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Degradation and Preservation of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments
Organic matter that is deposited in aquatic sediments is subject to an intense diagenetic reactor that determines how much organic carbon is...
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Biological Markers for Anoxia in the Photic Zone of the Water Column
In this chapter we review the current state of knowledge on the occurrence of anoxic conditions in the water column of past depositional systems...
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Controls on the Carbon Isotopic Compositions of Lipids in Marine Environments
Organic carbon isotopes have long been used to study modern and ancient biogeochemical processes. Controls on the isotopic composition of organic...
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Sources and Cycling of Organic Matter in the Marine Water Column
The organic carbon cycle operates on multiple time scales with a only small fraction of the global reservoir actively exchanged. For the marine...
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Molecular Tools for the Analysis of DNA in Marine Environments
In the last decade, microbial ecologists have increasingly applied molecular techniques to investigate microorganisms in natural environments. The...
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Atmospheric Transport of Terrestrial Organic Matter to the Sea
The transport of atmospheric particles with associated terrestrial organic matter to the oceans is an important process affecting various global...
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Sources and Fate of Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment
The sources, levels, and fate of organic contaminants of major concern in the marine environment are reviewed. Spatial distributions among the...
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Lipid Markers for Marine Organic Matter
An astonishing variety of different lipids have been found in marine sediments and the water column attesting to the diversity of biosynthetic...
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Pigment Markers for Phytoplankton Production
Chlorophylls and carotenoids are commonly used as quantitative biomarkers for the composition and biomass of marine phytoplankton. This chapter...
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Isotopic Tracers of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Present and Past
The oceanic nitrogen cycle consists of a web of microbially mediated transformations driven in part by the large range in possible nitrogen...
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Spatial distribution of clogging substances in drip irrigation emitters fed with reclaimed water
Utilizing reclaimed water by drip irrigation technology proves to be an effective strategy for mitigating agricultural water scarcity. Nevertheless,...
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Examining the determinants of food waste behavior in China at the consumer level
Food loss and waste are global problems for food security, as one-third of all food produced globally does not reach the consumer’s table. These...
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Informing the design of fish-friendly shoreline retaining walls for freshwater systems
The structural complexity of aquatic habitats is often reduced by the installation of retaining walls designed to stabilize shorelines and decrease...
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Coastal dunes as drivers of genetic differentiation in the honeypot ant Myrmecocystus baja (Formicidae: Formicinae)
Coastal dunes are unique habitats, threatened by human activities. In biogeographical terms, coastal dunes are habitat islands, being discrete and...
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Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A sco** review
Determinants of farmer well-being can be derived from objective and subjective measures of social components, environmental sustainability...
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Stakeholders’ participation in decreasing wildfire risk in the context of natural resource management in the Podpoľanie region of Slovakia
Key MessageAs the number and extent of wildfires are increasing due to climate change and human impacts, the demand for effective risk reduction...
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Role of Silicon in Counteracting Cadmium Stress in Pea Plants (Pisum sativum L.): Insights Into Cadmium Binding Mechanisms and Pectin Methylesterase Activity
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of silicon (Si) in counteracting a cadmium (Cd) stress to pea plants ( Pisum sativum L.)...
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Determinants of oilseed rape-service plant intercrop** performance variability across a farmers’ fields network in Western Switzerland
The intercrop** of winter oilseed rape with frost-sensitive service plants can provide a diversity of services including weed control and N supply...
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