The Florisian Land Mammal Age (FLMA; 773‐12 ka) is characterised by specialist, often extinct, grazing as well as wetland species, many of which are no longer present in the southern African interior. Middle Pleistocene FLMA faunal assemblages are rare, particularly those associated with artefacts, limiting reconstruction of environmental conditions and hominin subsistence strategies. One exception is the faunal assemblages of...

Investigation of the sedimentary record of pre‐Alpine Lake Mondsee (Upper Austria) focused on the environmental reaction to rapid Lateglacial climatic changes. Results of this study reveal complex proxy responses that are variable in time and influenced by the long‐term evolution of the lake and its catchment. A new field sampling approach facilitated continuous and precisely controlled parallel sampling at decadal to sub‐annu...

Summary The influences of poorly water‐soluble anthracene on ester‐linked phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and glycolipid fatty acid (GLFA) profiles of Mycobacterium sp. LB501T were studied. Bacteria were cultivated on either anthracene or glucose (one culture with successively amended small doses of this substrate and one with excess concentrations) to distinguish between influences of the chemical structure and the bioavailabi...