... Copper is an essential trace element and serves as co-factor for numerous enzymes (Brown et al., 1997). Copper at high cytoplas- mic concentrations can compete with other metals for their bind- ing sites in proteins, ...
... loamy marinesediments in which Albeluvisols develop and beach sands with podzol ...(loamy marinesediments) and 2,300 to 10,000 years BP (beach sands) (Table ...
... non-contaminated sediments revealed that the diversity was comparable, with sequences belonging to Desulfobacteraceae, Syntrophobacteraceae, Desulfobulbaceae, laterally acquired dsrAB bacteria, and a deeply dsrAB ...
... bioreactors configurations have been tested for the enrichment and retention of anammox biomass including lift gas reactor (Sliekers et al., 2003), sequential batch reactor (SBR) (Dapena-Mora et al., 2004; Strous et al., ...
... Marinesediments cover nearly 70 % of the Earth´s total ...in marinesediments using a target metagenomic ...surface sediments but from deeper ones, this abundance decreases while ...
... of sediments from diverse terrestrial origins may contribute to enlarge the diversity of fungi in marinesediments (Takishita et ...receives sediments from at least six rivers, which could ...
... deepest sediments are anoxic, at least temporarily, as compared to the shallow, well-oxygenated Golfo de Nicoya, further north along the Pacific coast (Richards et ...
... and marinesediments form a thin veneer over the Comondú Group and include alluvial conglomerates, marine conglomerates, calcarenites, siltstones, and coquinas of the lower Pliocene San Marcos ...
... in marinesediments chiefly as pyrite, which can form both directly or diagenetically with decomposition of organic matter in the sediment, or directly at the surface of the sediment when reducing and ...
... in marinesediments Diverse methods have been proposed for evaluating the degree and enrichment of metals in marine sedi- ments (Salomons and Förstner, 1984; Abrahim and Parker, ...
... To assess public perceptions with regard to marine environmental impacts, we administered a survey across 10 European countries. The survey was designed by the research team together with TNS-BMRB, a large social ...
... It is well known that estuaries in many parts of the world serve as spawning grounds and nurseries for many species of offshore marine life (Hedgpeth, 9). This is especially true in the warm waters of tropical and ...
... of Marine Life (CoML) is an international science program to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life, past, present and ...of marine biodiversity in 10 countries ...
... from marine and coastal environments and lagoons, belonging to 529 species, which were distributed in 13 phyla, 26 classes, 28 orders, 113 families, and 358 ...on marine biodiversity in specific benthic ...
... N., Bonham, P., Brett, S., Brinkman, R., Burford, M., Clementson, L., Coad, P., Coman, F., Davies, D., Dela-Cruz, J., Devlin, M., Edgar, S., Eriksen, R., Furnas, M., Hassler, C., Hill, D., Holmes, M., Ingleton, T., ...
... It has been shown that the protein content of C. stigmatophora cultures can be manipulated by changes in the nutrient concentration, showing differences of up to a 9.2-fold increase in the stationary phase. Chlorophyll ...
... Funding of long-term monitoring programs remains an important challenge in developing countries such as Chile. Thus there is a need to incorporate ecological literacy as a basic element of Chile’s development agenda. One ...
... stewardship of the marine environment. Similarly, its sustainable resource management programme covers biodiversity conservation and marine productivity in the Cagayancillo Municipality. Ten percent of the ...
... the marine protected coastal areas already established and the priority sites identified cover from ...of marine species requires a substantial in- crease from the number of priority sites ...a marine ...
... surface sediments in the Mapachitos vent site indicates that they represent primarily the mixture of terrigenous materials of coastal erosion and biogenic calcareous materials, with elevated organic carbon ...