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Read more of: Iceberg Alley and Subantarctic Ice and Ocean Dynamics: Expedition 382 of the R/V JOIDES Resolution from and to Punta Arenas, Chile Sites U1534–U1538 20 March–20 May 2019
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Late glacial and Holocene glacial and palaeolake history of the Última Esperanza region of Southern Patagonia
Read more of: Late glacial and Holocene glacial and palaeolake history of the Última Esperanza region of Southern PatagoniaWe undertook multi-proxy analyses on two sediment cores from Lago Pato, a small lake basin at 51°S topographically separated from Lago del Toro in Torres del Paine (TdP), to provide […]
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Ecological features of exotic Vespula wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) invading the southernmost UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Read more of: Ecological features of exotic Vespula wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) invading the southernmost UNESCO Biosphere ReserveInvasive alien species may cause substantial changes and damaging impacts. Here, we document the current distribution and ecological interactions with native biota of relatively recently introduced wasps, Vespula vulgaris and […]
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The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 years
Read more of: The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 yearsA new ice core was drilled in West Antarctica on Skytrain Ice Rise in field season 2018/2019. This 651 m ice core is one of the main targets of the WACSWAIN […]
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Rapid radiation of Southern Ocean shags in response to receding sea ice
Read more of: Rapid radiation of Southern Ocean shags in response to receding sea iceUnderstanding how natural populations respond to climatic shifts is a fundamental goal of biological research in a fast-changing world. The Southern Ocean represents a fascinating system for assessing large-scale climate-driven […]
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Low heritability and high phenotypic plasticity of salivary cortisol in response to environmental heterogeneity in a wild pinniped
Read more of: Low heritability and high phenotypic plasticity of salivary cortisol in response to environmental heterogeneity in a wild pinnipedIndividuals are unique in how they interact with and respond to their environment. Correspondingly, unpredictable challenges or environmental stressors often produce an individualized response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and […]
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Tipping cycles
Read more of: Tipping cyclesInstability in Jacobians is determined by the presence of an eigenvalue lying in the right half plane. The coefficients of the characteristic polynomial contain information related to the specific matrix […]
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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution and movements in the vicinity of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area
Read more of: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution and movements in the vicinity of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected AreaHumpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are showing strong recovery from commercial whaling in the western South Atlantic. In this region, humpback whales migrate annually from their winter breeding grounds off the […]
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Plankton and nekton community structure in the vicinity of the South Sandwich Islands (Southern Ocean) and the influence of environmental factors
Read more of: Plankton and nekton community structure in the vicinity of the South Sandwich Islands (Southern Ocean) and the influence of environmental factorsThe South Sandwich Islands (SSI) are a biologically productive archipelago situated in the eastern Scotia Sea to the south of the eastward flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). The islands support […]
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Megabenthos habitats influenced by nearby hydrothermal activity on the Sandwich Plate, Southern Ocean
Read more of: Megabenthos habitats influenced by nearby hydrothermal activity on the Sandwich Plate, Southern OceanThe Sandwich Plate is known as one of the tectonically most active regions in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, characterised by a subsurface chain of active volcanic islands (the South […]
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The annual salinity cycle of the Denmark Strait Overflow
Read more of: The annual salinity cycle of the Denmark Strait OverflowThe Denmark Strait Overflow (DSO) is an important source of dense water input to the deep limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It is fed by separate currents from […]
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Demographic reconstruction of Antarctic fur seals supports the krill surplus hypothesis
Read more of: Demographic reconstruction of Antarctic fur seals supports the krill surplus hypothesisMuch debate surrounds the importance of top-down and bottom-up effects in the Southern Ocean, where the harvesting of over two million whales in the mid twentieth century is thought to […]