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The pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) aquaculture in French Polynesia and the indirect impact of long-distance transfers and collection-culture site combinations on pearl quality traits

Aquaculture Reports, 2019
In French Polynesia, the P. margaritifera pearl aquaculture industry is spread over a vast area, as large as Europe. All the oysters for this the highly economically important activity are supplied from just a few collection lagoons, but they are grown ...
Chin-Long Ky, Floriane Broustal, Dan Potin, Cédrik Lo   +3 more
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Insights into the Metabolome of the Cyanobacterium Leibleinia gracilis from the Lagoon of Tahiti and First Inspection of Its Variability

Metabolites, 2020
Cyanobacteria are known to produce a large diversity of specialized metabolites that can cause severe (eco)toxicological effects. In the lagoon of Tahiti, the benthic cyanobacterium Leibleinia gracilis is commonly found overgrowing the proliferative ...
Hiren Solanki, Manon Pierdet, Olivier P. Thomas, Mayalen Zubia   +3 more
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RETRACE Project: How to Enhance Resilience to Climate Risks in Pacific and Arctic Indigenous Communities?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk management has evolved to analyze risks in a systemic way, integrating local knowledge with the abstract concept of resilience, which is now an imperative for vulnerable and exposed communities. However, existing decision‐support tools are mainly focused on technical‐functional aspects and, although based on rigorous and scientific ...
Pascal Emanuel Egli, Guangqing Chi, Hugo Comes, Erika Gavenus, Emma Lea Wheeler, Martina Calovi, Jeanne Gherardi, Tomasz Opach, Sabrina Scherzer, Damien Serre, Charlotte Heinzlef   +10 more
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Biology, ecology and dynamics of Deborrea malgassa (Heylarts 1884) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), the main threat to apple Malus domestica Borkh growing in Madagascar

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Bioecology parameters of the endemic Psychidae Deborrea malgassa, the main pest of apple trees in Madagascar. Spatiotemporal dynamics of Deborrea malgassa, with a peak infestation between May and August. Proposed targeted prophylaxis techniques associated with other agroecological principles will be key to reducing the vulnerability of apple orchards ...
Miora Ranaivozandriny, Henriette Rasolofoarivao, Santatra Ravelomanantsoa, Bruno Rasmussen, Bertrand Muller, Lala Harivelo Raveloson Ravaomanarivo, Hélène Delatte   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leptospirosis in French Polynesia: 11 years of surveillance data, 2007–2017

New Microbes and New Infections, 2019
Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis with higher incidence in tropical areas and is a neglected disease in the Pacific region. French Polynesia (FP) is a French overseas territory located in the South Pacific.
N. Bouscaren, C. Benoit de Coignac, S. Lastère, D. Musso, Y. Teissier, J. Formont, F. Chaix, M. Giard   +7 more
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

A symplectic integrator for a native relativistic orbitography software

SoftwareX
A Julia implementation, called General Relativistic Accelerometer-based Propagation Environment (GRAPE), is presented. It is based on a symplectic integrator intended to form the core of future orbitography software used to model spacecraft cruise ...
Jean-Pierre Barriot, Joseph O’Leary, Jean-Martial Mari, Jianguo Yan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Response of Remote Tropical West Pacific Islands to Climate Variability: A Multiproxy Record From T‐Lake, Palau, Spanning the Early Holocene to Present

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lake sediments are natural archives of past environmental dynamics and how these systems have responded to past climate variability. Sediment geochemistry, governed by local geology and climate processes, is unique to each lake‐catchment and geochemical proxies must be validated for each study site.
Jalene Nalbant, Larissa Schneider, Jessica L. Blois, Matthew Wolhowe, Julian P. Sachs, Simon G. Haberle, Geoffrey Clark   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilingual primary education initiative in French Polynesia [PDF]

, 2014
International audienceMultilingual education is receiving remarkable attention in language policy planning efforts of many countries, and aiming at providing culturally responsive education.
Ailincai, Rodica, Gabillon, Zehra
core   +1 more source

Monitoring absolute vertical land motions and absolute sea-level changes from GPS and tide gauges data over French Polynesia

Geodesy and Geodynamics
In this study, we estimate the absolute vertical land motions at three tidal stations with collocated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers over French Polynesia during the period 2007–2020, and obtain, as ancillary results, estimates of ...
Xianjie Li, Jean-Pierre Barriot, Bernard Ducarme, Marania Hopuare, Yidong Lou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source