Compilation of Mg/Ca ratios of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) and SST estimates from the northern North Atlantic

A map of estimated calcification temperatures of the planktic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral (TNps) for the Nordic Seas and the northern North Atlantic for the Last Glacial Maximum was produced from oxygen isotopes with support of Mg/Ca ratios. To arrive at the reconstruction, several constraints concerning the plausible salinity and ?18O-fields were employed. The reconstruction indicates inflow of temperate waters in a wedge along the eastern border of the Nordic Seas and at least seasonally ice-free waters. The reconstruction from oxygen isotopes shows similarities with Mg/Ca based paleotemperatures in the southern and southeastern sector, while unrealistically high Mg/Ca values in the central Nordic Seas prevent the application of the method in this area. The oxygen isotope based reconstruction shows some agreement with temperature reconstructions based on the modern analogue technique, but with somewhat lower temperatures and a stronger internal gradient inside the Nordic Seas. All told, our results suggest a much more ice-free and dynamic high latitude ocean than the CLIMAP reconstruction.

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Last Interglacial synthesis of high-latitude temperature: temperature anomalies and associated errors for 4 time slices

The Last Interglacial (LIG, 129-116 thousand of years BP, ka) represents a test bed for climate model feedbacks in warmer-than-present high latitude regions. However, mainly because aligning different palaeoclimatic archives and from different parts of the world is not trivial, a spatio-temporal picture of LIG temperature changes is difficult to obtain. Here, we have selected 47 polar ice core and sub-polar marine sediment records and developed a strategy to align them onto the recent AICC2012 ice core chronology. We provide the first compilation of high-latitude temperature changes across the LIG associated with a coherent temporal framework built between ice core and marine sediment records. Our new data synthesis highlights non-synchronous maximum temperature changes between the two hemispheres with the Southern Ocean and Antarctica records showing an early warming compared to North Atlantic records. We also observe warmer than present-day conditions that occur for a longer time period in southern high latitudes than in northern high latitudes. Finally, the amplitude of temperature changes at high northern latitudes is larger compared to high southern latitude temperature changes recorded at the onset and the demise of the LIG. We have also compiled four data-based time slices with temperature anomalies (compared to present-day conditions) at 115 ka, 120 ka, 125 ka and 130 ka and quantitatively estimated temperature uncertainties that include relative dating errors. This provides an improved benchmark for performing more robust model-data comparison. The surface temperature simulated by two General Circulation Models (CCSM3 and HadCM3) for 130 ka and 125 ka is compared to the corresponding time slice data synthesis. This comparison shows that the models predict warmer than present conditions earlier than documented in the North Atlantic, while neither model is able to produce the reconstructed early Southern Ocean and Antarctic warming. Our results highlight the importance of producing a sequence of time slices rather than one single time slice averaging the LIG climate conditions.

Efeito do plantio direto, aplicação de miral e uso de subsolagem na incidência de inimigos naturais em cultura de feijão em Guaíra-SP.

As aranhas, juntamente com Cycloneda sanguínea, Chrysoperia externa, Callida sp, Nabis sp., Zelus sp. e Podisus nigrispinus constituem importantes agentes de controle das pragas da cultura de feijão na região de Guaíra-SP. Este experimento teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito do plantio direto e uso do nematicida Miral e subsolagem na população de inimigos naturais da parte aérea e subterrânea dessa cultura. A avaliação foi feita quando a cultura estava no estagio R8 (enchimento das vagens), sendo os tratamentos aplicados: PC (plantio convencional), PCM (planto convencional com aplicação de Miral), PCS (plantio convencional com uso de subsolagem no preparo do solo), PCSM (plantio convencional com uso de Miral e subsolagem), PD (plantio direto), PCM (plantio direto com uso de Miral), PDS (plantio direto com subsolagem) e PDSM (plantio direto com uso de Miral e subsolagem); cada tratamento teve 4 repetições. Para inimigos naturais da parte aérea, as medias dos tratamentos foram os percentuais de 10,52, 18,75, 16,04, 19,71, 19,75, 15,86, 13,21 e 15,29, respectivamente. Para os inimigos naturais de pragas subterrâneas foram obtidos os percentuais de 0,0, 8,82, 6,12, 8,69, 4,17, 1,55, 0,0 e 0,62, respectivamente. Observa-se que no plantio convencional a aplicação de Miral e o uso de subsolagem bem como a interação entre ambos tiveram efeito benéfico sobre os inimigos naturais, causando o aumento dos mesmos quando comparados com a testemunha (PC). Ja para os tratamentos com uso de plantio direto, tanto a subsolagem como a aplicação de Miral e a interação de ambos prejudicou os inimigos naturais.

Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the Institute of Zoology of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the University of Sri Lanka, Vidyalankara Campus, Kelaniya. Pt. 19. Aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera of Sri Lanka from the Austrian Indo-Pacific expedition, 1970-71

This report concerns the aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera collected in Sri Lanka by Prof. Starmühlner and Prof. Costa during November and December 1970. A surprising number of new species have been found in the Starmühlner-Costa material, even in groups for which comprehensive revisions exist. Seven new species are described here.