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Dead Cetacean? Beach, Bloat, Float, Sink
Variably buoyant, dead Cetacea may float, or sink and later bloat to refloat if ambient temperature and pressure allow sufficient decomposition gas formation and expansion.
Michael J. Moore +3 more
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A spatial and temporal assessment of microplastics in seafloor sediments: A case study for the UK
Seafloor sediments have been defined as sinks for microplastics in the marine environment and could therefore represent suitable matrices for their long-term monitoring.
Adil Bakir +10 more
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Concentration and Potential Human Health Hazards of Heavy Metals in Periwinkle (Tympanotonus fuscatus) Purchased from Major Markets in Calabar, Nigeria [PDF]
Background. As water flows through habitats associated with estuaries, such as mud flats, salt marshes, sea grass and mangrove forests, pollutants such as heavy metals are filtered.
Udiba Ugumanim Udiba +2 more
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Human-caused increases in reactive nitrogen burial in sediment of global lakes
Summary: Human activities have increased reactive nitrogen (Nr) input to terrestrial ecosystems compared with the pre-industrial era. However, the fate of such Nr input remains uncertain, leading to missing sink of the global nitrogen budget.
Mei Wang +7 more
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Distribution of Marine Lipophilic Toxins in Shellfish Products Collected from the Chinese Market
To investigate the prevalence of lipophilic marine biotoxins in shellfish from the Chinese market, we used hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to measure levels of okadaic acid (OA), azaspiracid (AZA1 ...
Haiyan Wu +5 more
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The Sinking of Sex, or the Sinking of the Nation?--Textual Analysis of The Sinking
Yu Dafu's The Sinking of the Nation tells the story of a young man whose sexual desire is unsatisfied, and the process of sinking until his death, which aptly expresses the uncertainty and helplessness of the youth of the May Fourth Movement, and highlights the individual's subjective consciousness. The article analyzes and explains from the background
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Lawrence Sink plays fiddle, performing live over Roanoke Country Radio station WDBJ.
Sink, Lawrence;
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The process of phosphate desorption from soils is difficult to measure using stirred batch techniques because of the accumulation of desorbed ions in a bathing solution.
Zhe Li, Suwei Xu, Ying Li, Yuji Arai
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Potato tuber degradation is regulated by carbohydrate metabolism: Results of transcriptomic analysis
Tuber number is an essential factor determining yield and commodity in potato production. The initiation number has long been considered the sole determinant of the final total tuber number.
Liguo Jia +6 more
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This article pivots around the work of early modern legal scholar Hugo Grotius to consider the political stakes of ontological assessments of the sea and water in the context of Dutch imperialism. It draws on links with land reclamation projects in the Netherlands, while at the same time ties these to urgent questions within contemporary critical water
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