The Australian Antarctic Division is coordinating a field-based ocean acidification experiment in Antarctic waters near Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica ( 66°17′ S 110°31′ E) this austral summer 2014-15. This antFOCE (antarctic Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) experiment will expose a range of benthic marine animals and algae to a constant supply of CO2-enriched…
Read MoreNew paper describing the use of the Aquation White light-emitting Reflectance-Absorptance-Transmittance meter or (White-RAT). The earlier Blue-RAT and later version White-RAT enable the direct convenient measurement of leaf absorptance by measuring the proportion of light transmitted through a leaf and that reflected off the leaf. Absorptance is then calculated and displayed on the meter. The…
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