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Recovery of Perennial Plant Communities in Disturbed Hyper-Arid Environments (Sharaan Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia)

Land
Background: Human activities such as agriculture are known to markedly affect natural ecosystems, including plant communities and soil properties. Biological activities are reduced in hot, hyper-arid ecosystems compared to temperate and tropical climatic
Sami Youssef, Mohamed Djamel Miara, Stéphane Boivin, Robin Sallio, Jérôme Nespoulous, Hassan Boukcim, Sami D. Almalki, Shauna K. Rees, Benjamin P. Y.-H. Lee, Ahmed H. Mohamed   +9 more
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Dermomurex asteriscus

Published as part of Darragh, Thomas A., 2024, A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca, pp. 37-206 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83 on page 91, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02, http://zenodo.org/record ...
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Anisopagurus asteriscus Lemaitre 2020, sp. nov.

, 2020
Anisopagurus asteriscus sp. nov. (Figs 1–4) Type material. Holotype: male 3.7 mm, St. Martin, French Antilles, Caribbean Sea, BSTM-1144, STM-044, 18.118°N, 63.056°W, 1.5–6.1 m, reef at night, 19 Apr 2012, colls G. Paulay, J. Slapcinsky, A. Bemis (UF 032279). Paratypes: St.
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Spatial variation in the otolith shape of Asian sheat catfish, Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) populations from five Indian rivers

Journal of Fisheries
The population of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) has declined worldwide including in the rivers of India and has been declared ‘Vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Graish Kumar, Ankur Kashyap, Mohammad Serajuddin   +2 more
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Assessment of the fish diet of the Caspian seal (Pusa caspica Gmelin, 1788) during haul out periods on island sites: results, challenges, and perspectives

Frontiers in Marine Science
The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica), an endemic and endangered obligate piscivore of the Caspian Sea, faces threats to its existence, notably from the reduction of its food resources. Pollution, sea regression, overfishing, and the introduction of non-native
Mirgaliy Baimukanov, Anuar Shagilbayev, Akzhan Iskakov, Assel Baimukanova, Assel Baimukanova   +4 more
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Growth of the Shortnose Mojarra Diapterus brevirostris (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in Central Mexican Pacific

AIA Avances en Investigación Agropecuaria, 2014
Se obtuvieron muestras y datos morfométricos de 394 individuos de la malacapa Diapterus brevirostris, de la captura comercial entre abril de 2010 y julio de 2012. El estudio del crecimiento se realizó por dos métodos: análisis de frecuencia de longitud y
Manuel Gallardo-Cabello, Elaine Espino-Barr, Esther Guadalupe Cabral-Solís, Arturo García-Boa, Marcos Puente-Gómez   +4 more
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Rearing in strontium-enriched water induces vaterite otoliths in the Japanese rice fish, Oryzias latipes. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci, 2023
Murase I, Kawamoto T, Akizawa N, Irie T.
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Unlocking the mysterious polytypic features within vaterite CaCO₃. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
San X, Hu J, Chen M, Niu H, Smeets PJM, Malliakas CD, Deng J, Koo K, Dos Reis R, Dravid VP, Hu X.   +10 more
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Otoliths suggest lifespans more than 30 years for free-living bowfin Amia calva: Implications for fisheries management in the bowfishing era. [PDF]

J Fish Biol, 2022
Lackmann AR, Bielak-Lackmann ES, Butler MG, Clark ME.   +3 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Humulene-Type Sesquiterpenoids from Asteriscus Graveolens

Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences
Objectives: Inflammation is the initial physiological reaction of the immune system to infection or irritation, leading significant risk factors for several forms of cancer. The genus Asteriscus has been observed to possess a notable abundance of sesquiterpenes with anti-inflammatory properties.
Hajer S. Alorfi, Fayza A. Aljohany, Fatima B. Alamri, Hanan I. Althagbi, Ashraf B. Abdel-Naim, Walied M. Alarif, Fitri Budiyanto, Esam M. Aboubakr   +7 more
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