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Author O. Alemany, P. Talalay, P. Boissonneau, J. Chappellaz, J. F. Chemin, R. Duphil, E. Lefebvre, L. Piard, P. Possenti, J. Triest doi  openurl
  Title The SUBGLACIOR drilling probe: hydraulic considerations Type Journal
  Year 2021 Publication Annals of Glaciology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 62 Issue 84 Pages 131-142  
  Keywords Glaciological instruments and methods ice coring ice engineering paleoclimate  
  Abstract (down) Using significant technological breakthroughs and unconventional approaches, the goal of the in situ probing of glacier ice for a better understanding of the orbital response of climate (SUBGLACIOR) project is to advance ice core research by inventing, constructing and testing an in situ probe to evaluate if a target site is suitable for recovering ice as old as 1.5 million years. Embedding a laser spectrometer, the probe is intended to make its own way down into the ice and to measure, in real time and down to the bedrock, the depth profiles of the ice δD water isotopes as well as the trapped CH4 gas concentration and dust concentration. The probe descent is achieved through electromechanical drilling combined with continuous meltwater sample production using a central melting finger in the drill head. A key aspect of the project lies in the design and implementation of an efficient method to continuously transfer to the surface the ice chips being produced by the drill head and from the refreezed water expulsed downstream from the melting finger, into the borehole. This paper presents a detailed calculation and analysis of the flow rates and pressure conditions required to overcome friction losses of the drilling fluid and to effectively transport ice chips to the surface.  
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  ISSN 0260-3055, 1727-5644 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 8234  
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Author C. Tape, Q. Liu, A. Maggi, J. Tromp openurl 
  Title Adjoint tomography of the southern California crust. Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication SCIENCE Abbreviated Journal Science  
  Volume 325 Issue Pages 988-992  
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  Abstract (down) Using an inversion strategy based on adjoint methods, we developed a three-dimensional seismological model of the southern California crust. The resulting model involved 16 tomographic iterations, which required 6800 wavefield simulations and a total of 0.8 million central processing unit hours. The new crustal model reveals strong heterogeneity, including local changes of ±30% with respect to the initial three-dimensional model provided by the Southern California Earthquake Center. The model illuminates shallow features such as sedimentary basins and compositional contrasts across faults. It also reveals crustal features at depth that aid in the tectonic reconstruction of southern California, such as subduction-captured oceanic crustal fragments. The new model enables more realistic and accurate assessments of seismic hazard.  
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  ISSN 0036-8075 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 5807  
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Author Grob M, Schmittbuhl J, Toussaint R, Rivera L, Santucci S, Måløy K J, doi  openurl
  Title Quake Catalogs from an Optical Monitoring of an Interfacial Crack Propagation Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Pure and Applied Geophysics Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 166 Issue 5-7 Pages 777 -799  
  Keywords Earth and Environmental Science,  
  Abstract (down) Using an experimental setup which allows to follow optically the propagation of an interfacial crack front in a heterogeneous medium, we show that the fracture front dynamics is governed by local and irregular avalanches with large velocity fluctuations. Events defined as high velocity bursts are ranked in catalogs with analogous characteristics to seismicity catalogs: time of occurence, epicenter location and energy parameter (moment). Despite differences in the fracturing mode (opening for the experiments and shear rupture for earthquakes), in the acquisition mode and in the range of time scales, the distributions of moment and epicenter jumps in the experimental catalogs obey the same scaling laws with exponents similar to the corresponding distributions for earthquakes. The record-breaking event analysis also shows very strong similarities between experimental and real seismicity catalogs. The results suggest that the dynamics of crack propagation is controlled by the elastic interactions between microstructures within the material.
 
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  Publisher Birkhäuser Basel Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 0033-4553 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 2167  
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Author Brun Eric, Six Delphine, Picard Ghislain, Vionnet Vincent, Arnaud Laurent, Bazile Eric, Boone Aaron, Bouchard Aurelie, Genthon Christophe, Guidard Vincent, Le Moigne Patrick, Rabier Florence, Seity Yann, doi  openurl
  Title Snow/atmosphere coupled simulation at Dome C, Antarctica Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Journal of Glaciology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 57 Issue 204 Pages 721-736  
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  Abstract (down) Using a snow/atmosphere coupled model, the evolution of the surface and near-surface snow temperature is modeled at Dome C, Antarctica, during the period 20-30 January 2010. Firstly, the detailed multilayer snow model Crocus is run in stand-alone mode, with meteorological input forcing data provided by local meteorological observations. The snow model is able to simulate the evolution of surface temperature with good accuracy. It reproduces the observed downward propagation of the diurnal heatwave into the upper 50 cm of the snowpack reasonably well. Secondly, a fully coupled 3-D snow/atmosphere simulation is performed with the AROME regional meteorological model, for which the standard single-layer snow parameterization is replaced by Crocus. In spite of a poor simulation of clouds, the surface and near-surface snow temperatures are correctly simulated, showing neither significant bias nor drifts during the simulation period. The model reproduces particularly well the average decrease of the diurnal amplitude of air temperature from the surface to the top of the 45 m instrumented tower. This study highlights the potential of snow/atmosphere coupled models over the Antarctic plateau and the need to improve cloud microphysics and data assimilation over polar regions.
 
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  ISSN 0022-1430 ISBN Medium  
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Author Ménard Frédéric, Potier Michel, Jaquemet Sébastien, Romanov Evgeny, Sabatié Richard, Cherel Yves, doi  openurl
  Title Pelagic cephalopods in the western Indian Ocean: New information from diets of top predators Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY Abbreviated Journal Deep Sea Res. Part II Top. Stud. Oceanogr.  
  Volume 95 Issue Pages 83-92  
  Keywords Beaks, Diet composition, Octopod, Ommastrephidae, Pelagic fish, Sooty tern, Squid, Trophic ecology,  
  Abstract (down) Using a combination of diverse large predatory fishes and one seabird, we collected information on the cephalopod fauna of the western Indian Ocean. We analyzed the stomach contents of 35 fishes representing ten families (Xiphiidae, Istiophoridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Coryphaenidae, Alepisauridae, Dasyatidae, Carcharhinidae, Alopiidae and Sphyrnidae) and of the sooty tern Onychoprion fuscata of the Mozambique Channel from 2000 to 2010. Both fresh and accumulated beaks were used for identifying cephalopod prey. Cephalopods were important prey for twelve predators; swordfish Xiphias gladius had the highest cephalopod proportion; sooty tern (O. fuscata) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) had high proportions too. We recovered 23 cephalopod families and identified 38 species. Ten species from four Teuthida families (Ommastrephidae, Onychoteuthidae, Histioteuthidae and Ancistrocheiridae) and two Octopoda families (Argonautidae and Bolitaenidae) occurred very frequently in the stomach contents, while Sepiida were rare. Ommastrephidae were the most cephalopod food sources: the purpleback flying squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis was the most prevalent prey by far, Ornithoteuthis volatilis was important for eleven predators and few but large specimens of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii were recovered in the stomachs of swordfish in the Indian South Subtropical Gyre province only. Predators' groups were identified based on cephalopod prey composition, on depth in which they forage, and on prey size. Surface predators' diets were characterized by lower cephalopod diversity but greater average numbers of cephalopod prey, whereas the deep-dwelling predators (swordfish and bigeye tuna) preyed on larger specimens than surface predators (O. fuscata or yellowfin tunas Thunnus albacares). Our findings emphasized the usefulness of a community of marine predators to gain valuable information on the biology and the distribution of the cephalopod forage fauna that are discussed with regard to biogeographic province, marine predator, fishing gear to catch the large pelagic fishes, and size of the beaks recovered in the stomachs.  
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  ISSN 0967-0645 ISBN Medium  
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Author Clementi C. & Morinais G. openurl 
  Title Etude du degré de mycorhization de cinq poacées présentes sur l'archipel de Kerguelen. Type Master
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract (down) Unversité d'Angers:Mémoire de Maîtrise B.P.E.  
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Author Johannes H. Fischer, Igor Debski, Colin M. Miskelly, Charles A. Bost, Aymeric Fromant, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jake Tessler, Rosalind Cole, Johanna H. Hiscock, Graeme A. Taylor, Heiko U. Wittmer doi  isbn
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  Title Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand Type Journal
  Year 2018 Publication PLOS ONE Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 6 Pages e0197766  
  Keywords Biometrics Birds Ears Islands New Zealand Principal component analysis Species delimitation Taxonomy  
  Abstract (down) Unresolved taxonomy of threatened species is problematic for conservation as the field relies on species being distinct taxonomic units. Differences in breeding habitat and results from a preliminary molecular analysis indicated that the New Zealand population of the South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) was a distinct, yet undescribed, species. We measured 11 biometric characters and scored eight plumage characters in 143 live birds and 64 study skins originating from most populations of P. georgicus, to assess their taxonomic relationships. We analysed differences with principal component analyses (PCA), factorial ANOVAs, and Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests. Results show that individuals from New Zealand differ significantly from P. georgicus from all other populations as following: 1) longer wings, 2) longer outer tail feathers, 3) deeper bills, 4) longer heads, 5) longer tarsi, 6) limited collar extent, 7) greater extent of contrasting scapulars, 8) larger contrasting markings on the secondaries, 9) paler ear coverts, 10) paler collars, and 11) paler flanks. Furthermore, we used a species delimitation test with quantitative phenotypic criteria; results reveal that the New Zealand population of P. georgicus indeed merits species status. We hereby name this new species Pelecanoides whenuahouensis sp. nov. Due to severe reductions in its range and the very low number of remaining birds (~150 individuals limited to a single breeding colony on Codfish Island/Whenua Hou) the species warrants listing as ‘Critically Endangered’. An abstract in the Māori language/Te Reo Māori can be found in S1 File.  
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Author Vas Elisabeth, Lescroël Amélie, Duriez Olivier, Boguszewski Guillaume, Grémillet David, doi  openurl
  Title Approaching birds with drones: first experiments and ethical guidelines. Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Biology letters Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 20140754-20140754  
  Keywords Aircraft, Aircraft: ethics, Aircraft: instrumentation, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Charadriiformes, Charadriiformes: physiology, Color, Ducks, Ducks: physiology, Remote Sensing Technology, Remote Sensing Technology: ethics, Remote Sensing Technology: instrumentation,  
  Abstract (down) Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones, are being increasingly used in ecological research, in particular to approach sensitive wildlife in inaccessible areas. Impact studies leading to recommendations for best practices are urgently needed. We tested the impact of drone colour, speed and flight angle on the behavioural responses of mallards Anas platyrhynchos in a semi-captive situation, and of wild flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and common greenshanks (Tringa nebularia) in a wetland area. We performed 204 approach flights with a quadricopter drone, and during 80% of those we could approach unaffected birds to within 4 m. Approach speed, drone colour and repeated flights had no measurable impact on bird behaviour, yet they reacted more to drones approaching vertically. We recommend launching drones farther than 100 m from the birds and adjusting approach distance according to species. Our study is a first step towards a sound use of drones for wildlife research. Further studies should assess the impacts of different drones on other taxa, and monitor physiological indicators of stress in animals exposed to drones according to group sizes and reproductive status.
 
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Author Laureline L. Chaise, William Paterson, Timothy G. Laske, Susan L. Gallon, Dominic J. McCafferty, Marc Théry, André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert doi  isbn
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  Title Implantation of subcutaneous heart rate data loggers in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) Type Journal
  Year 2017 Publication Polar Biology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 40 Issue 11 Pages 2307-2312  
  Keywords Marine mammals Pinnipeds Surgery  
  Abstract (down) Unlike most phocid species (Phocidae), Mirounga leonina (southern elephant seals) experience a catastrophic moult where they not only replace their hair but also their epidermis when ashore for approximately 1 month. Few studies have investigated behavioural and physiological adaptations of southern elephant seals during the moult fast, a particularly energetically costly life cycle’s phase. Recording heart rate is a reliable technique for estimating energy expenditure in the field. For the first time, subcutaneous heart rate data loggers were successfully implanted during the moult in two free-ranging southern elephant seals over 3–6 days. No substantial postoperative complications were encountered and consistent heart rate data were obtained. This promising surgical technique opens new opportunities for monitoring heart rate in phocid seals.  
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  ISSN 1432-2056 ISBN 1432-2056 Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 7317  
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Author Renault D. openurl 
  Title Assessing the vulnerability of native communities to invasive species and climate change: subantarctic islands Type Conference - International - Communication
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  Abstract (down) University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 26/09/2008 (séminaire invité)  
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