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Fruits and leaves with cuticle of Laurelia otagoensis sp. nov. (Atherospermataceae) from the early Miocene of Otago (New Zealand)

Conran, J.G., Bannister, J.M. & Lee, D.E., 2013. Fruits and leaves with cuticle of Laurelia otagoensis sp. nov. (Atherospermataceae) from the early Miocene of Otago (New Zealand). Alcheringa 37, 496–509. ISSN 0311-5518.Laurelia otagoensis sp. nov. Conran, Bannister & D.E. Lee (Laurales: Atherospermataceae) is described from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar diatomite deposit, Otago, New Zealand. The new species is represented by mummified fossil leaves with well-preserved cuticle and associated clusters of achenes bearing persistent, long plumose styles. This basal angiosperm family is of significance because of its classic southern disjunctions and ecological importance in extant Gondwana-type rainforests, but has a very sparse fossil record. The present study describes one of very few convincing leaf fossils for Atherospermataceae and the only definitive fossil fruits. The presence of fossil Laurelia in Oligo–Miocene New Zealand combined with fossil leaf impressions from the late Eocene, Miocene dispersed cuticle and pollen from the Oligocene to Holocene shows that the family has had a long history in Cenozoic New Zealand. These new fossils also support palaeoclimatic data suggesting warmer conditions in the earliest Miocene of New Zealand.John G. Conran [john.conran@adelaide.edu.au], Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity and Sprigg Geobiology Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Benham Bldg DX 650 312, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia; Jennifer M. Bannister [jennifer.bannister@xtra.co.nz], Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; Daphne E. Lee [daphne.lee@otago.ac.nz], Department of Geology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. Received 17.12.2012; revised 9.4.2013; accepted 15.4.2013.

Dessler, Jimenez, Klein, and Nenes Receive 2012 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Awards: Citation for Athanasios Nenes

The Atmospheric Sciences section of AGU awards one of the four Ascent Awards to Professor Athanasios Nenes, of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology, for the creation of thermodynamical models for tropospheric aerosols and the development of physically based aerosol‐cloud parameterizations. In addition, he is recognized for the design of instrumentation and techniques to characterize the hygroscopicity and activation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and also for contributions to the understanding of the role of aerosols in climate and air quality.

Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO2 may rival its direct effects

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 492:85-95 (2013) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10491 Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO2 may rival its direct effects Laura J. Falkenberg*, Bayden D. Russell, Sean D. Connell Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia *Email: laura.falkenberg@adelaide.edu.au ABSTRACT: Variation in rates of herbivory may be driven by direct effects of the abiotic environment on grazers, as well as indirect effects mediated by their food. Disentangling these direct and indirect effects is of fundamental importance for ecological forecasts of changing climate on species interactions and their influence on biogenic habitat. Whilst elevated atmospheric CO2 may have direct effects on grazers with calcareous structures via ‘ocean acidification’, it may also have indirect effects via changes caused to their food. In our study we initially tested, and confirmed, that enriched CO2 altered per capita rates of grazing before assessing the relative importance of indirect and direct effects in driving this response. Our results eliminated the model of a direct effect of CO2 enrichment on the grazers themselves and supported the model of an indirect effect driven by a change in the food (i.e. turf algae). We suggest that this indirect effect manifested as grazers responded to the increased nitrogen content (i.e. %N) of algal tissue that resulted under CO2 enrichment. Understanding such indirect effects of modified environmental conditions provide important mechanistic links between climate conditions and the ecological processes they influence. KEY WORDS: Ocean acidification · Carbon dioxide · Climate change · Turf-forming algae · Habitat loss · Phase-shifts Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO2 may rival its direct effects. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 492:85-95. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10491 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 492. Online publication date: October 31, 2013 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2013 Inter-Research.

Rainfall and temperature variation does not explain arid species diversity in outback Australia

Rainfall and temperature variation does not explain arid species diversity in outback Australia Lochran W Traill,1 Thomas C Wanger,2,3,4 Siobhan C de Little,1 Barry W Brook11Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; 2Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University, CA, USA; 3Ecosystem Functions, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany; 4Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyAbstract: Steps toward conserving biodiversity should start at understanding the components across spatial scales and a determination of the drivers of these. Here we determine additive species diversity for arid South Australia, based on over 50 years of survey data. Elevation and soil data were sourced through the Australian Government, and climate data from the WorldClim database. Alternative hypotheses relating the effect of climatic and environmental parameters to diversity were tested using generalized linear models and ranked according to information-theoretic statistics. Total species richness for the region was 1824, similar to all arid regions. α-diversity values were low, relative to the contributions made by β-diversity toward total γ-diversity, similar to additive diversity indices for nonarid biomes. There was a lack of statistical support for our hypothesis that regional spatial variation in arid region diversity can be explained by climate topography. Arid South Australian species diversity appears to be largely driven by environmental parameters at the localized scale – beyond the resolution of available survey data. Heterogeneity in habitat, provided by mountainous regions, likely contributes toward the high β-diversity values. Our research is the first application of the additive (not multiplicative) approach toward understanding diversity within arid Australia.Keywords: additive diversity, arid biome, South Australia, generalized linear models, global climate models, species richness

Variable response of coastal sharks to severe tropical storms: environmental cues and changes in space use

We thank the staff and students of the Fishing and Fisheries Research Group, including F. de Faria, A. Schlaff, J. White, O. Li, P. Yates, S. Monroe and other volunteers who assisted with fieldwork related to this project. This research was funded by the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), under DEEDI's Marine Fish Habitat Scholarships Program, and additional funding was granted by AIMS@JCU and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University. Environmental data within Cleveland Bay were sourced from the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) and the Department of Environmental and Resource Management (DERM), and data within Terra Ceia Bay were sourced from the Mote Marine Laboratory Weather Station, Florida.

Iron silicate microgranules as precursor sediments to 2.5-billion-year-old banded iron formations

Research Article| April 01, 2013 Iron silicate microgranules as precursor sediments to 2.5-billion-year-old banded iron formations Birger Rasmussen; Birger Rasmussen * 1Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia *E-mail: B.Rasmussen@curtin.edu.au. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Daniela B. Meier; Daniela B. Meier 1Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia †Current address: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bryan Krapež; Bryan Krapež 1Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Janet R. Muhling Janet R. Muhling 2Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2013) 41 (4): 435–438. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33828.1 Article history received: 06 Jul 2012 rev-recd: 16 Oct 2012 accepted: 24 Oct 2012 first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Birger Rasmussen, Daniela B. Meier, Bryan Krapež, Janet R. Muhling; Iron silicate microgranules as precursor sediments to 2.5-billion-year-old banded iron formations. Geology 2013;; 41 (4): 435–438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33828.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Banded iron formations (BIFs) are chemical sedimentary rocks comprising alternating layers of iron-rich and silica-rich minerals that have been used to infer the composition of the early Precambrian ocean and ancient microbial processes. However, the identity of the original sediments and their formation is a contentious issue due to postdepositional overprinting and the absence of modern analogues. Petrographic examination of the ca. 2.5 Ga Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation (Hamersley Group), Western Australia, reveals the presence of abundant silt-sized microgranules composed of stilpnomelane. The microgranules are most common in the least-altered BIF where they define sedimentary laminations, implying a depositional origin. We suggest that the precursor mineral was an iron-rich silicate that formed either in the water column or on the seafloor. The microgranular texture may have developed due to clumping of amorphous mud, forming silt-sized floccules. The microgranules were resedimented by dilute density currents and deposited in lamina sets comprising a basal microgranular-rich lamina overlain by amorphous mud with dispersed microgranules. The lamina sets collectively define plane-lamination structure, probably of the lower flow regime. The microgranular textures are preserved only where early diagenetic silica prevented the compaction of lamina sets. Episodic resedimentation of iron silicates alternating with periods of nondeposition and seafloor silicification provides an explanation for some of the characteristic banding in BIF. We propose that for most of the early Precambrian, the persistence of ferruginous oceans with elevated silica concentrations favored the widespread growth of iron silicate minerals, which in environments starved of continental sediments formed extensive deposits of the precursor sediment to iron formation. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.

Erratum to: Using Information-Gap Decision Theory for Water Resources Planning Under Severe Uncertainty

Water Resour Manage (2013) 27:1173–1174DOI 10.1007/s11269-013-0276-5The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org10.1007/s11269-012-0164-4.B. Korteling (*)Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Amory Building,Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UKe-mail: bak203@exeter.ac.ukS. DessaiSustainability Research Institute and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy,School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UKe-mail: S.Dessai@leeds.ac.ukZ. KapelanEngineering, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter,Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, UKe-mail: Z.Kapelan@exeter.ac.uk

Three-dimensional DC anisotropic resistivity modelling using finite elements on unstructured grids

Wei Wang,1,2 Xiaoping Wu1,3 and Klaus Spitzer2 1Laboratory of Seismology and Physics of Earth’s Interior, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China. E-mail: wxp@ustc.edu.cn 2Institute of Geophysics and Geoscience Informatics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany 3State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221008, China

Humeral morphology of the early Eocene mekosuchine crocodylian Kambara from the Tingamarra Local Fauna southeastern Queensland, Australia

Stein, M., Salisbury, S.W., Hand, S.J., Archer, M. & Godthelp, H., December 2012. Humeral morphology of the early Eocene mekosuchine crocodylian Kambara from the Tingamarra Local Fauna southeastern Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa 36, 473–486. ISSN 0311-5518. Mekosuchines (Crocodylia; Crocodyloidea) were a clade of crocodylians endemic to Australia and the South Pacific that underwent radiation during the Cenozoic. Numerous questions about mekosuchine palaeoecology remain unanswered. Tantalizing among these is the possibility that some mekosuchines were primarily terrestrial. To date, studies of mekosuchines have focused mainly on the cranium. However, the morphological signal for terrestriality is more likely to be found in the postcranial skeleton. Here, we present a comparative morphological study of fossil humeri referable to Kambara from the early Eocene Tingamara Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland. The humeri of Kambara do not show the torsion between the proximal and distal extremity seen in extant crocodylians, illustrated here with Crocodylus porosus and Crocodylus johnstoni. They also differ in the structure of the medial and lateral condyles of the distal extremity. When the effects of these features on musculature and articulation are considered, it appears that the forelimb of Kambara could have facilitated a greater force at the glenohumeral joint and possibly swung the lower forelimb faster with a greater arc of motion than Australia's extant crocodylians. This is conducive to an improved capacity for both terrestrial locomotion and paraxial swimming. Although the former case suggests that Kambara may not have been as closely tied to water as extant crocodylians, it is unusual given the typically broad rostra of the cranium. Among crocodylians this is a common characteristic of semi-aquatic ambush predators. This study shows the utility of the postcranial skeleton in interpreting crocodylian palaeoecology. Michael Stein [michael.stein@student.unsw.edu.au] (corresponding author), Suzanne J. Hand [s.hand@unsw.edu.au], Michael Archer [m.archer@unsw.edu.au] and Henk Godthelp [h.godthelp@unsw.edu.au], School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia; and Steven W. Salisbury [s.salisbury@uq.edu.au], School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072, Australia. Received 13.1.2012, revised 24.2.2012, accepted 28.2.2012.

Corrigendum to "Chemical characterization of springtime submicrometer aerosol in Po Valley, Italy" published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 8401–8421, 2012

S. Saarikoski1, S. Carbone1, S. Decesari2, L. Giulianelli2, F. Angelini2, K. Teinila1, M. Canagaratna3, N. L. Ng3,*, A. Trimborn3, M. C. Facchini2, S. Fuzzi2, R. Hillamo1, and D. Worsnop1,3,4 1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Air Quality, Helsinki, Finland 2Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy 3Aerodyne Research, Inc. Billerica, MA, USA 4University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland *now at: Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA

Evaluating feedback mechanisms in the School of Earth and Environment

AbstractAssessment feedback plays a crucial role in the learning experience. However, recent National Student Survey (NSS) results have shown there to be a large degree of student dissatisfaction regarding assessment feedback right across the Higher Education sector in the UK. Evaluating feedback mechanisms in the School of Earth and Environment was a project at the University of Leeds, designed to evaluate the provision of assessment feedback through in-depth consultation with staff and students about current practices, with a view to building upon good practice and creating a strategy for further improvement. Data gathered via focus groups and questionnaires was distilled into a key set of recommendations for ways forward. The recommendations focused on two main strategies: a) the creation of a new comprehensive feedback code of practice for staff, and b) raising student awareness of their rights regarding feedback provision as well as their responsibility to engage with feedback and how to get the most...

Reef sharks and inshore habitats: patterns of occurrence and implications for vulnerability

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 460:115-125 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09722 Reef sharks and inshore habitats: patterns of occurrence and implications for vulnerability Andrew Chin1,*, Andrew Tobin1, Colin Simpfendorfer1, Michelle Heupel1,2 1Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 2Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia *Email: andrew.chin@jcu.edu.au ABSTRACT: Reef sharks play important roles in tropical reef environments, but population declines have occurred in various locations including the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). While many reef shark studies focus on coral reefs, some reef sharks have been found across a range of inshore and coastal habitats. This study analyses fisheries observer data across large spatial scales (19314 km2) to investigate the occurrence of reef sharks amongst a mosaic of inshore habitats in the GBR lagoon. Six reef shark species were recorded, but comprised a relatively small proportion (1.8% by number) of the elasmobranch catch. The blacktip reef shark dominated the catch of reef sharks (60.2% by number), with lemon sharks, zebra sharks, grey carpet sharks, whitetip reef sharks and grey reef sharks less frequently encountered. Reef sharks occur in several habitat types, and logistic regression models suggest that they are most likely to occur in reef habitats and shallow shore habitats. The presence of a reef within 2 km increased the encounter probability in all habitat types. While the use of these different habitats by reef sharks is not well understood, these habitat use patterns affect the exposure of these species to risks, including some risk factors not considered previously, and could also lead to cumulative impacts. These habitats may also perform important ecological functions in sustaining reef shark populations. Habitat use patterns should be considered in risk assessments and management and have important implications for method selection and survey design in field studies of reef sharks and other mobile reef species. KEY WORDS: Habitat use · Vulnerability · Cumulative impact · Reef shark · Great Barrier Reef · Coastal habitat Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Chin A, Tobin A, Simpfendorfer C, Heupel M (2012) Reef sharks and inshore habitats: patterns of occurrence and implications for vulnerability. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 460:115-125. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09722 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 460. Online publication date: July 24, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.

Temperature-induced microbubbles within natural marine samples may inflate small-particle counts in a Coulter Counter

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 450:275-280 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09513 NOTE Temperature-induced microbubbles within natural marine samples may inflate small-particle counts in a Coulter Counter Edward J. Rice, Caterina Panzeca, Gillian M. Stewart* The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), Flushing, New York 11367, USA *Corresponding author. Email: gstewart@qc.cuny.edu ABSTRACT: The Coulter Counter, a common instrument used to enumerate phytoplankton, may over-estimate counts of particles <2.5 µm in equivalent spherical diameter (ESD) by an order of magnitude when samples are run at temperatures cooler than ambient laboratory conditions. This phenomenon is likely due to microbubbles generated as a colder sample warms. Evidence for this mechanism derives from the observation that increasing the relative fraction of organic-rich coastal water in warming samples results in increased amplification of small-particle counts due to the stabilization of microbubbles. Count amplification can be eliminated by ensuring there is no temperature difference between the diluent and the sample. Failing to correct for this error confounds analysis of marine phytoplankton size spectra, complicating a broad range of experiments from those measuring productivity to those used to develop ecosystem-based models. KEY WORDS: Coulter Counter · Microbubbles · Temperature · Particle size · Picoplankton Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Rice EJ, Panzeca C, Stewart GM (2012) Temperature-induced microbubbles within natural marine samples may inflate small-particle counts in a Coulter Counter. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 450:275-280. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09513 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 450. Online publication date: March 29, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.

Hydrothermal circulation and the dike-gabbro transition in the detachment mode of slow seafloor spreading

Research Article| April 01, 2012 Hydrothermal circulation and the dike-gabbro transition in the detachment mode of slow seafloor spreading Andrew M. McCaig; Andrew M. McCaig 1Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Michelle Harris Michelle Harris 2National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2012) 40 (4): 367–370. https://doi.org/10.1130/G32789.1 Article history received: 31 Aug 2011 rev-recd: 19 Nov 2011 accepted: 25 Nov 2011 first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Andrew M. McCaig, Michelle Harris; Hydrothermal circulation and the dike-gabbro transition in the detachment mode of slow seafloor spreading. Geology 2012;; 40 (4): 367–370. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G32789.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract One of the most ubiquitous boundaries within our planet is between sheeted dikes and gabbros in fast-spreading ocean crust. This boundary marks the brittle-ductile transition at the ridge crest, and is localized by a decametric conductive boundary layer between hydrothermal circulation in the sheeted dike layer and a shallow quasi-steady-state melt lens. In contrast, at slow-spreading ridges, the crustal structure appears chaotic, with no consistent sheeted dike layer and widespread occurrences of gabbro and serpentinized peridotite on the seafloor. Recent work suggests that as much as 50% of the Atlantic Ocean crust formed by a detachment mode of seafloor spreading, including the formation of oceanic core complexes capped by long-lived, convex-upward detachment faults. These detachment faults are often associated with large hydrothermal systems in which the location of any magmatic heat source is uncertain. Here we show that detachment faults can act as thermal boundaries between gabbroic melt in the fault footwall and hydrothermal circulation in the fault zone and hanging wall, thus explaining the link between faulting and black smoker systems. We suggest that interaction between magmatism and hydrothermal circulation means that detachment faults can act as the dike-gabbro transition in the detachment mode of spreading, inevitably leading to exposure of gabbros on the seafloor through continued faulting. This concept provides a means of unifying apparently contrasting processes and crustal structures at different spreading rates. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.

Honors

Several AGU members are among scientists recently honored by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Keith Hipel, with the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, received the Sir John William Dawson Medal in recognition of “important and sustained contributions in two domains of interest to RSC or in interdisciplinary research.” Andrew Weaver, with the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, received the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal “for significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects—terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous—brought about by scientific means.” In addition, the following AGU members were honored as new RSC fellows: Bernard Paul Boudreau, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Dante Canil, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria; Raymond Desjardins, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Keiko Hattori, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; andDanny Summers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Project Gemini online digital archive

An archive containing the first high‐resolution digital scans of the original flight films from Project Gemini, the second U.S. human spaceflight program, was unveiled by the NASA Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University's (ASU) School of Earth and Space Exploration on 6 January. The archive includes images from 10 flights. Project Gemini, which ran from 1964 to 1966, followed Project Mercury and preceded the Apollo spacecraft. Mercury and Apollo imagery are also available through ASU. For more information, see http://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/gallery/gemini and http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/index.html.

Climate Change Biology. By Lee Hannah. Academic Press. Amsterdam and Boston (Massachusetts): Elsevier. $59.95 (paper). xii + 402 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐12‐374182‐0. 2011.

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviews and Brief NoticesClimate Change Biology. By Lee Hannah. Academic Press. Amsterdam and Boston (Massachusetts): Elsevier. $59.95 (paper). xii + 402 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐12‐374182‐0. 2011.Barry W. BrookBarry W. BrookEnvironment Institute and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Search for more articles by this author Environment Institute and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 86, Number 4December 2011 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/662472 Views: 49Total views on this site Copyright © 2011 by The University of Chicago Press. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Synthesis of an Urea-substituted Selenoisobutyric Acid Isostere of the Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Selective Agonist

Center for Marine Natural Products and Drug Discovery, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, NS-80, Seoul 151-747, Korea Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-741, Korea *E-mail: jwchin97@snu.ac.kr (J. Chin); hjkang@snu.ac.kr (H. Kang) Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung Institute, Gangneung 210-340, Korea Received August 16, 2011, Accepted September 15, 2011

Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines. By Arnold J. Bloom. Sunderland (Massachusetts): Sinauer Associates. $59.95 (paper). x + 398 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐87893‐027‐2. 2011.

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Climate Change in the 21st Century. By Stewart Cohen, with, Melissa W. Waddell. Montreal and Kingston (Canada): McGill‐Queen's University Press. $29.95 (paper). xxvii + 379 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐7735‐3326‐4 (hc); 978‐0‐7735‐3327‐1 (pb). 2009.

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksClimate Change in the 21st Century. By Stewart Cohen, with, Melissa W. Waddell. Montreal and Kingston (Canada): McGill‐Queen's University Press. $29.95 (paper). xxvii + 379 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐7735‐3326‐4 (hc); 978‐0‐7735‐3327‐1 (pb). 2009.Barry W. BrookBarry W. BrookEnvironment Institute and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Search for more articles by this author Environment Institute and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 86, Number 2June 2011 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/659903 Views: 4Total views on this site Copyright © 2011 by The University of Chicago Press. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.