Search Results - "Hughes, A. K"

Antimicrobial resistance in Antarctica: is it still a pristine environment? by Hwengwere, K, Paramel Nair, H, Hughes, K A, Peck, L S, Clark, M S, Walker, C A

“…Although the rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly in relation to clinical settings, is causing concern in many regions of the globe,…”
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Ocean currents as a potential dispersal pathway for Antarctica’s most persistent non-native terrestrial insect by Bartlett, Jesamine C., Convey, P., Hughes, K. A., Thorpe, S. E., Hayward, S. A. L.

“…The non-native midge Eretmoptera murphyi is Antarctica’s most persistent non-native insect and is known to impact the terrestrial ecosystems. It inhabits by…”
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Accidental transfer of non-native soil organisms into Antarctica on construction vehicles by Hughes, K. A, Convey, P, Maslen, N. R, Smith, R. I. L

“…Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems currently include very few non-native species, due to the continent's extreme isolation from other landmasses. However, the…”
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Detecting and mapping vegetation distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula from remote sensing data by Fretwell, P. T, Convey, P, Fleming, A. H, Peat, H. J, Hughes, K. A

“…We present the first regional map of vegetation of anywhere on the Antarctic continent based on remote sensing (RS) data. We have used a normalized difference…”
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Challenges to the Future Conservation of the Antarctic by Chown, S. L., Lee, J. E., Hughes, K. A., Barnes, J., Barrett, P. J., Bergstrom, D. M., Convey, P., Cowan, D. A., Crosbie, K., Dyer, G., Frenot, Y., Grant, S. M., Herr, D., Kennicutt, M. C., Lamers, M., Murray, A., Possingham, H. P., Reid, K., Riddle, M. J., Ryan, P. G., Sanson, L., Shaw, J. D., Sparrow, M. D., Summerhayes, C., Terauds, A., Wall, D. H.

“…Changing environments and resource demands present challenges to Antarctic conservation. The Antarctic Treaty System, acknowledged as a successful model of…”
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Biodiversity of air-borne microorganisms at Halley station, Antarctica by Pearce, David A, Hughes, K. A, Lachlan-Cope, T, Harangozo, S. A, Jones, A. E

“…A study of air-borne microbial biodiversity over an isolated scientific research station on an ice-shelf in continental Antarctica was undertaken to establish…”
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Habituation underpins preference for mates with novel phenotypes in the guppy by Daniel, M J, Koffinas, L, Hughes, K A

“…Populations harbour enormous genetic diversity in ecologically important traits. Understanding the processes that maintain this variation is a long-standing…”
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The role of learning by a predator, Rivulus hartii, in the rare‐morph survival advantage in guppies by Fraser, B. A., Hughes, K. A., Tosh, D. N., Rodd, F. H.

“…Negative frequency‐dependent selection (NFDS), where rare types are favoured by selection, can maintain diversity. However, the ecological processes that…”
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Impact of anthropogenic transportation to Antarctica on alien seed viability by Hughes, K. A, Lee, J. E, Ware, C, Kiefer, K, Bergstrom, D. M

“…Antarctic ecosystems are at risk from the introduction of invasive species. The first step in the process of invasion is the transportation of alien species to…”
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Sources of elevated heavy metal concentrations in sediments and benthic marine invertebrates of the western Antarctic Peninsula by Webb, A.L., Hughes, K.A., Grand, M.M., Lohan, M.C., Peck, L.S.

“…Antarctica is one of the least anthropogenically-impacted areas of the world. Metal sources to the marine environment include localised activities of research…”
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Radio detections of two unusual cataclysmic variables in the VLA Sky Survey by Ridder, M E, Heinke, C O, Sivakoff, G R, Hughes, A K

“…ABSTRACT We report two new radio detections of cataclysmic variables (CVs), and place them in context with radio and X-ray detections of other CVs. We detected…”
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A transient radio source consistent with a merger-triggered core collapse supernova by Dong, D Z, Hallinan, G, Nakar, E, Ho, A Y Q, Hughes, A K, Hotokezaka, K, Myers, S T, De, K, Mooley, K P, Ravi, V, Horesh, A, Kasliwal, M M, Kulkarni, S R

“…A core collapse supernova occurs when exothermic fusion ceases in the core of a massive star, which is typically caused by exhaustion of nuclear fuel. Theory…”
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Low temperature bioremediation of oil‐contaminated soil using biostimulation and bioaugmentation with a Pseudomonas sp. from maritime Antarctica by Stallwood, B., Shears, J., Williams, P.A., Hughes, K.A.

“…Aims:  To identify native Antarctic bacteria capable of oil degradation at low temperatures. Methods and Results:  Oil contaminated and pristine soils from…”
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Black and orange coloration predict success during male–male competition in the guppy by Guerrera, Alexa G, Daniel, M J, Hughes, K A

“…Investigating how intrasexual competition and intersexual mate choice act within a system is crucial to understanding the maintenance and diversity of…”
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Bacteriophage and associated polysaccharide depolymerases – novel tools for study of bacterial biofilms by Hughes, K.A., Sutherland, I.W., Clark, J., Jones, M.V.

“…Bacteriophage for three representative strains of Gram‐negative biofilm bacteria have proved to be of widespread occurrence. Lytic bacteriophage have been…”
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Habituation of mating preferences: a response to Chiandetti and Turatto by Daniel, M J, Koffinas, L, Hughes, K A

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Radio observations of the 2022 outburst of the transitional Z-Atoll source XTE J1701−462 by Gasealahwe, K V S, Monageng, I M, Fender, R P, Woudt, P A, Hughes, A K, Motta, S E, van den Eijnden, J, Saikia, P, Tremou, E

“…ABSTRACT XTE J1701−462 is a neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (NS LMXB) discovered in 2006 as the first system to demonstrate unambiguously that the ‘Atoll’…”
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SAX J1810.8−2609: an outbursting neutron star X-ray binary with persistent spatially coincident radio emission by Hughes, A K, Sivakoff, G R, van den Eijnden, J, Fender, R, Miller-Jones, J C A, Tremou, E

“…ABSTRACT Here, we report on joint X-ray and radio monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary SAX J1810.8−2609. Our monitoring covered the entirety of…”
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Genetic and environmental effects on secondary sex traits in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) by Hughes, K. A., Rodd, F. H., Reznick, D. N.

“…Male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) exhibit extreme phenotypic and genetic variability for several traits that are important to male fitness, and several lines…”
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Quantitative genetics of sperm precedence in Drosophila melanogaster by Hughes, K.A

“…To assess the genetic basis of sperm competition under conditions in which it occurs, I estimated additive, dominance, homozygous and environmental variance…”
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