Considering the importance of investigating the transit timing variations(TTVs)of transiting exoplanets,we present a follow-up study of HAT-P-12 *** include six new light curves observed between2011 and 2015 from thre...
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Considering the importance of investigating the transit timing variations(TTVs)of transiting exoplanets,we present a follow-up study of HAT-P-12 *** include six new light curves observed between2011 and 2015 from three different observatories,in association with 25 light curves taken from the published *** sample of the data used thus covers a time span of~10.2 years with a large coverage of epochs(1160)for the transiting events of the exoplanet HAT-P-12 *** light curves are utilized to determine the orbital parameters and conduct an investigation of possible *** new linear ephemeris shows a large value of reducedχ^(2),i.e.X_(red)^(2)(23)=7.93,and the sinusoidal fitting using the prominent frequency coming from a periodogram shows a reducedχ^(2) around *** on these values and the corresponding O-C diagrams,we suspect the presence of a possible non-sinusoidal TTV in this planetary ***,we find that a scenario with an additional non-transiting exoplanet could explain this TTV with an even smaller reducedχ^(2) value of around 2.
Microbial transformations of toxic monomethylmercury(MMHg) and dissolved gaseous mercury(DGM) at the lower levels of the marine food web are not well understood, especially in oligotrophic and phosphorus-limited seas....
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Microbial transformations of toxic monomethylmercury(MMHg) and dissolved gaseous mercury(DGM) at the lower levels of the marine food web are not well understood, especially in oligotrophic and phosphorus-limited seas. To examine the effects of probable phosphorus limitation(~PP-limitation) on relations between mercury(Hg) fractions and microorganisms, we determined the total mercury(THg), total methylated mercury(MeHg), DGM, and microbiological and chemical parameters in the Central Adriatic Sea. Using statistical analysis, we assessed the potential microbial effects on Hg transformations and bioaccumulation. Only in the absence of ~PP-limitation conditions(^(NO–P)P-limitation) is MeHg significantly related to most chemical and microbial parameters, indicating metabolism-dependent Hg *** heterotrophic activity of low nucleic acid bacteria(abundant in oligotrophic regions)seems responsible for most of Hg methylation under ^(NO–P)P-limitation. Under these conditions,DGM is strongly related to microbial fractions and chlorophyll a, indicating biological DGM production, which is probably not metabolically induced, as most of these relations are also observed underPP-limitation. MMHg biomagnification was observed through an increased bioaccumulation factor from microseston to mesozooplankton. Our results indicate that Hgtransformations and uptake might be enhanced under ^(NO–P)P-limitation conditions, emphasizing their impact on the transfer of Hg to higher trophic levels.
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