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Hyperiid amphipod communities and the seasonal distribution of water masses in eastern Beibu Gulf, South China Sea

Aquatic Biology, 2014
The species composition and abundance of the planktonic Hyperiidea and their relationship with environmental factors (depth, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and chlorophyll a concentration) were analyzed based on 4 seasonal ...
W Zhang, Y Lin, C He, W Cao, J Huang, L Zheng, W Yang, Y Wang   +7 more
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Characterising the north-western European species of Phaenoglyphis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with novel insights from DNA barcode data [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The taxonomy of the hymenopteran parasitoid subfamily Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) has, until recently, been in a state of chaos. While this situation has improved significantly in recent years, most of the efforts were focused on ...
Jonathan Vogel, Ralph Peters, Jesús Selfa, Mar Ferrer-Suay   +3 more
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Two new genera and species of Elcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]

Journal of Orthoptera Research
Two new genera of Elcanidae Handlirsch, 1906 are described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Adelphellca simplicissima gen. et sp. nov. is based on a well-preserved forewing and metathoracic leg with leaf-like metatibial spurs.
Ole-Kristian Odin Schall, Ulrich Kotthoff, Martin Husemann   +2 more
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Potential effects of global climate change on the biodiversity of plants [PDF]

, 1992
Mark W. Schwartz
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Global change and biodiversity loss: Some impediments to response [PDF]

Discussed here are the effects of anthropogenic global climate change on biodiversity. The focus is on human responses to the problem. Greenhouse warming-induced climate change may shift agricultural growing belts, reduce forests of the Northern ...
Borza, Karen, Jamieson, Dale
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The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)

BMC Ecology and Evolution
The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.
Stephanie F. Loria, Svea-Celina Frank, Nadine Dupérré, Helen M. Smith, Braxton Jones, Bruno A. Buzatto, Danilo Harms   +6 more
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Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

eLife, 2014
The rapid expansion of human activities threatens ocean-wide biodiversity. Numerous marine animal populations have declined, yet it remains unclear whether these trends are symptomatic of a chronic accumulation of global marine extinction risk.
Nicholas K Dulvy, Sarah L Fowler, John A Musick, Rachel D Cavanagh, Peter M Kyne, Lucy R Harrison, John K Carlson, Lindsay NK Davidson, Sonja V Fordham, Malcolm P Francis, Caroline M Pollock, Colin A Simpfendorfer, George H Burgess, Kent E Carpenter, Leonard JV Compagno, David A Ebert, Claudine Gibson, Michelle R Heupel, Suzanne R Livingstone, Jonnell C Sanciangco, John D Stevens, Sarah Valenti, William T White   +22 more
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Groundfish biodiversity change in northeastern Pacific waters under projected warming and deoxygenation. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023
Thompson PL, Nephin J, Davies SC, Park AE, Lyons DA, Rooper CN, Angelica Peña M, Christian JR, Hunter KL, Rubidge E, Holdsworth AM.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive DNA Metabarcoding Approach

Ecology and Evolution
In recent years, DNA metabarcoding has been used for a more efficient assessment of bulk samples. However, there remains a paucity of studies examining potential disparities in species identification methodologies.
Isabel C. Kilian, Ameli Kirse, Ralph S. Peters, Sarah J. Bourlat, Vera G. Fonseca, Wolfgang J. Wägele, Andrée Hamm, Ximo Mengual   +7 more
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Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient [PDF]

, 2000
Erik Jeppesen, Jens Peder Jensen, Martin Søndergaard, Torben L. Lauridsen, Frank Landkildehus   +4 more
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