UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Ian Hawes

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Department: School of Earth and Environment

Email: ian.hawes@canterbury.ac.nz

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Languages: English, Melanesian pidgin

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Fields of Research

Antarctic Limnology
Aquatic Photosynthesis

Researcher Summary

Researcher interests include factors controlling ecosystem processes in Antarctic lakes and ponds, with a particular focus on primary production. This includes measurements of photosynthesis using a range of techniques as well as analysis of irradiance, nutrient dynamics and other factors that affect this process. Field, analytical and experimental approaches are used and research is embedded in international, multidisciplinary teams. Specific interests of these teams include the use of Antarctic ecosystems as analogues for life on early earth, the role of climate in definition of ecosystem properties in Antarctica and responses to change.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Ecology ; Freshwater Ecology ; Marine Ecology
Environmental Studies: Environmental Science

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)

Journal Articles

Cantonati M., Poikane S., Pringle CM., Stevens LE., Turak E., Heino J., Richardson JS., Bolpagni R., Borrini A. and Cid N. (2020) Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: Consequences for biodiversity conservation. Water (Switzerland) 12(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12010260.

Dillon ML., Hawes I., Jungblut AD., Mackey TJ., Eisen JA., Doran PT. and Sumner DY. (2020) Energetic and Environmental Constraints on the Community Structure of Benthic Microbial Mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz207.

McAllister TG., Wood SA., Mackenzie EM. and Hawes I. (2020) Reach-and mat-scale differences in microcoleus autumnalis (Cyanobacterium) accrual along velocity and nitrate gradients in three New Zealand rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 77(2): 401-412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0133.

Biessy L., Boundy MJ., Smith KF., Harwood DT., Hawes I. and Wood SA. (2019) Tetrodotoxin in marine bivalves and edible gastropods: A mini-review. Chemosphere 236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124404.

Biessy L., Smith KF., Harwood DT., Boundy MJ., Hawes I. and Wood SA. (2019) Spatial variability and depuration of tetrodotoxin in the bivalve Paphies australis from New Zealand. Toxicon: X 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2019.100008.

Forrest AL., Lund-Hansen LC., Sorrell BK., Bowden-Floyd I., Lucieer V., Cossu R., Lange BA. and Hawes I. (2019) Exploring spatial heterogeneity of antarctic sea ice algae using an autonomous underwater vehicle mounted irradiance sensor. Frontiers in Earth Science 7 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00169.

Hu Q., Turnbull M. and Hawes I. (2019) Estimated light compensation depth explains growth of Stuckenia pectinata in Te Waihora. Aquatic Botany 156: 57-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2019.04.005.

Hu Q., Turnbull M. and Hawes I. (2019) Salinity restricts light conversion efficiency during photo-acclimation to high irradiance in Stuckenia pectinata. Environmental and Experimental Botany 165: 83-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.05.022.

Kang YH., Kim S., Choi SK., Moon K., Choi HG., Ko YW., Hawes I., Kim SH., Kim JH. and Park SR. (2019) Composition and structure of the marine benthic community in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica: Responses of the benthic assemblage to disturbances. PLoS ONE 14(12) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225551.

Matys ED., Mackey T., Grettenberger C., Mueller E., Jungblut A., Sumner DY., Hawes I. and Summons RE. (2019) Environmental controls on bacteriohopanepolyol profiles of benthic microbial mats from Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Geobiology 17(5): 551-563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12353.

Matys ED., Mackey T., Grettenberger C., Mueller E., Sumner DY., Hawes I. and Summons RE. (2019) Bacteriohopanepolyols across environmental gradients in Lake Vanda, Antarctica. Geobiology 17(3): 308-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12335.

Piazza P., Cummings V., Guzzi A., Hawes I., Lohrer A., Marini S., Marriott P., Menna F., Nocerino E. and Peirano A. (2019) Underwater photogrammetry in Antarctica: long-term observations in benthic ecosystems and legacy data rescue. Polar Biology 42(6): 1061-1079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02480-w.

Puddick J., Goodwin EO., Hawes I., Hamilton DP. and Wood SA. (2019) In situ collection and preservation of intact microcystis colonies to assess population diversity and microcystin quotas. Toxins 11(8) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11080435.

Rivera-Hernandez F., Sumner DY., Mackey TJ., Hawes I. and Andersen DT. (2019) In a PICL: The sedimentary deposits and facies of perennially ice-covered lakes. Sedimentology 66(3): 917-939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12522.

Tait L., Bind J., Charan-Dixon H., Hawes I., Pirker J. and Schiel D. (2019) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for monitoring macroalgal biodiversity: Comparison of RGB and multispectral imaging sensors for biodiversity assessments. Remote Sensing 11(19) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11192332.

Bevington J., McKay CP., Davila A., Hawes I., Tanabe Y. and Andersen DT. (2018) The thermal structure of the anoxic trough in Lake Untersee, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 30(6): 333-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102018000354.

Biessy L., Smith KF., Boundy MJ., Webb SC., Hawes I. and Wood SA. (2018) Distribution of tetrodotoxin in the New Zealand Clam, Paphies Australis, established using immunohistochemistry and liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. Toxins 10(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10070282.

Hawes I., Jungblut AD., Matys ED. and Summons RE. (2018) The “Dirty Ice” of the McMurdo Ice Shelf: Analogues for biological oases during the Cryogenian. Geobiology 16(4): 369-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12280.

Lund-Hansen LC., Hawes I., Holtegaard Nielsen M., Dahllöf I. and Sorrell BK. (2018) Summer meltwater and spring sea ice primary production, light climate and nutrients in an Arctic estuary, Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 50(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2017.1414468.

Lund-Hansen LC., Juul T., Eskildsen TD., Hawes I., Sorrell B., Melvad C. and Hancke K. (2018) A low-cost remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with an optical positioning system for under-ice measurements and sampling. Cold Regions Science and Technology 151: 148-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.03.017.

Mackey TJ., Sumner DY., Hawes I., Leidman SZ., Andersen DT. and Jungblut AD. (2018) Stromatolite records of environmental change in perennially ice-covered Lake Joyce, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Biogeochemistry 137(1-2): 73-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0402-1.

McAllister TG., Wood SA., Atalah J. and Hawes I. (2018) Spatiotemporal dynamics of Phormidium cover and anatoxin concentrations in eight New Zealand rivers with contrasting nutrient and flow regimes. Science of the Total Environment 612: 71-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.085.

McAllister TG., Wood SA., Greenwood MJ., Broghammer F. and Hawes I. (2018) The effects of velocity and nitrate on Phormidium accrual cycles: A stream mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Science 37(3): 496-509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/699204.

Velasco-Castrillón A., Hawes I. and Stevens MI. (2018) 100 years on: A re-evaluation of the first discovery of microfauna from Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 30(4): 209-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095410201800007X.

Jungblut AD. and Hawes I. (2017) Using captain scott’s discovery specimens to unlock the past: Has antarctic cyanobacterial diversity changed over the last 100 years? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1857) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0833.

Koo H., Mojib N., Hakim JA., Hawes I., Tanabe Y., Andersen DT. and Bej AK. (2017) Microbial communities and their predicted metabolic functions in growth laminae of a unique large conical mat from Lake Untersee, East Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology 8(AUG) http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01347.

Lund-Hansen LC., Hawes I., Nielsen MH. and Sorrell BK. (2017) Is colonization of sea ice by diatoms facilitated by increased surface roughness in growing ice crystals? Polar Biology 40(3): 593-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1981-3.

Mackey TJ., Sumner DY., Hawes I. and Jungblut AD. (2017) Morphological signatures of microbial activity across sediment and light microenvironments of Lake Vanda, Antarctica. Sedimentary Geology 361: 82-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.09.013.

Mackey TJ., Sumner DY., Hawes I., Jungblut AD., Lawrence J., Leidman S. and Allen B. (2017) Increased mud deposition reduces stromatolite complexity. Geology 45(7): 663-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G38890.1.

Rankin AH., Pressel S., Duckett J., Rimington WR., Hawes I., Sumner DY., Mackey TJ., Castendyke D., Schneider H. and Jungblut AD. (2017) Characterisation of a deep-water moss from the perennially ice-covered Lake Vanda, Antarctica. Polar Biology 40(10): 2063-2076. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2127-y.

Steiner K., Wood SA., Puddick J., Hawes I., Dietrich DR. and Hamilton DP. (2017) A comparison of bacterial community structure, activity and microcystins associated with formation and breakdown of a cyanobacterial scum. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 80(3): 243-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01852.

Tait LW., Hawes I. and Schiel DR. (2017) Integration of chlorophyll a fluorescence and photorespirometry techniques to understand production dynamics in macroaglal communities. Journal of Phycology 53(3): 476-485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12524.

Wood SA., Atalah J., Wagenhoff A., Brown L., Doehring K., Young RG. and Hawes I. (2017) Effect of river flow, temperature, and water chemistry on proliferations of the benthic anatoxin-producing cyanobacterium Phormidium. Freshwater Science 36(1): 63-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/690114.

Wood SA., Borges H., Puddick J., Biessy L., Atalah J., Hawes I., Dietrich DR. and Hamilton DP. (2017) Contrasting cyanobacterial communities and microcystin concentrations in summers with extreme weather events: insights into potential effects of climate change. Hydrobiologia 785(1): 71-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2904-6.

Borges H., Wood SA., Puddick J., Blaney E., Hawes I., Dietrich DR. and Hamilton DP. (2016) Intracellular, environmental and biotic interactions influence recruitment of benthic Microcystis (Cyanophyceae) in a shallow eutrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 38(5): 1289-1301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw046.

Castendyk DN., Obryk MK., Leidman SZ., Gooseff M. and Hawes I. (2016) Lake Vanda: A sentinel for climate change in the McMurdo Sound Region of Antarctica. Global and Planetary Change 144: 213-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.06.007.

Hawes I., Jungblut AD., Obryk MK. and Doran PT. (2016) Growth dynamics of laminated microbial mats in response to variable irradiance in an Antarctic lake. Freshwater Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12715.

Jungblut AD., Hawes I., Mackey TJ., Krusor M., Doran PT., Sumner DY., Eisen JA., Hillman C. and Goroncy AK. (2016) Microbial mat communities along an oxygen gradient in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82(2): 620-630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02699-15.

Jungblut AD., Hawes I., Mackey TJ., Krusor M., Doran PT., Sumner DY., Eisen JA., Hillman C. and Goroncy AK. (2016) Microbial mat communities along an oxygen gradient in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. Applied Environmental Microbiology 82(620-630).

Lucieer V., Nau AW., Forrest AL. and Hawes I. (2016) Fine-scale sea ice structure characterized using underwater acoustic methods. Remote Sensing 8(10) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8100821.

McAllister T., Wood S. and Hawes I. (2016) The rise of toxic benthic Phormidium proliferations: a review of their taxonomy, distribution, toxin content and factors regulating prevalence and increased severity. Harmful Algae 55: 282-294.

Puddick J., Wood SA., Hawes I. and Hamilton DP. (2016) Fine-scale cryogenic sampling of planktonic microbial communities: Application to toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 14(9): 600-609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10115.

Sumner DY., Jungblut AD., Hawes I., Andersen DT., Mackey TJ. and Wall K. (2016) Growth of elaborate microbial pinnacles in Lake Vanda, Antarctica. Geobiology 14(6): 556-574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12188.

Davila AF., Hawes I., Araya JG., Gelsinger DR., DiRuggiero J., Ascaso C., Osano A. and Wierzchos J. (2015) In situ metabolism in halite endolithic microbial communities of the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Frontiers in Microbiology 6 1035: 6pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01035.

Mackey TJ., Sumner DY., Hawes I., Jungblut AD. and Andersen DT. (2015) Growth of modern branched columnar stromatolites in Lake Joyce, Antarctica. Geobiology 13(4): 373-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12138.

Sumner DY., Hawes I., Mackey TJ., Jungblut AD. and Doran PT. (2015) Antarctic microbial mats: A modern analogue for Archean lacustrine oxygen oases. Geology 43(10): 887-890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G36966.1.

Webster-Brown JG., Hawes I., Jungblut AD., Wood SA. and Christenson HK. (2015) The effects of entombment on water chemistry and bacterial assemblages in closed cryoconite holes on Antarctic glaciers. FEMS microbiology ecology 91(12) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv144.

Wood S., Depree C., Brown L., McAllister T. and Hawes I. (2015) Entrapped sediments as a source of phosphorus in epilithic cyanobacterial proliferations in low nutrient rivers. PLoS One 10(10) e0141063: 17pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141063.

Zang L., Jungblut AD., Hawes I., Andersen DT., Sumner DY. and Mackey TJ. (2015) Cyanobacterial diversity in benthic mats of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica. Polar Biology 38(8): 1097-1110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1669-0.

Conference Contributions - Published

Evans TW., Kalambokidis MJ., Hawes I. and Summons RE. (2019) Biomarker signals from microbial mats in melt water ponds from Bratina Island on the McMurdo ice shelf, Antarctica. In 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, IMOG 2019.

Beecroft R., Cossu R., Forrest A., Hawes I. and Lemckert C. (2016) Observations and characteristics of the ice-ocean boundary layer in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

Allen B., Mackey TJ., Lawrence J., Leidman S., Hawes I., Kursor M. and Mowchan L. (2015) Analysis of webbed pinnacle microbial mat variation along a decreasing sediment gradient in Lake Joyce, Antarctica. Chicago, IL USA: 2015 Astrobiology Science Conference, 15-19 Jun 2015.

Forrest AL., Bowden-Floyd I., Hawes I., Lucieer V., Cossu R., Sorrell B. and Lund-Hansen L. (2015) Mesoscale spatial variability in sea ice thickness, optical properties and algal biomass. Christchurch, New Zealand: 2015 Antarctic Science Conference, 29 Jun-2 Jul 2015.

Jungblut AD., Hawes I., Mackey TJ., Krusor M., Doran PT. and Sumner DY. (2015) Microbial mat communities along environmental gradients in perennially ice-covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: 6th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, 6-10 Sep 2015.