Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement

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A first field report of coral diseases around Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean

2017 Open Access

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Differential substrate affinity between two giant clam species, Tridacna maxima and Tridacna squamosa, around Mauritius

Giant clams have been mostly reported in the South Paci c and Indian Ocean. The aim of this study was …

2017 Open Access

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Effects of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa on the silver carp Hypophthalmichtys molitrix revealed by hepatic RNA-seq and miRNA-seq

High-throughput sequencing was applied to analyze the effects of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa on the silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. Silver carps …

2017 Open Access

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Sustainable development and the nature of environmental legal principles

In this article, “things” lawyers call “principles” of environmental law will be discussed from a theoretical perspective. Three fundamental questions …

2017 Open Access

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Comparative ecophysiology of a critically endangered (CR) ectotherm: Implications for conservation management

Captive breeding is a vital conservation tool for many endangered species programs. It is often a last resort when wild …

2017 Open Access

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Evaporation from cultivated and semi-wild Sudanian Savanna in west Africa

Abstract. Rain-fed farming is the primary livelihood of semi-arid west Africa. Changes in land cover have the potential to affect …

2017 Open Access

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A pivotal role for ocean eddies in the distribution of microbial communities across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Mesoscale variability and associated eddy fluxes play crucial roles in ocean circulation dynamics and the ecology of the upper ocean. …

2017 Open Access

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Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveals reticulate evolution in hares (Lepus spp., Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Ethiopia

For hares (Lepus spp., Leporidae, Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Ethiopia no conclusive molecular phylogenetic data are available. To provide a first …

2017 Open Access

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A novel method of sensitivity analysis testing by applying the DRASTIC and fuzzy optimization methods to assess groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case of the Senegal River basin in Mali

Abstract. Vulnerability to groundwater pollution in the Senegal River basin was studied by two different but complementary methods: the DRASTIC …

2017 Open Access

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Reduced genetic diversity and alteration of gene flow in a fiddler crab due to mangrove degradation

The fiddler crab Austruca occidentalis is a dominant species in mangrove forests along the East African coast. It enhances soil …

2017 Open Access

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Quadriacanthus species (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in eastern Africa: new species, new records and first insights into interspecific genetic relationships

BACKGROUND: African catfishes of the families Bagridae and Clariidae are known to be parasitized with monogeneans of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961 …

2017 Open Access

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Trophic isotopic carbon variation increases with pond’s hydroperiod: Evidence from an Austral ephemeral ecosystem

Trophic variation in food web structure occurs among and within ecosystems. The magnitude of variation, however, differs from system to …

2017 Open Access

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Understanding of morphometric features for adequate water resource management in arid environments

Abstract. Hydrological characteristics such as topographic parameters, drainage attributes, and land use/land cover patterns are essential to evaluate the water …

2017 Open Access

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Metastability for discontinuous dynamical systems under Lévy noise: Case study on Amazonian Vegetation

For the tipping elements in the Earth's climate system, the most important issue to address is how stable is the …

2017 Open Access

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Unusual cohabitation and competition between Planktothrix rubescens and Microcystis sp. (cyanobacteria) in a subtropical reservoir (Hammam Debagh) located in Algeria

Succession in bloom-forming cyanobacteria belonging to distant functional groups in freshwater ecosystems is currently an undescribed phenomenon. However in the …

2017 Open Access

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Marine protected areas increase temporal stability of community structure, but not density or diversity, of tropical seagrass fish communities

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been shown to increase long-term temporal stability of fish communities and enhance ecosystem resilience to …

2017 Open Access

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Southwestern Africa on the burner: Pleistocene carbonatite volcanism linked to deep mantle upwelling in Angola

The origin of intraplate carbonatitic to alkaline volcanism in Africa is controversial. A tectonic control, i.e., decompression melting associated with …

2017 Open Access

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Subchronic toxicity of Nile tilapia with different exposure routes to Microcystis aeruginosa: Histopathology, liver functions, and oxidative stress biomarkers

BACKGROUND: contains microcystins [MCs]) have been reported to induce clinicopathological alterations as well as different oxidative stress in aquatic biota. …

2017 Open Access

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Morph specific foraging behavior by a polymorphic raptor under variable light conditions

Colour polymorphism may be maintained within a population by disruptive-selection. One hypothesis proposes that different morphs are adapted to different …

2017 Open Access

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Bone histology sheds new light on the ecology of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus, Aves, Columbiformes)

century due to anthropogenic activities. Although it was contemporaneous with humans for almost a century, little was recorded about its …

2017 Open Access