Potyó, I., and Guti, G.

Fish are good indicators of long-term changes of fluvial ecosystems therefore, assessment of fish assemblages is frequently used in evaluation of the ecological status of surface waters, especially since the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. Long-term changes of fish fauna and old-time abundance of fish populations in the Danube can be documented by historical data of fisheries. Direct detection of long-term changes of fish populations in large rivers is a difficult task due to...

Paulo R. Medeiros, and Ricardo S. Rosa, and Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho

In recent years, many studies investigated how density-dependent factors, such as shortages in microhabitat and food availability influence the structure of reef fish assemblages. Most of what is currently known, however, comes from comparisons of isolated patch reefs and from correlations between fish abundance and one or few microhabitat variables. In addition, most studies were done in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific regions, whereas the South Atlantic region has been, to date, understudied. T...

Andrey KRAJNIUK, and Aleksander KRAJNIUK

An indispensable component of ensuring safe control of railway and sea transport in conditions of hot climate is maintenance of comfortable temperature of air in control cabins and living spaces. Now the interest is restored to use the Air Refrigerating Plants (ARP) as they have a wide potential of low-temperature cooling without use of ozone-destructive cooling agents prohibited by decision of the Montreal meeting. At the same time, air conditioning installations on the basis of turbo-expanders...

Bhattacharyya P, and Paul R, and Bhattacharjee P, and Ghosh A, and Dey R, and Ghosh M, and Sharma M

Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya, Rantu Paul, Partha Bhattacharjee, Arko Ghosh, Ratna Dey, Malabika Ghosh, Madan SharmaInstitute of Pulmocare and Research, CB 16, Salt Lake, Sector 1, Kolkata-700064, IndiaAbstract: Progressive loss of lung function and reversibility characterize chronic asthma. The conventional therapy is targeted to control the disease without targeting the loss of lung function or reversibility. In a prospective real-world observation of long-term use of add-on doxycycline as a mat...

T. P. Lyubimova, and B. Roux, and S. Luo, and Y. N. Parshakova, and N. S. Shumilova

The present study concerns the 3-D distribution of pollutants emitted from a coastal outfall in the presence of strong sea currents. The problem is solved using the nonlinear Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations in the framework of the <i>k</I>-<i>ε</i> model. The constants of the logarithmic law for the vertical velocity profile in the bottom boundary layer are obtained by processing experimental data from acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs). The near-field distribution of pollutant...

M. Gröger, and E. Maier-Reimer, and U. Mikolajewicz, and A. Moll, and D. Sein

Shelves have been estimated to account for more than one-fifth of the global marine primary production. It has been also conjectured that shelves strongly influence the oceanic absorption of anthropogenic CO₂ (carbon shelf pump). Owing to their coarse resolution, currently applied global climate models are inappropriate to investigate the impact of climate change on shelves and regional models do not account for the complex interaction with the adjacent open ocean. In this stud...

Ricardo Yuji Sado, and Eliana Reiko Matushima

The aim of this study was to evaluate the inflammatory response kinetics after experimental inoculation with BCG in the primitive Arius sp. fish. The BCG was applied through the intramuscular injection in the caudal peduncular region, and the samples were collected for the analyses at days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 33 post-injection. Acute phase inflammatory infiltrate was characterized by the predominant mononuclear cells, intersticial edema, and muscular tissue necrosis. As the inflammatory respons...

L. Lin, and L. Lin, and Q. Lin, and Q. Lin, and Y. Wang, and Y. Wang

This paper proposes a statistical model for mapping global landslide susceptibility based on logistic regression. After investigating explanatory factors for landslides in the existing literature, five factors were selected for model landslide susceptibility: relative relief, extreme precipitation, lithology, ground motion and soil moisture. When building the model, 70 % of landslide and nonlandslide points were randomly selected for logistic regression, and the others were used for model ...

Aaron Teo, and James R. Guest, and Mei Lin Neo, and Kareen Vicentuan, and Peter A. Todd

Most studies of coral reproductive biology to date have focused on oocyte numbers and sizes. Only one (ex situ) study has enumerated sperm numbers, even though these data have multiple potential applications. We quantified total coral sperm and eggs per gamete bundle collected from six species in situ during a synchronous spawning event in Singapore. Egg-sperm bundles were captured midwater as they floated towards the surface after being released by the colony. For each sample, a semi-transparen...

Barbara Picone, and Clint Rhode, and Rouvay Roodt-Wilding

Next generation sequencing platforms have recently been used to rapidly characterize transcriptome sequences from a number of non-model organisms. The present study compares two of the most frequently used platforms, the Roche 454-pyrosequencing and the Illumina sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS), on the same RNA sample obtained from an intertidal gastropod mollusc species, Haliotis midae. All the sequencing reads were deposited in the Short Read Archive (SRA) database are retrievable under the acces...

P. PERISTERAKI, and G. LAZARAKIS, and C. SKARVELIS, and M. GEORGIADIS, and G. TSERPES

Recent records on the occurrence of the species Etrumeus teres, Siganus rivulatus, Stephanolepis diaspros, Sphoeroides pachygaster, Lagocephalus sceleratus, Fistularia commersonii and Siganus luridus are presented for the Aegean, Cretan and Libyan Seas and the new record of Upeneus moluccensis in the Cretan Sea is reported.

Monique Stinson, and Zahra Pourabdollahi, and Vladimir Livshits, and Kyunghwi Jeon, and Sreevatsa Nippani, and Haidong Zhu

A behavior-based supply chain and freight transportation model was developed and implemented for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and Pima Association of Governments (PAG). This innovative, data-driven modeling system simulates commodity flows to, from and within Phoenix and Tucson Megaregion and is used for regional planning purposes. This paper details the logistics choice component of the system and describes the position and functioning of this component in the overall framework...

Ines Stuhldreier, and Celeste Sánchez-Noguera, and Florian Roth, and Carlos Jiménez, and Tim Rixen, and Jorge Cortés, and Christian Wild

Seasonal upwelling at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica offers the opportunity to investigate the effects of pronounced changes in key water parameters on fine-scale dynamics of local coral reef communities. This study monitored benthic community composition at Matapalo reef (10.539°N, 85.766°W) by weekly observations of permanent benthic quadrats from April 2013 to April 2014. Monitoring was accompanied by surveys of herbivore abundance and biomass and measurements of water temperature a...

S. Boulaaba, and S. Zrelli, and M. Boumaiza, and B. Rossaro

The relationships between physical properties, water chemistry and aquatic macroinvertebrates were investigated in riffles of four perennial streams in the arid northern Oman. Samples were collected monthly in autumn, winter and spring with a Surber net. Thirty two invertebrate taxa were recorded, most species are widely distributed, but few species with very restricted distribution were also captured. Diptera followed by Pulmonata, Coleoptera and Odonata were the most represented taxa, Trichopt...

Visnu C. Sarmento, and Aliny F.S. Barreto, and Paulo J.P. Santos

Coastal environments are trampled by humans worldwide; however, there are few studies that evaluate the effect of trampling on the meiofauna of hard substrates, and none on meiofauna of reef environments. We investigated the effects of trampling due to tourism on the meiofauna of reef formations on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Samples were taken from five paired stations located in two areas on the reef: an area protected since 2004, and an area open to tourist visits. Trampling caused impo...

S. C. Stähler, and K. Sigloch, and K. Hosseini, and W. C. Crawford, and G. Barruol, and M. C. Schmidt-Aursch, and M. Tsekhmistrenko, and J.-R. Scholz, and A. Mazzullo, and M. Deen

RHUM-RUM is a German-French seismological experiment based on the sea floor surrounding the island of La Réunion, western Indian Ocean (Barruol and Sigloch, 2013). Its primary objective is to clarify the presence or absence of a mantle plume beneath the Reunion volcanic hotspot. RHUM-RUM's central component is a 13-month deployment (October 2012 to November 2013) of 57 broadband ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) and hydrophones over an area of 2000  &times;  2000 km² surrounding the hot...

Pierre-Cédric B. Crouch, and Carol Dawson Rose, and Mallory Johnson, and Susan L. Janson

The HITECH Act signed into law in 2009 requires hospitals to provide patients with electronic access to their health information through an electronic personal health record (ePHR) in order to receive Medicare/Medicaid incentive payments. Little is known about who uses these systems or the impact these systems will have on patient outcomes in HIV care. The health care empowerment model provides rationale for the hypothesis that knowledge from an electronic personal health record can lead to grea...

M. A. Bustillo, and J. Elorza, and D. Díez-Canseco

In this work different types of chert from the Oriñón Limestone Formation (upper Aptian-lower Albian) are studied. This formation outcrops in the eastern coast of Cantabria (Liendo-Castro Urdiales area) and includes outstanding and abundant cherty nodules, lenticular layers and crusts. The host rock is mainly a biocalcarenite (wackestone/packstone) of pellets, echinoids fragments, oysters, foraminifers and calcareous or calcified siliceous sponge spicules. The Oriñón Limestone Formation was depo...

J. M. Gili, and J. Bouillon, and F. Pages, and A. Palanques, and P. Puig, and S. Heussner

Two new species of hydromedusae (Foersteria antoniae and Cunina simplex) are described from plankton collected in sediment traps placed in the Lacaze-Duthiers Submarine Canyon and along Banyuls-sur-Mer coast (northwestern Mediterranean). The Mediterranean hydromedusan deep-water fauna contains 41 species which represent 45.5 % of the world-wide deep-sea hydromedusae fauna (90) and 20% of the total number of Mediterranean hydromedusae (204). The Mediterranean deep-water hydromedusan fauna is char...

G. G. Laruelle, and R. Lauerwald, and J. Rotschi, and P. A. Raymond, and J. Hartmann, and P. Regnier

This regional study quantifies the CO₂ exchange at the air–water interface along the land–ocean aquatic continuum (LOAC) of the northeast North American coast, from streams to the shelf break. Our analysis explicitly accounts for spatial and seasonal variability in the CO₂ fluxes. The yearly integrated budget reveals the gradual change in the intensity of the CO₂ exchange at the air–water interface, from a strong source towards the atmosphere in streams and river...

Eleni Mente, and Alexandros Stratakos, and Ioannis S. Boziaris, and Konstantinos A. Kormas, and Vasileios Karalazos, and Ioannis T. Karapanagiotidis, and Vassiliki A. Catsiki, and Leondios Leondiadis

This study aimed to develop a better understanding of organic sea bream aquaculture production in Greece, in particular its consequences for fish growth, health and body composition, and to propose and update standards for sustainable organic sea bream farming. Gilthead sea bream were kept in sea cages at densities of 4 kg m–3 (organic) and 15 kg m–3 (conventional), and were fed organically produced feed (45% crude protein, 14% fat) or conventional feed (46% crude protein, 17% fat). The amino ac...

I. Camino García, and U. Zölzer

Object recognition is a very interesting task with multiple applications and for that reason it has been dealt with very intensively in the last years. In particular, the application to naval ship pictures may facilitate the work of the coastguards or the navy. However, this type of images entails some difficulties due to their specific environment. Water reflects the light and as a consequence, some areas may presumably show different brightness and color. Waves from wind or moving ships pose a...

Hailekiros Gebreegziabher Gebremedhn, and Assefa Kebede Tsegay

Recently the government of Ethiopia paid great attention to livestock and fish production sectors of the country. As evidence, the sector is organized in the form of ministry, Ethiopian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries. This is great progress in the history of the country. These and other focuses given to the sector are expected to dramatically change the eating habit of the community towards fish meat as well as fish production trends of the country. However; parasitic diseases of fish are g...

Jannicke Borch Myhre, and Elin Bjørge Løken, and Margareta Wandel, and Lene Frost Andersen

Background: Food-based dietary guidelines often recommend increased consumption of fish and reduced intake of red and processed meat. However, little is known about how changing the main protein source from red meat to fish may influence the choice of side dishes. Objective: To investigate whether side dish choices differed between red meat and fish dinners. Moreover, to compare intakes of macronutrients and selected micronutrients in red meat and fish dinners and to see whether whole-day intake...

Ricardo eCruz-López, and Helmut eMaske

In this study we established the B1 and B12 vitamin requirement of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum and the vitamin supply by its associated bacterial community. In previous field studies the B1 and B12 demand of this species was suggested but not experimentally verified. When the axenic vitamin un-supplemented culture (B-ns) of L. polyedrum was inoculated with a coastal bacteria community, the dinoflagellate's vitamin growth limitation was overcome, reaching the same growth rates as t...

Dimitar Borisov Iliev, and Hanna eThim, and Leidy eLagos, and Randi eOlsen, and Jorunn eJørgensen

Lymph nodes and spleen are major organs where mammalian APCs initiate and orchestrate Ag-specific immune responses. Unlike mammals, teleosts lack lymph nodes and an interesting question is whether alternative organs may serve as sites for antigen presentation in teleosts. In the current study, fluorescent ovalbumin (Ova) and CpG oligonucleotides (ODNs) injected intra-abdominally were detected in significant numbers of salmon head kidney (HK) MHCII+ cells over a period of 2 weeks while in spleen ...

Marie NYSTAZOPOULOU-PÉLÉKIDOU

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T. Gerkema, and M. Duran-Matute, and M. Duran-Matute

The relationship between the annual wind records from a weather station and annual mean sea level in an inter-tidal basin, the Dutch Wadden Sea, is examined. Recent, homogeneous wind records are used, covering the past 2 decades. It is demonstrated that even such a relatively short record is sufficient for finding a convincing relationship. The interannual variability of mean sea level is largely explained by the west–east component of the net wind energy, with some further improvement if...

G. D'Anna, and F. Badalamenti, and S. Riggio

Floating fish aggregating devices (FADs) have long been used to attract fish in NW Sicily since antiquity. Recently, a number of changes have been made to the type of material employed to construct FADs, with the aim of increasing their effectiveness. In this paper we compare the catches made at eight experimental floating FADs (polypropylene ropes frayed at the ends) with those obtained at eight traditional FADs in the Gulf of Castellammare. A total of 672 samples were collected during summer a...

Molodkov, Anatoly, and Bolikhovskaya, Nataliya

Marine and terrestrial records spanning the Brunhes Chron (0–780 000 years) were synthesized using data from palaeoshelf, glacial, periglacial, and extraglacial zones of Northern Eurasia. The chronostratigraphic position of the identified palaeoenvironmental events and respective horizons in the compositechronostratigraphic column were established on the basis of electron spin resonance analysis of subfossil mollusc shells collected from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial deposits. Environ­ment...

Iracema Helena Schoenlein-Crusius, and Rosely Ana Piccolo Grandi

Aquatic Hyphomycetes, also named Ingoldian or freshwater fungi, constitute a group of anamorphic fungi that are typically aquatic, producing tetraradiate, sigmoid or spherical conidia on submerged plant debris (leaf litter, petioles, bark, etc.). Mainly occurring in lotic systems, these fungi are considered to be one of the most active groups of organisms in the decomposition of leaf litter, and play a crucial role in the trophic chain. In South America, aquatic Hyphomycetes are mentioned for Ar...

Christina Vinson, and Grazielle Gomes, and Horacio Schneider, and Iracilda Sampaio

Sciaenids are fish which are normally abundant in tropical estuaries of the western Atlantic. Studies on the Caeté river estuary in the northern Brazilian state of Pará have revealed that in this area Sciaenidae is the dominant family, comprising almost 50% of all teleosts sampled. In this paper we present the results of the first phylogenetic study on South American estuarine sciaenids, during which we obtained mitochondrial gene 16S sequences from 15 species belonging to eight genera occurring...

Simôni Santos, and Horacio Schneider, and Iracilda Sampaio

The king weakfish (pescada-gó in Portuguese - Macrodon ancylodon (Sciaenidae), a demersal (bottom-feeding) species found in South America Atlantic coastal waters from the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela to Baia Blanca in Argentina, is an economically important species because of its abundance and wide acceptance by consumers. Because of its wide distribution this fish may be subject to geographic isolation and this may have resulted in distinct populations along its coastal range. Considering that th...

I. P. Semiletov, and I. I. Pipko, and N. E. Shakhova, and O. V. Dudarev, and S. P. Pugach, and A. N. Charkin, and C. P. McRoy, and D. Kosmach, and Ö. Gustafsson

The Lena River integrates biogeochemical signals from its vast drainage basin, and the integrated signal reaches far out over the Arctic Ocean. Transformation of riverine organic carbon (OC) into mineral carbon, and mineral carbon into the organic form in the Lena River watershed, can be considered to be quasi-steady-state processes. An increase in Lena discharge exerts opposite effects on total organic (TOC) and total inorganic (TCO₂) carbon: TOC concentration increases, while TCO<su...

Orlando Necchi Júnior, and Abner H.S. Alves

Six populations of the freshwater red alga Batrachospermum delicatulum (Skuja) Necchi & Entwisle, including gametophyte and 'Chantransia' stage, were analysed in culture and natural conditions applying chlorophyll fluorescence and oxygen evolution. Parameters derived from the photosynthesis-irradiance curves indicated adaptation to low irradiance for all populations, which was characterized by photoinhibition, low values of Ik and Ic and high values of a. Data from both techniques revealed signi...

Vitaliano Nicola Quaranta, and Silvano Dragonieri, and Pierluigi Carratù, and Vito Antonio Falcone, and Elisa Carucci, and Teresa Ranieri, and Valentina Ventura, and Onofrio Resta

Background: Falling asleep behind the wheel is one of the most relevant consequences of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We created a new screening questionnaire, named the Driver Sleepiness Score (DSS), aiming to assess sleepiness in drivers with suspected OSA. The primary aim of our study was to evaluate sleepiness in drivers with a suspicion of OSA by the DSS in order to assess its correlation with the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen desaturation index (ODI), and total sleep time with oxyhem...

Magalh&amp;atilde;es FNO, and Soares SC, and Torres JM, and Ungaretti A, and Cacciacarro MF, and Teixeira MJ, and Fonoff ET

Francisco N&ecirc;uton de Oliveira Magalh&atilde;es, Sandra Correia Soares, Jaqueline Melo Torres, Arthur Ungaretti, Mariana Fillipi Cacciacarro, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Erich Talamoni FonoffPain Center and Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of S&atilde;o Paulo, S&atilde;o Paulo, BrazilIntroduction: In the last two decades, ozone has emerged as a treatment for low back pain, applied by means of minimally invasive techniques. Objective: ...

Valter Monteiro de Azevedo-Santos, and Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto, and Nelci de Lima-Stripari

Ethnoichthyology, based on ecological parameters, can be a very useful tool to study man-made environmental changes. These changes are perceived by individuals who fish for a living and/or recreational activities in the impacted environs. The objective of this study was to investigate how the artisanal fisherfolk of the municipality of Carmo do Rio Claro, Minas Gerais, perceive the environmental changes caused by anthropogenic actions. The data were collected from August 2009 to January 2010 by ...

Milton Costa Lima Neto, and Egídio Bezerra Neto, and Levy Paes Barreto, and José Antonio Aleixo da Silva

Amostras de solo e de cavaco de bambu (Bambusa vulgaris) com 11 meses de idade (rebrota) foram coletadas em sítios comerciais localizados no Estado da Paraíba, com o objetivo de avaliar a produção de biomassa de colmos e galhos e o conteúdo e exportação de macronutrientes. O solo foi analisado quanto à fertilidade, e nos cavacos foram efetuadas determinações analíticas dos macronutrientes minerais. A quantidade exportada de cada nutriente foi calculada pela multiplicação do seu teor no cavaco, p...

Angelica de Fátima de Assunção Braga, and Vanessa Henriques Carvalho, and Franklin Sarmento da Silva Braga, and Gloria Maria Braga Potério, and Filipe Nadir Caparica Santos, and Fernando Eduardo Féres Junqueira

Background and Aims: Local anaesthetics are drugs that are widely used in clinical practice. However, the effects of these drugs on the neuromuscular junction and their influence on the blockade produced by non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking drugs are still under investigation. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in vitro, the influence of a 50% enantiomeric excess bupivacaine mixture on neuromuscular transmission and neuromuscular block produced by pancuronium. Methods: Rats were distri...

Marcela Bianchessi da Cunha Santino, and Maíra de Figueiredo Nunes, and Irineu Bianchini Junior

Este estudo visou estabelecer as concentrações adequadas da nitrapirina para a inibição das demandas de oxigênio produzidas pelas oxidações dos compostos nitrogenados durante a mineralização aeróbia de lixiviado, utilizando a macrófita aquática <em>Myriophyllum aquaticum</em> como fonte de matéria orgânica dissolvida (MOD). Para tanto, realizaram-se incubações com lixiviado com diferentes tratamentos: (i) tratamento com MOD, (ii) tratamento com MOD + nitrapirina em diferentes concentrações (10 m...

Tatiana P. Teixeira, and Benjamin C. T. Pinto, and Bianca de Freitas Terra, and Eduardo O. Estiliano, and Daniel Gracia, and Francisco G. Araújo

Padrões na diversidade de peixes ao longo de quatro unidades geográficas (superior, médio-superior, médio-inferior e inferior) no rio Paraíba do Sul foram estudados com a finalidade de avaliar tendências de variações espaciais (unidades geográficas) e temporais (períodos de cheia e seca). Vinte e cinco locais foram amostrados entre Dezembro de 2002 e Março de 2003 (verão/cheia) e, entre Agosto e Novembro de 2003 (inverno/seca). Os peixes foram capturados com um esforço padronizado, utilizando re...

X. Zhang, and G. Lohmann, and G. Knorr, and X. Xu

The last deglaciation is one of the best constrained global-scale climate changes documented by climate archives. Nevertheless, understanding of the underlying dynamics is still limited, especially with respect to abrupt climate shifts and associated changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) during glacial and deglacial periods. A fundamental issue is how to obtain an appropriate climate state at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 21 000 yr before present, 21 ka BP) that can ...

M. Guns, and V. Vanacker

Statistical analysis of natural hazards needs particular attention, as most of these phenomena are rare events. This study shows that the ordinary rare event logistic regression, as it is now commonly used in geomorphologic studies, does not always lead to a robust detection of controlling factors, as the results can be strongly sample-dependent. In this paper, we introduce some concepts of Monte Carlo simulations in rare event logistic regression. This technique, so-called rare event logistic r...

JUNARDI, and ELVI RUSMIYANTO PANCANING WARDOYO

The research was conducted in the mangrove coastal water in Peniti, West Kalimantan. Peniti mangrove coastal water has high species richness and diversity of polychaetes. We have collected 43 species of polychaetes. Most of them are deposit feeders with Dodecaceria sp. and Sternaspis scutata showed highest abundance among all species. The substrate characteristic was muddy-clay and the high carbon organic content.

Tomasz Zapadka, and S³awomir B. Wo¼niak

This paper discusses existing models of long-wave radiation exchange between the sea surface and the atmosphere, and compares them with experimental data. The latter were based on empirical data collected in the southern Baltic during cruises of r/v `Oceania'. To a greater or lesser extent, all the models were encumbered with significant systematic and statistical errors. The probable reasons for these discrepancies are given.

Keh-Chung Lin, and Yu-Ting Chen, and Pai-Chuan Huang, and Ching-Yi Wu, and Wen-Ling Huang, and Hsiu-Wen Yang, and Hui-Tsz Lai, and Hung-Ju Lu

Mirror therapy (MT) has been recommended as a simple, inexpensive approach to treat motor dysfunction. The use of a mesh glove (MG) was suggested to normalize muscle tone that ameliorates motor impairment. Combining two efficient treatment protocols might maximize the benefits from training. This study investigated the effects of MT combined with MG (MG + MT) versus MT alone on motor performance and daily function after stroke. Methods: Sixteen patients with chronic unilateral stroke were recrui...

C. Hübler, and C. G. Gebhardt, and R. Rolfes

For the design and optimisation of offshore wind turbines, the knowledge of realistic environmental conditions and utilisation of well-founded simulation constraints is very important, as both influence the structural behaviour and power output in numerical simulations. However, real high-quality data, especially for research purposes, are scarcely available. This is why, in this work, a comprehensive database of 13 environmental conditions at wind turbine locations in the North and Baltic...

Markéta Lajczyková

The paper is focused on providing services, specifically on effectiveness evaluating of services in the field of geology (nicknamed project EESG), and delivers the performance of a pilot project to establish a general methodology for effectiveness evaluating of services of geology by using several methods for data analyzing in the field of the quality management system, which should be addressed in practice in conditions of a specific organization. Among other things, the article also paid atten...

G. De Falco, and E. Molinaroli, and A. Conforti, and S. Simeone, and R. Tonielli

Coastal ecosystems produce and store carbonate particles, which play a significant role in the carbonate dynamics of coastal areas and may contribute to the sediment budget of adjacent beaches. In the nearshore seabed of temperate zones (e.g. Mediterranean Sea and South Australia), marine biogenic carbonates are mainly produced inside seagrass meadows. This study quantifies the contribution of biogenic sediments, mainly produced in <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> seagrass meadows and secondarily...