Publications

Adams, JL & Botten, LC 1979, 'Double gratings and their applications as Fabry-Perot interferometers', Journal of Optics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 109-117.
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APPELS, R, DENNIS, ES & PEACOCK, WJ 1979, 'STUDIES ON RYE HETEROCHROMATIN DNA SEQUENCES SHOWING CHROMOSOME SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTIONS', PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 12, pp. 70-70.

Baden, JM, Mazze, RI, Wharton, RS, Rice, SA & Kosek, JC 1979, 'Carcinogenicity of Halothane in Swiss/ICR Mice', Anesthesiology, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 20-26.
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A simplified in-vivo bioassay system was used to test the carcinogenic potential of halothane in Swiss/ICR mice. Halothane was tested only at its maximum tolerated dose, and histologic examination was performed only on tumor masses and other grossly abnormal tissues found at necropsy. Two groups, each of 15 timed pregnant mice, were exposed to either halothane, 500 ppm (0.05 per cent), or compressed air for two hours on days 10--19 of pregnancy. Five days after birth the offspring were similarly exposed, three times weekly, for 78 weeks. After a ten-week, no-treatment, observation period, all remaining mice were examined by necropsy. Mice dying or killed in extremis before final sacrifice at 88 weeks of age also underwent complete gross necropsy unless extensive cannibalism or autolysis precluded examination. The incidences of malignant tumors, hepatomas or modular hyperplasias, and benign tumors in halothane-treated mice were 7, 6, and 20 per cent, respectively; there were similar incidences of these lesions in control animals. It is concluded that under the conditions of this experiment, lifetime administration of halothane at its maximum tolerated dose is not associated with an increased incidence of neoplasia in Swiss/ICR mice.

BELL, HC, KALMAN, JR, MAY, GL, PINHEY, JT & STERNHELL, S 1979, 'CHEMISTRY OF ARYLLEAD(IV) TRICARBOXYLATES - REACTION WITH AROMATICS TO GIVE BIARYLS', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1531-1550.
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BELL, HC, KALMAN, JR, PINHEY, JT & STERNHELL, S 1979, 'CHEMISTRY OF ARYLLEAD(IV) TRICARBOXYLATES - SYNTHESIS', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1521-1530.
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Bennett, AF & Leslie, LM 1979, 'Statistical Correction of Dynamical Prognoses in the Australian Region', Monthly Weather Review, vol. 107, no. 10, pp. 1254-1262.
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Botten, LC 1979, 'A generalized treatment of multi-element interference filters for the far-infrared', Infrared Physics, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 659-662.
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C. Leitch, E & McDougall, I 1979, 'The age of orogenesis in the Nambucca Slate Belt: A K‐Ar study of low‐grade regional metamorphic rocks', Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 111-119.
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K-Ar ages of biotite and hornblende from undeformed granodiorite plutons and of slaty and phyllitic rocks, ranging from prehnite-pumpellyite metagreywacke to greenschist fades, have been determined in an attempt to define the age of orogenesis in the eastern part of the Nambucca Slate Belt. The plutons have K-Ar ages of 226-227 m.y. (biotite) and 228-231 m.y. (hornblende) that provide a younger age limit for deformation. The lower grade metamorphic rocks yield a range of ages including some comparable with the depositional age of the rocks as indicated by fossils. Rocks of pumpellyite-actinolite and greenschist facies give a more coherent group of ages which suggest orogenesis at about 250-255 m.y. Specimens of these latter rocks that have been affected by a later structural episode than that during which slaty cleavage formed, yield slightly older ages, which may result from the inclusion of minor amounts of environmental excess 40Ar. Support for the 250-255 m.y. age comes from previously determined radiometric ages from the western part of the Slate Belt, although the presence of granitic bodies perhaps as old as 289 m.y., some closely associated with high-grade regional metamorphic rocks, may indicate the presence of additional earlier orogenic movements in this region. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Carroll, RJ 1979, 'On Estimating Variances of Robust Estimators When the Errors are Asymmetric', Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 74, no. 367, pp. 674-679.
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Conacher, MJ, Lanzing, WJR & Larkum, AWD 1979, 'Ecology of Botany Bay. II. Aspects of the Feeding Ecology of the Fanbellied Leatherjacket, Monacanthus chinensis (Pisces : Monacanthidae), in Pisidonia australis Seagrass Beds in Quibray Bay, Botany Bay, New South Wales', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 387-387.
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The fanbellied leatherjacket, M. chinensis, was found to ingest fresh seagrass as a major part of its diet. Other important food items were gammarid amphipods, carid shrimps and several species of epiphytic algae. All food items were of seagrass bed origin. Microscopic examination of gut contents suggested that seagrass and algae did not appear to be digested by the fish, but 14C-labelling of the plants showed that significant amounts of the labile carbon compounds were removed and assimilated during digestion. The fanbellied leatherjacket was found to feed in the seagrass beds during the day, probably relying on eyesight for detecting food. Variations in tide height did not seem to affect their feeding pattern. The amounts of seagrass, algae, amphipods and shrimps removed by M. chinensis in Quibray Bay were calculated and compared with the availability of each of these foods. Grazing by M. chinensis had little effect on seagrass and algae production rates and standing crops, but probably had a significant influence on carid shrimp and amphipod populations.

DENNIS, E & MENZIES, JI 1979, 'CHROMOSOMAL AND MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF PAPUAN TREE RATS POGONOMYS AND CHIRUROMYS (RODENTIA, MURIDAE)', JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol. 189, no. NOV, pp. 315-332.

DENNIS, ES, PRYOR, AJ, PEACOCK, WJ & RHOADES, MM 1979, 'HIGHLY REPEATED DNA-SEQUENCE PRESENT IN ONLY ONE CLASS OF MAIZE HETEROCHROMATIN', PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 12, pp. 70-70.

DOOLEY, AH 1979, 'NORMS OF CHARACTERS AND LACUNARITY FOR COMPACT LIE GROUPS', JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 254-267.
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Dooley, JR, Mazze, RI, Rice, SA & Borel, JD 1979, 'Is Enflurane Defluorination Inducible in Man?', Anesthesiology, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 213-217.
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Eskridge, RE, Das, P, Smith, RK & Leslie, LM 1979, 'Comment on the paper entitled ‘Tornadogenesis’ by R. K. Smith and L. M. Leslie (Q.J., 104, 189–199)', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 105, no. 443, pp. 310-313.
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KALMAN, JR, BLAKE, TJ, WILLIAMS, DH, FEENEY, J & ROBERTS, GCK 1979, 'CONFORMATIONS OF TRIOSTIN-A IN SOLUTION', JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1, no. 5, pp. 1313-1321.
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Larkum, AWD & Wyn Jones, RG 1979, 'Carbon dioxide fixation by chloroplasts isolated in glycinebetaine', Planta, vol. 145, no. 4, pp. 393-394.
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Spinach chloroplasts capable of high rates of CO2 fixation have been isolated in glycinebetaine as an alternative osmoticum to sorbitol and found to be very stable. Proline was a less satisfactory alternatine. The possible significance of the use of glycinebetaine is discussed as this solute may be the physiological cytoplasmic osmoticum in members of the Chenopodiaceae. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.

LOCKWOOD, TE 1979, 'ETHNOBOTANY OF BRUGMANSIA', JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 147-164.

Patzelt, C, Tager, HS, Carroll, RJ & Steiner, DF 1979, 'Identification and processing of proglucagon in pancreatic islets', Nature, vol. 282, no. 5736, pp. 260-266.
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PEACOCK, WJ, DENNIS, ES & PRYOR, AJ 1979, 'CLONING OF A REPEATED SEQUENCE FROM A CLASS OF HETEROCHROMATIN IN MAIZE WHICH HAS SPECIFIC CELLULAR PROPERTIES', HOPPE-SEYLERS ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIOLOGISCHE CHEMIE, vol. 360, no. 8, pp. 1037-1037.

SCHWINGHAMER, EA & DENNIS, ES 1979, 'ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC EVIDENCE FOR A MULTIMERIC SYSTEM OF PLASMIDS IN FAST-GROWING RHIZOBIUM SPP', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 651-662.
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SMITH, GB 1979, 'EFFECT OF A SELF-CONSISTENT EFFECTIVE AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE ON COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY PARAMETERS', SOLAR ENERGY, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 541-542.
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SMITH, GB 1979, 'SCOPE OF EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY FOR FINE METAL-PARTICLE SOLAR ABSORBERS', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 668-670.
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SMITH, GB & WILLRATH, H 1979, 'CALORIMETRIC EMISSIVITIES FOR SOLAR-SELECTIVE COATINGS ON FLAT SHEET', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS E-SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 813-814.
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Smith, RK & Leslie, LM 1979, 'A numerical study of tornadogenesis in a rotating thunderstorm', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 105, no. 443, pp. 107-127.
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AbstractThe structure and dynamics of tornadoes and the mechanisms leading to their formation are explored in the context of an axi‐symmetric numerical model of a tornado cyclone. The paper extends a recent study of tornadogenesis by the authors to include explicit representation of moisture effects.The calculations show that the distribution of buoyancy in the updraught of a severe ‘supercell’ thunderstorm can account for the generation and maintenance of an intense tornado when the level of rotation in the storm is within the observed range of values. The simulated vortex extends to high levels in the cloud but maximum swirling velocities occur within the lowest kilometre or two above the ground in concordance with recent Doppler radar observations.For a fixed vertical distribution of ambient temperature and moisture, the vortex strength is sensitive to the imposed circulation: if the latter is too small, the cloud updraught rotates weakly but there is no evidence of a vortex or a funnel cloud; if it is too strong, a vortex and its associated funnel cloud may form but terminate aloft. This explains why only a few apparently suitable thunderstorms spawn damaging tornadoes.The effects of surface friction on vortex strength and structure are studied in some detail and the results suggest that the terminating inflow layer at the ground may have a less important control on the vortex dynamics than has hitherto been supposed.

West, RJ & Larkum, AWD 1979, 'Leaf productivity of the seagrass, Posidonia australis, in eastern Australian waters', Aquatic Botany, vol. 7, no. C, pp. 57-65.
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Leaf blade production rates of Posidonia australis Hook. f. have been found to range from 0.7 to 5.5 g dry wt. m-2 day-1, depending on site and season. Leaf-blade production (m-2) was significantly higher in Jervis Bay (New South Wales) compared to Botany Bay (New South Wales) and summer and winter values from a Spencer Gulf (South Australia) site were higher than those of Jervis Bay. In Botany Bay, the average turnover rate of Posidonia leaves is about 0.8-1.1% of leaf biomass per day (i.e. three to four crops of leaves produced per year). Biomass, shoot density and some leaf characteristics are also presented for each site. The contribution of seagrass communities to total primary production in the waters of Botany Bay is estimated to be of major importance, and the continued reduction in this contribution, due to urban development, is a matter of concern. © 1979.

Wharton, RS, Wilson, AI, Mazze, RI, Baden, JM & Rice, SA 1979, 'Fetal Morphology in Mice Exposed to Halothane', Anesthesiology, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 532-537.
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The teratogenic potential of subanesthetic and anesthetic exposure to halothane was studied in Swiss/ICR mice. Two treatment regimens were employed: daily exposure of males and females for nine weeks prior to conception and on days 1 through 17 of pregnancy; and exposure of females only on days 6 through 15 of pregnancy. Mice were exposed to subanesthetic concentrations of halothane for 0.025, 0.1, 0.4, and 1.2 MAC hours/day; anesthetic exposure was 4.0 MAC hours/day. Fetal morphologic development was normal at the two lowest exposures. Exposures of 0.4 MAC hours/day and more were associated with decreased fetal ossification. At the 1.2 MAC hour/day exposure, renal pelvic masturation was retarded and the incidence of skeletal variants was increased. The incidences of major malformations and minor anomalies were not increased following exposure to subanesthetic concentrations of halothane. Anesthetic exposure to 4.0 MAC hours/day was lethal to both dams and embryos, and resulted in major developmental malformations in surviving fetuses. These effects were probably due to altered maternal physiologic status. It is concluded that exposure of mice to subanesthetic concentrations of halothane does not result in important morphologic abnormalities in their offspring.

WILLIAMS, DH, RAJANANDA, V & KALMAN, JR 1979, 'STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF THE ANTIBIOTIC RISTOCETIN-A', JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1, no. 3, pp. 787-792.
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WHARTON, RS, WILSON, AI, RICE, SA & MAZZE, RI 1970, 'TERATOGENICITY OF ENFLURANE IN SWISS-ICR MICE', TERATOLOGY, WILEY-LISS, pp. A53-A53.