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Linking predator and prey behaviour: contrasts between Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins at South Georgia
Read more of: Linking predator and prey behaviour: contrasts between Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins at South GeorgiaAntarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella and macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus are the two main land-based krill Euphausia superba consumers in the northern Scotia Sea. Using a combination of concurrent at-sea […]
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Wind field and sex constrain the flight speeds of central-place foraging albatrosses
Read more of: Wind field and sex constrain the flight speeds of central-place foraging albatrossesBy extracting energy from the highly dynamic wind and wave fields that typify pelagic habitats, albatrosses are able to proceed almost exclusively by gliding flight. Although energetic costs of gliding […]
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Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a review
Read more of: Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a reviewColonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A combination of animal tracking and satellite […]
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The importance of dispersal related and local factors in shaping the taxonomic structure of diatom metacommunities
Read more of: The importance of dispersal related and local factors in shaping the taxonomic structure of diatom metacommunitiesTo date, little is known about the relative importance of dispersal related versus local factors in shaping microbial metacommunities. A common criticism regarding existing datasets is that the level of […]
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Benthoctopus rigbyae n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula
Read more of: Benthoctopus rigbyae n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic PeninsulaAmong the many octopods collected during recent Antarctic trawling surveys were 93 specimens of an undescribed octopod with biserial suckers. Although most similar in appearance to the sub-Antarctic Benthoctopus levis […]
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The adaptive value of energy storage and capital breeding in seasonal environments
Read more of: The adaptive value of energy storage and capital breeding in seasonal environmentsTiming of reproduction in a seasonal cycle is a life history trait with important fitness consequences. Capital breeders produce offspring from stored resources and, by decoupling feeding and reproduction, may […]
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Dynamics of the Earth’s particle radiation environment
Read more of: Dynamics of the Earth’s particle radiation environmentThe physical processes affecting the dynamics of the Earth’s particle radiation environment are reviewed along with scientific and engineering models developed for its description. The emphasis is on models that […]
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Nitrogen form influences the response of Deschampsia antarctica to dark septate root endophytes
Read more of: Nitrogen form influences the response of Deschampsia antarctica to dark septate root endophytesFungi with dematiaceous septate hyphae, termed dark septate endophytes (DSE), are common in plant roots, particularly in cold-stressed habitats, but their effects on their host plants remain obscure. Here, we […]
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Taxonomic affinities of dark septate root endophytes of Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica, the two native Antarctic vascular plant species
Read more of: Taxonomic affinities of dark septate root endophytes of Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica, the two native Antarctic vascular plant speciesAlthough dark septate fungal endophytes (DSE) occur widely in association with plant roots in cold-stressed habitats, little is known of the taxonomic status of DSE in Antarctica. Here we investigate […]
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Impact of different energies of precipitating particles on NOx generation in the middle and upper atmosphere during geomagnetic storms
Read more of: Impact of different energies of precipitating particles on NOx generation in the middle and upper atmosphere during geomagnetic stormsEnergetic particle precipitation couples the solar wind to the Earth’s atmosphere and indirectly to Earth’s climate. Ionisation and dissociation increases, due to particle precipitation, create odd nitrogen (NOx) and odd […]
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Vision in lanternfish (Myctophidae): Adaptations for viewing bioluminescence in the deep-sea
Read more of: Vision in lanternfish (Myctophidae): Adaptations for viewing bioluminescence in the deep-seaThe sensitivity hypothesis seeks to explain the correlation between the wavelength of visual pigment absorption maxima (lambda(max)) and habitat type in fish and other marine animals in terms of the […]