Biology

Valine substituted winter flounder 'antifreeze': preservation of ice growth hysteresis. FEBS Letters, 1998 (Ref: 8358)

Authors:

Haymet A.D.J.Ward L.G.Harding M.M.Knight C.A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Three mutant polypeptides of the type I 37-residue winter flounder antifreeze protein have been synthesized. All four threonine residues in the native peptide have been mutated to serine…

Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 1998 (Ref: 8668)

Authors:

O'Hara T.D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Fifty-two echinoderm species are recorded from off Macquarie Island and the Macquarie Ridge in the Southern Ocean. One new asteroid Odontohenricia anarea sp. nov. and one new holothurian Trachythyone nelladana sp. nov. are described. The asteroid genus Calvasterias is synonymised with Anasterias.

Small-distance variation of carbon and nitrogen storage in mineral Antarctic Cryosols near Casey Station (Wilkes Land). Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenahrung Bodendunde, 1998 (Ref: 8375)

Authors:

Beyer L.Pingpank K.Bölter M.Seppelt R.D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Variation of carbon and nitrogen storage in soils of coastal continental Antarctica (Wilkes Land). Eurasian Soil Science, 1998 (Ref: 9468)

Authors:

Beyer L.Pingpank K.Bölter M.Schneider D.Blume H.P.

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Kelp-plucking: coastal erosion facilitated by bull-kelp Durvillaea antarctica at subantarctic Macquarie Island Antarctic Science, 1998 (Ref: 8659)

Authors:

Smith J.M.B.Bayliss-Smith T.P.

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Subantarctic Macquarie Island - a model ecosystem for studying animal-derived nitrogen sources using 15 N natural abundance. Oecologia, 1998 (Ref: 8650)

Authors:

Erskine P.D.Bergstrom D.M.Schmidt S.Stewart G.R.Tweedie C.E.Shaw J.D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Plants collected from diverse sites on subantarctic Macquarie Island varied by up to 30‰ in their leaf 15N values. 15N natural abundance of plants, soils…

Ecology features of coastal saline lakes related to environmental evolution in the area of Antarctic continental ice edge Chinese Journal of Polar Science, 1998 (Ref: 8827)

Authors:

Zipan W.Deprez P.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Opinion: The culture and practice of longline tuna fishing: implications for seabird by-catch mitigation Bird Life International 1998, 1998 (Ref: 9497)

Authors:

Robertson G.

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Food requirements of breeding king penguins at Heard Island and potential overlap with commercial fisheries Polar Biology, 1998 (Ref: 9484)

Authors:

Moore G.J.Robertson G.Wienecke B.

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The diet composition of King penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at Heard Island (53°05S; 73°30E) was determined from stomach contents of 98 adults captured as they returned to the island throughout 1992. During the two growth seasons…

Diet of adelie penguins pygoscelis adeliae at Shirley Island, East Entarctica, January 1992 Marine Ornithology, 1998 (Ref: 9483)

Authors:

Kent S.Seddon J.Robertson G.Wienecke B.C.

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Stomach samples were collected from 41 Adelie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae attending young chicks at Shirley Island, near Casey Station (66°20S, 110°25E) from 8-14 January 1992. The mean mass of stomach samples was 411±115 g, about 10% of mean adult body mass (4.2±0.4 kg). By mass…

Soils of the southern circumpolar region and their classification Eurasian Soil Science, 1998 (Ref: 9469)

Authors:

Blume H.P.Beyer L.Schneider D.

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Temporal abundance of naked bactivore amoebae in coastal East Antarctica. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science, 1998 (Ref: 8214)

Authors:

Mayes D.Rogerson A.Marchant H.J.Laybourn-Parry J.

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Algicidal effects of a novel marine Pseudoalteromonas isolate (class Proteobacteria , gamma subdivision) on harmful algal bloom species of the genus Chattonella , Gymnodinium and Heterosigma Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1998 (Ref: 9898)

Authors:

Lovejoy C.Bowman J.P.Hallegraeff G.M.

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Fluoride in Antarctic marine crustaceans Marine Biology, 1998 (Ref: 8671)

Authors:

Sands M.Nicol S.McMinn A.

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An assessment of the relationship between chlorophyll a fluorescence and CO 2 gas exchange from field measurements on a moss and lichen. Planta, 1998 (Ref: 8411)

Authors:

Green T.G.A.Schroeter B.Kappen L.Seppelt R.D.Maseyk K.

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Nutrient exchange in an Antarctic macrolichen during summer snowfall-snowmelt events. New Phytologist, 1998 (Ref: 8383)

Authors:

Crittenden P.D.

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Origin of Macquarie Island echinoderms Polar Biology, 1998 (Ref: 8391)

Authors:

O'Hara Tim

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The origin of echinoderms from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is analyzed through a novel application of multivariate statistics. Ordinations are produced from a combination of species distribution, bathymetric, habitat and life history data in order to assess patterns of migration.

Applicability of external measurements to sexing of the Cape Petrel Daption capense at within-pair, within-population and between-population scales. Journal of Zoology, 1998 (Ref: 8378)

Authors:

Weidinger K.van Franeker J.A.

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Chlorophyll a fluorescence and CO2 exchange of Umbilicaria aprina under extreme light stress in the cold. Oecologia, 1998 (Ref: 8371)

Authors:

Kappen L.Schroeter B.Green T.G.A.Seppelt R.D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Effect of UV-B on lipid content of three Antarctic marine phytoplankton. Phytochemistry, 1998 (Ref: 8364)

Authors:

Skerratt J.H.Davidson A.T.Nichols P.D.McMeekin T.A.

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