Alligator Diet in Relation to Alligator Mortality on Lake Griffin, FL [PDF]
Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligators) demonstrated low hatchrate success and increased adult mortality on Lake Griffin, FL, between 1998 and 2003.
Carbonneau, Dwayne A. +4 more
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Land Degradation, Desertification "Most Critical Challenges" in West Asia, as Rolling Conflicts Damage Environment, Human Health [PDF]
The spread of land degradation and desertification and its economic and environmental consequences are the "most critical challenges" facing West Asian countries.
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Geothermal Energy: Tapping the Energy in the Earth's Core [PDF]
Key facts: - Geothermal energy comes from the heat in the Earth's core. This heat creates underground reservoirs of steam and hot water, which can be tapped to generate electricity or to heat and cool buildings directly.
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Bioaccumulation of PCB & DDE methyl sulfones in marine mammals and their interactions with receptor proteins [PDF]
PCB and DDE-Methyl sulphone metabolites are the product of enzymatic and bile acid entero hepatic metabolism in the final phase (III) of PCB and DDE detoxification in mammals following hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism (phase I) and
Aguilar, A +5 more
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The GEF/UNDP/UNIDO global mercury project : environmental and health results from a small-scale gold mining site in Tanzania [PDF]
Appleton, D. +8 more
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'Retired' Sensitive Cropland: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? [PDF]
Falling commodity prices have renewed farmers' interest in expanding the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, which protects environmentally sensitive land by paying farmers "rent" to take it out of crop production.
Anne Weir Schechinger, Craig Cox
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Application of functionally graded materials for severe plastic deformation and smart materials: experimental study and finite element analysis [PDF]
Functionally graded materials (FGMs) refer to the composite materials where the compositions or the microstructures are locally varied so that a certain variation of the local material properties is achieved.
Jamian, Saifulnizan
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Population densities predict forebrain size variation in the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus. [PDF]
Triki Z +4 more
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Wrasse as cleaner-fish for farmed salmon
In aquarium and sea cage experiments four wrasse species from Norwegian waters were identified as facultative cleaners, with lice infested salmon (Salmo salar) as the host: goldsinny (Ctenblabrus rupestris), rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus), female cuckoo wrasse (Labrus ossifagus) and corkwing wrasse Crenilabrus melops).
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The past, present and future of cleaner fish cognitive performance as a function of CO2 levels. [PDF]
Paula JR +5 more
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