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1 January, 1986
Extracellular proteins produced by Staphylococcus aureus strains were examined by Western Blot analysis with blood donor plasma as a source of antibodies. Comparison of epidemiologically related strains showed strong concordance…1 January, 1986
A dominance hierarchy developed within a wintering flock of Greater Sheathbills which fed regularly at a concentrated artificial food source. Each bir's dominance position was determined from the proportion of…1 January, 1986
Determination of geographically dependent sedimentological variation (‘proximality’) in ancient flysch deposits formed an important part of early turbidite studies. Attempts to quantify this variation highlighted anomalies which were neatly resolved…1 January, 1986
A model involving repeated NNW-directed ductile thrusting in subduction complex rocks on Signy Island. South Orkney Islands, accounts for the consistent NNW-trending alignment of fold axes, stretching and shearing directions.…Read more on Ductile thrusting within subduction complex rocks on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
1 January, 1986 by Andrew Clarke, Lloyd Peck
The metabolism of the Antarctic brachiopod Liothyrella uva (Jackson, 1912) has been investigated in the laboratory under simulated winter conditions of low temperature and no food. Under such conditions the…1 January, 1986
Summary 1. The Southern Ocean is a large‐scale, relatively homogeneous upwelling ecosystem whose phytoplankton apparently grows suboptimally over much of its area. By contrast there is a wide variety of…Read more on Antarctic aquatic ecosystems as habitats for phytoplankton
1 January, 1986
Data on phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass, and physical and chemical variables, are combined with a published multivariate description of diatom species composition to interpret variation within an area around South…1 January, 1986
The c. 6 km2 complex comprises graphitic/pyritic, mainly kyanite-rich pelites, interbanded with metalimestones and invaded by foliated serpentinites. It is enveloped by typically Moinian psammites, semipelites and pelites. Previously regarded…1 January, 1986
Data from the Advanced Ionospheric Sounder (AIS) deployed at Halley, Antarctica (76°S, 27°W; L = 4.2) and the Dynamics Explorer-2 spacecraft (DE-2) are used to investigate several aspects of the…Read more on The poleward edge of the mid-latitude trough—its formation, orientation and dynamics
1 January, 1986
Magnetograms from Lerwick, Scotland and Halley, Antarctica are used to show that the effects of the DPY current system can frequently be detected at these sub-auroral observatories. It is found…Read more on Observations of the effects of DPY currents at sub-auroral latitudes
1 January, 1986 by Paul Rodhouse
During R.R.S. “Discovery” Cruise 100 in the Southern Ocean (1979), 620 specimens of the Antarctic cranchiid squid Galiteuthis glacialis (Chun) were caught in the RMT8 opening-closing net, to the south…1 January, 1986
The breeding performance of Blue-eyed shags of known age (up to 12 yr old) was studied on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands for three seasons. Mate change between seasons was…1 January, 1986
Satellite images recorded in 1973, 1974, and 1985 of the Brunt Ice Shelf are compared. There are sufficient identifiable features moving with the ice shelf to show flow patterns over…Read more on Flow of the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, derived from Landsat images, 1974–85
1 January, 1986
Landsat multispectral images of the Antarctic ice sheet have been digitally enhanced by the US Geological Survey to show ice surface features not seen in earlier photographic products of the…Read more on Multispectral digital image mapping of Antarctic ice features
1 January, 1986
Four conservation areas in the maritime Antarctic (three Specially Protected Areas and a Site of Special Scientific Interest) are compared with neighbouring islands which have not been awarded similar conservation…1 January, 1986 by Jonathan Watkins
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba Dana, were sampled from 28 discrete swarms in a small area south west of Elphant Island, South Shetlands, over a period of 14 d (24 February-9…1 January, 1986 by Eric Wolff
Two situations are studied in relation to the flow law of polar ice. In each case, models are used with a flow-law exponent of one, and with the more traditional…1 January, 1986
Wave and particle correlator experiments on board the UKS revealed a wide range of plasma wave and wave-particle interactions associated with the 27 December 1984 artificial comet release just outside…1 January, 1986 by Roger Worland, William Block
Seven species of Antarctic micro-arthropods (4 mites and 3 collembolans) were examined to determine their resistance to dehydration and their survival under dry conditions. Water loss at r.h. 5% at…Read more on Survival and water loss in some Antarctic arthropods
1 November, 1985 by Andrew Clarke
Cephalopods may be divided into five types according to their buoyancy. Members of several families such as the Octopodidae, Loliginidae and Ommastrephidae are negatively buoyant and must swim to stay…1 September, 1985 by Andrew Clarke
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947 and Echinogammarus marinus (Leach, 1815) were sampled during the breeding season from Oslofjord in 1984, and their lipid composition examined in relation to reproductive condition. In…1 May, 1985 by Jonathan Shanklin
Recent attempts to consolidate assessments of the effect of human activities on stratospheric ozone (O3) using one-dimensional models for 30° N have suggested that perturbations of total O3 will remain…Read more on Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction
1 January, 1985
This report was originally issued with paper copies of two map sheets, showing Bouger anomaly and aeromagnetic anomaly contours. They have not yet been digitised. These maps were also published…Read more on Reconnaissance gravity and aeromagnetic surveys of the Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1985
Single fast myotomal fibres and small bundles of slow fibres (from the adductor pectoralis profundus muscle) were isolated from the Antarctic teleost Notothenia neglecta. Fibres were skinned by a brief…1 January, 1985
Egg composition and factors influencing egg formation were studied in Black‐browed and Grey‐headed Albatrosses Diomedea melanophris and D. chrysostoma at Bird Island, South Georgia. At nests where eggs were laid,…1 January, 1985
A series of 40 male and 40 female mites of the prostigmatid genus Eupodes from the maritime Antarctic were each scored for 58 morphological characters, and principal co‐ordinate analyses were…1 January, 1985
Coherent variable frequency signals (ramps) extending from 1 to 8 kHz, injected into the magnetosphere from Siple Station, Antarctica (L=4.3) exhibit upper and lower cutoffs when received at the conjugate…1 January, 1985
VLF signals in the 2–4 kHz range transmitted from Siple Station, Antarctica (L ∼ 4.3), and received at various Antarctic locations have been used to detect the occurrence of burst…Read more on A new VLF method for studying burst precipitation near the plasmapause
1 January, 1985
We present the results of a study of anomalies, which are defined as differences of seasonal means from the data set seasonal means, in the Earth's radiation budget from the…1 January, 1985
The age of individuals Notothenia gibberifrons Lönnberg was determined for a sample from an unexploited population collected at South Bay ,Palmer Archipelago. Elsewhere in the Antartic this species has been…