Underwater Noise Level Recordings from a Water Intake Pontoon and Possible Impacts on Yangtze Finless Porpoises in a Natural Reserve [PDF]
Underwater noise pollution caused by human activities may affect freshwater cetaceans to different degrees. To analyze the impacts of water intake pontoons on Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis), this study collected underwater noise ...
Wenfei Lu +4 more
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Metagenomic Analysis of Sediment Bacterial Diversity and Composition in Natural Lakes and Artificial Waterpoints of Tabuk Region in King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve, Saudi Arabia [PDF]
The Tabuk region is located in the northern part of Saudi Arabia, and it has an area of 117,000 km2 between longitudes 26° N and 29° N and latitudes 34° E and 38° E.
Yahya S. Al-Awthan +8 more
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Metagenome Analysis Identified Novel Microbial Diversity of Sandy Soils Surrounded by Natural Lakes and Artificial Water Points in King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve, Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Background: Soil microbes play a vital role in the ecosystem as they are able to carry out a number of vital tasks. Additionally, metagenomic studies offer valuable insights into the composition and functional potential of soil microbial communities ...
Yahya S. Al-Awthan +8 more
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Gastrochilus heminii (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae), a new species from Sichuan, China, based on molecular and morphological data [PDF]
Gastrochilus heminii (Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, is described and illustrated. It morphologically resembles G. affinis and G.
Min Liao +8 more
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Hemilophia cardiocarpa (Brassicaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China [PDF]
Hemilophia cardiocarpa (Brassicaceae), the sixth species of the Chinese endemic genus Hemilophia, is described and illustrated. This plant is found in the Jiaozishan Mountains in Dongchuan District, northern Yunnan, southwest China.
Shao-Yun Liu +4 more
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Representation of natural ecosystems in the natural- reserved fund of the Zhytomyr region
This work studies the representativeness of natural ecosystems in the territory of natural reserves of the Zhytomyr region: Natural Reserve «Drevlyansky» and Polesye Natural Reserve, the status and significance of natural ecosystems, in particular ...
K.O. Osadchuk +4 more
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The species Oberonioides microtatantha, belonging to the family Orchidaceae, is a small lithophytic herb endemic in south China with significant conservation values. The complete plastid genome sequence of O.
Caiqin Liu +9 more
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Soil Fungal Diversity of the Aguarongo Andean Forest (Ecuador)
Fungi represent an essential component of ecosystems, functioning as decomposers and biotrophs, and they are one of the most diverse groups of Eukarya. In the tropics, many species are unknown.
Ernesto F. Delgado +4 more
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State of the marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) population in southeastern Ukraine [PDF]
The article presents summarized materials concerning the records of the marbled polecat during the last decades, a rare mammal species of the steppe fauna in the Pryazovia and in the Central Donbas.
V. Sirenko +3 more
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First record of Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (Corrientes) and Salvador Mazza (Salta) in Argentina [PDF]
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) is an African species introduced and widely distributed in South America. We report H. mabouia for the first time in the municipal campsite of Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (province of Corrientes ...
Vanesa Chocobar +5 more
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