Research

Publications

Souster, T.A., Morley, S. A., Cordingley, A., Barnes, D.K.A., Peck, L.S (In preparation) Quantification of benthic biodiversity and biomass in time, space and changes with season at an Antarctic site. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Souster, T.A., Barnes, D.K.A., Hopkins, J (2020) Variation in zoobenthic blue carbon in the Arctic’s Barents Sea shelf sediments. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 378:20190362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0362

Bax, N., Moreno, B., Moreau, C., Barnes, D.K.A., Paulsen, M., Held, C., Downey, R., Sands, C., Souster, T.A (2019) Carbon storage by Kerguelen zoobenthos as a negative feedback on climate change. The Keruelen Plateau: Marine Ecosystem and fisheries, Proceedings of the second symposium

Souster, T.A., Morley, S. A., Peck, L.S. (2018) Seasonality of oxygen consumption in five common benthic marine invertebrates, Antarctica. Journal of Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s003000-018-2251-3

Peck, L.S., Souster, T.A., Clark M.S. (2013) Juveniles are more resistant to warming than adults in 4 species of Antarctic marine invertebrates. PLoS One 8:6

Clark, M.S & Souster, T.A. (2012) Arm regeneration in the cold: delayed early phases in Antarctic brittle stars. Aquatic Biology 16: 105-113

Barnes, D.K.A & Souster, T.A. (2011) Reduced survival of Antarctic benthos linked to climate induced iceberg scouring. Nature Climate Change. 1: 365-368

Dissertations

• P.h.D. Thesis (The British Antarctic Survey and The Open University, UK): Souster, T.A. (2018)  Biodiversity of Antarctic hard rock communties: biomas and energy use

• B.Sc. Thesis (University of Plymouth, UK): Souster, T.A. (2007) Inter-population differences in the concentration of pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyllc, fucoxanthin and beta Carotene) present in Fucus serratus with relation to copper exposure