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Hypoxia driven by Caribbean Sargassum accumulation events [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceSargassum accumulation events threaten coastal ecosystems across the Caribbean and have been associated with severe hypoxia. However, our understanding of Sargassum-induced hypoxia is limited by the lack of continuous monitoring of seawater dissolved ...
Jose Martinez Ortiz +4 more
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Hepatoprotective effects of brown algae Sargassum boveanum on bile duct-ligated cholestasis in rats are mediated by modulating NF-κB/TNF-α and Nrf2/HO-1 gene expression [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2023 Objective: The current study assessed hepatoprotective effects of Sargassum boveanum (S. boveanum) in cholestatic rats. To induce cholestasis, bile duct ligation (BDL) was utilized.Materials and Methods: Five groups of Sprague-Dawley rats including Sham ...
Zeinab Janahmadi +3 more
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Polysaccharide from Hizikia Fusiformis Enhances the Immunomodulatory Activity of Macrophages [PDF]
Journal of Rhinology, 2020 Background and Objectives Hizikia fusiformis is widely used in oriental health food in Japan, China, and Korea, and is known for its anti-oxidation properties.
Jieun Lee +4 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 AbstractBlooms and coastal inundations of pelagic Sargassum have caused major problems to coastal communities and ecosystems throughout the tropical Atlantic over the past decade. Understanding Sargassum growth, movement, and mortality is essential to being able to predict and mitigate these events.
Nathan F. Putman, Chuanmin Hu
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Impact des laisses végétales sur la dynamique des plages sableuses, Martinique, Petites Antilles
VertigO, 2021 The beaches of the Caribbean Islands are regularly affected by the stranding of plant debris (algae, phanerogams, etc.) at the tide mark line, which becomes mixed with sand at the top of the beach, along with deadwood and other waste of anthropogenic ...
Franck Dolique +2 more
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Population biology of sympatric species of Caprella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in a tropical algal bed
Scientia Marina, 2021 The population biology of the three sympatric species of caprellids (Caprella danilevskii, C. equilibra and C. scaura) associated with a Sargassum bed was studied in the northern coast of São Paulo state, Brazil.
Daniela Rejane de Paula +4 more
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A survey of epibiont hydrozoans on Sargassum [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The brown alga Sargassum provides a natural substrate occupied by hydrozoans in shallow marine waters. A global count in 2007 listed 39 epibiotic species of Hydrozoa growing on Sargassum, but more studies have been published since, therefore, an update ...
Cecilia Odette Carral-Murrieta +10 more
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Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021 The potential applications of β-mannanase in bioenergy, biorefinery, detergent, fodder, food processing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper and textile industries, and the high cost of commercially available enzyme have attracted considerable ...
Bidyut Ranjan Mohapatra
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Energies, 2023 Seaweed is of importance to the environment due to properties such as its CO2 sequestration capability. On the other hand, plastic is a versatile material important to society.
David Antonio Buentello-Montoya +2 more
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Forecasting seasonal sargassum events across the tropical Atlantic: Overview and challenges
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Proliferation of sargassum across the tropical Atlantic since 2011 has motivated a range of forecasting methods. Statistical methods based on basin-scale satellite data are used to address seasonal timescales.
Robert Marsh +4 more
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