. Boveng National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Karine Delord
Karine Delord Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Nicholas J. Gales
Nicholas J. Gales Australian Antarctic Division
Mary-Anne Lea
Mary-Anne Lea University of Tasmania
Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research

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