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Languages : en
Pages : 494
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XXVIII SCAR & COMNAP XVI meeting
Author: Marine Genomics
Author: Cinzia VerdePublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 1071623133
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This detailed volume provides an overview of recent advances in the application of genomic technologies in several domains of marine biology, raising awareness of various DNA- and RNA-based technologies. Genomic methods are essential in identifying previously undetected taxonomic (e.g. DNA barcoding), genetic (e.g. sequencing), and functional (e.g. gene expression, analysis of metabolites) diversity, as shown in the chapters of this book, with sections focusing on next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, bioinformatics in marine genomics research, marine biotechnology, as well as a variety of methods successfully applied in fish. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Marine Genomics: Methods and Protocols highlights the utility of numerous lab protocols and their potential to provide deeper insight into physiological and ecological mechanisms in marine life.
Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges
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ISBN: 9789524844031
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
"IPY 2007-2008 generated a much anticipated 'pulse' (momentum) in the form of substantial new funding for polar research and monitoring programs, new observational and analysis technologies, integrated system-level approaches, and a broadened circle of stakeholders. It introduced new research and organizational paradigms that will have a lasting legacy of their own. It showed the power of integrative vision, and consolidated a new transdisciplinary approach that now includes biology, human health, social sciences, and the humanities, in addition to meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, geophysics, geology, and other traditional polar research fields. It sent a powerful message about the societal value of advanced research into rapid environmental change across the polar regions."--Publisher's webpage.
Life in Extreme Environments
Author: Guido di PriscoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498566
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A diverse account of how life exists in extreme environments and these systems' susceptibility and resilience to climate change.
The Antarctic Silverfish: a Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem
Author: Marino VacchiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319558935
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book encompasses the body of available scientific information on the notothenioid fish Pleuragramma antarctica commonly known as Antarctic silverfish. This plankton-feeder of the intermediate trophic level is the most abundant fish in the coastal regions of high Antarctica, and plays a pivotal ecological role as the main prey of top predators like seals, penguins, whales and Antarctic toothfish. Broad circum-polar distribution, a key role in the Antarctic shelf pelagic ecosystem, and adaptations makes understanding the species’ likely response to environmental change relevant to foresee the potential responses at the local ecosystem level. Additionally, a detailed understanding of the abundance and trophic interactions of such a dominant keystone species is a vital element of informing the development of marine spatial planning and marine protected areas in the Antarctic continental shelf region. Experts in the field provide here unique insights into the evolutionary adaptation, eco-physiology, trophic ecology, reproductive and population ecology of the Antarctic silverfish and provide new clues about its vulnerability in facing the challenges of the ongoing environmental changes.
Abstract volume
Author: Stanislav TrdanPublisher:
ISBN: 9789619656105
Category :
Languages : sl
Pages : 0
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Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment
Author: John TurnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780948277221
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Author: G. A. KnoxPublisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Antarctic Odyssey
Author: Graham CollierPublisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781841191041
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Both a journey in the footsteps of others and an account of the author's own experiences with the spectacular wildlife: from Emperor penguins to skuas, which prey on their chicks, to leopard seals and the Orcas. Through his reflections and observations upon the waste of irridescent ice and snow, the book captures the spirit of this place, now the only uninhabited continent and the last place on earth to be explored. He recounts the famous stories of the early south polar expeditions, visiting the sites of their triumphs and disasters. Starting from the Magellan Straits, he moves on to South Georgia, Elephant Island, where the refugees from the Endurance sheltered ona strip of beach for months, and Peter 1 Island before venturing into the Weddell Sea from where the expeditions of Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen set forth.
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