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Finlaggan report 6: kitchens and houses by jetty.
Finlaggan, Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. Excavations and fieldwork 1989-1998. Part six, kitchens and houses by jetty
Finlaggan report 1: introduction and background
Finlaggan, Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. Excavations and fieldwork 1989-1998. Part two, introduction and background
Finlaggan report 5: houses and halls.
Finlaggan, Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. Excavations and fieldwork 1989-1998. Part five, houses and halls
Finlaggan report 2: archaeological survey of area around Loch Finlaggan
Finlaggan, Islay, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. Excavations and fieldwork 1989-1998. Part three, archaeological survey of area around Loch Finlaggan
1266 and All That: An Archaeological Approach to Understanding the Scottish Takeover Of The Kingdom Of The Isles
Productivity of Florida Springs: first semi-annual report to Biology Division, Office of Naval Research, progress from June 1, 1952 to January 31, 1953
Work has begun on studying the factors responsible for productivity
in the Florida springs, which are nearly constant temperature, constant
chemical, steady state giant laboratories. Progress has been made on five
aspects: qualitative description, quantitative description, completion
of knowledge of chemical factors, measurement of productivity , development
of productivity theory.
Measurement of the primary productivity in Silver Springs and Green
Cove Springs by two new methods: the raising of organisms in cages, and the
measurement of night & day differences in oxygen downstream agree roughly.
Production in these springs is greater than previous production figures reported
for marine, fresh water, and land areas. Instantaneous measures of production
show large variations with season, time of day, cloud cover. Production
estimates range from 11,000 lbs per acre per year to 70,000 lbs. glucose per
acre per year during daylight hours.
Essential stability of the springs environment has been shown with
respect to temperature, phosphorus, and plant cover. A correlation of species
number with lack of stability has been shown with insects. Quantitative
studies have shown very large plant base to pyramids of mass. Correlation
of marine invasion with chlorinity has been shown. The essential aspects of
pH regulated phosphorus geochemistry in Florida have been outlined. Some
theoretical ideas on productivity have been evolved. Mapping of sessile
organisms in springs and taxonomic identification of dominants are half
completed. Plans for second six months include measurement of herbivore
and carnivore production rates and completion of food chain efficiency
determinations in Silver Springs as a preparation for subsequent
comparisons between springs. (34pp.
Productivity of Florida Springs: Second annual report to Biology Branch, Office of Naval Research progress from January 1 to December 31, 1954
Production measurements at different times of the year indicate a linear relationship of light intensity and overall production at about 8% of the visible light energy reaching plant level. Measurements of a coral reef at Eniwetok indicate 6%. Further evidence of breeding at all seasons but with a quantitative pulse in the seasons of maximum light indicates that the seasonal fluctuation in primary production is routed through reproduction rather than through major changes in populations. The succession of plants and anmals of the aufwuchs has been shown with glass slides and counts from Sagittaria blades. Losss of oxygen bubbles during the day and emergence of aquatic insects at night have been measured with funnels. Bell jar measurements are reported for bacterial metabolism on mud surfaces. pH determined CO2 uptake agrees with titration determinations. A few rough estimates of herbivore production have been made from caged snails, aufwuchs succession, and fish tagging. Nitrate uptake a night by aufwuchs communities has been confirmed in a circulating microcosm experiment as well as in bell jars in the springs. Distributions of oxygen and organisms have been used to criticize the saprobe stream classification system. Theoretical consideration of maximum photosynthetic rates in teh literature data indicates logarithmic rate variation inversely with organismal size just as for respiratory metabolism. Extreme pyramid shapes are thus shown for communities in which organismal size decreases up the food chain and for other communities with the same energy influx but with organismal size increasing up the food chain. Literature data is used to further demonstrate the validity of the optimum efficiency-maximum power principle for photosynthesis. Work on plants by Dr. Delle Natelson indicates essential stability of aquatic plant communities after 3 years and about 10-20% reproducibility in previous biomass estimates by Davis. Work on an animal picture of the fishery characteristics by Caldwell, Barry, and Odum is half completed. The study of aquatic insects in relationship to spring gradients by W.C. Sloan has been completed an an M.S. thesis. J. Yount has begun a study of affect of total productivity on community composition using aufwuchs organisms on glass slides placed in different current and light conditions in Silver Springs. (49pp.
Edinburgh Castle Under Siege 1093–1544
Edinburgh Castle appears to be the most besieged place in Great Britain, and one of the most beleaguered places in the world. The number of occasions recorded here, sixteen, for the period from 1093 to 1544 is almost certainly an underestimate because our records for much of the medieval period are so poor. Also, this paper does not take account of the long occupation of the Castle Rock prior to its emergence as a castle in the late eleventh century nor the important sieges endured by the castle after the 1540s. For much of its history Edinburgh Castle was a desirable place to have, a royal palace. It also functioned at times as an administrative centre, as a treasure house and as an arsenal
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