Ecology, Environment & Conservation back issues from October 2008:
Data on science published by H.L. Li and colleagues.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "High concentrations of air pollutants in the ambient environment can result in breathing problems with human communities. Effective assessment of health-impact risk from air pollution is important for supporting decisions of the related detection, prevention, and correction efforts," ...
Scientists at Yonsei University publish research in science.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... "We investigated the characteristics of a 22-year-long regional climatology of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) simulated by the Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3). The RegCM3 was forced by the perfect boundary conditions, i.e., the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ...
Reports on science findings from H. Wang and co-researchers provide new insights.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The regional hydrology and ecosystems of the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau have changed over the past 40 years driven by intense human activity and regional climate changes. Annual mean air temperature has increased in the region," scientists in Lanzhou, People's ...
New research on microbiology and biotechnology from University of London, Birkbeck College summarized.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... "In this study, we compared the interactions of invasive and non-invasive strains of E. coli with clinical and environmental isolates of Acanthamoeba. The environmental isolate of Acanthamoeba exhibited significantly higher association with E. coli compared with the clinical isolates of ...
Scientists at University of Neuchatel describe research in fungus research.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The fine-scale ecological determinants for wood-inhabiting aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes were investigated with statistical analyses of the occurrence of fruit bodies on woody debris collected in Switzerland and Ukraine. Three substrate descriptors were considered: diameter, degree of ...
Pennsylvania State University details research in environmental history.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "In the decades around 1900, native-born Americans and immigrants fought a variety of battles about environmental issues." "Those battles had important consequences. The critique of immigrants also reveals that native-born Americans ...
Researchers from University of Milan provide details of new studies and findings in the area of biometeorology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Vegetation phenology is strongly influenced by climatic factors. Climate changes may cause phenological variations, especially in the Alps which are considered to be extremely vulnerable to global warming," scientists in Milan, Italy report. "The main goal of our study is to ...
Findings from B.M. Funatsu et al in planetary science reported.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "We present a novel climatology of upper-tropospheric troughs and associated precipitation in the Mediterranean region, using 6 years (2001 - 2006) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit data. Troughs are more frequent or persistent during November through March in the whole of the ...
Reports outline geology research from S.M. Kidwell and colleagues.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Based on 38 molluscan datasets from modern open shelf settings, disturbance from human activities - especially anthropogenic eutrophication (AE) - has the strongest negative effect on the fidelity of death assemblages to local living ...
New findings from University of New South Wales in the area of natural sciences published.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Most research on life span and aging has been based on captive populations of short-lived animals; however, we know very little about the expression of these traits in wild populations of such organisms. Because life span and aging are major components of fitness, the extent to which the ...
Investigators at University of East Anglia target zoology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Zoo Biology, "In-situ captive rearing of endangered passerines for reintroduction has rarely been used as a conservation tool. Nests of Mauritius fodies threatened with predation by introduced mammalian predators were harvested from the ...
Data on biological controls reported by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Three species of hover fly commonly prey on woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum, in Virginia, USA apple orchards. Larvae of Heringia calcarata are specialized predators of this pest, while Eupeodes americanus and Syrphus rectus are generalist aphid predators," scientists writing in the ...
Recent studies from Dalian Fisheries University add new data to molecular diversity.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from People's Republic of China, "The estrogen receptor (ER), an important drug target for the therapy of breast cancers, received a great deal of attention during recent years. This work aimed at finding more potent and selective ER modulators through the ...
Research results from University of Ghent update understanding of marine science.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The biodiversity of meiofauna in the coral degradation zone along the Kenyan coast was examined with special emphasis on the most abundant taxa, Copepoda and Nematoda. Communities from three microhabitat types (coralline sediment, coral gravel and coral fragments) at two locations (Watamu ...
Research from Franklin & Marshall College yields new findings on ecological psychology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Imagine that nature is self-organizing all the way down: the processes and entities at any given scale are self-organized, autonomous systems; furthermore, the constituent parts of these self-organized, autonomous systems are themselves self-organized, autonomous systems," researchers in ...
Reports from I.K. Han et al highlight recent research in environmental epidemiology.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, "Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene ( 1-OHP) has been suggested as an exposure biomarker for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). However, it remains unknown whether a first morning urine ...
Findings from China University provide new insights into environmental geology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Heavy/toxic metals have been widely investigated in the Antarctic. However, there are rare reports on arsenic up to now," investigators in Hefei, People's Republic of China report. "Here, we analyzed a 1,800-year record of arsenic concentration in lake sediments affected by ...
Studies from University of Florida update current data on environment.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association, "Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation generates benefits and costs from water quality improvements, which are rarely quantified. This analysis examines a TMDL written to address ...
New findings reported from Pennsylvania State University describe advances in meteorology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "A network of remote and in-situ sensors was deployed in a Paris suburb in order to evaluate the mesoscale evolution of the daily cycle of CO2 and related tracers in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and its relation to ABL dynamics ...
Scientists at Texas State University describe research in conservation research.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "The phylogenetic relationships among taxa within the emyclid genus Trachemys have largely remained unresolved." "A 768-basepair fragment of ND4, as well as the histidine, serine, and leucine tRNAs were sequenced from 18 of 26 of the ...
Research results from B.K. Hope and co-authors update knowledge of science and technology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The Willamette River drains a 32,000 km(2) basin (Basin) in northwestern Oregon. Owing to their persistence and toxicity, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in resident fish within the Basin at levels above consumption advisory thresholds ...
Research results from University of the Basque Country update knowledge of polar research.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The new enchytraeid species Lumbricillus healyae sp. n. is described from freshwater streams, with well-oxygenated and poorly mineralised waters, situated in Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Lumbricillus healyae sp. n. is morphologically close to L ....
Recent studies by D.A. Keith and co-authors add new data to ecology findings.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from Australia, "Maps are important tools in natural resource management. Often, there may be multiple maps that represent the same resource, which have been constructed using very different philosophies and methods, at different scales, for different dates and areas." ...
Research from J. Chae and colleagues provide new insights into environmental biology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from South Korea, "Gut contents of two species of demersal fishes, Pleurogrammus azonus and Dasycottus steiger were examined to understand the importance of a euphausiid, Euphausia pacifica as prey of demersal fishes at coastal waters off Uljin, the eastern Korea where ...
Study findings on birds are outlined in reports from B.S. Petersen and colleagues.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Abdim's Storks Ciconia abdimii were studied in a post-breeding staging area dominated by Sahelian grasslands in southeastern Niger. In late September 2003, a total of 5,763 birds was recorded on systematic transect counts," scientists in Roskilde, Denmark report. "The ...
Research from University of York yields new data on animal ecology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "1. Species' abundance scales approximately as an inverse power of body mass," investigators in York, the United Kingdom report. "This property has been explained on the basis of metabolic rates of organisms of different sizes. 2. This paper considers the additional effect of ...
Study results from L.F. Li and colleagues update understanding of environmental research.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "While spatial autocorrelation is used in spatial sampling survey to improve the precision of the feature's estimate of a certain population at area units, spatial heterogeneity as the stratification frame in survey also often ...
New research on ecology and sociobiology from Harvard University summarized.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, "Theory predicts that frequent dyadic association should promote cooperation through kin selection or social tolerance. Here we test the hypothesis that sex differences in the strength and stability ...
New ocean research from University of Missouri outlined.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The bulk rock geochemistry and inoceramid isotopic composition from Cenomanian to Santonian, finely laminated, organic-rich black shales, recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207 on Demerara Rise ( western tropical North Atlantic), suggest persistent anoxic ( free H2S) conditions ...
Study results from Yale University in the area of plant ecology published.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Plant Ecology, "We surveyed the prevalence and amount of leaf damage related to herbivory and pathogens on 12 pairs of exotic (invasive and noninvasive) and ecologically similar native plant species in tallgrass prairie to examine ...
Investigators at University of Liverpool publish new data on marine biology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Cytokines and acute phase proteins (APP) are important mediators of the immune system and sensitive parameters to assess the immune status of mammals. Especially in newborn animals, maturation of the immune system is important for their survival," scientists in Neston, the United Kingdom ...
Data on evolutionary ecology reported by researchers at Aarhus University.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from Aarhus, Denmark, "The impact of intraspecific hybridisation on fitness and morphological traits depends on the history of natural selection and genetic drift, which may have led to differently coadapted gene-complexes in the parental populations. The ...
Data on water supply research described by researchers at University of Nevada.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "To improve water quality and enhance habitat for fish and wildlife, a restoration project was initiated on the Truckee River at McCarran Ranch, Nevada. A water quality model was parameterized using Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran ...
Research on chemoecology described by L. Hautier and colleagues.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Under laboratory conditions, the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis is well known as an intraguild predator of other ladybirds. However the real impact of this exotic species on native species was poorly investigated in the field," scientists in Gembloux, Belgium report. ...
Reports summarize waste management research research from K. Kuligowski and co-authors.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Ash from pig manure treated by combustion and thermal gasification was characterized and compared in terms of nutrient, i.e., potassium (K), phosphorus (P) and heavy metal, i.e., cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn) contents," scientists in Aalborg, Denmark ...
Research reports on environmental microbiology from Medical University of Vienna provide new insights.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Babesiosis is a tick-transmitted disease of veterinary and medical importance. The first Austrian case of human babesiosis was recently recorded," scientists in Vienna, Austria report. "In the current study, ticks at all life cycle stages (instars), including 853 Ixodes ricinus ...
Study data from I. Chamtouri and colleagues update understanding of environmental geology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Groundwater in Sfax City (Tunisia) has been known since the beginning of the century for its deterioration in quality, as a result of wastewater recharge into the aquifer. An average value of 12 x 10(6) m(3) of untreated wastewater reaches the groundwater aquifer each year," scientists in ...
Research on birds detailed by D.A. Kirk and co-authors.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from Downsview, Canada, "We assessed potential factors contributing to variation in counts of staging Bonaparte's Gulls (Larus philadelphia) on the Niagara River in southern Ontario. Much of the Mississippi Flyway population of this species stages each autumn ...
Data from University of Buenos Aires provide new insights into ecology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The use of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI time series from July 1981 to December 2000 was evaluated for the assessment of the functioning of a wetland macrosystem, the Parana River Delta. The spatial resolution of the dataset was 8 by 8 km," scientists in Buenos Aires, Argentina report. ...
New environment study findings have been published by scientists at University of Newcastle.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "This paper describes regional methods for assessing field significance and regional consistency for trend detection in hydrological extremes. Four procedures for assessing field significance are compared on the basis of Monte Carlo simulations," scientists in Australia report. ...
Scientists at Soonchunhyang University discuss research in environmental biology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research from South Korea, "The gene induced in response to Cd exposure in microalga Nannochloropsis oculata was examined in this investigation." "In order to isolate this gene by using nested PCR, degenerated primers were designed on the basis of highly ...
Data on conservation research reported by researchers at Iowa State University.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The species-level designation of the Mexican softshell turtle, Apalone atra, has been repeatedly challenged, yet no DNA evidence has been collected," researchers in the United States report. "We conducted field studies of all the drainages of the Cuatro Cienegas basin, and the ...
Johnson Controls Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Johnson Controls has again been selected to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) North America and World categories for 2008. Among the world's leading corporate social responsibility indices, the DJSI are the first to track the financial performance of leading ...
Data from E. Sebertcuvillier and colleagues advance knowledge in ecology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Landscape Ecology, "The effect of environmental heterogeneity on spatial spread of invasive species has received little attention in the literature. Altering landscape heterogeneity may be a suitable strategy to control invaders in ...
Research data from University of Quebec update understanding of environment.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Water Resources Research, "This study investigates temporal evolution of 1-, 7-, 15-, and 30-day annual and seasonal low-flow regimes of pristine river basins, included in the Canadian reference hydrometric basin network (RHBN), for ...
Research conducted at G.H. Kim and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about environmental biology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Field survey of algae and cyanobacteria from terrestrial and freshwater habitats in the vicinity of arctic Ny-Alesund, Svalbard (79 degrees N) (high Arctic sea area) was performed in June 2006. Species diversity and abundance were evaluated by using epifluorescence microscopy and ...
Equator Appoints Eron Bloomgarden as President of its Environmental Markets Group.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Equator Environmental, LLC announced the appointment of Eron Bloomgarden as President of its Environmental Markets Group. Bloomgarden, who previously served as EcoSecurities' US Country Director and managed the firm's US operations, joins Equator to lead and manage all aspects of its ...
New conservation research study findings have been published by scientists at American University of Beirut.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "We documented differential blood cell counts and plasma pollypeptide profiles in Testudo graeca and 7: horsfieldii raised in captivity in Lebanon, and investigated bioactivity of T graeca plasma against a human colon cancer cell line (HCT-116)," investigators in Beirut, Lebanon report. ...
New findings in environmental geochemistry described by A. Iordanidis and co-researchers.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The aim of this study was to characterise individual airborne particles collected from the Ptolemais-Kozani region (Western Macedonia), northern Greece. Throughout a 1-year period (March 2003 to February 2004), we collected several filters that captured airborne particles at seven ...
Researchers at Simon Fraser University target environment.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from Burnaby, Canada, "Integrating spatial datasets from diverse sources is essential for cross-border environmental investigations and decision-making. This is a little investigated topic that has profound implications for the availability and reliability of spatial ...
Data on chemoecology described by R. Mozuraitis et al.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from Stockholm, Sweden, "Females of both species start their pheromone-releasing activity on the second day after emergence at the beginning of the photophase. During the present work, a peak of calling activity with close to 100% of active Ph. nigrescentella females ...
Research results from A. Loram and colleagues update understanding of environmental management.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Environmental Management, "Domestic gardens make substantial contributions to the provision of green space in urban areas. However, the ecological functions provided by such gardens depend critically on their configuration and ...
Reports summarize birds research from Arkansas State University.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a federally listed species with three distinct breeding populations, including Great Plains (threatened), Great Lakes (endangered), and Atlantic Coast (threatened), all of which winter along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. The ...
New data from Louisiana State University illuminate research in conservation research.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Between 1997 and 2001, we observed nesting behavior following oxytocin-induced oviposition in 10 three-toed box turtles," scientists in the United States report. "Oviposition preceded nesting behavior by 0.5-17 days. Three turtles oviposited subsequent clutches (without ...
Recent findings in environmental geology described by researchers from Ocean University of China.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Environmental Geology, "Grain size parameters, trace metals (Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cr, Zn, Ba, Zr and Sr) and total organic matter (TOM) of 38 surficial sediments and a sediment core of west-four Pearl River Estuary region were analyzed. The ...
Data on birds reported by J.J. Jenniges and co-researchers.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) have been documented as nesting along the central Platte River of Nebraska since 1949. The very first accounts of birds were on an island ''which was formed in the dredging of sand'' (Wycoff 1950)," scientists in the United States report. ...
Findings in environmental management reported from University of Sydney.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Salt-affected soils are a major threat to agriculture especially in the semiarid regions of the world. The effective management of these soils requires adequate understanding of not only how water and, hence, solutes are transported within the soil, but also how soil salinity and sodicity ...
Research on meteorology described by P. Friederichs and colleagues.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Weather and Forecasting, "Commonly, postprocessing techniques are employed to calibrate a model forecast. Here, a probabilistic postprocessor is presented that provides calibrated probability and quantile forecasts of precipitation on ...
Research from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided new information about aquatic toxicology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Eagle Harbor in Puget Sound, WA became a Superfund site in 1987 due to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) released chronically from a nearby creosoting facility. Early studies here (1983-1986) demonstrated up to an similar to 80% prevalence of toxicopathic liver lesions, including ...
Research from University of Tromso in the area of polar research published.
Oct 03, 2008 ... According to a study from Norway, "We have determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the codfishes Arctogadus glacialis and Boreogadus saida (Order Gadiformes, Family Gadidae). The 16,644 bp and 16,745 bp mtDNAs, respectively, contain the same set of 37 structural genes ...
Research reports from University of Oslo provide new insights into ecology and sociobiology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Extra-pair paternity is common in birds and much research has focussed on the selective advantage of extra-pair matings for both sexes. In contrast, little attention has been given to the fact that in most species the majority of offspring are sired by the social male," investigators in ...
Research in the area of ecology reported from National University.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "Identification of biodiversity hotspots is essential to conservation strategies aimed at minimizing the possibility of losing half of the world's species in the next 50 years. The aims of the present study were: (i) to locate and designate zones of endemism in the temperate forest of ...
Reports outline environmental geology study findings from University of Catania.(Report)
Oct 03, 2008 ... "In this study 50 seismic events, preceding and accompanying the eruptions occurring in 1981 and 1983, have been considered. Seismic moments, fault radii, stress drops and seismic energies have been calculated using Brune's model (J Geophys Res 75:4997-5009, 1970; J Geophys Res 76:5002, ...
Scientists at Hacettepe University target environmental geology.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "The Zonguldak province is a coastal settlement area that has been suffering from serious natural and human-induced environmental problems sourced by its geology and geomorphology. Since the province locates at the heart of a coal-producing basin, the geo-environmental problems related to ...
Reports outline environmental epidemiology study results from D.M. Stieb et al.
Oct 03, 2008 ... "We evaluated the impact on personal exposure to air pollutants of following advice which typically accompanies air quality advisories and indices. Scripts prescribed the time, location, duration and nature of activities intended to simulate daily activity patterns for adults and ...