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Acoustical estimation of fish distribution and abundance in two Spitsbergen fjords
Oceanologia, 2017 Over recent decades, the Arctic region has been subjected to rapid climate change stemming from global warming. The advance of Atlantic waters to high latitudes is notable.
Joanna Szczucka +3 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Carting Away the Oceans 8 [PDF]
, 2014 Greenpeace released the 8th edition of its annual report, Carting Away the Oceans, which evaluates 26 major retailers on their seafood sourcing and sustainability. Whole foods and Safeway topped the ranking guide.
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Are white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris food specialst? Their diet in the southern North Sea [PDF]
, 2010 The white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris is the most numerous cetacean after the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in the North Sea, including Dutch coastal waters.
Jansen, O.E. +3 more
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Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 1997 Current estimates of harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) abundance indicate that the total population size in eastern Canada in 1994 was approximately 4.8 million (95% C.I. 4.1– 5.0 million) animals. To estimate the consumption of important fish prey by harp seals off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St.
G B Stenson, M O Hammill, J W Lawson
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni +1 more
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What can size distributions within cohorts tell us about ecological processes in fish larvae?
Scientia Marina, 2009 Marine fish larvae are subject to variable environments, which is probably reflected in their growth and survival rates. Mortality rates are generally high and size-dependent.
Arild Folkvord +5 more
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Disentangling conditional effects of multiple regime shifts on Atlantic cod productivity.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Regime shifts are increasingly prevalent in the ecological literature. However, definitions vary and detection methods are still developing. Here, we employ a novel statistical algorithm based on the Bayesian online change-point detection framework to ...
Tommi Perälä +2 more
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.This study highlights that with the static and time‐dependent evolution of slip versus dilation tendency parameter space, structurally controlled deep geothermal systems can be selected within areas of higher permeability and lower seismic hazard. Abstract Faults play a vital role in the Earth's hydraulic system by facilitating fluid flow when dilating
Michal Kruszewski +4 more
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, 1929 Fish, from both a commercial and a sporting standpoint. Based on fishes collected in Maryland only. A general treatise on fishes, setting forth the species, describing them and telling of their distribution, habits and other pertinent facts such as ...
Bean, Barton A. +2 more
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