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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hematologic assessment is a common clinical tool used to characterize both individual and population health. In ectothermic organisms, the hematologic response is influenced by external factors such as temperature and season, especially in temperate species. Yet, specific environmental effects have received little direct attention.
Ethan J. Kessler +4 more
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, 2011 In the Lampedusa Rescue Centre, each year a great number of animals accidently captured by longline, trawl-net and drift-net engines or found suffering adrift, are rescued.
DI BELLO, Antonio Vito Francesco +4 more
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, 2012 Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) was studied over 3 summers in a nearshore habitat, the Patoku area in the southern part of Driniki Bay, Albania. Tissue samples were collected from 40 loggerhead turtles incidentally captured in stavnike fish-traps (a
Bardakcı, Fevzi; Adnan Menderes University +4 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Unique characteristics of winter daily minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax) temperatures and freeze days across the conterminous United States from 1952 to 2024 are examined. Results show spatial heterogeneity in Tmin/Tmax warming rates across the tropical‐temperate transition zone in the southeastern United States, and that the highest temperature on the
Vincent M. Brown +4 more
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND Spring or rain‐fed ponds are frequent features on US mid‐Atlantic farms. The need to conduct preharvest agricultural water assessments to identify microbial hazards, as required by the US Produce Safety Rule, highlights knowledge gaps pertaining to pond water adequacy for vegetable production.
Shirley A Micallef +4 more
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Rescue operations and rehabilitation carried out on three Olive Ridley turtles from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [PDF]
, 2009 Sea turtles are found all along the coast of India, including the Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Five species inhabit the Indian seas; Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle), Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill turtle), Chelonia mydas ...
Sundaram, Sujit, Josekutty, C J
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves +7 more
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How will sea turtles cope with climate change?
, 2011 It is now widely accepted that climate change is a significant threat to biodiversity, especially to species like sea turtles whose life histories are sensitive to fluctuating environmental conditions.
Hawkes, Lucy, Fuentes, Mariana
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara +4 more
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