Abstract:
Summer automatic weather stations were installed on the Darwin-Hatherton Glaciers over three summer seasons (2006-2009). Meterological data was recorded over the four seasons variably from early November to the end of January. Meteorological data includes: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure, net radiation, incidence solar radiation, ice temperature and snow depth. The data will be used and included in a glacial model for the Darwin-Hatherton area along with glacial and geomorphological methodologies to obtain a set of information that will enable the system to be characterised and understood.
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Small samples of P. nutans colonies were collected in three different sites near a caldera rim of Mt. Rittmann. Specimens were collected in sterile tubes and then frozen until used for genetic analysis.
In Italy DNA was extracted and amplified in RAPD reactions by PCR. After a period of incubation the reactions were electrophoresed through 1.5% agarose gel, stained in ethidium bromide and photographed under UV light.
