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Plastic debris beaching on two remote Indian Ocean islands originates from handful of Indonesian rivers

Environmental Research Letters
Large amounts of plastic waste from non-local sources (>200 tonnes) wash up on Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands, two remote Indian Ocean islands, every year.
Mirjam van der Mheen, Charitha Pattiaratchi   +1 more
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Structure of Reef Fish Families (Butterflyfishes and Angelfishes) at Isolated Oceanic Reefs in the Indian Ocean: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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There has been substantial research on the factors that structure reef fish assemblages, but this has mostly focused on nearshore or continental reefs. This study examines patterns of abundance and species composition for two iconic groups of coral reef ...
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs, Maya Srinivasan
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Satellite‐Based Fishing Fleet Tracking: A New Foundation for Fisheries Science and Management

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1134-1150, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Satellite‐based vessel‐tracking technologies have ushered in a new era for monitoring fishing activity at scale. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) methods with remotely‐sensed data, researchers can now detect, classify and analyse fishing behaviour across vast and previously unobservable ocean regions.
Jennifer Raynor, Tai Lohrer
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El cerdo cimarrón (Sus scrofa, Suidae) en la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: Escarbaduras, alteraciones al suelo y erosión

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2001
El cerdo cimarrón (Sus scrofa) es uno de los vertebrados exóticos más perjudiciales para las comunidades nativas de los sitios donde ha sido introducido, sobre todo en islas oceánicas.
Claudine Sierra
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Adaptive Responses of Tropical Crops: A Multi‐Scale Omics Integrated Perspective

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 47, 24 August 2026.
Tropical crops integrate genomic, morphological, physiological, and ecological adaptations to thrive under extreme and variable environments. This review highlights how natural selection, domestication, and breeding shape stress resilience, resource‐use strategies, and productivity in sugarcane, banana, cassava, rubber and oil palm, offering new routes
Peilin Wang, Chenhui Li, Dongjiao Wang, Qibin Wu, Zhen Zeng, Huiming Guo, Han Cheng, Songbi Chen, Hongxing Cao, Hongmei Cheng, Jianghui Xie, Youxiong Que   +11 more
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Ophioderma hendleri sp. nov. (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae) and its congeners from the Eastern Pacific

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020
The widespread Ophioderma hendleri sp. nov., from the Eastern Tropical Pacific (Mexico to Colombia) is distinguished from its congeners by having radial shields covered by granules, naked adoral shields, up to 11 arm spines, and by its brown and beige ...
Rebeca Granja-Fernández, Tania Pineda-Enríquez , Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín, Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras   +3 more
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Identification of Volatile Odor Compounds in Extracts of Four Types of Herbaceous Plant Spices via GC × GC–O‐TOF MS

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
In this study, sensory evaluation, electronic nose, solid‐phase microextraction, and comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography‐olfactometry‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry were used to analyze the volatile compounds and key odor‐active components in the extracts of sour horn, alfalfa, chicory, and fenugreek, and a total of 59 odor‐active ...
Suxing Tuo, Qinghui Jia, Shuang Bi, Yixin Dai, Ting Deng, Hongbing Lu, Jiaxiao Cai, Zifeng Li, Cheng Yang, Kejun Zhong, Bo Kong, Ye Liu   +11 more
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The Sounds of the Australian Summer: A Continental‐Scale Inventory of Cicada Ecoacoustics

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Australia has a rich cicada fauna, with over 400 described species including some of the loudest‐calling species in the world. The males of each species produce a unique call for attracting females; these calls are invaluable for informing taxonomy and allowing for species‐level identification.
Thomas Mesaglio, Kate D. L. Umbers, Nathan J. Emery, Christie Foster, Benjamin A. McBurney, Joel Poyitt, William K. Cornwell   +6 more
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Evaluating use of extant species response to invasive predator control as an indicator of functional eradication to support species reintroductions

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.
The removal of brown treesnakes resulted in an increase in the number of lizards already present that were counted in a treated area. We used this increase as a trigger to reintroduce three lizard species no longer present in the area, likely due to predation by the snake. Two out of those three species were found to have established. Abstract Invasive
Melia G. Nafus, Scott M. Goetz, Jonathan P. Rose, Thomas Fies, Levi N. Gray   +4 more
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Examining the efficacy of a sanctuary to protect sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract In 2016, Ecuador established a no‐take marine sanctuary in the northern portion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR), ostensibly to protect sharks. Arguably because of this, experimental longlining was permitted in the rest of the reserve as part of a compensation package to local fishers. Considering this agreement and very low bycatch rates
Leah R. Gerber, Alex R. Hearn, Camila Guerrero Pineda, E. Paola Sangolquí   +3 more
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