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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
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Turkmenistan and military buildup in the caspian region: A small state in the post-unipolar era

Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2013
Caspian Sea had been actually a Soviet internal lake. Iran was too weak to be a competitor/rival for the USSR. The collapse of the USSR had transformed Caspian Sea into the sea surrounded by several states and each of them vie for the Caspian Sea’s ...
Dmitry Shlapentokh
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The Role of Business R&D in Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From the Nordic Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As environmental sustainability becomes an increasingly important concern for advanced economies, the role of business innovation in relation to environmental outcomes has attracted increasing attention. This study examines the relationship between business enterprise research and development (BERD) and environmental sustainability in the ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar, Mehmet Ulug, Ismail Demirdag   +2 more
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Nuclear Multi‐Microsatellite Marker Profiling Provides Clues to Molecular Genetic Diversity in Culture‐Based Caspian Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso) Brood Stocks: Ecological Mirror for Restoration

Veterinary Medicine and Science
The decreasing natural genetic diversity within intense beluga sturgeon aquaculture presents a complex challenge for culture‐based sturgeon stocks. The present report aims to assess the situation by utilizing advanced capillary electrophoresis (CE) and ...
Mehdi Moghim, Arash Javanmard, Faramarz Lolaei, Mohammad‐Javad Taghavi, Shima Bakhshalizadeh   +4 more
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Environmental Regionalism in the Caspian Sea: A Functionalist Approach

, 2021
It is argued that the new literature on comparative regionalism should keep away from classical functionalism because it is an idealistic theory and it does not supposed to explain regional integration other than the EU. Against this established backdrop, the starting point of this chapter is to challenge this perception and demonstrate the usefulness ...
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Enemy release: loss of parasites in invasive freshwater bivalves Sinanodonta woodiana and Corbicula fluminea

Ecography, EarlyView.
Invasive freshwater bivalves harm native species, ecosystems and biodiversity, and incur economic costs. The enemy release hypothesis posits that invasive species are released from enemies during the invasion process, giving them a competitive advantage in the new environment.
Binglin Deng, Nicoletta Riccardi, Pin Nie, Maria Urbańska, Timo J. Marjomäki, Wojciech Andrzejewski, Małgorzata Ożgo, Keiko Nakamura, Jouni Taskinen   +8 more
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Russian-Iranian relations in the Caspian Region: results and prospects

Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2016
The collapse of the USSR affected the Russian-Iranian relations, governed by bilateral agreements during several centuries. The emergence of “new” independent states in the region, such as Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, changed the geopolitical
Sergey Sergeevich Zhiltcov
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Expanding known dinoflagellate distributions: Investigations of slurry cultures from Caspian Sea sediment [PDF]

, 2017
To investigate the disparity between plankton and cyst records, sediment slurry cultures were used to isolate the motile stage of dinoflagellates from Caspian Sea sediment.
Taylor, J., Klaire Neale, Suzanne A.G. Leroy, Lewis, J., Neale, K, Taylor, Joe, Neale, K., Neale, Klaire, Taylor, JD, Leroy, S.A.G., Jane Lewis, Lewis, J, Joe D. Taylor, Lewis, Jane, Leroy, Suzanne A.G., Leroy, SAG   +15 more
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Renewable Energies in Kazakhstan: Current Status, Potential, Challenges, and Opportunities

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Kazakhstan has strong renewable energy potential, with wind as the leading resource and solar and other sources offering additional opportunities. Key challenges include limited infrastructure, investment needs, and grid‐related technical issues. Despite these barriers, renewables can boost economic diversification, enhance energy security, create jobs,
Lyailim Taizhanova, Akhmetov Berik, Samal Syrlybekkyzy, Shynar Baimukasheva, Symbat Koibakova, Nurkhat Zhakiyev, Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari, Mohamed Salem   +7 more
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Mesozoic–Cenozoic Thermochronology of the Tarim–Southern Tianshan System, NW China

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
Tectonothermal history of the Tarim–Southern Tianshan system compared with the major tectonic events at far‐field plate margins. ABSTRACT The Tarim Basin, an oil‐bearing basin in northwest China, is tectonically and sedimentologically linked to the Southern Tianshan Orogenic Belt.
Shuangfeng Zhao, Wen Chen, Jingbo Sun, Ze Shen, Jie Zhang   +4 more
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