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A New Device to Measure the Transparency of Water in the Fish-Culture-Pond

open access: yesNIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 1954
In the case of the fish-culture-pond we have hitherto no appropriate direct method to measure and denote the amount of phytoplankton which plays an important role upon the productivity of the pond. Although the fact that the close relation exists between the water transparency measured by the Sccchi disk and the amount of seston is well known, such a ...
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Growth Responses and Root Characteristics of Lettuce Grown in Aeroponics, Hydroponics, and Substrate Culture

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2018
Aeroponics is a relatively new soilless culture technology which may produce food in space-limited cities or on non-arable land with high water-use efficiency.
Qiansheng Li   +3 more
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Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Globally, current food consumption and trade are placing unprecedented demand on agricultural systems and increasing pressure on natural resources, requiring tradeoffs between food security and environmental impacts especially given the tension between ...
Alba Patiño, Daniela   +19 more
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Materiality in the future of history: things, practices, and politics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Frank Trentmann is professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London. From 2002 to 2007, he was director of the £5 million Cultures of Consumption research program, cofunded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and ...
Armstrong   +88 more
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Water as a Socializing Element: Hydraulic Culture in New Spain Between the Sixteenth and the Eighteenth Centuries

open access: yes, 2022
Controlling water, from its collection, storage and distribution, has historically been one of the greatest achievements of humankind in order to settle in a place. Furthermore, if the territory was of a desert-like nature, this accomplishment turned into a feat.
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Educational guidance on water under the paradigm of complexity as a result of a comparative study between Spain and Mexico

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2016
This paper is intended to help lay the groundwork for the formulation and design of programs and materials for environmental education focused on water issues and based on the perspective of the new water culture and ecosystem services.
Pérez José Gutiérrez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Next Generation Microbiology Requirements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As humans continue to explore deep into space, microorganisms will travel with them. The primary means to mitigate the risk of infectious disease are a combination of prudent spacecraft design and rigorous operational controls. The effectiveness of these
Castro, V. A.   +4 more
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Interlaboratory comparison of culture- and PCR-based methods for Legionella pneumophila detection in drinking water samples

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Microbiology
The European Directive 2020/2184 concerning the quality of water for human consumption now includes Legionella among the pathogens for assessment in domestic water systems.
Maria Scaturro   +67 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fish growth parameters and their monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Recent studies have predicted that fish consumption in developing and developed countries will increase by 57 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Rapid population growth, increasing affluence and urbanization in developing countries are leading to ...
Divu, D   +2 more
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The Pluralistic Water Research Concept: A New Human-Water System Research Approach

open access: yes, 2017
The use and management of water systems is influenced by a number of factors, such as economic growth, global change (e.g., urbanization, hydrological-climatic changes), politics, history and culture.
M. Evers   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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