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Novel Genetic Diversity Through Somatic Mutations: Fuel for Adaptation of Reef Corals?

open access: yesDiversity, 2011
Adaptation of reef corals to climate change is an issue of much debate, and often viewed as too slow a process to be of relevance over decadal time scales. This notion is based on the long sexual generation times typical for some coral species.
Emily J. Howells   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coral spawning information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Information on reproduction in reef corals is presented. An understanding of its reproductive behaviour is an important factor in helping to preserve the coral reef ...
Noordeloos, M., Oliver, J., Yusuf, Y.
core  

Vacancy defect‐induced electron homing breaks phosphodiester bonds for RNA depletion‐driven cancer therapy

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Illustration of 5% S‐vacancy Bi2S3 mediated phosphodiester bonds cleavage in RNA of hepatocellular carcinoma cells, which suppressing ERI3 expression, inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Abstract Genome‐wide hypertranscription is a hallmark of malignant progression.
Chuncheng Yang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arctic coral reefs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Recent expeditions to the cold, northern waters of the Arctic have revealed giant deep-sea coral reefs. In this article, Tina Kerby and Jason Hall-Spencer describe the latest findings from a project to study these surprising ...
Hall-Spencer, JM, Kerby, T
core   +1 more source

A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the Worlds Coral Reefs [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This report presents the first-ever detailed, map-based assessment of potential threats to coral reef ecosystems around the world. "Reefs at Risk" draws on 14 data sets (including maps of land cover, ports, settle-ments, and shipping lanes), information ...
Alan White   +28 more
core  

From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many firms have made ambitious climate pledges since the Paris Agreement of 2015. These pledges may be symbolic or substantive, but the literature is fragmented in defining these two terms. We propose a conceptual framework with three frames to delineate symbolic from substantive action: Intent—underlying motivations for engaging in climate ...
Vincent Xinyi Gu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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