New evidence of unexpectedly high animal density and diet diversity will benefit the conservation of the Critically Endangered western ringtail possum

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Temika J. Mathieson ◽  
Paul G. Close ◽  
Bronte E. Van Helden ◽  
Peter C. Speldewinde ◽  
Sarah J. Comer
Keyword(s):  
Critically Endangered ◽  
High Animal ◽  
Diet Diversity ◽  
Animal Density ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Ringtail Possum

scholarly journals The trade of live crustaceans in Portugal: space for technological improvements

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Barrento ◽  
António Marques ◽  
Sónia Pedro ◽  
Paulo Vaz-Pires ◽  
Maria Leonor Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Carcinus Maenas ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Supply System ◽  
High Animal ◽  
Animal Density ◽  
Cancer Pagurus ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Technological Improvements

Abstract Barrento, S., Marques, A., Pedro, S., Vaz-Pires, P., and Nunes, M. L. 2008. The trade of live crustaceans in Portugal: space for technological improvements. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 551–559. In Portuguese coastal areas, crabs and lobsters maintained alive until prepared for the table are commercially and economically very important. The trade in live crustaceans, mostly imported animals, is an interlinked and complex chain, from fishing, collection, holding facilities, and transportation, to the end-consumer, the various facilities playing a key role. Along the chain, animals can be affected by several stressors, inducing high mortality with consequent economic loss, and contributing to unsustainable exploitation of the resource. A survey was developed to characterize storage, transportation, and handling issues affecting various crustaceans at Portuguese holding facilities. In all, 22 facilities were identified and categorized by activity and water supply system. Despite the wide variation in their infrastructure, there were no major differences in mortality rate of crustaceans between importers, wholesalers, and exclusively retailers. At all facilities, Necora puber, Cancer pagurus, and Carcinus maenas had higher rates of mortality and shorter duration of captivity than Maja spp., Homarus sp., Panulirus regius, or Palinurus sp. Overall, the main problems identified were technical issues related to careless handling, high animal density, and the varying physiological needs of each species.

Going to ground: implications of ground use for the conservation of an arboreal marsupial

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronte E. Van Helden ◽  
Paul G. Close ◽  
Barbara A. Stewart ◽  
Peter C. Speldewinde ◽  
Sarah J. Comer
Keyword(s):  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Active Period ◽  
Motion Sensing ◽  
Ringtail Possum

On the basis of previous observations, the critically endangered western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) has been described as strictly arboreal. Using motion-sensing cameras placed in bushland remnants and residential gardens, we demonstrate that the species uses the ground during its nocturnally active period. To acknowledge that ground use may make the species more susceptible to terrestrial predators than previously thought, we propose that the species should not be described as ‘strictly’ arboreal.

Phosphorus Status of Forest and Agricultural Soils from a Watershed of High Animal Density

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1010-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Simard ◽  
D. Cluis ◽  
G. Gangbazo ◽  
S. Beauchemin
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
High Animal ◽  
Animal Density ◽  
Phosphorus Status

scholarly journals Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell B Wynn ◽  
Simon A Josey ◽  
Adrian P Martin ◽  
David G Johns ◽  
Pierre Yésou
Keyword(s):  
Range Expansion ◽  
Regime Shift ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Northeast Atlantic ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Top Predators ◽  
Distribution Shifts ◽  
New Evidence

Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in northeast Atlantic waters. A 0.6°C sea surface temperature increase in the mid-1990s is interpreted as an underlying controlling factor, while simultaneous northward shifts of plankton and prey fish species suggests a strong bottom-up control. Our results have important conservation implications and provide new evidence for climate-driven regime shift in Atlantic ecosystems.

scholarly journals New Evidence on the Distribution of the Highly Endangered Natrix natrix cypriaca and Implications for Its Conservation

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1077
Author(s):  
Savvas Zotos ◽  
Marilena Stamatiou ◽  
Andrea Naziri ◽  
Sotiris Meletiou ◽  
Stalo Demosthenous ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Ephemeral Streams ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Complete Survey ◽  
Natura 2000 Site ◽  
Almost All ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Evidence

The critically endangered Cyprus grass snake (Natrix cypriaca) has been studied for the past 25 years. Although the need for a complete survey on the distribution of its population, outside the strict boundaries of the known mountainous localities, had been stressed, such an effort has not been conducted to date. In this study, we used a rapid survey approach to investigate possible sightings of the species upstream of the known distribution in the Troodos Mountains. We are presenting evidence from 13 sightings of the species that expand the previously known distribution in Cyprus by nearly 70%. This is the first time that new localities for the critically endangered N. n. cypriaca have been reported since the rediscovery of the species in 1992 and the extensive work that followed. Almost all new localities were discovered outside of the currently known species distribution, while individuals were found, for the first time, within the Natura 2000 site of Dasos Machaira (CY2000004) with indications of healthy populations in the area. New localities were recorded within watersheds of the Pediaios and Gialias Rivers, the first sightings outside of Serrachis watershed, indicating an even broader distribution of the species in the Troodos region. The importance of sparse springs within systems of ephemeral streams is highlighted as an exceptional niche for the population in the region. We are discussing the importance of our findings for the conservation of the species and propose targeted conservation actions that will highly improve connectivity of the populations in the region. We underline the necessity of expanding the research on this critically endangered subspecies, based on current findings, so as to fully comprehend its ecology and distribution range in the region.

Systematic effects in observed parallaxes

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
R. B. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Error Estimates ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Absolute Zero ◽  
Apparent Magnitude ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
General Catalogue ◽  
Systematic Effects ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Right Ascension

Several outstanding problems affecting the existing parallaxes should be resolved to form a coherent system for the new General Catalogue proposed by van Altena, as well as to improve luminosity calibrations and other parallax applications. Lutz has reviewed several of these problems, such as: (A) systematic differences between observatories, (B) external error estimates, (C) the absolute zero point, and (D) systematic observational effects (in right ascension, declination, apparent magnitude, etc.). Here we explore the use of cluster and spectroscopic parallaxes, and the distributions of observed parallaxes, to bring new evidence to bear on these classic problems. Several preliminary results have been obtained.

MERLIN Finds New Evidence of Ranolazine Safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
BRUCE JANCIN
Keyword(s):  
New Evidence

Vaccination for travellers – new evidence and recommendations

2001 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 362-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matius P. Stürchler ◽  
R. P. Steffen
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hepatitis A ◽  
New Evidence

Impfungen sind einfache und effektive Maßnahmen zur Verhinderung von Reisekrankheiten. Compliance-Probleme sind gering, da alle Impfungen noch vor Abreise verabreicht werden und bei manchen Impfungen nur eine Dosis für den zuverlässigen Schutz nötig ist. Für jeden Reisenden sind die Hepatitis A- und die Diphtherie-Tetanus-Impfung empfohlen, für Asien und Afrika auch die Polioimpfung. Bei Reisen >30 Tagen, jüngeren Personen und Reisenden mit Risikoverhalten sollte immer auch eine Hepatitis B-Impfung, eventuell als Kombination mit Hepatitis A in Betracht gezogen werden. Je nach Reisestil, -destination und -dauer können auch weitere Impfungen wie z.B. die Typhus-, Tollwut-, Zeckenenzephalitis-, Grippe-, Masern-Mumps-Röteln-, Gelbfieber-, Meningokokkenmeningitis- und die Japanische Enzephalitis-Impfung in Frage kommen. Mehrere Impfungen können gleichzeitig verabreicht werden – eine Staffelung ist nicht nötig. i BAG Supplementum VI, Stand Juli 2000 «Impfungen für Auslandreisende»; http://www.admin.ch/bag/infekt/prev/reisemed/index.htm; Safetravel http://www.safetravel.ch; Tropimed

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