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Melt-bearing nodules from Tenerife reveal magma reservoir diversity prior to caldera-forming eruptionsNARA Subscribed
Partially crystalline nodules are occasionally discovered within breccias linked to large ignimbrite-forming eruptions, providing evidence of the fragmentation of the plutonic reservoir and conduit system during such eruptions. These nodules offer valuable insights into the magmatic systems fuelling these highly explosive volcanoes. On Tenerife, crystal-rich samples containing interstitial melt are preserved in several Plinian...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Development of a PCR ‐Based Assay for Assessing Biosecurity Risk of Extruded Feed for White Spot DiseaseNARA Subscribed
Formulated aquafeed has been a primary driver for the growth of the aquaculture industry worldwide. However, formulated feed may pose a biosecurity risk if they are not proven to be free of infectious pathogens. Unforetunately, recent PCR methods cannot differentiate an infectious pathogen from an inactivated genomic fragment of the corresponding pathogen. Considering the lack of an immortal cell line in crustaceans, we develo...
The ocean plays an essential role in regulating Earth’s climate, influencing weather conditions, providing sustenance for large populations, moderating anthropogenic climate change, encompassing massive biodiversity, and sustaining the global economy. Human activities are changing the oceans, stressing ocean health, threatening the critical services the ocean provides to society, with significant consequences for human well-be...
Quantifying Virtual Field Trip EfficiencyNARA Subscribed
The efficiency of virtual field trips (VFTs) compared to their physical counterparts, is often regarded as one of their key benefits. Virtual field trips are typically more time, cost and environmentally efficient and logistically easier to plan and execute. This is largely due to the lack of travel, however, the nature of these efficiencies, which is essential for deciding whether a trip should be virtual, physical or blended...
The thermal expansion of Ti-substituted CaAl12O19NARA Subscribed
CaAl 12 O 19 , which can incorporate Ti as both Ti 3+ and Ti 4+ (charge coupled substitution with Mg 2+ ), is one of the first minerals to condense from a gas of solar composition and is used as a ceramic. It is variously known as hibonite, calcium hexaluminate (CaO.6Al 2 O 3 ), and CA 6 . The lattice parameters and unit cell volumes of Ti-substituted hibonite ( P 6 3 / mmc ) with the formulae CaAl 11.8 Ti 3+ 0.2 O 19 and CaAl...
Construction of relatedness matrices in autopolyploid populations using low-depth high-throughput sequencing dataNARA Subscribed
Key message An improved estimator of genomic relatedness using low-depth high-throughput sequencing data for autopolyploids is developed. Its outputs strongly correlate with SNP array-based estimates and are available in the package GUSrelate. Abstract High-throughput sequencing (HTS) methods have reduced sequencing costs and resources compared to array-based tools, facilitating the investigation of many non-model polyploid sp...
Cyclical prey shortages for a marine polar predator driven by the interaction of climate change and natural climate variabilityNARA Subscribed
Between 1992 and 2018, the breeding population of Adélie penguins around Anvers Island, Antarctica declined by 98%. In this region, natural climate variability drives five‐year cycling in marine phytoplankton productivity, leading to phase‐offset five‐year cycling in the size of the krill population. We demonstrate that the rate of change of the Adélie breeding population also shows five‐year cycling. We link this population r...
Glacial meltwater is an important environmental variable for ecosystem dynamics along the biologically productive Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) shelf. This region is experiencing rapid change, including increasing glacial meltwater discharge associated with the melting of land ice. To better understand the WAP environment and aid ecosystem forecasting, additional methods are needed for monitoring and quantifying glacial me...
A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whalesNARA Subscribed
The krill surplus hypothesis of unlimited prey resources available for Antarctic predators due to commercial whaling in the 20th century has remained largely untested since the 1970s. Rapid warming of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) over the past 50 years has resulted in decreased seasonal ice cover and a reduction of krill. The latter is being exacerbated by a commercial krill fishery in the region. Despite this, humpba...