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McCafferty D J, Gilbert C, Thierry A-M, Currie J, Maho Y Le, Ancel A, . (2013). Emperor penguin body surfaces cool below air temperature
. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 9(3), 20121192.
Keywords: Antarctic, metabolic heat loss, thermal imaging, thermoregulation,
Programme: 137
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. (2013). The long engagement of the emperor penguin
. POLAR BIOLOGY, 36(4), 573–577.
Abstract: In birds, courtship is generally short relative to the whole breeding cycle. Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), however, are an exception as their courtship period is much longer (ca. 6 weeks) than the courtship of other penguin species. This strategy may appear surprising, as it is especially costly to fast and endure drastic climatic conditions for long periods at the colony (1.5 and up to 4 months for females and males, respectively). We examined here the reasons of this extended courtship period and found that emperor penguins returned earlier to the colony when primary oceanic production before breeding was high. This suggests that emperor penguins return to the colony as soon as primary oceanic production in summer allows them to replenish their body reserves. The extended period of time spent at the colony during courtship may therefore result from an evolutionary process that confers advantages to emperor penguins that arrive earlier at the colony by reducing predation risks and offering better chances of securing a partner.
Keywords: Antarctica, Breeding, Courtship, Ecology, Microbiology, Oceanography, Plant Sciences, Primary oceanic production, Spheniscidae, Zoology,
Programme: 137
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. (2013). How age and sex drive the foraging behaviour in the king penguin
. MARINE BIOLOGY, 160(5), 1147–1156.
Keywords: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Microbiology, Oceanography, Zoology,
Programme: 137
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Shaheen Robina, Abauanza Mariana, Jackson Teresa L, McCabe Justin, Savarino Joel, Thiemens Mark H, . (2013). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 110(44), 17662–17667.
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Bigot-Sazy M-A, Charlassier R, Hamilton J-Ch, Kaplan J, Zahariade G, . (2013). Self-calibration: an efficient method to control systematic effects in bolometric interferometry
. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 550(A), 59.
Abstract: Context. The QUBIC collaboration is building a bolometric interferometer dedicated to the detection of B-mode polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background.
Aims: We introduce a self-calibration procedure related to those used in radio-interferometry to control a wide range of instrumental systematic errors in polarization-sensitive instruments.
Methods: This procedure takes advantage of the need for measurements on redundant baselines to match each other exactly in the absence of systematic effects. For a given systematic error model, measuring each baseline independently therefore allows writing a system of nonlinear equations whose unknowns are the systematic error model parameters (gains and couplings of Jones matrices, for instance).
Results: We give the mathematical basis of the self-calibration. We implement this method numerically in the context of bolometric interferometry. We show that, for large enough arrays of horns, the nonlinear system can be solved numerically using a standard nonlinear least-squares fitting and that the accuracy achievable on systematic effects is only limited by the time spent on the calibration mode for each baseline apart from the validity of the systematic error model.
Programme: 915
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. (2014). Statistical analyses and correlation between tropospheric temperature and humidity at Dome C, Antarctica
. Antarct. Sci., 26(03), 290–308.
Keywords: ground-based sensors,, , integrated water vapour, meteorological analyses, radiosonde, space-borne sensors,
Programme: 910,1013
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. (2013). Transcriptome and Peptidome Characterisation of the Main Neuropeptides and Peptidic Hormones of a Euphausiid: The Ice Krill, Euphausia crystallorophias (Vol. 8). Bachelor's thesis, , .
Abstract: Background: The Ice krill, Euphausia crystallorophias is one of the species at the base of the Southern Ocean food chain. Given their significant contribution to the biomass of the Southern Ocean, it is vitally important to gain a better understanding of their physiology and, in particular, anticipate their responses to climate change effects in the warming seas around Antarctica. Methodology/Principal Findings: Illumina sequencing was used to produce a transcriptome of the ice krill. Analysis of the assembled contigs via two different methods, produced 36 new pre-pro-peptides, coding for 61 neuropeptides or peptide hormones belonging to the following families: Allatostatins (A, B et C), Bursicon (α and β), Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormones (CHH and MIH/VIHs), Crustacean Cardioactive Peptide (CCAP), Corazonin, Diuretic Hormones (DH), the Eclosion Hormone (EH), Neuroparsin, Neuropeptide F (NPF), small Neuropeptide F (sNPF), Pigment Dispersing Hormone (PDH), Red Pigment Concentrating Hormone (RPCH) and finally Tachykinin. LC/MS/MS proteomics was also carried out on eyestalk extracts, which are the major site of neuropeptide synthesis in decapod crustaceans. Results confirmed the presence of six neuropeptides and six precursor-related peptides previously identified in the transcriptome analyses.Conclusions: This study represents the first comprehensive analysis of neuropeptide hormones in a Eucarida non-decapod Malacostraca, several of which are described for the first time in a non-decapod crustacean. Additionally, there is a potential expansion of PDH and Neuropeptide F family members, which may reflect certain life history traits such as circadian rhythms associated with diurnal migrations and also the confirmation via mass spectrometry of several novel pre-pro-peptides, of unknown function. Knowledge of these essential hormones provides a vital framework for understanding the physiological response of this key Southern Ocean species to climate change and provides a valuable resource for studies into the molecular phylogeny of these organisms and the evolution of neuropeptide hormones.
Programme: 1039
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. (2013). The K-derived MLT sector geomagnetic indices
. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 40(18), 4808–4812.
Keywords: 1530 Rapid time variations, 1555 Time variations: diurnal to decadal, 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, 7954 Magnetic storms, geomagnetic indices, MLT sector (Magnetic Local Time sector),
Programme: 905
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Dommergue, A., Vogel, N., Ferrari, C.P., Magand, O., Barret, M. (2013). (Vol. 1). Bachelor's thesis, , .
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Dommergue A, Ferrari C P, Magand O, Barret M, Gratz L E, Pirrone N, Sprovieri F, . (2013). Monitoring of gaseous elemental mercury in central Antarctica at Dome Concordia
(Vol. 1). Bachelor's thesis, , .
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