A Micro Total Analysis System (μTAS) for the , Real-Time Tracking of Produced Water Discharges through Detection of PAHs and Other Aromatic Compounds.

Here, we present a novel micro Total Analysis System (μTAS) for the measurement of poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and other aromatic hydrocarbons (AHs) in water at ng/L levels and in real time (IMiRO). The μTAS is based on in-line membrane extraction followed by detection of extracted aromatic substances with fluorescence. An offshore field demonstration of the method was conducted close to produced water (PW) discharged in the North Sea.

The Effect of Temperature Variability on Biological Responses of Ectothermic Animals-A Meta-Analysis.

Climate change is altering temperature means and variation, and both need to be considered in predictions underpinning conservation. However, there is no consensus in the literature regarding the effects of temperature fluctuations on biological functions. Fluctuations may affect biological responses because of inequalities from non-linear responses, endocrine regulation or exposure to damaging temperatures.

Novel high-throughput oxygen saturation measurements for quantifying the physiological performance of macroalgal early life stages.

Understanding how macroalgal forests will respond to environmental change is critical for predicting future impacts on coastal ecosystems. Although measures of adult macroalgae physiological responses to environmental stress are advancing, measures of early life-stage physiology are rare, in part due to the methodological difficulties associated with their small size. Here we tested a novel, high-throughput method (rate of oxygen consumption and production; ) via a sensor dish reader microplate system to rapidly measure physiological rates of the early life stages of three habitat-forming macroalgae, the kelp Ecklonia radiata and the fucoids Hormosira banksii and Phyllospora comosa.

Sexual color ornamentation, microhabitat choice, and thermal physiology in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) in Italy show a striking variation in body coloration across the landscape, with highly exaggerated black and green colors in hot and dry climates and brown and white colors in cool and wet climates. Males are more intensely colored than females, and previous work has suggested that the maintenance of variation in coloration across the landscape reflects climatic effects on the strength of male-male competition, and through this sexual selection. However climatic effects on the intensity of male-male competition would need to be exceptionally strong to fully explain the geographic patterns of color variation.