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Current perceptions and the need for a strategic plan for the whale watching industry in Mirissa, Sri Lanka [PDF]
Marine mammal watching is a sub-category of wildlife tourism and has shown continual growth as a global industry. Sri Lanka is an island nation in the south of the Indian Ocean with one of the busiest whale watching industries.
T.G. Supun Lahiru Prakash +2 more
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Distilling food web dynamics: top–down and bottom–up drivers of extinction and trophic cascades
Quantifying population dynamics is a fundamental challenge in ecology and evolutionary biology, particularly for species that are cryptic, microscopic, or extinct. Traditional approaches rely on continuous representations of population size, but in many cases, the precise number of individuals is unknowable.
Justin D. Yeakel
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Understanding the ecological implications of species coexistence is central to biodiversity studies and to identify environmental and anthropogenic drivers of ecosystem dynamics, where ecological network analysis offers valuable insights. This study examines the complexity, structure, and potential responses to disturbances of the Strait of Magellan's ...
Claudia D. Andrade +4 more
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Capture–recapture (CR) models have been used for decades to estimate population size and demographic rates in natural populations from the monitoring of individuals. One of the most frequent deviations from assumptions required in CR studies is the immediate trap‐dependence that corresponds to the correlation between capture events. We review empirical
Jessica Cachelou +4 more
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ABSTRACT Using public ethnography anchored in the post‐development theory and interpretivist epistemological paradigm, this study examines what we term the ‘socio‐cultural milieus dynamics’ (SCMD) of the Solomon Islands (SI) and how these shape meaning, discourse, and practice in ways that influence Australia's aid localisation efforts and aid outcomes.
Mark Opoku Amankwa +5 more
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Indigenous resurgence in the Blue Economy: Relational values to guide kelp mariculture
Abstract Decisions about how to use ocean spaces are increasingly attuned to issues of social equity, environmental sustainability and climate resilience, yet often bypass local governance, knowledge, values and thus objectives. To inform future decisions about kelp harvest and mariculture activities on the west coast of Canada, we co‐designed research
Sarah B. Gutzmann +6 more
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Dimensional accuracy and tensile strength of high‐heat PLA parts printed by FFF as a function of printing temperature and annealing, highlighting the 210‐240°C window where geometry, UTS and model predictions are jointly optimized. ABSTRACT Additively manufactured high‐heat PLA parts must balance dimensional fidelity and tensile performance.
Cleiton Lazaro Fazolo de Assis +2 more
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A Novel Crawling Robot Based on the Hexagonal Mesh Structure and Enhanced PID Control Strategy
ABSTRACT The locomotion of crawling robots is similar to that of caterpillars, relying on foot adhesion and body contraction to ensure flexible movement without compromising stability. However, most existing pneumatic soft crawling robots are incapable of simultaneously achieving forward, backward, turning, and climbing capabilities.
Meng Hongjun +4 more
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