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Habitat fidelity in hawksbill sea turtles
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 10, October 2025.Abstract Climate change is altering habitat suitability and driving shifts in species distributions. To understand potential responses by mobile animals, it is essential to assess levels of plasticity in habitat use, ranging from transience to long‐term fidelity.
Andrew S. Maurer +15 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 Coastal environments like mangrove forests are increasingly recognized as potential hotspots for organic carbon burial, giving them a crucial and yet poorly constrained role in the global carbon cycle.
M. R. Raven +3 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2010 Artificial reefs are often discouraged in shallow waters over concerns of storm damage to structures and surrounding habitat. Biorock coral reef restoration projects were initiated in waters around 5m deep in Grand Turk, at Oasis (October 2006) and at ...
Lucy Wells +5 more
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Irregular migration and asylum seekers in the Carribbean [PDF]
, 2003 Irregular migration is increasing in the Caribbean while the opportunities for applying for asylum hardly exist. The policy regarding most Caribbean irregular migrants is based on the view of the potential destinations, namely that the migrants are ...
Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth
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Optimal scales to observe habitat dynamics: A coral reef example [PDF]
, 2007 A new technique to estimate the characteristic length scales (CLSs) of real ecological systems provides an objective means to identify the optimal scale(s) of observation to best detect underlying dynamical trends. Application of the technique to natural
Habeeb, Rebecca L. +3 more
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The Phenomenon of Piebaldism in Sharks: A Review of Global Sightings and Patterns
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.Chromatic disorders like piebaldism—a rare form of leucism causing partial pigment loss—have been documented in 25 wild shark cases across 17 species and 11 families, with varying anatomical distribution. This study compiles published and unpublished records to better understand the taxonomic and geographical spread of piebaldism and its potential ...
Darren A. Whitehead +9 more
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Irregular Migration and Asylum Seekers in the Caribbean [PDF]
migration, irregular migration, Caribbean population ...
Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth
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Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles: Unusually high species richness indicates the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot is woefully undersampled [PDF]
, 2011 Saba Island (Caribbean Netherlands) is one of the northernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles. It is only 13 square kilometers but contains a wide variety of potential spider habitats including dry, moist, and elfin forests.
Sikes, Derek S., Slowik, Jozef
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Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Initial Report From the Turks and Caicos Islands. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Cawich SO +3 more
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