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Does palynological diversity reflect floristic diversity? A case study from Northeast China
Fossil pollen data can provide important information of past vegetation diversity, on the basis of established relationship between modern...
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Assessment of the Characteristics of Demersal Fish Communities Using Species- and Trait-Based Approaches in the Coastal Habitats Along Rongcheng Bay, Shandong Peninsula, China
Biodiversity declines have motivated many studies on the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem functioning. In this study, we...
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Coral Distributions and Physical Environments in Amitori Bay
The relation between coral distribution and physical characteristics was investigated for Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan. Field observations...
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Specialized aquatic resource exploitation at the Late Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev II, Israel
This paper investigates aquatic resource exploitation at the Late Natufian site (ca. 12,000 cal. BP) of Nahal Ein Gev II located 2 km east of the Sea...
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Assessment of seawater intrusion using ionic ratios: the case of coastal communities along the Central Region of Ghana
Seawater intrusion is a worldwide phenomenon resulting in groundwater quality challenges in coastal aquifers, which has prompted many investigations...
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Composition and Function of Bacterial Communities of Bryophytes and Their Underlying Sediments in the Dajiuhu Peatland, Central China
Symbiotic microbiomes of Sphagnum have been confirmed to play a fundamental role in carbon and nitrogen cycles, however, little is known about...
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Phytodiversity and medicinal plant distribution in pasturelands of North Western Himalaya in relation to environmental gradients
This study aimed at elucidating phytodiversity of pasturelands of North-western Kashmir Himalayan biotic province in relation to various...
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Comparative assessment of fish assemblages around open sea cages vis-a-vis common fishing ground
Sea farm cages attract a range of wild fish species by providing shelter and food. The fish aggregation study was carried out around the open sea...
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Floristic Structure, Diversity and Edaphic Attributes of Mangroves of the Andaman Islands, India
The mangroves of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are considered as one of the finest vegetation in India with respect to species composition as well as...
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Characterization of microbial communities in sediments of the South Yellow Sea
Illumina sequencing and quantitative PCR (qPCR) based on the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene were conducted to characterize the vertical distribution...
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Biomass and soil carbon stocks along altitudinal gradients of Shopa-Bultum Natural Forest, Ethiopia
The Shopa-Bultum natural forest is one of the remnant dry Afromontane forests that provide a wide range of ecosystem services including climate...
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Impact of invasive Ageratina adenophora on relative performance of woody vegetation in different forest ecosystems of Kumaun Himalaya, India
Invasive plant Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) R. King & H. Robinson has invaded majority of the temperate forests in Kumaun, Central Himalaya....
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Environmental heterogeneity and productivity drive the assemblage of benthic diatom: a case study of the Three Gorges Reservoir
Dam construction has a critical effect on river ecosystems in the world, resulting in a rapid decline in biodiversity and ecosystem health. However,...
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Ecological succession regulates the relationship between biodiversity and supporting services in arid ecosystems
Biodiversity affects the provision of ecosystem services over time and space. This study was done to find how ecological succession regulates the...
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Human-woodland interactions during the Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite periods in northeastern Tigray, Ethiopia: insights from the wood charcoal analyses from Mezber and Ona Adi
The Tigray region in Ethiopia witnessed the rise and fall of the Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite communities between the mid 2nd millennium bce and the...
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Seasonal influence of physicochemical parameters on phytoplankton diversity and assemblage pattern in Kailash Khal, a tropical wetland, Sundarbans, India
Studies were carried out from April 2016 to March 2017 for effective understanding of diversity combined with environment-influenced spatiotemporal...
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Exploration and Evaluation of Deposits
This chapter is concerned with the process of analyzing an area to find aggregate deposits as well as their resource/reserve evaluation. The...
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Cyclic behavior of cement-stabilized sabkha soil
Cement stabilization is one of the chemical stabilization techniques carried out to improve sabkha soil engineering properties. Cement can be mixed...
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The Fossil Record of Continental Elephants and Mammoths (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) in Greece
The proboscidean family Elephantidae has an extensive fossil record in Greece that spans geochronologically from the latest Pliocene to the Late...
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Bones of contention: a double-blind study of experts’ ability to classify sheep and goat astragali from images
In zooarchaeology, animal bones are normally identified using comparative macro-morphological methods, which involve visual comparison of the bone...
