Breeding Population and Nesting Habitat of Skuas in the Harmony Point Antarctic Specially Protected Area by Francisco Santa Cruz, Lucas Krüger

“…Harmony Point (Nelson Island) is an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) designated to manage and protect the high biological value of seabirds’ richness and abundance. …”
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Antarctic Special Protected Area 161 as a Reference to Assess the Effects of Anthropogenic and Natural Impacts on Meiobenthic Assemblages by Federica Semprucci, Luca Appolloni, Eleonora Grassi, Luigia Donnarumma, Lucia Cesaroni, Giuseppina Tirimberio, Elena Chianese, Paola Di Donato, Giovanni Fulvio Russo, Maria Balsamo, Roberto Sandulli

“…Therefore, during the XXXIII Antarctic expedition, we carried out an investigation in Terra Nova bay (Ross Sea), close to the Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) n.161. In particular, we compared the effects of two different types of impacts on the meiobenthic assemblages: anthropogenic impact (AI), associated with the activity of Mario Zucchelli Research Station (MZS), and natural impact (NI) attributable to a large colony of Adélie penguins (<i>Pygoscelis adeliae)</i> in Adelie Cove. …”
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Survey of a snow petrel nesting site in a remote high mountain region to inform designation of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area by Marie-Charlott Rümmler, Marie-Charlott Rümmler, Jan Esefeld, Christian Pfeifer, Osama Mustafa

“…Despite the sensitivity of ecosystems in extreme conditions, only 0.029% of the Antarctic continent is currently granted special protection as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA). Additionally, protected areas are unevenly distributed and unrepresentative of the biodiversity of Antarctica. …”
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Genetic Approach on Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske to Evaluate Representativeness of in situ Conservation Areas Among Protected and Neighboring Free Access Areas in Maritime Anta... by Ingrid Hebel, Inti Gonzalez, Ricardo Jaña

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Monitoring of Antarctica’s Fragile Vegetation Using Drone-Based Remote Sensing, Multispectral Imagery and AI by Damini Raniga, Narmilan Amarasingam, Juan Sandino, Ashray Doshi, Johan Barthelemy, Krystal Randall, Sharon A. Robinson, Felipe Gonzalez, Barbara Bollard

Subjects: “…antarctic specially protected area (ASPA)…”
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A Green Fingerprint of Antarctica: Drones, Hyperspectral Imaging, and Machine Learning for Moss and Lichen Classification by Juan Sandino, Barbara Bollard, Ashray Doshi, Krystal Randall, Johan Barthelemy, Sharon A. Robinson, Felipe Gonzalez

Subjects: “…Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA)…”
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Development of Antarctic protected areas: mathematical forecast for 2020 by О. V. Kuzko, А. Р. Fedchuk, V. V. Savchenko

Subjects: “…antarctic specially protected areas…”
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Low numbers of large microplastics on environmentally-protected Antarctic beaches reveals no widespread contamination: insights into beach sedimentary dynamics by CAIK O. DE MIRANDA, CARLOS ERNESTO G.R. SCHAEFER, JOSÉ JOÃO L.L. DE SOUZA, LUCIANO M. GUIMARÃES, PAULO VICTOR S. MAIA, JULIANA A. IVAR DO SUL

Subjects: “…Antarctic Specially Protected Areas…”
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First record of the Austral Negrito (Aves: Passeriformes) from the South Shetlands, Antarctica by Gryz Piotr, Korczak−Abshire Małgorzata, Gerlée Alina

“…This record was made at Lions Rump, King George Island, part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 151 (ASPA 151). There is no direct evidence of how the individual arrived at Lions Rump, but ship assistance cannot be excluded.…”
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Contributions to the bryological knowledge of ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island by Diego Knop Henriques, Bárbara Guedes Costa Silva, Gustavo Emílio Zuñiga, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva Câmara

“…In recognition for the need to protect natural values, an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 125) was established in the region. …”
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Environmental monitoring and management proposals for the Fildes Region, King George Island, Antarctica by Christina Braun, Osama Mustafa, Anja Nordt, Simone Pfeiffer, Hans-Ulrich Peter

“…We observed similar or increased levels of air, land and ship traffic, but fewer violations of overflight limits near Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 150 Ardley Island. Open waste dumping and oil contamination are still major environmental impacts. …”
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Seabird and pinniped shape soil bacterial communities of their settlements in Cape Shirreff, Antarctica. by Lía Ramírez-Fernández, Nicole Trefault, Margarita Carú, Julieta Orlando

“…Thus, we chose Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, an Antarctic Specially Protected Area designated mainly to protect the diversity of marine vertebrate fauna, and selected sampling sites with different types of animals coexisting in a relatively small space, and where human presence and impact are negligible. …”
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Colonization by mites of glacier-free areas in King George Island, Antarctica Colonização por ácaros em áreas livres de geleiras na Ilha Rei George, Antárctica by Grzegorz Gryziak

“…The study was undertaken on the Antarctic Specially Protected Area no. 128 (West Coast of the Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands Islands). …”
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The harmonization of small-scale marine spatial protection in the Argentine Islands area (Antarctic Peninsula) under the Antarctic Treaty System by A. Fedchuk, O. Sinna, G. Milinevsky, A. Utevsky

“…In order to harmonize the application of all available tools of spatial ecosystem-based protection across the ATS, it is proposed to designate the long-term environmental monitoring sites around Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station as a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) consisting of terrestrial and marine components. …”
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Fluctuation of Glacial Retreat Rates in the Eastern Part of Warszawa Icefield, King George Island, Antarctica, 1979–2018 by Rafał Pudełko, Piotr Jan Angiel, Mariusz Potocki, Anna Jędrejek, Małgorzata Kozak

“…This study assesses changes in glacier margin positions between 1979 and 2018 in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area 128 (ASPA-128) on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. …”
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Mapping Glacier Forelands Based on UAV BVLOS Operation in Antarctica by Maciej Dąbski, Anna Zmarz, Mirosław Rodzewicz, Małgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Izabela Karsznia, Katarzyna Lach, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Katarzyna Chwedorzewska

“…We mapped landform assemblages developed in forelands of Ecology Glacier (EGF), Sphinx Glacier (SGF) and Baranowski Glacier (BGF) in Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 128 (ASPA 128) on King George Island (South Shetland Islands) and inferred about glacial dynamics. …”
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BVLOS UAV missions for vegetation mapping in maritime Antarctic by Anna Zmarz, Stein Rune Karlsen, Marlena Kycko, Małgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Izabela Gołębiowska, Izabela Karsznia, Katarzyna Chwedorzewska

“…Maps of the vegetation of the western shore of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands, Western Antarctic) that included the Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 128 (ASPA 128) were designed. …”
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Glacier Geometry Changes in the Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island over the Last Decades by Mariusz Pasik, Krzysztof Bakuła, Sebastian Różycki, Wojciech Ostrowski, Maria Elżbieta Kowalska, Anna Fijałkowska, Marcin Rajner, Sławomir Łapiński, Ireneusz Sobota, Marek Kejna, Katarzyna Osińska-Skotak

“…This paper presents changes in the range and thickness of glaciers in Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 128 on King George Island in the period 1956–2015. …”
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Long-term changes in population size and distribution of Stercorarius maccormicki (Stercorariidae, Charadriiformes) on the Haswell Islands, East Antarctica by Sergey V. Golubev, Egor S. Golubev

“…The studies have been carried out on the Haswell Archipelago (Davis Sea), mainly in Antarctic Specially Protected Area №127 «Haswell Island and adjacent emperor penguin rookery on fast ice». …”
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Managing cumulative impacts and protected areas in Antarctica: what can we learn from the rest of the world? by Alvaro Soutullo, Ana Laura Machado-Gaye, Eduardo Juri

“…This is a particular challenge for the effective management of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs), as a lack of coordination may potentially put at risk the fulfillment of their conservation objectives. …”
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