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Impacts of nitrate on the water resources of Malta [PDF]
, 2012 High density of population (1250 persons/km2) and livestock (300 head/km2). • Heavy dependence on groundwater for public supply and agriculture. • Complex landuse with multiple cropping and small landholdings.
Stuart, Marianne
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
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Scientia MarinaTaxonomic identification of alien bivalve species in the Mediterranean Sea can be challenging because of high morphological variability and the occurrence of cryptic species complexes, as in the case of pearl oysters.
Matteo Garzia +5 more
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Aerosol Microbiome over the Mediterranean Sea Diversity and Abundance
Atmosphere, 2019 Prokaryotic microbes can become aerosolized and deposited into new environments located thousands of kilometers away from their place of origin. The Mediterranean Sea is an oligotrophic to ultra-oligotrophic marginal sea, which neighbors northern Africa (
Esra Mescioglu +7 more
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Occurrence of Philometra lateolabracis (Nematoda: Philometridae) in the gonads of marine perciform fishes in the Mediterranean region [PDF]
, 2003 Gravid females of the nematode Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935), a parasite of gonads of marine perciform fishes, were found in wild and cultured dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe) from waters near the Balear Islands (Spain ...
Di Cave, David +4 more
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The Mediterranean deep-water kelp Laminaria rodriguezii is an endangered species in the Adriatic Sea [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgments Thanks are due to Klaus Lüning for a gametophyte culture of L. abyssalis, and to Britta Schaffelke for a herbarium specimen of L. rodriguezii from the western Mediterranean. We are grateful to the Total Foundation (Paris) for funding this
Antolic, Boris +12 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The middle Permian represents a critical interval in therapsid evolution, when gorgonopsians emerged as some of the first specialized apex predators within terrestrial ecosystems. Despite their significance, the early diversification of Gorgonopsia in Gondwana remains poorly understood due to scarcity and fragmentary material.
Zanildo Macungo +5 more
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Parasites of cage cultured European seabass Dicentrarchus Labrax and gilthead seabream Sparus aurata from Sardinia (western Mediterranean): first results [PDF]
, 2006 European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax and gilthead seabream Sparus aurata are the most important marine finfish species intensively cultured in the Mediterranean.
Garippa, Giovanni +2 more
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Marine bivalve geochemistry and shell ultrastructure from modern low pH environments [PDF]
, 2011 . Bivalve shells can provide excellent archives of past environmental change but have not been used to interpret ocean acidification events. We investigated carbon, oxygen and trace element records from different shell layers in the mussels Mytilus ...
Baggini, C +8 more
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