Species delimitation within the Achnanthidium minutissimum complex (Bacillariophyta), based on morphological, molecular, and ecophysiological approaches. [PDF]
Abstract The benthic diatom species Achnanthidium minutissimum belongs to a species complex with a challenging taxonomy. Achnanthidium minutissimum has been reported to be a widespread and abundant species occurring in a broad range of freshwater habitats. However, differentiating and delimiting it from other Achnanthidium species is challenging due to
Dani M +10 more
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Radiometric Constraints on the Timing, Tempo, and Effects of Large Igneous Province Emplacement
Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jennifer Kasbohm +2 more
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Energy mass balance and temperature-index melt modelling of Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard [PDF]
Studying the reaction of glaciers to climate warming and the interactions of ice masses with the atmosphere is cognitively highly significant and contributes to understanding the climate change.
Dariusz Ignatiuk
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The article analyzes the importance of marine fisheries in the area covered by the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, both for Russia and for other countries. The information on the history of the discovery and on marine living resources exploitation in the area is provided.
Vladimir Shibanov +2 more
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The influence of synoptic conditions patterns on air temperature and humidity in Petuniabukta (Svalbard) in summer 2016 [PDF]
This article aims to analyse the influence of weather types on meteorological conditions in Petuniabukta (Svalbard) during July and August of 2016. The paper analyses the daily courses of air temperature and humidity at four measurement points located on
Sebastian Kendzierski +2 more
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Effects of fuel spills on Arctic soil, 32 years later (Hornsund, Svalbard) [PDF]
The purpose of the study was to estimate in 2012 range and degree of soil contamination due to local diesel fuel leakage spills that occurred in 1980 and from any subsequent activities in the vicinity of the scientific Polish Polar Station in Hornsund ...
Anna J. Krzyszowska Waitkus +1 more
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A comparative analysis of inter-annual changes in ice coverage and time scales of its variability in the waters surrounding the Svalbard and Franz Josef Land archipelagos has been performed. The analysis was carried out for the selected quasi-homogeneous
B. S. Shapkin +4 more
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Contemporary Interpretation and Application of the Treaty of Spitsbergen of 1920
The article is a contemporary analysis in Russian legal literature of the legal regime of the Spitsbergen islands and the adjacent marine areas. The possible interpretations of the Treaty on Spitsbergen of 1920 and relevant rules of general international
A. N. Vylegjhanin
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Morphological characterization of Recherchefjorden (Bellsund, Svalbard) using marine geomorphometry [PDF]
Geomorphological research based on geomorphological mapping seeks to identify the origins and age of forms as well as to describe the process that created or transformed a particular form.
Mateusz Moskalik +4 more
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The competition between States over natural resources of the continental shelf of Spitsbergen and its superjacent waters increases dramatically nowadays.
G. M. Melkov
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