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XIII. Radioactive Materials
Section XIII of
the 2004-2005 season plans lists the radioactive materials to be used and
provides information regarding their form, nuclide, site, and specific
use.
| PROJECT |
NUCLIDE |
FORM |
SITE |
USE |
| BG-232-O |
3H |
3H – Water |
R/V Laurence M. Gould |
Foraging Ecology of Crabeater Seals |
| BG-235-O |
3H
14 C |
3H – Thymidine
14C – Sodium Bicarbonate |
R/V Laurence M. Gould |
Winter Distribution and Activities of Sea Ice Microbial Communities in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region |
| BG-246-O |
14C |
14C – Sodium Bicarbonate |
R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer |
Winter Ecology of Larval Krill: Quantifying Their Interaction With The Pack Ice Habitat |
| BP-016-O |
14C |
14C - Sodium Bicarbonate |
Palmer Station,
R/V Laurence M. Gould |
Palmer, Antarctica Long Term Ecological Research Project: Climate Migration, Ecological Response, and Teleconnections in an Ice-Dominated Environment (Phytoplankton Group) |
| BP-045-O |
3H |
3H – Water |
Palmer Station
R/V Laurence M. Gould |
Palmer, Antarctica Long Term Ecological Research Project: Climate Migration, Ecological Response, and Teleconnections in an Ice-Dominated Environment |
| BO-179-O |
3H |
3H - Leucine |
Palmer Station |
Gene Expression in Extreme Environments: Extending Microarray Technology to Understand Life at its Limits. Field Season 2002-2003 |
| BO-001-O |
14C |
14C - Sodium
Bicarbonate |
McMurdo Station |
Function and Chemical Nature of Ice-active Substances Associated with Sea Ice Diatoms |
| BO-005-O |
14C
3H |
14C – Sodium Bicarbonate
3H- Leucine |
McMurdo Station |
Antifreeze Proteins in Antarctic Fishes |
| BO-006-O |
14C
3H
35S |
14C - Alanine
14C - Leucine
14C - ATP
3H - Uridine
3H - Lysine
35S - Methionine |
McMurdo Station |
Energetics of Protein Metabolism During Development of Antarctic Echinoderms |
| BO-047-O |
14C |
14C – Sodium Bicarbonate |
McMurdo Station, US Coast Guard Polar Sea |
Interannual Variability in the Antarctic Ross Sea: Nutrient Fields and Seasonal Productivity II |
| BO-134-O |
35S |
35S – Amino Acid Mixture |
McMurdo Station |
Evolutionary Loss of Heat Shock Response In Antarctic Fishes |
| BM-042-P |
14C
3H |
14C – Bicarbonate/ Carbonate
3H - Thymidine |
McMurdo Station/Dry Valleys |
The Role of Natural Legacy on Ecosystem Function and Structure in a Polar Desert |
| BM-042-W |
14C |
14C - Sodium
Bicarbonate |
McMurdo Station |
McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER |
| OO-257-O |
63Ni |
63Ni - Foil or Plated source |
South Pole Station |
South Pole Monitoring for Climatic Change:
U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (Source is inside an electron capture detector of a gas chromatograph) |
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