Hendra Gunawan, and Muljaningsih Sasmojo, and Helena Eka Putri, and Erda Avriyanti, and Reti Hindritiani, and Oki Suwarsa

Background: Rifampicin is one of the important components in the multidrug therapy (MDT)-World Health Organization regimen for leprosy. Clarithromycin is one of the alternative therapies of rifampicin. Methods: This clinical pilot study was to compare the efficacy of 2,000 mg clarithromycin to 600 mg rifampicin in combination with dapsone and clofazimine for 3 months in multibacillary (MB) leprosy patients. They were divided into an MDT-MB regimen group that consists of rifampicin-dapsone-clofaz...

MR Islam, and MM Haque , and MM Rahman

The present study was conducted to understand existing production system of shrimp and prawn (seafood) with gher1 farming in the south-western region of Bangladesh from January to March 2014. Three gher farming clusters in three Upazilas of Bagerhat district were selected to carry out this study to assess the fact above using focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire survey, physical observation, and literature review. The study revealed that gher farming system has changed ...

Gotkiewicz Wojciech

This article discusses the issue of poaching in Biebrza National Park. This is one of the important but often overlooked factors influencing the species composition and abundance of fish in the Biebrza River and its tributaries. This article analyzes the documentation of the Biebrza National Park Guard in the Osowiec-Twierdza from 2007 to 2016. The obtained results show that the scale of the described phenomenon is serious and its methods of combating are not effective. It is also a serious shor...

Md Salauddin Palash, and Kazi Tamim Rahman, and Shakila Salam, and Mahmuda Nasrin

Market-oriented farming has been started in Bangladesh over last two decades. As a consequence, diversified agricultural products are now produced which changing the land use pattern. This study conducted in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district, a major freshwater pond fish farming area of Bangladesh. Secondary data from different relevant government offices (Upazila Agriculture, Fisheries, and Statistical office) were collected to find out how much cropland has been converted to pond fish far...

Krzyżewska Iwona, and Kyzioł-Komosińska Joanna, and Rosik-Dulewska Czesława, and Czupioł Justyna, and Antoszczyszyn-Szpicka Patrycja

The aim of this paper is to present characteristics, toxicity and environmental behavior of nanoparticles (NPs) (silver, copper, gold, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, iron oxide) that most frequently occur in consumer products. In addition, NPs are addressed as the new aquatic environmental pollutant of the 21st century. NPs are adsorbed onto particles in the aquatic systems (clay minerals, fulvic and humic acids), or they can adsorb environmental pollutants (heavy metal ions, organic compounds). ...

Luís F. Fávaro, and Elton C. de Oliveira, and Nelsy F. Verani

A estrutura populacional e aspectos reprodutivos de Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) foram analisados mensalmente de maio de 2000 a abril de 2001, em oito pontos de ambientes rasos do eixo norte-sul do complexo estuarino de Paranaguá. As análises ambientais das variáveis pH, oxigênio dissolvido, transparência e salinidade da água sugerem a existência de um gradiente ambiental crescente no sentido norte-sul do estuário. A temperatura da água evidenciou a variação temporal no sistem...

Fabiane Inês Graef, and Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel

A intensidade na qual o esforço é realizado constitui um aspecto fundamental na elaboração e no controle de qualquer programa de exercícios. Atividades conduzidas nos meios terrestre e aquático apresentam especificidades distintas; aspectos como volume do corpo imerso, posição corporal e temperatura da água levam o organismo a condições diferenciadas daquelas observadas no meio terrestre, assim influenciando os indicadores de intensidade do esforço. Considerando que freqüência cardíaca e percepç...

Edson K. Iamashita, and Frederico Galaxe, and José Arica

This paper aims at new approach to solve complex integrated offshore gas planning problems, defining the best transmission strategy for a system with a large number of platforms interconnected between them and with delivery points through a complex gas pipeline network (which can be cycled). The problem is formulated as a large quadratic mixed-integer problem, where non-convexity and non-differentiability is found. Because the complexity of the problem, it is proposed a heuristic, in the context...

Eduardo Rios Jara

Seasonal abundance variations of the demersal copepod Pseudodiaptomus cokeriwere examinated at three locations (center, north shore and south shore) in Phosphorescent Bay, Puerto Rico, throughout an annual cycle. Nocturnal oblique tows (21:00-23:00 hr) were taken biweekly (three replicates) at each location with a conical net (mouth diameter = 0.5 m; mesh size = 135 µm) and a standard calibrated flowmeter. Water temperature and salinity measurements were taken at the surface and near the bottom ...

ALUH NIKMATULLAH, and NUR INDAH JULISANIAH, and RINA KURNIANINGSIH, and AHMAD JUPRI, and SUNARPI

Sunarpi, Jupri A, Kurnianingsih R, Julisaniah NI, Nikmatullah A 2010. Effect of seaweed extracts on growth and yield of rice plants. Nusantara Bioscience 2: 73-77. Application of liquid seaweed fertilizers on some plant specieshas been reported to decrease application doses of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on some crop plants, as well as stimulating growth and production of many plants. It has been reported that there are at least 59 species of seaweeds found in coastal zone of West Nusa Te...

Liliana Rodrigues, and Carina Moresco

In order to analyze the structure and dynamics of the periphytic community in Iraí reservoir, an eutrophic environment, samples were taken in two seasons: summer (April) and winter (September) of 2002, in littoral areas from three regions of the reservoir (upper, intermediary and lower). Rooted aquatic vegetation were used as sampling substrates, because they were found in all sampling sites. A total of 297 species was recorded (225 in April, 73 exclusive taxa; and 224 in September, with 72 excl...

EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP)

Astaxanthin is a pigmenting carotenoid occurring naturally in plankton, crustaceans and fish. The astaxanthin under assessment is of synthetic origin. The FEEDAP Panel considers synthetic astaxanthin safe for salmonids up to 100 mg/kg complete diet. The conclusion on the safety of astaxanthin for salmonids can be extrapolated to other fish and ornamental fish at the same dose. Dietary concentrations of up to 100 mg astaxanthin/kg feed are safe for crustaceans. The FEEDAP Panel could not conclude...

Daniel E. Valdivia, and Jaime Pizarro-Araya, and Jorge Cepeda-Pizarro, and Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro

En Chile, el orden Solifugae está representado por 14 especies agrupadas en 10 géneros, distribuidos en las tres familias descritas en Sudamérica: Ammotrechidae, Mummuciidae y Daesiidae. En el presente trabajo se documenta la composición genérica y/o específica de solífugos asociados a un ecosistema desértico costero del centro norte de Chile, y se muestran las variaciones de su denso-actividad. El estudio se realizó en el sector costero de Punta de Choros (29°21'S, 71°10'O; 17 msnm), durante lo...

C. Tørris, and M. Molin, and M. Småstuen Cvancarova

Abstract Background Fish consumption may have a role in reducing the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this study was to identify associations between fish consumption and MetS and its components, especially regarding differences concerning consumption of fatty and lean fish. Methods This cross sectional study uses data from the Tromsø 6 survey (2007–08), where a sample of 12 981 adults, aged 30–87 years (47 % men) from the Norwegian general population was included. Fish consum...

Sirima Takeungwongtrakul, and Soottawat Benjakul

Abstract The kinetics of astaxanthin degradation and lipid oxidation in shrimp oil from hepatopancreas of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) as affected by storage temperature were studied. When shrimp oil was incubated at different temperatures (4, 30, 45 and 60 °C) for 16 h, the rate constants (k) of astaxanthin degradation and lipid oxidation in shrimp oil increased with increasing temperatures (p < 0.05). Thus, astaxanthin degradation and lipid oxidation in shrimp oil were augmented...

A. Jahn, and K. Lindsay, and X. Giraud, and N. Gruber, and B. L. Otto-Bliesner, and Z. Liu, and E. C. Brady

Carbon isotopes in the ocean are frequently used as paleoclimate proxies and as present-day geochemical ocean tracers. In order to allow a more direct comparison of climate model results with this large and currently underutilized data set, we added a carbon isotope module to the ocean model of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), containing the cycling of the stable isotope ¹³C and the radioactive isotope ¹⁴C. We implemented the ¹⁴C tracer in two w...

A. D. Jayakaran, and T. M. Williams, and H. Ssegane, and D. M. Amatya, and B. Song, and C. C. Trettin

Hurricanes are infrequent but influential disruptors of ecosystem processes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Every southeastern forested wetland has the potential to be struck by a tropical cyclone. We examined the impact of Hurricane Hugo on two paired coastal South Carolina watersheds in terms of streamflow and vegetation dynamics, both before and after the hurricane's passage in 1989. The study objectives were to quantify the magnitude and timing of changes including a reversal i...

Sven Kullander, and Md. Mizanur Rahman, and Michael Norén, and Abdur Rob Mollah

Laubuka tenella is a new species characterized by the colour pattern, consisting of short dark vertical bars anteriorly on the side, and a dark lateral band posteriorly on the side, combined with a relatively short pelvic fin and 29–30 lateral-line scales. It is separated from other Laubuka analysed by minimum 9 % uncorrected p-distance in the mitochondrial COI gene. The type series is composed of specimens from small streams in the Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh...

María del Mar Gil, and Miquel Palmer, and María Dolores Hernández, and Amalia Grau, and Juana Durán, and Benjamín García García, and Miguel Jover, and Elena Pastor

The resilience of released hatchery-reared specimens increases with age and size, but production costs are also greater for these individuals. Therefore, for a given budget, the consequences of increasing age and size impose a trade-off between producing a large number of vulnerable (small) fish or a small number of resilient (large) fish. Once the optimal size for releasing fish has been defined, the choice of rearing protocol will determine the number and quality of the fish that can be releas...

Gianfranco d'Onghia, and Chrissi Yianna Politou, and Anna Bozzano, and Domingo Lloris, and Guiomar Rotllant, and Letizia Sión, and Francesco Mastrototaro

Data collected during the DESEAS survey carried out in three areas of the Mediterranean Sea (Balearic Sea, western and eastern Ionian Sea) were used to describe the structure and spatial distribution of the fish assemblages at depths between 600 and 4000 m. A total of 55 species (8 chondrichthyes and 47 teleost fish) were sampled, 38 of them in the Balearic Sea, 30 in the western Ionian and 37 in the eastern Ionian. Multivariate analysis showed a clear pattern of zonation with depth and geograph...

Henry Hägerstrand, and Jan-Olof Lill

European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) is a commercially and recreationally important species in the Gulf of Bothnia (Figure 1), where the salinity of the surface water increases from ~2 ‰ to ~6 ‰ in the north-south (~725 km) direction. Two sympatric ecotypes with similar outer features occur: stationary sea spawning whitefish and migrating anadromous river spawning whitefish (Lehtonen 1981). The two types mix in sea away from breeding locations and off breeding time. River spawning whitefish ...

Veron E. Thatcher

Two new genera and species of Paramphistomidae (Trematoda, Digenea) are described from freshwater fish of Rondônia State, Brazil. Pronamphistoma cichlasomae gen. et sp. nov. from Cichlasoma severum (Heckel) is characterized as having a small, robust body with an anterior collar-like expansion, diverticula within the wall of the oral sucker and vitellaria in lateral fanshaped configurations. Micramphistoma ministoma gen. et sp. nov. from Hypopomus sp lacks oral diverticula, has anteriorly situate...

Banha F., and Ilhéu M., and Anastácio P.M.

This work reports for the first time the presence of a non-native fish, the European Perch (Perca fluviatilis), in continental Portugal. The presence of this species was first reported on an angling web forum and its occurrence was scientifically confirmed later in a small reservoir of the Tagus river basin, located in the central region of Portugal. The importance of the angling web forums as a useful tool to help detection of non-nativ...

Alessio Franceschi

A survey of breeding Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis, along the coastal shore in continental Tuscany was started in 2006. In the first year, 10 sites (40%) out of 25 surveyed were occupied by 329 pairs (286 certain and 43 probable). 60% of the pairs nested in urban areas, 34% in wetlands and 6% on rocky cliffs. The greatest concentration was recorded in the city of Livorno (47% of pairs). This project aims to monitor numbers and distribution of Yellow-legged Gull in continental Tuscany, al...

I. A. Govorin, and E. I. Shatsillo, and L. M. Nidzvetskaya

The results of studying accumulation of heterotrophic bacteria from sea water by mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) and mytilasters Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1798) from biofouling on concrete traverses in two Odessa Coast beach areas (Lanzheron Cape, North-western part of Black Sea, Ukraine), are presented. It has been shown, that bacterial contamination of the both mollusks in the natural conditions may vary in wide ranges: from 1.5×103 до 2.2×105 colony formed units (CFU) in ...

Muchlisin Zainal A., and Fransiska Vera, and Muhammadar Abdullah A., and Fauzi Muhammad, and Batubara Agung S.

The objective of the present study was to examine the length-weight relationships and condition factors of snapper Lutjanus russellii, ponyfish Aurigequula fasciata and white-spotted spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus harvested from Ulelhee Bay, Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. These species are the predominant fishes caught by traditional beach trawl in Ulelhee Bay, Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. The sampling was conducted for three months from April to June 2015 at one-week interval. A total of 900 fish ...

Agustín Jiménez Moreno

This article analyses the English participation in the Spanish War Succession according to Francisco Castellví's work, catalonian writer follower of archduke Charles. Thanks to his work, we have knowledge of the motivations of the English Crown to interfere in the successor spanish conflict, among them stands out its desire to take part in the commercial áreas of the Spanish Monarchy, which could turn frustrated by the hegemonic plans of Louis XIV. | Este artículo analiza la participación de Ing...

José R. de S. Pinto, and Rômulo M. O. de Freitas, and Tiago de S. Leite, and Francisco de A. de Oliveira, and Hugo Ferreira, and Moadir de S. Leite

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the growth of young Tabebuia aurea seedlings irrigated with different concentrations of wastewater from fish farming. The experiment was conducted in a seedling nursery, from June to August 2013. The treatments consisted of five concentrations of wastewater from fish farming diluted in freshwater (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% of wastewater). Plant height, stem diameter and plant height/stem diameter ratio were evaluated every 15 days to verify the effects of treat...

NASTASE Aurel, and NAVODARU Ion

The purpose of fish fauna inventory was to find out scientific grounds that protected species are present and need declaration of Cama Dinu islets as protected area. The inventory was undertaken in June 2004, by fish sampling, questionnaires and fishery observation. A number of 55 out of 65 species reviewed from Romanian and Bulgarian authors have found. The Danube River has valuable ecologically fish species to justify declaration of Cama Dinu islets as protected area according with Romanian L...

Elkin Galeano, and Alejandro Martínez, and Olivier P. Thomas, and Sara Robledo, and Diana Munoz

Six bromotyrosine-derived compounds were isolated from the Caribbean marine sponge Aiolochroia crassa: 3-bromo-5-hydroxy-O-methyltyrosine (1), 3-bromo-N,N,N-trimethyltyrosinium (2), 3-bromo-N,N,N,O-tetramethyltyrosinium (3), 3,5-dibromo-N,N,N-trimethyltyrosinium (4), 3,5-dibromo-N,N,N,O-tetramethyltyrosinium (5), and aeroplysinin-1 (6). Structural determination was performed using NMR, MS and comparison with literature data. All isolated compounds were screened for their in vitro activity agains...

V. S. Saba, and M. A. M. Friedrichs, and D. Antoine, and R. A. Armstrong, and I. Asanuma, and M. J. Behrenfeld, and A. M. Ciotti, and M. Dowell, and N. Hoepffner, and K. J. W. Hyde, and J. Ishizaka, and T. Kameda, and J. Marra, and F. Mélin, and A. Morel, and J. O'Reilly, and M. Scardi, and W. O. Smith Jr., and T. J. Smyth, and S. Tang, and J. Uitz, and K. Waters, and T. K. Westberry

Nearly half of the earth's photosynthetically fixed carbon derives from the oceans. To determine global and region specific rates, we rely on models that estimate marine net primary productivity (NPP) thus it is essential that these models are evaluated to determine their accuracy. Here we assessed the skill of 21 ocean color models by comparing their estimates of depth-integrated NPP to 1156 in situ ¹⁴C measurements encompassing ten marine regions including the Sargasso Sea, pelagic ...

BOZAGIEVICI Raluca, and NĂVODARU Ion, and MARIN Eugenia, and BOTA Diana

The investigation aimed to find out local knowledge on biodiversity conservation through sustainable use and the willingness of the local community Sfântu Gheorghe, Danube Delta, to be involved in the decision making process regarding the sustainable use of the natural resources. In obtaining the necessary information, structuredinterviews and focus group were conducted with the local population and stakeholders in order to achieve a clearer picture of all aspects of sustainable use of natural r...

Jariya Sakayaroj, and Orathai Supaphon, and E.B. Gareth Jones, and Souwalak Phongpaichit

Species occurrence and distribution of higher marine fungi at Hat Khanom-Mu Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon SiThammarat Province, Southern Thailand was investigated. Four collections from four sites yielded 112 higher marine fungirepresenting 79 ascomycetes, 3 basidiomycetes, 30 anamorphic fungi, while others await further identification. Average percentageoccurrence of fungi recorded ranged from 0.05-11.3%. Species diversity, richness, and evenness were greatest atSite IV, Ao Tok, Koh Taen. ...

Adam Krężel, and Lena Szymanek, and Łukasz Kozłowski, and Maria Szymelfenig

Space-time variations in chlorophyll <i>a</i> (Chl <i>a</i>) concentrations in the surface water of upwelling regions along the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea were analysed. Carried out between 1998 and 2002 in the warmer season (from April till October), the measurements were targeted mainly at the Hel upwelling. Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (AVHRR) and Chl <i>a</i> data (SeaWiFS) were used. Generally speaking, the Chl <i>a</i> concentration increased in the upwelling plume, except...

Gretl A McHugh, and Brian J Pollard, and Sarla Hooda, and Gavin M.M Thoms

The overall goal of the global oximetry (GO) project was to increase patient safety during anaesthesia and surgery in low and middle income countries by decreasing oximetry costs and increasing oximetry utilisation. Results from the overall project have been previously published. This paper reports specifically on pilot work undertaken in four hospitals in one Indian State. The aim of this work was to assess the impact of increasing oximetry provision in terms of benefits to anaesthetists and in...

V K Ingle, and P K Maharana, and P Rajesh

V Verma, and S Ray, and R Bajaj, and A Kumar

Introduction: Diving training involves prolonged exercise at high intensity on daily basis, continued for months. During the daily prolonged training (also known as circuit training), the under-trainee divers carry out running, swimming and other strengthening exercises for a 2-21/2 hrs at a stretch. The divers are not provided with any form of supplementation during the exercise routine. There are occasional incidences of exhaustion and unexplained syncope in these under-trainees especially jus...

Cardeluzia Guilherme dos Santos, and Monica Dorigo Correia

<abstract language="eng">The bell quadrai lecnique were used lo oblain Rve bimestral samples during 1992. Fifteen laxoiioinic groups were found and Amphipoda had numerical dominante, Polychaeta and Decapoda are als<t important taxa. principally in spring. Ali biomass aspecis ofalgae are more important in winter.

Vesna Skorupan Wolff

Vlasnik plovila i marina sklopili su ugovor o vezu. Plovilo je potonulo na vezu, a osiguratelj vlasnika plovila kao tužitelj od marine kao tuženika potražuje naknadu. Tužitelj tvrdi da je obavljanje servisa koji su izvršili tuženikovi radnici tri dana prije potonuća plovila u uzročnoj vezi s njegovim potonućem. U postupku je utvrđeno da je nedostatak, odnosno kvar na plovilu uzrokovao njegovo potonuće, a potonuće nije u uzročnoj vezi sa ponašanjem tuženika odnosno nije utvrđeno da je šteta ...

Shuki Ushio, and Takatoshi Takizawa, and Kay I. Ohshima, and Toshiyuki Kawamura

A coastal polynya often forms around Lutzow-Holm Bay even in severe winter. To clarify the characteristics of oceanic structure in the polynya, the water mass of the convective-mixed layer was analyzed. Haline convection by the high ice production in the winter polynya contributes to the formation of a thicker mixed layer than that in the pack ice region. Furthermore, the active convection leads to entrainment of the oxygen-poor deep water underlying the winter mixed layer. Consequently, in the ...

Fanos Ali, and Tahir Rusul, and Mohammed Suad, and Mahmood May

In last decades Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or as known Global Positioning System (GPS) technique is considered a revolutionary technique in the field of geodetic survey in comparison with traditional techniques (level, theodolite and total station). The height obtained from GNSS technique is ellipsoid height and to have a physical meaning in a surveying or engineering application it must be transformed to orthometric height. Therefore, a geoid model has to be used to do this trans...

Zhai Xiaochun, and Wu Songhua, and Liu Bingyi, and Song Xiaoquan

Shipborne wind observations by the Coherent Doppler Lidar (CDL) during the 2014 Yellow Sea campaign are presented to study the structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL). This paper gives an analysis of the correction for horizontal and vertical wind measurement, demonstrating that the combination of the CDL with the attitude correction system enables the retrieval of wind profiles in the MABL during both anchored and cruising measurement with satisfied statistical uncertainties.

Johannes Naumann, and Julian Grebe, and Sonja Kaifel, and Tomas Weinert, and Catharina Sadaghiani, and Roman Huber

Abstract Background Despite advances in the treatment of depression, one-third of depressed patients fail to respond to conventional antidepressant medication. There is a need for more effective treatments with fewer side effects. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether hyperthermic baths reduce depressive symptoms in adults with depressive disorder. Methods Randomized, two-arm placebo-controlled, 8-week pilot trial. Medically stable outpatients with confirmed depressive disorder ...

Kwang-Ho Choi, and O Sang Kwon, and Seong Jin Cho, and Sanghun Lee, and Seok-Yun Kang, and Yeon Hee Ryu

Abstract Background The P300 is a major index used to evaluate improvements in brain function. Although a few studies have reported evaluating the effectiveness of manual acupuncture or electro-acupuncture by monitoring the P300, research in this field is not yet very active. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of periodic low-frequency electrical stimulation applied to BL62 and KI6 on brain activity by analyzing the P300. Method The study was conducted as a randomized double-bl...

T R Arul Ponni, and H U Avinash, and S Nirmala, and M G Janaki, and A S Kirthi Koushik

Purpose: Carcinoma cervix is the most common malignancy affecting women in developing countries. Radical radiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment in more than 90% of patients. The present study is a dosimetric and logistic comparison of various techniques of radiotherapy, namely two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (2DCRT), three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Methods: All the patients underwent contrast-enhanced computed tomography...

Kantarzhi Izmail, and Anshakov Aleksandr

In this study of the evaluation of wave impacts on a gravity base structure (GBS) which is moored to berth No. 5 of the Centre of construction of large-capacity marine structures (CCLMS). It was identified five main wind directions that can be dangerous for the construction of CCLMS: East direction (E) South-East (SE) South direction (S), Southwest (SW), West (W) and Northwest (NW). According to the results of statistical processing of extreme storms of the 30-year period, two most dangerous dir...

Gao Haodong, and Zhang Shanshan, and Zhao Ruifeng, and Xu Donghao, and Zhu Liangchao

GMS was used to simulate the groundwater pollution status during the operation period of a coastal polyurethane factory. Based on the geological and hydraulic data, the groundwater flow field model and solute transport model were established using the MODFLOW and MT3DMS module respectively by which the potential area and concentration of pollutant were predicted and the extent of groundwater pollution in the study area was evaluated. The simulation and prediction results showed that under abnorm...

Yang Mingzhi, and Xiao Weihua, and Zhao Yong, and Huang Ya, and Li Baoqi, and Jiang Dachuan, and Lu Fan, and Hou Baodeng

The intense climate changes and human activities have a great impact on the variation of the runoff of the coastal area of South China. In this work, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is used to quantify the impact of land use and climate change of the Nanliujiang catchment on the runoff by setting 4 scenarios of land-use and climate change. The results show the runoff of the simulated and measured values had a similar trend. The value of relevant coefficient is above 0.8, and the value ...

Stéphanie Pasquaud and Jérémy Lobry

Marine protected areas (MPA) have been created to protect threatened, rare species and/or preserve remarkable habitats. What are the results, have they succeeded in restoring biodiversity? Are the selected indicators suitable for the task? How can they be improved?<br> The international community’s commitment to creating and managing a coherent network of marine protected areas (MPA) by 2012 leads us to reflect on the definition of MPA effectiveness and on how best to assess its impact through t...

Tao Qin, and Zhi-Ying Chen, and Lu-Lu Xu, and Paing Zaw, and Yunn Mi Mi Kyaw, and Kyaw Win Maung, and Xiao-Yong Chen

Freshwater fish from the Putao and Myitkyina areas were collected in three ichthyofaunal surveys of the Mali Hka River and tributaries in and around Khakaborazi National Park and Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachin State, from 2014-2016. Tor yingjiangensis Chen et Yang 2004, Tor qiaojiensis Wu et al. 1977, Garra qiaojiensis Wu et al. 1977, Garra bispinosa Zhang 2005, and Schizothorax oligolepis Huang 1985, originally described from the upper Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwaddy) River in China, are first r...