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The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary : An Estuarine and Watershed Profile [PDF]

, 2012
watershed profileThe Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is one of 28 national estuarine reserves created to promote the responsible use and management of the nation's estuaries through a program combining scientific research ...
Evans, Anne, Madden, Kiersten, Palmer, Sally   +2 more
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Up and away: ontogenic transference as a pathway for aerial dispersal of microplastics [PDF]

, 2018
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants found in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. With so many MPs in aquatic systems it is inevitable that they will be ingested by aquatic organisms, and be transferred up through the food chain ...
Amanda Callaghan, Clements AN, Coleman J, Dow JA, Medlock JM, R Development Core Team, Rana Al-Jaibachi, Ross N. Cuthbert   +7 more
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Freshwater crabs occupying tropical north Queensland coastal creeks [PDF]

Australian Zoologist, 2014
Balancing coastal urban development with species conservation and habitat protection can be challenging for managers especially where good quality ecological data is lacking. Primary freshwater crabs (Austrothelphusa species) of the family Gecarcinucidae (formerly Parathelphusidae) that occupy inland creek systems are also present in small coastal ...
Waltham, Nathan J., Hughes, Jane M., Davie, Peter J.F.   +2 more
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SEAFDEC/AQD highlights 2010 [PDF]

, 2011
The SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department is mandated to: 1) conduct scientific research to generate aquaculture technologies appropriate for Southeast Asia; 2) develop managerial, technical and skilled manpower for the aquaculture sector; and, 3) disseminate ...

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

Biological 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, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Valorization of freshwater crab shell residues to chitosan for postharvest quality of mango (Mangifera indica L.) by fruit coating

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Freshwater crab shells (Somanniathelphusa dugasti) are abundant in inland areas and rich in chitosan, which can be extracted and utilized. This study investigated the characteristics of chitosan from freshwater crab shells (FC-chitosan) and its impact on
Hataitip Nimitkeatkai, Waraporn Apiwatanapiwat, Phornphimon Janchai, Jiraporn Meelaksana, Pilanee Vaithanomsat, Chairat Techavuthiporn, Amnat Jarerat   +6 more
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Investigation and evaluation of cadmium in crabs sold in Beijing from 2018 to 2020

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2021
ObjectiveTo detect the content of Cadmium (Cd) in crab sold in Beijing from 2018 to 2020 and carry out health risk assessment.MethodsRandom sampling method was adopted, common crab sold in Beijing were sampled.
XING Shige, Liu Tong, LI Yongliang, YAO Guihong, ZHANG Yujia, WANG Haiyue, ZHANG Feng   +6 more
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Comparative studies on the structure of an upland African stream ecosystem [PDF]

, 2004
Upland stream systems have been extensively investigated in Europe, North America and Australasia and many of the central ideas concerning their function are based on these systems.
Abdallah, Ahmel, de Mazancourt, C., Elinge, M. M., Graw, B., Grzesiuk, M., Henson, K., Kamoga, M., Kolodziejska, I., Kristersson, M., Kuria, A., Leonhartsberger, P., Matemba, R., Merl, M., Minto, C., Moss, Brian, Murfitt, E., Musila, S. N., Ndayishiniye, J., Nuhu, D., Oduro, D. J., Provvedi, S., Rasoma, R. V., Ratsoavina, F., Trevelyan, R., Tumanye, N., Ujoh, V. N., van de Wiel, G., Wagner, T., Waylen, K., Yona, M.   +29 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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New record of a freshwater crab Phricotelphusa callianira (De Man, 1887) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from Thailand

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2009
An expedition by scientists participating in a Plant Genetic Conservation Project under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to Tachai Island, off the coast of Changwat Phangnga, Andaman Sea, southern Thailand in ...
V. Lheknim, P. Leelawathanagoon
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