scholarly journals Emilia sonchifolia (red tasselflower).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Annual Herb

Abstract Emilia sonchifolia is an annual herb believed to be native to China and South-East Asia. Since spreading from its natural range, E. sonchifolia now has a pan-tropical distribution and is naturalized elsewhere in Asia, as well as in Australia, the Pacific Islands, Africa and the Americas. This species has been reported as a weed for a number of crops and has been shown to reduce yields and act as a reservoir for crop pathogens. Currently it is listed as invasive in India, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Costa Rica, the Galapagos, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Madeira, Réunion, Hawaii and on many other islands in the Pacific Ocean. Mechanical control has been shown to be effective, and chemical control has been effective in some annual and perennial crops.

Emilia sonchifolia (red tasselflower).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Annual Herb

Abstract Emilia sonchifolia is an annual herb believed to be native to China and South-East Asia. Since spreading from its natural range, E. sonchifolia now has a pan-tropical distribution and is naturalized elsewhere in Asia, as well as in Australia, the Pacific Islands, Africa and the Americas. This species has been reported as a weed for a number of crops and has been shown to reduce yields and act as a reservoir for crop pathogens. Currently it is listed as invasive in India, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Costa Rica, the Galapagos, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Madeira, Réunion, Hawaii and on many other islands in the Pacific Ocean. Mechanical control has been shown to be effective, and chemical control has been effective in some annual and perennial crops.

Pseudocercospora purpurea. [Distribution map].

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Central America ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Persea Americana ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudocercospora purpurea (Cooke) Deighton. Fungi: Ascomycota: Capnodiales. Hosts: avocado (Persea americana). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (India, Sikkim, Japan, Philippines), Africa (Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, South Africa), North America (Mexico, USA, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi), Central America and Caribbean (Bermuda, Dominica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Chile, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela), Oceania (Palau [Belau]).

Satellite Detection of Ghost Nets and Plastic Debris in Pacific Atolls

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangrong Ling ◽  
Lauren Biermann ◽  
Mark Manuel ◽  
Ellen Ramirez ◽  
Austin Coates ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Spectral Angle Mapper ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Fisheries Science ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Derelict Fishing Gear ◽  
Satellite Analysis

<p><span>Since 2014, the NOAA Satellite Analysis Branch has used high resolution optical satellite imagery in an effort to detect ghost nets (derelict fishing gear) and other large plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean and its atolls in support of clean-up efforts (by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ocean Voyages Institute, etc.). Until recently, reliable detection has proven challenging. With the application of Worldview imagery matched to <em>in situ</em> information on known net locations, we have been able to extract spectral signatures of floating plastics and use these to detect and identify other instances of plastic debris. Using ENVI’s Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) target detection method, a number of likely locations of nets/plastics in the Pearl and Hermes atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) were highlighted. The resulting locations of the 41 debris detections were strikingly similar to the distributions along the coast reported in surveys, and are consistent with those that would be expected due to the seasonal ocean currents. This satellite imagery analysis procedure will be repeated shortly before the next NWHI clean-up effort, which will better enable us to support the removal of ghost nets and other marine plastics, and also assess the accuracy and rapid reproducibility of the technique.</span></p>

Phyllachora maydis. [Distribution map].

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phyllachora maydis Maublanc. Sordariomycetes: Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae. Host: maize (Zea mays). Information is given on the geographical distribution in North America (Canada, Ontario, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, USA, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin), and South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela).

The World’s Oldest Tsunami Victim at the Gateway to the Pacific—and Beyond

Tsunami ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
James Goff ◽  
Walter Dudley
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Mass Graves ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Settlement Abandonment

The 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami was a significant puzzle for scientists who finally cracked the cause, but it also marks the most recent event of many that can be dated back to at least 6,000 years ago where the skull of the oldest tsunami victim in the world was found. Papua New Guinea was also the starting point for the most remarkable navigational feat in the world, with Polynesians moving rapidly east into the Pacific Ocean, their settlement of the region being punctuated by hiatuses caused by catastrophic tsunamis approximately 3,000, 2,000, and 600 years ago. It was on isolated Pacific islands that humans first came into contact with the deadly Pacific Ring of Fire. Settlement abandonment, mass graves, and cultural collapse mark their progress.

scholarly journals Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section in the Solomon Islands

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Sparks ◽  
H. Perndt ◽  
K. Agiomea ◽  
J. Fa'Arondo
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Caesarean Section ◽  
Spinal Anaesthesia ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
General Anaesthetic ◽  
Tropical Country ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

Results were kept on 43 spinal anaesthetics performed for caesarean section in the Solomon Islands, a developing tropical country in the Pacific Ocean. A 25-gauge Quincke needle was used and either 2.5 ml of heavy bupivacaine 0.5% or 2.0-2.5 ml of plain bupivacaine 0.5% were injected. Hypotension down to 85 mmHg occurred in four patients and there were no spinal headaches. Five patients had to be given a general anaesthetic. We recommend this technique to other doctors working in the Pacific Islands.

The Graphical Records of Matthew Flinders's Voyage to Terra Australis

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Ferrar
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Marco Polo ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
The University ◽  
Sailing Ship

This second Matthew Flinders Memorial Lecture, in a series sponsored jointly by the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Hydrographic Society with the cooperation of Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts was presented at the University of Hull on 11 May 1983 with Sir John Dudding, Chairman of Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts in the Chair. The first lecture, presented by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie in April 1974 (Journal27, 3) on the bicentenary of the birth of Matthew Flinders, described the hydrographic work of this exploring navigator. Miss Ferrar concentrates on the graphical records of Flinders's Australian voyages.When Marco Polo made his journey to China, overland from Venice in the thirteenth century, the lands around the Pacific Ocean were wholly unknown to Europeans. But the silks and spices with which he returned sowed the seeds of the quest for a sea route to the ‘Spice Islands’ which was to be one of the mainsprings of exploration for nearly 500 years. The Spaniards crossed the Atlantic. But instead of finding themselves on the coast of Asia as they had expected they discovered the lands (and the wealth) of the Aztecs and Incas, and their explorations extended along the Pacific coasts of Central and South America from Mexico to Peru. The Portuguese found their way around southern Africa and across the Indian Ocean to South-east Asia, where they attained their objective and established a lucrative trade with the Spice Islands. Sailing ship routes depend upon the direction of prevailing winds, so the outward voyage took them eastwards from the Cape of Good Hope and then northwards to their destination. The homeward crossing of the Indian Ocean was in more northerly latitudes.

scholarly journals Envisioning an Interconnected Ocean: Understanding the Links Between Geological Ocean Structure and Coastal Communities in the Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-69
Author(s):  
Megan Lubetkin ◽  
Nicole Raineault ◽  
Sarah Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Seafloor Mapping ◽  
Marine Management ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Ocean Exploration ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
The University

Abstract Covering nearly one third of the Earth's surface, the Pacific Ocean contains many significant interconnected geologic features extending into the coastal zone and the islands themselves. Trenches, ridges, seamount chains, faults, and fracture zones are not only fundamental expressions of Earth processes but also fundamental to life. Without awareness of these features and their natural and cultural importance, marine management and global understanding will remain disjointed. The Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) will spend the next several years in the Pacific conducting scientific expeditions to better understand the ocean through seafloor mapping and ocean exploration. Western ocean science is one of many ways to perceive and value the structural features of the Pacific. Communities across Pacific islands—often volcanic peaks emerging from deep below—are interconnected by water and by the underlying seafloor. We acknowledge the knowledge from local communities and recognize the multitude of ways to conceptualize and relate to the Pacific. With the University of Rhode Island's Coastal Resources Center (CRC), OET seeks to collaborate with local communities to reveal the structural significance and interconnected nature of oceanic features, making a link to the livelihoods of Pacific islanders. Further objectives would be co-designed with partners from local communities.

Taipei seeks new partners in post-TPP world

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

Subject Taiwan's trade policy. Significance Washington's abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a comprehensive free trade agreement between economies on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, is prompting Taiwan to seek a new direction in trade policy. Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, is seeking to increase trade and investment with partners other than China -- particularly with India and South-east Asia -- and pursue a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. Tsai's Presidential Office has already established a special office to promote trade links with India and South-east Asia. Impacts Taiwan will be subject to intense China-US rivalry, with both seeking to draw the island away from the other. Beijing will put pressure on Taipei to resume cross-Strait economic expansion efforts. Trade with India will expand, but will still be dwarfed by exports to China. Tsai's 'New Southbound Policy' initiative is unlikely to reduce Taiwan’s reliance on the China market significantly.

Phenacoccus parvus. [Distribution map].

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Central America ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Cayman Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
British Virgin Islands ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phenacoccus parvus Morrison. Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae. Hosts: polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Yunnan, India, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Odisha, Indonesia, Sumatra, Israel, Japan, Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand), Africa (Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Mauritius, Reunion, Senegal, Seychelles), North America (Mexico, USA, Florida), Central America and Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay) and Oceania (Australia, Queensland, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands).

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