Presentations, Publications, Reports, and News Articles

Presentations
2000:
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Kennicutt, M.C. II, Alsup, D.L. and Klein, A.G. Spatial and temporal scales of human disturbance – McMurdo Station, Antarctic. Department of Oceanography Seminar Series, Texas A&M University/, September 18, 2000.
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Klein, A.G. Local Environmental Impacts of Science and Operations, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Sunday Science Lecture Series, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, December 10, 2000.
2001:
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Klein, A.G. 2001, Spatial and Temporal Scales of Human Disturbance - McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Crary Science Lecture Series, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, December 19, 2001.
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Klein, A.G., Gielstra, D.A., Kennicutt, M.I. and Wolff, G.A., 2001. Developing an environmental monitoring system for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, using GIS and remote sensing, /97th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, New York, February 27-March 3, 2001.
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Morehead, S. 2001, Assessment of anthropogenic effects on marine benthic communities at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Thesis Presentation, University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute.
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Morehead, S. 2001. Assessment of anthropogenic impacts on the marine communities at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Benthic Ecology Meeting, University of New Hampshire March 2001.
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Sweet, S.T. 2001, Antarctic field research at McMurdo by GERG scientists presentation to high school students at TAMU MEDALS Conference and to students at Cypress Grove Middle School, College Station Texas.
2003:
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Sweet, S.T., J.L. Sericano, G. Denoux, D. Dielstra, A.G. Klein, M.C. Kennicutt II, Y. Qian, T.L. Wade, and G. Wolff. (2003), Novel TPH pattern detected in samples from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, SETAC 24th Annual Meeting, November 9-13, 2003, Austin, TX, p. 281.
2004:
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Klein, A.G., 2004. The use of GIS and remote sensing in Antarctic environmental monitoring activities, Presented at the 30th Congress of International Geographical Union, Glasgow, Scotland,/ August 16-20th
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Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T., Bloxom, T. and Gielstra D.A. 2004. An Environment Perspective on the Historical Growth of McMurdo Station, Antarctica Presented at the Centennial Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14-19, 2004.
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Morehead, S. and Palmer T.A., 2004, Island to Ice presentation to students in H.G. Olsen Elementary, Brundrett Middle School, and Port Aransas High School in Port Aransas, Texas.
2005:
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Klein, A.G. The Role of GIS in Long-Term Environmental Monitoring at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.* */Seminar Programme School of Science and the Environment, Bath Spa University College, Bath England, /March 16, 2005.
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Morehead, S., and Palmer, T.A. 2005, Island to Ice presentation to students in Brundrett Middle School, and Port Aransas High School in Port Aransas, Texas.
2006:
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Kennicutt, M.C, Applebaum, S., Denoux, G.J., Klein, A.G, Montana, Palmer, T., P.A., Sweet, S.T., and Wade, T. 2006. Long-term Monitoring of Human Impacts: A Case Study from McMurdo Station. Committee on Environmental Protection Workshop, Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, June, 2006 (Poster).
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Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Montana, P.A., Sericano, J.L., Sweet, S.T., Applebaum, S., Denoux, G.J., Palmer, T. and Gielstra, D.A. 2006. A Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. SCAR XXIX/COMNAP XVIII Conference/, Hobart, Australia, July 8-15th
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Klein, A.G et al. 2006. Long-term environmental monitoring at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, studying 50-years of human impact. To be presented at the Environmental Science Program Seminar Series, Ohio State University, October 20th, 2006.
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Morehead-Applebaum, S., Montagna, P., and Kennicutt, M.C. Long-term Environmental Monitoring of the Marine Communities at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, SCAR open Science Conference, Hobart Tasmania, July 14, 2006.
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Sweet, S.T., 2006, Antarctic Research Initiatives at GERG, presented to College Station Morning Lions Club.
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Sweet, S.T., Sericano, J.L., Denoux, G., Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C., and Wade, T. L. Spatial and temporal variability of contamination in the marine environment at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. SETAC 27th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 5-9, 2006.
Publications
2001:
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Morehead, S. 2001. Assessment of anthropogenic effects on marine benthic communities at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute.
2003:
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Lee, W., Kang, S.-H. Kang, P.A. Montagna, and I..-S. Kwak. 2003. Temporal dynamics and patterning of meiofauna community by self-organizing artificial neural networks. Ocean and Polar Research 25:237-247
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Kennicutt, M.C.I., Wolff, G.A., Klein, A. and Montagna, P., 2003. Spatial and temporal scales of human disturbance - McMurdo Station, Antarctic - preliminary findings. In: A.H.L. Huiskes /et al/. (Editors), Antarctic Biology in a Global Context/. Backhuys Publishers, Lieden, Netherlands, pp. 271-277
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Klein, A.G., Kennicutt M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T. Gielstra, D.A. and T. Bloxom 2004. Disruption of Sand-Wedge Polygons at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: An Indication of Physical Disturbance. /Proceedings of the 61st Annual Eastern Snow Conference/, Portland Maine, June 9-11, 2003, pp. 159-172
2004:
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Klein, A., Kennicutt M.C. II, Sweet, S., Montanga, P. and S. Applebaum, 2004. Long-Term Environmental Monitoring at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Supported With GIS. ArcNews 26(3), pp. 34-35
Accepted/Submitted:
- Kim, M., M. C. Kennicutt II, and Y. Qian, (In Press) Molecular and stable carbon isotopic characterization of PAH contaminants at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Marine Pollution Bulletin.
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Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T., Gielstra, D.A. and Bloxom, T. (Submitted). Disruption of sand-wedge polygons at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: an indication of the areal extent of physical disturbance. Geografiska Annaler.
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Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T., Bloxom, T., Gielstra, D.A. and Cleckley, M. (In Press). The Historical Development of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, an Environmental Perspective. Polar Geography
In Preparation:
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Klein et al. (in prep). Spatial Patterns of Selected Trace Metals in Soils, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, /Antarctic Science
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Klein et al. (in prep). Spatial Patterns of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in soils, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. /Antarctic Science
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Morehead, S., Montagna, P., and Kennicutt, M.C. Comparing fixed-point and probabilistic sampling designs for monitoring the marine ecosystem near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. To be submitted to: Antarctic Science.
Reports
1998:
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Kennicutt M., and G Wolff, "Spatial and Temporal Scales of Monitoring", November, 1998, 36 pp.
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Kennicutt, M., G Wolff, and D Alstrup, "System Attributes Amenable to Long Term Monitoring", December 1998, 25 pp.
1999:
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Kennicutt, M., G Wolff, D Alstrup, and A Klein, "Long Term Monitoring McMurdo Station - Pilot Project Design", April, 1999, 41 pp.
2003:
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Project Team, "Spatial and Temporal Scales of Human Disturbance, McMurdo Station Antarctica - Final Report", February, 2003, 203 pp.
2006:
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Project Team, “McMurdo Monitoring Final Report –Phase 1”, May, 2006, 111 pp.
News Articles
2004:
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Chirinos, F., Corpus Christi Caller Times, “Port A scientists bring ice to island Internet will link students to work in Antarctica”, 19 November 2004
2005:
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Stone, E., Antarctic Sun, “Contaminants measured near McMurdo”, 16 January, 2005.
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Baird, M., Corpus Christi Caller Times, “Port Aransas students bring Antarctica to classroom via Web”, 3 January 2005.