Results 51 to 60 of about 100,510 (353)

Persistence of Urban Stream Syndrome Effects from Point Source and Non-Point Source Pollutants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In a previous study, Sager Creek, a small 1st-3rd order stream in northwest Arkansas was shown to be negatively impacted by urban land usage within the watershed, producing a stream that exhibited several indicators of urban stream syndrome.
Wakefield, T. S.
core   +3 more sources

Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate preference by the porcelain crab Pachycheles monilifer (Crustacea, Anomura): the bryozoan Schizoporella errata or the polychaete Phragmatopoma caudata?

open access: yesNauplius, 2014
Differences on reproductive performance between two sampling points of the porcelain crab Pachycheles monilifer from Ubatuba (São Paulo, Brazil), one from Itaguá Beach (living on Schizoporella errata) and the other from Grande Beach (living on ...
Ana Francisca Tamburus   +4 more
doaj  

Restoration of Abundance and Dynamics of Coastal Fish and Lobster Within Northern Marine Protected Areas Across Two Decades

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
This article reviews a suite of studies conducted in a network of coastal Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Skagerrak, Southeast Norway. In 2006, Norway’s first lobster reserves were implemented, with the aim of protecting European lobster (Homarus ...
Even Moland   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental and Ecological Monitoring with Biodegradable Technologies

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review examines the development and application of wireless biodegradable sensors for environmental monitoring. It explores (bio)degradable materials, their degradation mechanisms in various environments, and non‐toxic fabrication techniques. Additionally, it addresses scalable production and sustainable powering solutions, emphasizing the high ...
Mohammad Javad Bathaei   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spiroplasma eriocheiris Invasion Into Macrobrachium rosenbergii Hemocytes Is Mediated by Pathogen Enolase and Host Lipopolysaccharide and β-1, 3-Glucan Binding Protein

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2019
Spiroplasma eriocheiris is a crustacean pathogen, without a cell wall, that causes enormous economic loss. Macrobrachium rosenbergii hemocytes are the major targets during S. eriocheiris infection. As wall-less bacteria, S.
Mingxiao Ning   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micronekton of the North Pacific [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Working Group History 2. SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS RELATED TO WATER MASSES 2.1 Mesopelagic Fishes 2.1.1 Dominant families 2.1.2 Large-scale feeding and/or spawning migration or expatriation ...

core  

The effect of salinity on transovarial transmission of a microsporidian infecting Gammarus duebeni [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This is an investigation of the impact of salinity on transovarial transmission and burden of a microsporidian sex ratio distorter in the inter-tidal crustacean Gammarus duebeni.
Dunn, A.M., Hatcher, M.J.
core   +1 more source

Dead Matter, Living Machines: Repurposing Crustaceans' Abdomen Exoskeleton for Bio‐Hybrid Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Crustacean exoskeletons, repurposed from food waste, are engineered into sustainable bending actuators combining biotic structure with synthetic control. The augmented exoskeletons achieve rapid and robust motion with lightweight body and can be used as part of robotic manipulators, grippers and swimmers.
Sareum Kim, Kieran Gilday, Josie Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Polyphemus pediculus (L.) (Cladocera) as a possible indicator of water quality [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
Usually stenobiotic species are used as hydrobiological indicators of the degree of pollution in natural waters. Cladocera are eurybiotic organisms, therefore their role as specific indicators of the water quality is considered to be insignificant ...
Butorina, L.G.
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy