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Plant Sciences
Thomas Ibanez, Alison Ainsworth, Jacob Gross, Jonathan P. Price, Edward L. Webb, Patrick J. Hart
Summary: The study found that large tree species were less abundant but more frequent, and animal-dispersed species tended to be less abundant than species dispersed by other means. Relative frequency in Hawai ' i exhibited a stronger phylogenetic signal than did abundance. Life form was consistently associated with the rarity of species, and high diversification rate may explain landscape-scale rarity of native species on isolated archipelagos like Hawai ' i.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Patrick E. McGrath, Brian E. Watkins, Ashleigh Magee, Eric J. Hilton
Summary: American Shad, an anadromous clupeid, has suffered drastic declines in its native range due to overfishing, dam proliferation, and poor water quality. A hatchery program was introduced in Virginia's James River in 1992 to support the recovery of stocks. This study examined 22 years of monitoring data and found that ideal hatchery returns occurred during years of moderate levels of hatchery stocking.
NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Daniela Silvia Pace, Sara Ferri, Giancarlo Giacomini, Chiara Di Marco, Elena Papale, Margherita Silvestri, Giulia Pedrazzi, Daniele Ventura, Edoardo Casoli, Giandomenico Ardizzone
Summary: Social factors and ecological drivers play a crucial role in shaping individual association patterns and influencing animals' responses to anthropogenic pressures. In common bottlenose dolphins in the central Mediterranean Sea, females exhibit stronger associations with other individuals, potentially due to their success in rearing young. Interactions with bottom trawl fishery result in weaker and short-term associations. The results suggest that dolphins in this region maintain a complex but resilient social structure that adapts to local biological requirements and anthropogenic pressures.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Legal
Arent de Jongh, Anko R. Lubach, Sheryl L. Lie Kwie, Fleur D. L. V. Loadsman-Wammes, Ivo Alberink
Summary: In latent print examination, a conclusion on individualization is primarily based on corresponding minutiae. Information from general pattern, core-delta distance, and third-level detail should also be included in the final assessment. This study provides frequency data on the combination of fingerprint patterns and core-delta distances, allowing examiners to substantiate their opinions on the strength of corresponding patterns and distances. By adding pattern and distance information to the evaluation of fingerprint evidence, more challenging fingermarks could be included in case reports.
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
(2023)
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Biology
Rosalva Sulzbacher, Marthoni Vinicius Massaro, Virian Coradini Brutti, Paula Betina Hartmann, Lucas Adriano Pachla, David Augusto Reynalte-Tataje
Summary: The abundance and composition of ichthyoplankton community in different biotopes of the Ibicui River were evaluated, and its relation with environmental variables was studied. The study revealed that the abundance and diversity of ichthyoplankton were heterogeneously distributed among the biotopes, and the hydrogeomorphological and limnological characteristics influenced the emergence of distinct ichthyoplankton assemblages. Water speed and river width were positively correlated with eggs and yolk-sac larvae, while electrical conductivity and zooplankton were correlated with more developed larvae.
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Environmental Sciences
Farhang Rahmani, Mohammad Hadi Fattahi
Summary: This study investigates the influence of long-term daily river flow nonlinear patterns on the efficiency of forecasting models, and finds that artificial neural network models can better capture the nonlinear dynamic patterns and elements of daily river flow time series.
MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)