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ABSTRACT Marine aquaculture is expanding globally, yet its interactions with surrounding ecosystems remain complex and insufficiently understood. This study reviews the fluxes of energy and nutrients from three major aquaculture systems: finfish cages, suspended bivalves, and seaweed farms and considers their implications for ecosystem functioning and ...
Myriam D. Callier +11 more
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Mass, nitrogen content, and decomposition of woody debris in forest stands affected by excreta deposited in nesting colonies of Great Cormorant [PDF]
First online: 14 March 2015Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), a piscivorous bird, has established breeding colonies in a coniferous forest near Lake Biwa in central Japan.
Hobara, Satoru +3 more
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ABSTRACT Understanding the dietary dynamics of marine megafauna is essential for interpreting ecological interactions and assessing environmental changes in marine ecosystems. We analysed temporal trends in the diets of eight megafaunal species, comprising marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles.
Joao Bosco Gusmao +2 more
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Increases in the population abundance of the piscivorous great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) has led to conflicts with fisheries. Cormorants are blamed for decreased fish catches in many lakes in Poland.
Traczuk Piotr, Kapusta Andrzej
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Avian piscivores: basis for policy. [PDF]
In Britain, many birds eat fish in fresh waters but only three species, cormorant, red-breasted merganser and goosander, are commonly perceived to present serious problems for freshwater fisheries. Complaints are mainly that cormorants eat large fish and
Carss, D.N., Marquiss, M.
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Systematic assessment of ground‐dwelling animal diversity responses along urbanization gradients in the Chuhe River riparian zone, Nanjing, China. Integration of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity to comprehensively reveal community changes across different urban gradients.
Wenjing Chen, Qi Zhu, Yunfeng Yang
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Data concerning the epidemiological characteristics in the helminth infestations of the Danube Delta’s cormorant populations [PDF]
This study is focused on the elucidation of some aspects regarding the endo- and ecoparasite fauna specific for the Danube Delta’s cormorants. The researches on the two species of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo and Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) had as main ...
RĂILEANU Ştefan, NICHIFOR Cristina
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Abstract To better understand the dynamics of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in complex freshwater ecosystems, we performed a systematic meta‐analysis of PFAS distributions and spatiotemporal variance in biota of the Laurentian Great Lakes watersheds.
Peter O. L. Martin +6 more
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Education and research - the "El Niño" years [PDF]
From a special issue: A Brief History of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands 1959 ...
Smith, G. T. Corley
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