Tong Thi Hai. Hanh, and Wiebren J. Boonstra

Small-scale fishers and aquaculturists in the global south often face reinforcing feedbacks between resource degradation and livelihood impoverishment, a situation conceptualized as a social-ecological trap. It is argued that these traps can be overcome through income diversification, i.e., livelihoods that are maintained from variable income sources. Our aim was to further scrutinize that claim using the concept of response diversity. To do so, we applied the concept and analyzed income diversi...

Damien Olivier, and Nicolas Loiseau, and David Petatán-Ramírez, and Oscar Trujillo Millán, and Alvin N. Suárez-Castillo, and Jorge Torre, and Adrian Munguia-Vega, and Héctor Reyes-Bonilla

The Gulf of California (GC) is a semi-closed sea in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and is recognised as a highly diverse marine ecosystem. Despite this status, this region is still poorly studied in comparison to other marine hotspots. To start filling this gap, we attempt to provide a global overview of reef-fish diversity around the numerous islands of the region. We evaluated species richness, the abundance and biomass, and the functional diversity of the fish assemblages for the major islands ...

Oihane Muñiz, and Marta Revilla, and José Germán Rodríguez, and Aitor Laza-Martínez, and Almudena Fontán

This study describes, for the first time, the annual variability of phytoplankton community in different layers of the water column in open waters off the Basque coast (southeastern Bay of Biscay). Phytoplankton composition, abundance and biomass, together with size-fractionated chlorophyll a, nutrients, and optical and hydrographic conditions were measured in an experimental bivalve culture area from May 2014 to June 2015. Water column conditions showed the typical dynamics previously described...

Mamatha S. Shivaramu, and Amruta K. Randive, and Ritu Kumari, and Manguesh Gauns, and LokaBharathi A. Ponnapakkam

Summary: Phosphatase is an extracellular enzyme which releases inorganic phosphate (Pi) from dissolved organic phosphate and indirectly organic carbon as nutrients for aquatic communities. Here, we have examined spatiotemporal variation in total alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) over a short period off Trivandrum, SW India. Sampling was at 50 m water depth at 5, 15, 25 and 45 m for 5 consecutive days at 6 h intervals during post-monsoon season. Total APA and phosphatase producing bacteria (PPB...

Maurício Rizzato Coelho, and Pablo Vidal-Torrado, and Xosé Luiz Otero Perez, and Vanda Moreira Martins, and Felipe Macías Vázquez

Apesar das modernas e sofisticadas técnicas disponíveis, procedimentos de extração seletiva ainda são de considerável valor para a caracterização dos solos e para o entendimento dos processos pedogenéticos, sobretudo em ambientes e solos pouco estudados, como as restingas e os Espodossolos no Brasil. A aplicação dessas técnicas - a maioria rotineiramente utilizada para a caracterização de horizontes espódicos e Espodossolos - a um conjunto expressivo de horizontes e perfis em cronossequências é ...

Michelle S.P. Rocha, and Idalina M.F.L. Santiago, and Creuza S. Cortez, and Priscila M. Trindade, and José S. Mourão

We evaluated the appropriation and use of fishing resources by women residing near the Mamanguape River Estuary (MRE), Paraíba state, Brazil. Were used combinations of qualitative (interviews and direct observations) and quantitative methods (use value and corrected principal use concordance). Thirty women were interviewed and reported the use of 41 species (30 fish, 8 crustaceans, and 3 mollusks), mainly for local consumption and sale. The species with the highest use value were Genidens genide...

Oberweis D, and Madelenat P, and Nisolle M, and Demanet E

Didier Oberweis,1 Patrick Madelenat,2 Michelle Nisolle,3 Etienne Demanet4 1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, CHU de Charleroi, Hôpital André Vésale, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium; 2Private Consultation, Paris, France; 3Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, CHR Citadelle, Liège, 4Clinical Research Unit, Charleroi, Belgium Abstract: Endometriosis is one of the most common benign gynecological disorders, affecting almost 10%–15% of all women of reproductiv...

N. R. Bates, and A. Amat, and A. J. Andersson

Despite the potential impact of ocean acidification on ecosystems such as coral reefs, surprisingly, there is very limited field data on the relationships between calcification and seawater carbonate chemistry. In this study, contemporaneous in situ datasets of seawater carbonate chemistry and calcification rates from the high-latitude coral reef of Bermuda over annual timescales provide a framework for investigating the present and future potential impact of rising carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub...

Vasja Mikuž, and Miloš Bartol, and Aleš Šoster

The article discusses fossil porgy fish teeth found in Middle Miocene (Badenian) sandy marl from Mastni hrib near Škocjan in Dolenjska. The teeth belong to the species Pagrus cinctus (Agassiz, 1836) and represent the first find in the Krka basin. In sediments of the Central Paratethys and the Mediterranean, the fossil remains of porgy fish are relatively common.

U.R. Antuniassi, and E.D. Velini, and D. Martins

A remoção de plantas aquáticas tem sido utilizada como opção ao controle químico e biológico, em razão de restrições ambientais em algumas regiões brasileiras. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver um modelo para análise econômica e operacional da remoção mecânica de plantas aquáticas, visando realizar estudo econômico comparativo com o controle químico. A operação foi estudada num reservatório de uma usina de bombeamento em Barra do Piraí-RJ. O sistema consiste de retroescavadeiras instalad...

João Carlos Coimbra, and Cristianini Trescastro Bergue

Ostracods were collected on Sargassum sp. from the littoral of São Sebastião, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil. A new species, Aurila ornellasae, is illustrated and described based on a population with various instars and adult specimens. This is the first living species of this genus described from Brazil. A brief discussion on the systematics of the genus Aurila Pokorný, 1955 and its allied genera is presented.

ESF Medeiros, and MJ Silva, and BRS Figueiredo, and TPA Ramos, and RTC Ramos

In most ecological field research, appropriate sampling is critical for the understanding of processes underlying fish populations and communities, and is even more important in heterogeneous environments such as the aquatic systems of the semi-arid region of Brazil. This study intends to make a contribution to the development of sampling programs and gear selection in aquatic systems of semi-arid Brazil by evaluating the effects of different fishing techniques on the assessment of richness and ...

Ruhan Erdilal, and Mustafa Ünlüsayın, and Hayri Gülyavuz

Witkowski Kazimierz

The paper analyzes the possibility to use the electronic type indicators in the diagnosis of marine engines. It has been shown that in-depth analysis of indicator diagrams would be useful – calculation of heat release characteristics. To make this possible, measuring indicated systems should meet a number of important requirements in or-der to ensure that they can be used for the diagnostic purposes. These includes: high precision sensors for the measurement of cylinder pressure, high speed and ...

R. von Glasow, and D. J. Tanner, and L. G. Huey, and N. Brough, and Z. Buys, and A. E. Jones

There are few observations of speciated inorganic bromine in polar regions against which to test current theory. Here we report the first high temporal resolution measurements of Br₂, BrCl and BrO in coastal Antarctica, made at Halley during spring 2007 using a Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (CIMS). We find indications for an artefact in daytime BrCl measurements arising from conversion of HOBr, similar to that already identified for observations of Br₂ made using a ...

F. Gohin

Sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and turbidity are three variables of the coastal environment commonly measured by monitoring networks. The observation networks are often based on coastal stations, which do not provide a sufficient coverage to validate the model outputs or to be used in assimilation over the continental shelf. Conversely, the products derived from satellite reflectance generally show a decreasing quality shoreward, and an assessment of the limitation of these data is requir...

S. Fuhlbrügge, and K. Krüger, and B. Quack, and E. Atlas, and H. Hepach, and F. Ziska

During the DRIVE~(Diurnal and Regional Variability of Halogen Emissions) ship campaign we investigated the variability of the halogenated very short-lived substances (VSLS) bromoform (CHBr₃), dibromomethane (CH₂Br₂) and methyl iodide (CH₃I) in the marine atmospheric boundary layer in the eastern tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean during May/June 2010. The highest VSLS mixing ratios were found near the Mauritanian coast and close to Lisbon (P...

Clóvis Arlindo de Sousa, and Paulo Schiavom Duarte, and Júlio Cesar Rodrigues Pereira

OBJETIVO: Desenvolver e comparar dois modelos matemáticos, um deles baseado em regressão logística e o outro em teoria de conjuntos fuzzy, para definir a indicação para a realização do exame cintilográfico a partir de resultados dos exames laboratoriais. MÉTODOS: Foram identificados 194 pacientes que tiveram cálcio e paratormônio séricos medidos a partir da base de registros de cintilografia de paratiróides realizadas em laboratório de diagnóstico de São Paulo, no período de janeiro de 2000 a de...

Fikret Ateş

The aim of this study determined to research whether was affected Organizational Identification (OI) by Servant Leadership (SL), Organizational Justice (OJ), Organizational Trust (OT) and, how was affected OI by SL and OJ and, whether there is an indirecteffect of OT on the relations of OI-SL and OI-OJ. For these aims, the questionnaire was developed with Dennis and Bocerne (2006)'s SL scale, Colquitt (2001)'s OJ scale, Mael and Ashforth (19...

B. C. Sive, and R. W. Talbot, and E. K. Frinak, and H. Mao, and O. W. Wingenter, and K. B. Haase, and Y. Zhou, and R. S. Russo

Seven C₁-C₅ alkyl nitrates were measured both on the mainland and off the coast of New Hampshire using gas chromatographic techniques. Five separate data sets are presented to characterize the seasonal and diurnal trends and the major sources and loss processes of these compounds. Based on in situ measurements conducted at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Atmospheric Observing Station at Thompson Farm (TF) located in southeast NH during winter (January–February) 2002, ...

U. Riebesell, and J.-P. Gattuso, and T. F. Thingstad, and J. J. Middelburg

Roberto Ramos, and Luis Vinatea, and Walter Seiffert, and Elpídio Beltrame, and Júlia Santos Silva, and Rejane Helena Ribeiro da Costa

Efficiency in removing particulate matter from Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp culture effluent was assessed in laboratory scale employing sedimentation and oysters Crassostrea gigas and C. rhizophorae filtration processes. Cylindroconical tanks (100 L) were used in duplicate for sedimentation and 50-L in triplicate for oyster filtration. Fifteen oysters of each species weighing 76-80 g were stocked in each of the filtration treatment experimental units (biomass of 1065 - 1174 g oyster per unit). Th...

Zhang Shuichang, and Zhang Baomin, and Li Benliang, and Zhu Guangyou, and Su Jin, and Wang Xiaomei

Subaerial marine sedimentary basins in China have undergone three phases of important tectonic changes at the end of the Early Paleozoic, Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic and Late Cenozoic. These tectonic changes have exerted strong impacts on hydrocarbon generation, migration and accumulation as well as on the occurrence and distribution of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The Tarim Basin is a typical example of multiphase hydrocarbon accumulations in a marine basin of China. The Early Paleozoic tectonic f...

Monique A. Ladds, and Nokuthaba Sibanda, and Richard Arnold, and Matthew R. Dunn

Background Functional groups serve two important functions in ecology: they allow for simplification of ecosystem models and can aid in understanding diversity. Despite their important applications, there has not been a universally accepted method of how to define them. A common approach is to cluster species on a set of traits, validated through visual confirmation of resulting groups based primarily on expert opinion. The goal of this research is to determine a suitable procedure for creating ...

W.-C. Chou, and G.-C. Gong, and W.-J. Cai, and C.-M. Tseng

Model studies suggested that human-induced increase in nutrient load may have stimulated primary production and thus enhanced the CO₂ uptake capacity in the coastal ocean. In this study, we investigated the seasonal variations of the surface water's partial pressure of CO₂ (<i>p</i>CO₂^sw) in the highly human-impacted Changjiang–East China Sea system between 2008 and 2011. The seasonality of <i>p</i>CO₂^sw has large spatial variatio...

Rosalind M Elliott, and Sharon M McKinley, and David Eager

High technology and activity levels in the intensive care unit (ICU) lead to elevated and disturbing sound levels. As noise has been shown to affect the ability of patients to rest and sleep, continuous sound levels are required during sleep investigations. The aim of this pilot study was to develop a robust protocol to measure continuous sound levels for a larger more substantive future study to improve sleep for the ICU patient. A review of published studies of sound levels in intensive care s...

Jorge Manuel Romero-Jarero, and María del Pilar Negrete-Redondo

La presencia de microorganismos patógenos en músculo de especies acuáticas de gran demanda para consumo humano es de alto riesgo para la salud pública. El crecimiento urbano en la costa del Caribe mexicano ha incrementado la contaminación de la zona, por acarreo de residuos. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la diferencia cualitativa y cuantitativa de la carga bacteriana en especies de pescados de importancia comercial, antes y después de procesarse para su comercialización. Se mue...

Regina Célia Di Ciommo

A Reserva Extrativista Marinha da Ponta do Corumbau está localizada em uma região de rica biodiversidade, no Sul do estado da Bahia, Brasil. Foi criada atendendo a reivindicações dos pescadores artesanais, com o objetivo de alcançar a sustentabilidade dos estoques de pesca e da economia das famílias locais, além de proteger a área marinha colocando limites à pesca industrial predatória. Através do Diagnóstico Participativo com Enfoque de Gênero, investigou-se como é realizada a divisão do trabal...

Ana Liliana Palacios García

"Hay que ver Yemen, aunque el viaje sea largo". Esta parece ser la frase en mente de muchos viajeros cuando ven las fotografías y escuchan los comentarios de aquellos que han tenido la oportunidad de estar allí. Parece raro, pero perfectamente podría ser la misma sentencia para otros que en lugar de conocimiento buscan encontrar una situación diferente a la de su país de origen. Unos u otros llegan a un lugar que tiene espacios donde todo parece detenido en el tiempo por lo auténtico y refleja d...

Luiz Edivaldo Pezzato, and Margarida Maria Barros, and Wilson Massamitu Furuya

A seleção de ingredientes para a formulação de dietas para peixes requer o conhecimento prévio dos coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente da energia e nutrientes. O valor nutritivo de vários alimentos tem sido investigado no Brasil e o uso de fontes alternativas não deve resultar em efeitos negativos sobre o desempenho, saúde dos peixes e qualidade da água. Diversos fatores podem afetar a digestibilidade, sendo que os coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente dos ingredientes devem ser utilizad...

A. N. Charkin, and O. V. Dudarev, and I. P. Semiletov, and A. V. Kruhmalev, and J. E. Vonk, and L. Sánchez-García, and E. Karlsson, and Ö. Gustafsson

Climate warming is amplified in the land-sea system of the East Siberian Arctic, which also holds large pools of vulnerable carbon in permafrost. This coastal area is strongly influenced by sediment and carbon transport from both its large rivers and extensive erosion of Pleistocene permafrost along its coastline. This study is investigating the coastal fate of the sediment and organic carbon delivered to the Buor-Khaya Gulf, which is the first recipient of the overwhelming fluvial discharge fro...

Karatas M., and Aasim M., and Dogan M., and Khawar K.M.

Water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri L.) is an important medicinal plant due to its active compounds. The plant is also used in ornamental aquaria mainly due to its appearance and adaptability. This study reports on the adventitious shoot regeneration of water hyssop by culturing different internodes and leaf explants on MS media supplemented with various combinations of BA and NAA. All explants induced calli and shoots on all combinations of BA+NAA. The maximum number of shoots per explant on al...

Prachi Kar, and Archana Pathy, and Ayya Syama Sundar, and Ramachandran Gopinath, and Srilata Moningi

Context: Choosing appropriate-size double-lumen tube (DLT) has always been a challenge as it depends on existing guidelines based on gender, height, tracheal diameter (TD), or personal experience. However, there are no Indian data to match these recommendations. Aim: To find out whether the size of DLT used correlates with height, weight, TD, or left main stem bronchus diameter (LMBD). We also documented clinical consequences of any of our current practice. Setting and Design: Single-center obse...

Inna V. Simakova, and Tatyana M. Giro, and Alexey A. Vasilyev

The relevance of the studies is caused by the need to improve the safety and extend the shelf life of semifinished products from fatty fish raw materials. The study was carried out at the premises of the Saratov State Agrarian University. Study objects were fish mixed fodder; two-year-old carps; fish raw materials; carp semifinished products. Physicochemical, histological, and organoleptic research methods were used in the study. The authors have developed a method for inhibiting the process ...

Nazan Bilgel, and Pinar Sarkut, and Halil Bilgel, and Alis Ozcakir

Background: There is currently no objective original measure developed in the Turkish language for evaluating health literacy. However, some instruments originally developed in Western countries and translated into Turkish do exist. Aims: The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the Test of Functional Health Literacy (TOFHLA) into the Turkish language and validate it among a group of Turkish patients. Methods: Interviews were held in an outpatient clinic. Illiterate patients, those with ...

Viviorra S. I. , and Penkovskaya K. V. , and Menshikov V. I.

Operations of synthesis and analysis of the state of the navigational or fishing situation are performed by a shipboard specialist who carrying watch, he ought to take into account a large number of contradictory factors. The analysis uses data obtained with the help of a circular observing system and technical means of navigation. The process of performing these operations by a specialist is presented in the form of a sequence of phase transitions; variants of classification of situations are s...

Valentin de Mazancourt, and Gerard Marquet, and Philippe Keith

Recently, the status of a new species of atyid shrimp from Pohnpei (Micronesia) was discussed in relation to C. brachydactyla De Man, 1908 and C. mertoni J. Roux, 1911. By combining morphological data with a phylogenetic analysis with closely related species, this species is here described as Caridina variabilirostris sp. nov. Notes on its ecological distribution are also provided. The new species is characterized by a highly variable rostrum and is present in rivers all over Pohnpei Island. The...

Dreyfus Lincoln Silveira Feitoza, and Daniel Yokoyama Sonoda, and Lucirene Aguiar de Souza

Production of farmed fish in Brazil has increased steadly over the last years, the production of tambaqui in North Brazil contributing to this growth, mainly in the states of Amazonas, Rondônia and Roraima. These regions rely on technical and economic information on tambaqui production to increase their productivity and profitability, and to mitigate the impacts of technical and economic risks over time. The objective of this study was estimating and simulatingscenarios of profitability on tamba...

Białas AJ, and Pedone C, and Piotrowski WJ, and Antonelli Incalzi R

Adam J Białas,1,2,* Claudio Pedone,3,* Wojciech J Piotrowski,1,2 Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi3 1Department of Pneumology and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Ł&oacute;dź, Poland; 2Healthy Aging Research Centre (HARC), Medical University of Lodz, Ł&oacute;dź, Poland; 3Department of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Platelets may actively participate in inflammation in COPD. Platelet distribution width (PD...

Meltem Serdaroğlu, and Eylem Ezgi Deniz

Hamza Belkhodja, and Mohamed Allam, and Fatima Sahnouni, and Ouardia Boukhari

Objective: To recover the waste (edges, heads and guts) of a species of pelagic fish Sardina pilchardus as a source of lactic bacteria. Methods: The microbiological control of the fish waste was carried out. Then, the fish waste was assessed as a source of bacteria of industrial interest among other lactic bacteria. The standard protocol for researches of these microorganisms was adopted which comprised enrichment, isolation, identification, purification and conservation. Results: The resu...

Tubić Bojana P., and Popović Nataša Z., and Raković Maja J., and Petrović Аna S., and Simić Vladica M., and Paunović Momir M.

The objective of this work is to analyze the effectiveness of two widely used methods for collecting aquatic macroinvertebrate samples: the semiquantitative kick and sweep (K&S) and quantitative Surber net (SN) techniques. Based on our data, the methods were fully comparable as regards analysis of the macroinvertebrate metrics most often used in ecological status assessment (sensitivity/tolerance parameters), while K&S was found to be more successful in the evaluation of biodiv...

Fabio Cop Ferreira, and André Teixeira da Silva, and Cristina da Silva Gonçalves, and Miguel Petrere Jr.

In stream environments habitat structure and limnological factors interact regulating patterns of energy and material transfer and affecting fish communities. In the coastal basins of Southeastern Brazil, limnological and structural characteristics differ between clear and blackwaters streams. The former have a diversity of substrate types, higher water velocities, and lower water conductivity, while the latter have sandy substrate, tea-colored and acidic waters, and low water velocities. In thi...

Vinicius A. Bertaco, and Paulo H. F. Lucinda

A new characid species, Astyanax elachylepis, is described from the rio Tocantins drainage. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by possessing 48-53 perforated scales along the lateral line, a large caudal-peduncle spot, the presence of bony hooks on dorsal, anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins of males, one or two vertically-elongated humeral spots, one maxillary tooth, and 22-27 branched anal-fin rays.

Karuppiah Nanthini devi, and Thipramalai Thankappan Ajith Kumar, and Thangavel Balasubramanian

Objective: To screen seaweed Sargassum wightii (S. wightii) for bioactive natural substance against marine ornamental fish bacterial pathogens, and also study the antioxidant properties, brine shrimp toxicity effect. Methods: Crude extract was made using three solvents (acetone, ethanol and methanol) and screened for antibacterial activity and purified by column chromatography, purified fractions obtained were tested for the activity. The 1st fraction of acetone extract showed maximum activ...

Antoine Adde, and Isabelle Dusfour, and Emmanuel Roux, and Romain Girod, and Sébastien Briolant

Little is known about the Anopheles species of the coastal areas of French Guiana, or their spatiotemporal distribution or environmental determinants. The present study aimed to (1) document the distribution of Anopheles fauna in the coastal area around Cayenne, and (2) investigate the use of remotely sensed land cover data as proxies of Anopheles presence. To characterise the Anopheles fauna, we combined the findings of two entomological surveys that were conducted during the period 2007-2009 a...

M. Radanovic, and L.L. Mansur

Brazilian researchers and health professionals often face the challenge of having to use tests developed in foreign languages and standardized for populations of other countries, especially in the fields of Neuropsychology and Neurolinguistics. This fact promotes a feeling that some scoring systems may be inadequate for our sociocultural reality. In the present study, we describe the performance of a Brazilian population sample submitted to a translated and adapted version of the Boston Diagnost...

G. V. Caudal

In the concept of full development, the sea wave spectrum is regarded as a nearly stationary solution of the wave transfer equation, where source and sink terms should be in balance with respect to both energy and momentum. Using a two-dimensional empirical sea wave spectral model at full development, this paper performs an assessment of the compatibility of the energy and momentum budgets of sea waves over the whole spectral range. Among the various combinations of model functions for wave brea...

Shafie AA, and Hassali MA

Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the value of the dispensing service of pharmacists from the general public’s perspective using the contingent valuation technique in the State of Penang, Malaysia. Methods: Participants were conveniently sampled from malls and were given a self-completed questionnaire that collected the patient’s demographic information and their knowledge about the pharmacist’s dispensing service. They were then presented with a description of the pharmacist’...

K.M. Formuzul Haque, and Md. Tariqul Hassan, and Kabir Ahmed, and Matiur Rahim, and Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, and Md. Nurul Huda Bhuiyan, and Md. Nazrul Islam

The concentrations of organochlorine insecticides DDT and heptachlorwere investigated to estimate the current status of insecticidesused in dry fish. The most popular dry fish– ribbon fish (Chhuri),shrimp (Chingri) and bombay duck (Loittya) were selected for thisstudy and these dry fishes were collected from different markets ofDhaka and Chittagong. The range of DDT used in all the samples was3.038 ppb to 874.966 ppb. The range of DDT in ribbon fish 131.611 ppb to 149.430 ppb, in shrimp 3.038 pp...