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Widespread decline in the abundance of sea cucumber assemblages in atolls of the protected Rowley Shoals, northwestern Australia

Limnology and Oceanography Letters
The Rowley Shoals, off northwestern Australia, are renowned as a biodiversity hotspot. This remote system comprises three atolls, Clerke, Imperieuse and Mermaid, which in recent years have been increasingly targeted by illegal fishing, a pressure rising ...
Inês Leal, Claire L. Ross, Simone Strydom, Richard D. Evans, Thomas H. Holmes, Graham J. Edgar, John K. Keesing   +6 more
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Wildlife and Human Diseases: Symptoms of Endangered Marine Ecosystems & Climate Change [PDF]

, 2001
The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; Wildlife Trust; the Consortium for Conservation Medicine; and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute hosted a Congressional briefing entitled "Wildlife and Human Diseases ...
Naomi Friedman
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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

The influence of temperature and river runoff on phytoplankton community diversity in Beibu Gulf: insight from 18 S rDNA metabarcoding analysis

BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Sanniang Bay (SNB) and Dafeng River (DFR), located in the northern Beibu Gulf, is well-known as one of the eight habitats for humpback dolphins in China. This region is representative of typical estuarine and bay ecosystems and produce complex
Zheng Xiong, Zongsheng Xie, Haochen Li, Chunyan Peng, Jixin Jia, Xiaobo Liu, Jingjing Song, Ying Liu, Yuyue Qin, Bin Gong   +9 more
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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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Remora‐Inspired Sensing Suction Cup with Adhesion Monitoring and Force Detection

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A suction cup with integrated liquid metal microchannel sensors enables stable multidirectional force sensing and adhesion monitoring in both air and water. The flexible resistive sensors, placed on the outer lip, transduce deformations into resistance changes under normal and shear loads.
Yuchen Liu, Bocheng Tian, Feiyang Yuan, Lei Li, Yinuo Cheng, Fuqiang Yang, Youning Duo, Li Wen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approaches

Conservation Science and Practice
Marine megafaunal predators are globally threatened by anthropogenic stressors, but are key for ecosystem functioning. Their worsening conservation statuses indicate that current management is failing, requiring us to urgently reassess their conservation
Elizabeth Boyse, Simon J. Goodman, Maria Beger   +2 more
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Digital Point‐of‐Care Testing Device Based on Bioluminescent Pyrophosphate in Real‐Time and Recombinase‐aid Amplification

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A point‐of‐care testing method based on solvent‐responsive magnetic beads suitable for large‐area diagnosis and mutation screening in remote areas was developed to detect it by combining bioluminescenct pyrophosphate in real‐time technology and recombinase‐aid amplification technology.
Zhongjie Fei, Juan Bai, Liwei Xu, Siyi Wang, Pengfeng Xiao, Dongrui Zhou, Guanxiong Liu, Rongbin Wei, Ping Jiang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selection of Marine Conservation Zones

, 2013
Marine Conservation Zones may contribute to the protection and recovery of the marine environment. This POSTnote examines the process and approach used to select and designate zones, and difficulties in identifying and managing suitable ...
Brown, Alastair, Wentworth, Jonathan
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Marine conservation and management at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [PDF]

, 2007
South Georgia and the South Sandwich archipelagoes fall within the scope of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) and CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources).
Sahores, LF
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