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Jingchun Li, Jingchun Li, Jingchun Li, Megan Volsteadt et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
(2018)
Photosymbiotic associations between heterotrophic hosts and photosynthetic algae play crucial roles in maintaining the trophic and structural integrity of coral reef ecosystems. The marine bivalve subfamily Fraginae contains both non-symbio...
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00045
Hector Zumbado-Ulate, Kelsey Neam, Adrián García-Rodríguez, Leticia Ochoa-Ochoa et al. • Global Ecology and Conservation
(2022)
Understanding the threats to wildlife across space and time is essential for developing effective conservation strategies. In Mesoamerica (i.e., the region that extends from Central Mexico to the most southern point in Panama) at least 40% ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02197
Séverine Chevalier, Olivier Beauchard, Adrian Teacă, Tatiana Begun et al. • Scientific Data
(2025)
Abstract Benthic ecological data are crucial to study and manage ecosystems. On the one hand, abiotic and species data provide complementary information to identify habitats. On the other hand, trait data, describing taxon characteristics, ...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05311-2
Shelby E. Gantt, Patrick M. Erwin • MicrobiologyOpen
(2023)
Abstract Sponges perform important ecosystem functions, host diverse microbial symbiont communities (microbiomes), and have been increasing in density on Caribbean coral reefs over the last decade. Sponges compete for space in coral reef co...
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DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1354
Yuri Phedorovich Kartavtsev • Animals
(2021)
Application of molecular genetic markers appeared to be very fruitful in achieving many goals, including (i) proving the theoretic basements of general biology and (ii) assessment of worldwide biodiversity. Both are provided in the present ...
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DOI: 10.3390/ani11051473
Shashank Keshavmurthy, Pei-Jie Meng, Jih-Terng Wang, Chao-Yang Kuo et al. • PeerJ
(2014)
Climate change has led to a decline in the health of corals and coral reefs around the world. Studies have shown that, while some corals can cope with natural and anthropogenic stressors either through resistance mechanisms of coral hosts o...
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.327
Sofía Huelbes, May Gómez, Ico Martínez, Raül Triay-Portella et al. • Animals
(2025)
Microplastic pollution in the ocean is a growing problem. It affects the entire ecosystem and, therefore, the species that inhabit it. Plastics can be filtered or ingested by organisms, entering and negatively affecting individuals. Among t...
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DOI: 10.3390/ani15101420
M. S. Clark, J. I. Hoffman, L. S. Peck, L. Bargelloni et al. • Nature Communications
(2023)
Abstract Polar ecosystems are experiencing amongst the most rapid rates of regional warming on Earth. Here, we discuss ‘omics’ approaches to investigate polar biodiversity, including the current state of the art, future perspectives and rec...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43209-y
Elijah K. Lowe, Anders L. Garm, Esther Ullrich-Lüter, Claudia Cuomo et al. • BMC Evolutionary Biology
(2018)
Abstract Background Opsins are G protein-coupled receptors used for both visual and non-visual photoreception, and these proteins evolutionarily date back to the base of the bilaterians. In the current sequencing age, phylogenomic analysis ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1276-0
Hameed Byju, Hegde Maitreyi, Raveendran Natarajan, Reshmi Vijayan et al. • PeerJ
(2025)
Background Wetlands, globally, face significant threats from human activities, and waterbirds, as key indicators of wetland health, are essential to maintaining ecological balance. Any long-term conservation measures should prioritize coord...
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.18899
Afaq Jebir, Shaker Ajeel, Talib Khalaf • Journal of Fauna Biodiversity
(2024)
Zooplankton is the important component of aquatic ecosystems. These organisms are important biological indicator of water quality of aquatic ecosystem due to their response to the environmental changes. In this study, we investigated distri...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70206/jfb.v1i3.11555
Xinxin Qi, Xinxin Qi, Guohao Liu, Guohao Liu et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
(2024)
Insight into the non-random distribution patterns of species in different regions is a foundational aim of research in community ecology and biogeography. The nestedness pattern, which investigates changes in species composition and abundan...
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1339946
Oladimeji Alabi • Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
(2023)
The use of diplomacy as a statecraft was visible in precolonial Africa. It was primarily concerned with relations among states to achieve mutually beneficial agreements. Diplomacy in precolonial Africa included trade treaties, protection, s...
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DOI: 10.21608/tjhss.2023.322448
Zahra Yousefzadeh, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Farzad Ghayour • مطالعات تجربی حسابداری مالی
(2021)
Today, with rapid and sustained changes in business markets, a growing number of companies have turned diversification into new product segments or global markets by shifting their business to increase the importance of long-term financial ...
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DOI: 10.22054/qjma.2021.58687.2227
Jackson Ishara, Marcellin C. Cokola, Ariel Buzera, Mercy Mmari et al. • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
(2023)
Abstract Background Located in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (South-Kivu), Kalehe and Idjwi are two relatively unexplored territories with little to no research on edible insects even though anthropo-entomophagy practice is wides...
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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-022-00575-z
Min Kyoung Shin, In-Wook Hwang, Bo-Young Jang, Kyung-Bin Bu et al. • Antibiotics
(2023)
With the increasing challenge of controlling infectious diseases due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, the importance of discovering new antimicrobial agents is rapidly increasing. Animal venoms contain a variety of function...
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12121708
Md Tanvir Hossain, Tunvir Ahamed Shohel, Md Nasif Ahsan, Md Nazrul Islam • PLoS ONE
(2026)
The resources of the Sundarbans mangrove forest have provided livelihoods for communities in Bangladesh and India that depend on it. However, the role of the Sundarbans in ensuring the household dietary diversity of Sundarbans mangrove fore...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342800
Audrey Sabbagh, Pierre Darlu, Brigitte Crouau-Roy, Estella S Poloni • PLoS ONE
(2011)
Arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) is involved in human physiological responses to a variety of xenobiotic compounds, including common therapeutic drugs and exogenous chemicals present in the diet and the environment. Many questions rem...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018507
Simone Varandas, Conceição Fernandes, Edna Cabecinha, Sónia Gomes et al. • Antibiotics
(2023)
Freshwater bivalves are widely used as accumulation indicators and monitoring tools for assessing contaminant effects on different levels of biological integration. This pilot study aimed to explore the phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia...
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12091401
Xiu Feng, Xiaoling Wang, Ren Zhu, Yintao Jia et al. • Ecology and Evolution
(2025)
ABSTRACT The endemic fishes in the upper Yellow River and its adjacent waters on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau are very sensitive and vulnerable to human activities and climate changes. However, the status of populations, such as genetic divers...
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72813