High biomass and productivity of epifaunal invertebrates living amongst dead coral

2021 ◽  
Vol 168 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate M. Fraser ◽  
Rick D. Stuart-Smith ◽  
Scott D. Ling ◽  
Graham J. Edgar
Keyword(s):  
High Biomass ◽  
Dead Coral

The prospect of sweet sorghum as the source for high biomass crop

2018 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanyuan Tang ◽  
Zi Wang ◽  
Chengxuan Chen ◽  
Peng Xie ◽  
Qi Xie
Keyword(s):  
Sweet Sorghum ◽  
High Biomass ◽  
Biomass Crop

Interactions between a planktivorous fish and planktonic microcrustaceans mediated by the biomass of aquatic macrophytes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Angélio Quirino ◽  
Franco Teixeira de Mello ◽  
Sabrina Deosti ◽  
Claudia Costa Bonecker ◽  
Ana Lúcia Paz Cardozo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Flow Speed ◽  
Trophic Niche ◽  
Planktivorous Fish ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
High Biomass ◽  
Predator Prey ◽  
Cladoceran Species ◽  
Macrophyte Biomass

Abstract Habitat complexity is recognized to mediate predator–prey relationships by offering refuge or not. We investigated the availability of planktonic microcrustaceans and the diet of a planktivorous fish (Hyphessobrycon eques) at different levels (low, intermediate and high) of aquatic macrophyte biomass. Sampling was carried out in a river with low flow speed, located in a Neotropical floodplain. We collected fish and microcrustaceans in macrophyte stands with variations in biomass. There were no differences in microcrustacean density in the water among the levels of macrophyte biomass, but microcrustacean richness and diet composition of H. eques differed. Microcrustacean richness and trophic niche breadth of the planktivorous fish were higher in high biomass stands. There was high consumption of a small cladoceran species in low macrophyte biomass, which was replaced by larger species, such as copepods, in intermediate and high biomass. Thus, the selection of some species was different among the biomass levels. These results suggest that plant biomass plays an important role in the interaction between fish and microcrustaceans, and prey characteristics such as size, escape ability and energy value make them more or less subject to predation by fish according to habitat structuring.

scholarly journals Graphene/silver-based composites and coating on dead coral for degradation of organic pollution using the Z-scheme mechanism

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (32) ◽  
pp. 19890-19901
Author(s):  
Maedeh Nooriha Najafabadi ◽  
Hajar Ghanbari ◽  
Rahim Naghizadeh
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Organic Pollution ◽  
Dead Coral ◽  
Silver Phosphate ◽  
Co Precipitation ◽  
Hydrothermal Methods

A high-performance photocatalytic nanocomposite consisting of silver phosphate-based particles with GO and RGO was synthesized by co-precipitation and hydrothermal methods.

scholarly journals Metabolic engineering in woody plants: challenges, advances, and opportunities

aBIOTECH ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Yu ◽  
Cody S. Bekkering ◽  
Li Tian
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Metabolic Engineering ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Transformation ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
High Biomass ◽  
Generation Times ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Biochemical Diversity

AbstractWoody plant species represent an invaluable reserve of biochemical diversity to which metabolic engineering can be applied to satisfy the need for commodity and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy. Woody plants are particularly promising for this application due to their low input needs, high biomass, and immeasurable ecosystem services. However, existing challenges have hindered their widespread adoption in metabolic engineering efforts, such as long generation times, large and highly heterozygous genomes, and difficulties in transformation and regeneration. Recent advances in omics approaches, systems biology modeling, and plant transformation and regeneration methods provide effective approaches in overcoming these outstanding challenges. Promises brought by developments in this space are steadily opening the door to widespread metabolic engineering of woody plants to meet the global need for a wide range of sustainably sourced chemicals and materials.

scholarly journals Identification of Caridae Cryptic organism (Crustacea) on the Pocillopora dead coral in Sabang, Aceh

2021 ◽  
Vol 674 (1) ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
M Ulfah ◽  
Fadhlurrahman ◽  
C N Devira ◽  
V Kurnianda ◽  
N Nurfadillah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dead Coral

scholarly journals Ecological effects of ocean acidification and habitat complexity on reef-associated macroinvertebrate communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1775) ◽  
pp. 20132479 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Fabricius ◽  
G. De'ath ◽  
S. Noonan ◽  
S. Uthicke
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Acidification ◽  
Habitat Complexity ◽  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Coral Cover ◽  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Communities ◽  
Dead Coral ◽  
Marine Communities

The ecological effects of ocean acidification (OA) from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) on benthic marine communities are largely unknown. We investigated in situ the consequences of long-term exposure to high CO 2 on coral-reef-associated macroinvertebrate communities around three shallow volcanic CO 2 seeps in Papua New Guinea. The densities of many groups and the number of taxa (classes and phyla) of macroinvertebrates were significantly reduced at elevated CO 2 (425–1100 µatm) compared with control sites. However, sensitivities of some groups, including decapod crustaceans, ascidians and several echinoderms, contrasted with predictions of their physiological CO 2 tolerances derived from laboratory experiments. High CO 2 reduced the availability of structurally complex corals that are essential refugia for many reef-associated macroinvertebrates. This loss of habitat complexity was also associated with losses in many macroinvertebrate groups, especially predation-prone mobile taxa, including crustaceans and crinoids. The transition from living to dead coral as substratum and habitat further altered macroinvertebrate communities, with far more taxa losing than gaining in numbers. Our study shows that indirect ecological effects of OA (reduced habitat complexity) will complement its direct physiological effects and together with the loss of coral cover through climate change will severely affect macroinvertebrate communities in coral reefs.

scholarly journals CG FARRAPO: a sudangrass cultivar with high biomass and grain yields

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
Emilio Ghisleni Arenhardt ◽  
José Antonio Gonzalez da Silva ◽  
Ewerton Gewehr ◽  
Lorenzo Ghisleni Arenhardt ◽  
Celso Luis Arenhardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Biomass ◽  
Grain Yields
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