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Marine Litter as Habitat and Dispersal Vector [PDF]
, 2015 Floating anthropogenic litter provides habitat for a diverse community of marine organisms. A total of 387 taxa, including pro- and eukaryotic micro-organisms, seaweeds and invertebrates, have been found rafting on floating litter in all major oceanic ...
Thiel, Martin +2 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher +1 more
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Industry-Led Awards 2018, Floating Solar Hybrid Energy Project [PDF]
, 2020 This project (Grant-Aid Agreement No. IND/18/02) is carried out with the support of the Marine Institute under the Marine Research Programme funded by the Irish Government. Lead Partner: SolarMarine Energy LtdSolarMarine Energy Ltd (SME) applied under
Howlin, E.
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Fulmar Litter EcoQO Monitoring in the Netherlands 1979 - 2007 in relation to EU Directive 2000/59/EC on Port Reception Facilities [PDF]
, 2009 Operational and cargo related wastes from ships are an important source of litter in the marine environment in the southern North Sea and cause serious economical and ecological damage. Marine litter monitoring program using plastic abundance in stomachs
Jong, M.L., de +3 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The environmental conditions organisms experience during early development can have powerful and sustained effects on morphology, physiology, behaviour, and performance. Such developmental effects can influence reproductive success, survival, and life‐history strategies and can be transmitted across generations (i.e.
Ondi L. Crino +7 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón +38 more
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Lixo flutuante na Baía de Guanabara: passado, presente e perspectivas para o futuro
Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2016 The pollution of marine and coastal environments by floating litter is a serious problem around the world, usually provoked by an inefficient waste management in the coastal areas, that may generate severe impacts in the wild life, for example death by ...
Dandara Bernardino, Barbara Franz
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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English 5th and 6th Class - Marine Litter and What is in the News (English and Irish version available) [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of the lesson plan is for the children to explore new interests and perspectives through reading about the effects of marine litter. The students will continue to develop a range of comprehension strategies to deal with narrative, expository and
Marine Institute
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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