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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
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Fire and Rescue Service Preparedness for Natural Hazards

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural hazards driven by extreme weather events are expected to continue to pose a significant risk to citizens, property and the environment. Based on a series of national and international interviews with the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS), this paper presents an analysis of present practices within the FRS and FRS willingness to employ a ...
Johan Björck, Margaret McNamee
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Narratives of ‘home landscapes’ guide stewardship practices among Swedish forest owners

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Production forests play an important role in addressing many of our current sustainability challenges. Therefore, how these forests are managed and what motivates the people who are managing them are important for sustainability. 47 per cent of forests in Europe are privately owned.
Katja Malmborg, Johan Enqvist, Erik Andersson, Lisen Schultz   +3 more
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Assessing the Performance of European Union Regions in the “People” and “Prosperity” Pillars of the SDGs

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the gap in subnational assessments of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by benchmarking the performance of European Union NUTS‐2 regions in the People and Prosperity pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Pablo Arocena, Pedro Pascual, Margarita Vega   +2 more
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Fertilising Climate Policy: The Dual Impact of CBAM on EU Agricultural Emissions and Regional Disparities

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), scheduled to become fully operational in 2026, is designed to complement the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) by replacing free emission allowances and preventing carbon leakage to non‐EU regions. CBAM initially covers energy‐intensive sectors, including mineral nitrogen (N) fertiliser production.
Davit Stepanyan, Omid Zamani, Claudia Heidecke, Janine Pelikan, Jörg Rieger, Bernhard Osterburg, Alexander Gocht   +6 more
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The Heterogeneous Regional Employment Effects of Environmental Policies

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of Environmental Policies—measured by the OECD Environmental Policy Stringency Index (EPS)—on employment in 349 regions across 26 countries from 1990 to 2020. We find that more stringent EPS have short‐term negative effects on regional employment, which disappear in the medium term.
Luca Bettarelli, Davide Furceri, Fabio Mazzola, Pietro Pizzuto, Khatereh Yarveisi   +4 more
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ÉPOCA E MÉTODO DE SELEÇÃO DE SEMENTES DE OSTRA Crassostrea brasiliana (LAMARCK, 1819) NO COMPLEXO ESTUARINO í  LAGUNAR DE CANANÉIA, ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO (25ºS ; 048ºW)

Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2018
Selecionaram-se sementes de ostra Crassostrea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) utilizando dois métodos de "castigo" na região entremarés no complexo estuarino-Iagunar de Cananéia: sementes colocadas sobre estrado, a 25 cm do solo, e sementes dispostas ...
Orlando Martins PEREIRA, Márcia Santos Nunes GALVÃO, Shitiro TANJI   +2 more
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The Urban–Rural Continuum and Child Health: Influence of Residential Location on Ultra‐Processed Food Consumption, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Biomarkers

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between residential location—urban area and urban expansion area and sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, and clinical‐metabolic outcomes among schoolchildren aged 6 to 9 years in the municipality of Rio das Ostras, Brazil.
Luiz Felipe da Cruz Rangel, Cynthia Gonçalves Silva, Alessandra Alegre de Matos, Francisco Martins Teixeira, Beatriz Gonçalves Ribeiro   +4 more
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Potencial cosechable de la Ostra Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding), en la ciénaga grande de Santa Marta, Colombia

Acta Biológica Colombiana, 1987
The potencial standing crop of oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae has been calculated as 938,6 tons oyster meat per year (wet-weight) for market sized oyster, in the northern zone of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta.
Carlos A. Hernández J., Germán Márquez   +1 more
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Handicaps Associated with Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1997
The prevalence and severity of handicaps in 217 children and adolescents with epilepsy were assessed at the University of Goteborg, Ostra Hospital, Sweden, using the World Health Organization International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and ...
J Gordon Millichap
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