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Antarctic seals, whales and dolphins of the early twentieth century: Marine mammals of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14 (AAE) and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-31 (BANZARE) ANARE Reports, 2000 (Ref: 9478)
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No detailed report on marine mammals has been published … previously from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911 –14 … (AAE)or the British,Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929 –31 (BANZARE).

Biodegradation of petroleum products in experimental plots in Antarctic marine sediments is location dependent. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007 (Ref: 12843)
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Clean sediment collected from O’Brien Bay, East Antarctica, was artificially contaminated with a mix of Special Antarctic Blend diesel fuel and lubricating oil and deployed in two uncontaminated locations (O’Brien and Sparkes Bays) and a previously contaminated bay (Brown Bay)…

Determining the extent of weathering of spilled fuel in contaminated soil using the diastereomers of pristane and phytane Organic Geochemistry, 2007 (Ref: 13313)
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A method is described for determining the relative extent of weathering in moderately biodegraded, hydrocarboncontaminated … soils from Antarctica. Plotting the pristane diastereomer ratio (PrDR) vs. pristane/phytane (Pr/Ph) allows … the relative extent of weathering…

Determining the extent of biodegradation of fuels using diastereomers of acrylic isoprenoids Environmental Science and Technology, 2007 (Ref: 12933)
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Improved testing and remediation procedures for sites … contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons are a priority … in remote cold regions such as Antarctica, where costs are … higher and remediation times are longer.

Petroleum-hydrocarbon contamination and remediation by microbioventing at sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2007 (Ref: 12930)
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Natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons in polar and subpolar soils is limited by low nutrients, low temperatures, and … water availability.

Nitrogen requirements for maximising petroleum bioremediation in a sub-Antarctic soil Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2007 (Ref: 12853)
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Many contaminated cold region soils are deficient in nitrogen, and addition of the proper amount of this nutrient can increase the biodegradation rate. However…

Mixed infection with multiple strains of murine cytomegalovirus occurs following simultaneous or sequential infection of immunocompetent mice. Journal of General Virology, 2006 (Ref: 12348)
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As with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection of humans, murine CMV (MCMV) infection is … widespread in its natural host, the house mouse Mus domesticus, and may consist of mixed … infection with different CMV isolates.

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