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Pesticides in the Great Lakes
Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...
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Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes
Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Great Lakes
This chapter reviews the scientific understanding of the concentrations, trends, and cycling of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Great...
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Great Lakes
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are produced during the incomplete combustion of organic material. They can also be produced through...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes: An Overview
This chapter presents background information on the Great Lakes and summarizes the content of each chapter of this book.
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Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in the Great Lakes
This review examines the sources and occurrence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the Great Lakes environment and summarizes current...
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Perfluorinated Compounds in the Great Lakes
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAs) are released to the environment via their manufacturing processes, their use in commercial products, or indirectly via...
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Toxaphene in the Great Lakes
Toxaphene is a major persistent organic contaminant in air, water and fish in the Great Lakes. The story of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, like that...
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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans in the Great Lakes
The history of “dioxin”, PCDD/F, contamination in the Great Lakes is reviewed. Occurrence, geographical distribution, and temporal trends in air,...
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A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management
The rapid decline in avifauna populations across North America underscores the urgency of implementing effective conservation strategies. While...
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Viperin immunity evolved across the tree of life through serial innovations on a conserved scaffold
Evolutionary arms races between cells and viruses drive the rapid diversification of antiviral genes in diverse life forms. Recent discoveries have...
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Integrating ecosystem services, stakeholders’ perspective, and land-use scenarios to safeguard sustainability of the Mulberry-Dyke and Fish-Pond System
ContextOptimizing landscape patterns by considering ecosystem services and human well-being is crucial for landscape sustainability research. Such...
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Contrasting maize responses to soil phosphorus and potassium availability driven by biochar under reduced irrigation
Background and aimsBiochar is increasingly recognized for its potential to enhance soil water retention and improve soil fertility in agricultural...
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Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity
Drylands are often overlooked in broad conservation frameworks and development priorities and face increasing threats from human activities. Here we...
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Invasive crab positively correlated with native predatory crab species over a regional scale
The abundance of an invasive species within an ecosystem after introduction can depend on multiple factors. Although large-scale abiotic data are...
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Pollen composition and physicochemical properties of honey produced by three stingless bees species from a mesotropical subhumid region in Bolivia
Honey produced by stingless bees has distinct nutritional and physicochemical properties that vary depending on the bee species, floral origin and...
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Use of airborne LiDAR to predict fine dead fuel load in Mediterranean forest stands of Southern Europe
BackgroundMediterranean forests are increasingly threatened by wildfires, with fuel load playing a crucial role in fire dynamics and behaviors....
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Priority conservation areas for protected saproxylic beetles in Romania under current and future climate scenarios
Climate change threatens species and ecosystems globally, including forest ecosystems that support rich invertebrate diversity. Saproxylic beetles,...
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Virome analysis deciphered the infection of American plum line pattern virus, little cherry virus 1 and plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus in plum from India
AbstractAs very limited information is available on viruses and viroids infecting plum in India, virome analysis was undertaken to determine the...
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Genome-wide association study reveals marker–trait associations for major agronomic traits in proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)
Main conclusionThe pilot-scale genome-wide association study in the US proso millet identified twenty marker–trait associations for five...
