Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement

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Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action

Cumulative human impacts have led to the degradation of marine ecosystems and the decline of biodiversity in the European and …

2017 Open Access

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Hydrological variations of the intermediate water masses of the western Mediterranean Sea during the past 20 ka inferred from neodymium isotopic composition in foraminifera and cold-water corals

Abstract. We present the neodymium isotopic composition (εNd) of mixed planktonic foraminifera species from a sediment core collected at 622 …

2017 Open Access

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A new approach to horizon-scanning: identifying potentially invasive alien species and their introduction pathways

Harbours are known introduction foci of marine alien species. They act as recipients of new introductions and as sources for …

2017 Open Access

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Current Knowledge on Wildlife Mortality in Railways

Wildlife mortality on roads has received considerable attention in the past years, allowing the collection of abundant data for a …

2017 Open Access

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Virome Assembly and Annotation: A Surprise in the Namib Desert

Sequencing, assembly, and annotation of environmental virome samples is challenging. Methodological biases and differences in species abundance result in fragmentary …

2017 Open Access

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Growth, Survival and Reproduction of the Giant Clam Tridacna maxima (Röding 1798, Bivalvia) in Two Contrasting Lagoons in French Polynesia

Shell growth, reproduction, and natural mortality of the giant clam Tridacna maxima were characterized over a two-year-period in the lagoon …

2017 Open Access

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Magma reservoir dynamics at Toba caldera, Indonesia, recorded by oxygen isotope zoning in quartz

Abstract Quartz is a common phase in high-silica igneous rocks and is resistant to post-eruptive alteration, thus offering a reliable …

2017 Open Access

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An assessment of high carbon stock and high conservation value approaches to sustainable oil palm cultivation in Gabon

Industrial-scale oil palm cultivation is rapidly expanding in Gabon, where it has the potential to drive economic growth, but also …

2017 Open Access

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Earlywood and Latewood Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Variations in Two Pine Species in Southwestern China during the Recent Decades

Stable isotopes in wood cellulose of tree rings provide a high-resolution record of environmental conditions, yet intra-annual analysis of carbon …

2017 Open Access

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Household biomass fuel use, asthma symptoms severity, and asthma underdiagnosis in rural schoolchildren in Nigeria: a cross-sectional observational study

BACKGROUND: In 2014, the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) reported that the highest prevalence of symptoms …

2017 Open Access

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Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods

In Addis Ababa, where irrigation water for vegetable production is commonly derived from the highly polluted Akaki river, information on …

2017 Open Access

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My cattle and your park: codesigning a role-playing game with rural communities to promote multistakeholder dialogue at the edge of protected areas

Perrotton, A., M. de Garine-Wichatitsky, H. Valls-Fox, and C. Le Page. 2017. My cattle and your park: codesigning a role-playing …

2017 Open Access

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The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: Tracking the evolution of Sauropodomorpha across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

The latest Triassic is notable for coinciding with the dramatic decline of many previously dominant groups, followed by the rapid …

2017 Open Access

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Mineral inclusions in diamonds may be synchronous but not syngenetic

It is widely assumed that mineral inclusions and their host diamonds are 'syngenetic' in origin, which means that they formed …

2017 Open Access

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Smallholder farms in eastern African tropical highlands have low soil greenhouse gas fluxes

Abstract. Few field studies examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African agricultural systems, resulting in high uncertainty for national inventories. …

2017 Open Access

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The environmental, socioeconomic, and health impacts of woodfuel value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic map

Abstract Background In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the production and use of woodfuel remains an important socio-economic activity with more than …

2017 Open Access

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Mercury enrichment indicates volcanic triggering of Valanginian environmental change

Abstract The Valanginian stage (Early Cretaceous) includes an episode of significant environmental changes, which are well defined by a positive …

2017 Open Access

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Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation

Selinske, M. J., B. Cooke, N. Torabi, M. J. Hardy, A. T. Knight, and S. A. Bekessy. 2016. Locating financial …

2017 Open Access

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Measurements of the total ozone column using a Brewer spectrophotometer and TOMS and OMI satellite instruments over the Southern Space Observatory in Brazil

Abstract. This paper presents 23 years (1992–2014) of quasi-continuous measurements of the total ozone column (TOC) over the Southern Space …

2017 Open Access

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Tropospheric water vapour isotopologue data (H 2 16 O, H 2 18 O, and HD 16 O) as obtained from NDACC/FTIR solar absorption spectra

Abstract. We report on the ground-based FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) tropospheric water vapour isotopologue remote sensing data that have been …

2017 Open Access