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The Southwest Pacific Ocean circulation and climate experiment (SPICE) : report to CLIVAR SSG [PDF]

, 2014
The Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (SPICE) is an international research program under the auspices of CLIVAR. The key objectives are to understand the Southwest Pacific Ocean circulation and the South Pacific Convergence Zone (
Bowen, M., Brassington, G., Cai, W., Cravatte, Sophie, Davis, R., Ganachaud, Alexandre, Gasparin, F., Gourdeau, Lionel, Hasegawa, T., Holbrook, N.J., Kessler, W., Maes, Christophe, Melet, A., Richards, K.J., Ridgway, K., Schiller, A., Send, U., Sloyan, B.M., Sprintall, J., Steinberg, C., Sutton, P., Takahashi, K., Verron, J., Widlansky, M.J., Wiles, P.   +24 more
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Notes on the circumscription of the lichens Lecanora leprosa and L. sulphurescens (Lecanoraceae, lichenised Ascomycotina) [PDF]

, 2013
Lecanora leprosa and L. sulphurescens are two commonly misidentified pantropical lichens. A detailed circumscription is presented to help overcome such difficulties. Both species contain a chemosyndrome of chlorodepsidones based on gangaleoidin.
Elix, John A., Lumbsch, Helge Thorsten
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Out of shape: Ocean acidification simplifies coral reef architecture and reshuffles fish assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 93, Issue 8, Page 1097-1107, August 2024.
Many small‐bodied reef fish are strongly associated with structurally complex corals. However, under acidified conditions, massive corals often outcompete branching corals, leading to reef ‘flattening’. As ocean acidification increases globally, we show that resultant simplification of coral structural complexity may act as an important mediator of ...
Jamie Priest, Camilo M. Ferreira, Philip L. Munday, Amelia Roberts, Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa, Jodie L. Rummer, Celia Schunter, Timothy Ravasi, Ivan Nagelkerken   +8 more
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Christianity, Calamity, and Culture: The Involvement of Christian Churches in the 1998 Aitape Tsunami Disaster Relief [PDF]

, 2004
This paper considers the links between religion and disaster relief through a detailed case study of the activities of Christian churches following the Aitape tsunami of 1998 in northwest Papua New Guinea.
Fountain, Philip M., Kindon, Sara L., Murray, Warwick E.   +2 more
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Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) treefrogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species [PDF]

, 2014
Published: 31 January 2014Based on six common characters, 15 species of Nytimystes are segregated as the Nyctimystes cheesmanae group, but without implying monophyly. Four of them are herein described as new species.
Menzies, J.
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Erroneous environs or aberrant activities? Reconciling unexpected collection localities for three New Guinea Worm-eating Snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) using historical account [PDF]

, 2018
Permission granted from editor to include publisher's pdf file.In contrast to birds and large mammals, which can usually be observed and recognized using binoculars and field guides, many reptile and amphibian species are secretive, rarely seen, and ...
Kaiser, Hinrich, O'Shea, Mark
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Contract law – The South Pacific: customary and introduced law [PDF]

, 2000
The author examines the practical effect of the combined influence of customary and introduced common laws on the law of contract operating in the South Pacific – particularly the twelve island countries within the region with membership of the ...
Care, Jennifer Corrin
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National identity in fragile states: insights from tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor-Leste

, 2013
The challenges of nation building in Melanesia and Timor-Leste have often been neglected in the regional focus on state-building challenges. High levels of ethno-linguistic diversity, combined with an array of regional, historical and cultural divisions,
ANU Enterprise Pty Ltd, AusAID., Brown A., Chandler D., De Renzio P., Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste., Goddard M., Haberkorn G., Heather Wallace, Jacobsen M., James Scambary, Jivan V., Ketan J., Leach M., Matthew Clarke, Michael Leach, Morgan M., Pollard A., Scambary J., Scott B., Simon Feeny, Wallace H., Wilson B., Wirrick P.   +23 more
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A 140-year-old specimen from the southern Trans-Fly region of Papua New Guinea proves that the Eastern Brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis, was not a wartime or post-war introduction (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) [PDF]

, 2016
: The medically important Australian elapid Pseudonaja textilis was first documented for the island of New Guinea in the 1950s, when specimens from the northern coast of the Papuan Peninsula were collected and identified.
Doria, Giuliano, Kaiser, Hinrich, O'Shea, Mark, Petri, Massimo   +3 more
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Male involvement in sexual and reproductive health in the Mendi district, Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea: a descriptive study [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Lack of male involvement and support for sexual and reproductive health services is seen by many Papua New Guinean women as a barrier to accessing services.
John Vince, Paul Crouch-Chivers, Sally Kura   +2 more
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