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Humpback sightings in Antarctica
Read more of: Humpback sightings in AntarcticaBecause of their coastal habits and lethargic nature, humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae have been among the species hardest hit by the whaling industry. Between 1904 and 1973 (when humpback catching […]
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Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
Read more of: Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic(1) The cold hardiness of four species was studied in respect of supercooling ability, cryoprotective substances, chill-coma temperatures and survival under anaerobiosis. The effects of low temperature acclimation and starvation […]
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Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula
Read more of: Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula1. Mean supercooling points of eleven species of arthropods (three Collembola, seven Acari and one Diptera) ranged from ‐6.2 to ‐9.4°C (high group), and from ‐17.7 to ‐31.0°C (low group). […]
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Cold hardiness in invertebrate poikilotherms
Read more of: Cold hardiness in invertebrate poikilotherms1. 1. A selective review is made of the information on cold hardiness in the following taxonomic groups: Protozoa, Platyhelminthes, Rhynchocoela, Rotifera, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Tardigrada, micro-Arthropoda (Collembola & Acari) […]
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Late Cretaceous and early Miocene Andean-type plutonic activity in northern Makran and Central Iran
Read more of: Late Cretaceous and early Miocene Andean-type plutonic activity in northern Makran and Central IranTwo calc-alkaline plutonic complexes. Bazman and Natanz, intruded through the south-eastern active and south-western ancient continental margins of Central Iran, Have been dated by the Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron method at […]
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DNA amounts of angiosperms from the Antarctic and South Georgia
Read more of: DNA amounts of angiosperms from the Antarctic and South GeorgiaThe 4C DNA amounts of 23 native or alien angiosperms from South Georgia, or the maritime Antarctic, ranged from 1.4 to 80.5 pg (in 14 monocots) and from 1.3 to […]