Risk assessment of unlined oil pits to groundwater quality in the Ecuadorian Amazon: A modified GIS-DRASTIC approach

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The North-eastern Ecuadorian Amazon as a case study General overview and importance of the study area Ecuador is the fifth oil producer in Latin America (OECD, 2016). Ecuador has a five decades history...

Navigating institutional change in the French Atlantic fishing sector: how do artisanal fishers obtain and secure fishing opportunities?

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The accession of new Member States in the 1980s and the issue of ‘quota hopping’ This new framework of TACs and national quotas thus combined international management of resources with the maintenance of...

From fish stocks to fishers and consumers: eco-viability in the Australian Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery 

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Sustainability in a context of uncertainties In its meaning of continuance and duty regarding future generations, sustainabil-ity is deeply rooted in the future. Yet, its establishment as a guiding principle for human actions...

Merging imaging technologies and metabarcoding to characterize the Rhizaria

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Silica and the marine silicon cycle Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in Earth’s crust. Silicon atoms bond with oxygen (O) atoms to create silicon dioxide (SiO2), also known as silica,...

SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMIC OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE IROISE SEA

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Spatio- temporal dynamic of bacterial communities in the Iroise Sea Comprendre la dynamique spatiale et temporelle des communautés de microorganismes marins est une étape clé pour mieux appréhender leur rôle dans les écosystèmes....

A PROTEOMIC STUDY OF RESISTANCE TO BROWN RING DISEASE IN THE MANILA CLAM, RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM.

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » FIRST ESTIMATIONS OF GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND PRODUCTION TRAITS IN THE MANILA CLAM Bivalve aquaculture is a rapidly growing sector that already represents a significant part of global aquaculture production,...

Formation and evolution of the East Reykjanes Ridge Current and Irminger Current

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » S-ADCPs configuration during RREX2015 cruise VADCP were measured during the RREX2015 cruise from two S-ADCPs operating at 38 kHz (OS38) and at 150 kHz (OS150). As shown in Figure 2.4, the maximum depth...

Impact of the natural Fe-fertilization on the magnitude, stoichiometry and efficiency of particulate biogenic silica, nitrogen and iron export fluxes

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The solubility pump The solubility pump starts with the dissolution of atmospheric CO2 into seawater which is the difference between the fugacity of CO2 in the seawater and the atmosphere. The disequilibrium between...

Moving from biological traits to functional relationships for use in dynamic models of marine benthic communities

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Building functional groups of marine benthic macroinvertebrates on the basis of general community assembly mechanisms The accurate reproduction of the spatial and temporal dynamics of marine benthic biodiversity requires the development of mechanistic...

A new molecule in space: Tentative detection of l-C3H+ in the Horsehead

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Gas phase chemistry In the gas phase, chemistry is driven by two-body reactions. Due to the very low densities in the ISM, three-body reactions have very low probabilities, and can be thus neglected....