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Large marine protected areas represent biodiversity now and under climate change [PDF]

, 2017
Large marine protected areas (>30,000 km2) have a high profile in marine conservation, yet their contribution to conservation is contested. Assessing the overlap of large marine protected areas with 14,172 species, we found large marine protected areas ...
Ban, N. C., Davies, T. E., Garilao, Cristina, Kaschner, K., Maxwell, S. M.   +4 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pitcairn Islands The world's Largest Fully Protected Marine Reserve [PDF]

, 2015
In March 2015, the United Kingdom declared the world's largest fully protected marine reserve in the remote waters surrounding the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The designation marks the first time any government has combined creation of a

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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computer Vision Pipeline for Image Analysis for Freeze‐Fracture Electron Microscopy: Rosette Cellulose Synthase Complexes Case

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This paper presents a computer vision (deep learning) pipeline integrating YOLOv8 and YOLOv9 for automated detection, segmentation, and analysis of rosette cellulose synthase complexes in freeze‐fracture electron microscopy images. The study explores curated dataset expansion for model improvement and highlights pipeline accuracy, speed ...
Siri Mudunuri, Leala Carbonneau, Eric M. Roberts, Alison W. Roberts, Candace H. Haigler, Alexey V. Gulyuk, Yaroslava G. Yingling   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Factors, Not Biotic Competitive Interactions, Drive the Relative Abundance of Diatoms and Chlorophyta in the Coastal Areas of the Beibu Gulf: Evidence From 18S rDNA Metabarcoding and Partial Least Squares‐Path Modeling Analysis

Ecology and Evolution
Diatoms and Chlorophyta are two major phyla of phytoplankton in marine ecosystems. The quantitative detection of the population succession and the interaction between them in natural marine ecosystems is a key challenge that ecologists face.
Chunyan Peng, Yuyue Qin, Ying Liu, Dan Sun, Zongsheng Xie, Jixin Jia, Haochen Li, Xiaobo Liu, Hongming Cao, Bin Gong   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health of the Aldabra Group, Southern Seychelles: Scientific Report to the Government of Seychelles. [PDF]

, 2015
National Geographic's Pristine Seas project, in collaboration with the government of the Seychelles, the Island Conservation Society (ICS), the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF), and the Waitt Foundation, conducted an expedition to explore the poorly ...
Alan M. Friedlander, B. Henning, E.K. Brown, Enric Ballesteros, Enric Sala, J. Beets, J.M. Fay, P. Haupt, P. Rose   +8 more
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Intelligent Operator‐Independent Flexibility in Robotic Non‐Destructive Evaluation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Non‐destructive evaluation of high‐value components remains a manufacturing bottleneck due to rigid robotic calibration and fixturing. This study presents a flexible, adaptable system integrating 3D vision and force‐position control with a collaborative KUKA LBR robot. The geometry‐agnostic system enables pose‐independent ultrasonic inspection, detects
Amine Hifi, Randika K. W. Vithanage, Shaun McKnight, Vedran Tunukovic, Ewan Nicolson, Rylan Gomes, Alastair Poole, Ehsan Mohseni, Stephen Gareth Pierce, Charles MacLoed, Tom O’Hare, Gavin Munro   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay”, Maryland with drone-based remote sensing

Scientific Data
Shipwrecks hold significant historical, archaeological, and ecological value. In this dataset, we present two high-resolution (~0.60 cm & 3.0 cm GSD) orthomosaics and associated data that accurately maps the so-called “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay”, a ...
Elizabeth C. White, Alexander C. Seymour, Julian Dale, Everette Newton, David W. Johnston   +4 more
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Rapid habitat fragmentation and niche shifting of an estuarine dolphin driven by coastal urbanization

Global Ecology and Conservation
Estuaries are critical habitats for many marine species, but are also experiencing rapid human-induced environmental change, posing great challenges for conservation.
Yuke Zhang, Qianhui Zeng, Samuel T. Turvey, Liyuan Zhao, Liming Yong, Xixia Lu, Xianyan Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source