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Stormwater characterisation and modelling for Sungai Air Hitam in Selangor, Malaysia using model for urban stormwater improvement conceptualisation (music)

Noorhayati Idros, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Nur Anis Aishah M. Rahim, Nurshahira Mohd Noh et al. • Ecological Indicators (2024)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the current water quality status of one of the urban rivers in Malaysia, called Sungai Air Hitam. The river's water supply is not only unsuitable for the inhabitants but also hazardous to the aquatic spe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111850

Investigating uptake of N<sub>2</sub>O in agricultural soils using a high-precision dynamic chamber method

N. J. Cowan, D. Famulari, P. E. Levy, M. Anderson et al. • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2014)

Uptake (or negative flux) of nitrous oxide (N2O) in agricultural soils is a controversial issue which has proved difficult to investigate in the past due to constraints such as instrumental precision and methodological uncertainties. Using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-4455-2014

Native and Introduced Plants in a Managed Campus Landscape: Habitat Associations, Functional Overlap, and Taxonomic Patterns

Santosh K. Rana, Gary L. Davenport, Serene Awad, Donald J. Webb et al. • Ecology and Evolution (2026)

ABSTRACT Managed landscapes support diverse vascular plant assemblages, with composition shaped by both regional species pools and human planting and maintenance. This study assessed floristic composition, habitat associations, growth forms...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ece3.74348

Effects of Organic/Synthetic Fertilizers on Stimulated Biosynthesis of Polyphenol Compounds: Efficiency and Sustainability of Plants and Weeds in Monoculture and Competitive Conditions

Danijela Šikuljak, Sanja Đurović, Ana Anđelković, Layth Nesseef et al. • Agronomy (2026)

Intensified use of fertilizers enhances crop yield; however, it can also make weed management more challenging. In addition to providing nutrients to crops, fertilizers also provide nutrients to weeds when they grow together with crops. All...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy16141334

Influence of animal age and breeding activity on carcass traits, meat quality, and sensory attributes of bison bulls

Lydia M. O’Sullivan, Clay J. Newton, Keith R. Underwood, Judson K. Grubbs et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2026)

In the bison industry, both heifers and bulls are marketed and harvested at various ages, generally ranging from 20 to 30 months. Bulls represent the greatest proportion of the slaughter mix, as the bison industry does not routinely castrat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1688932

Effects of Thinning Intensity on Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Pinus densiflora Plantations

Yu-Ra Bae, Ju-Kyeong Eo, Ahn-Heum Eom • 한국균학회지 (2025)

Thinning is widely used to regulate tree growth and stand structure. However, its impact on belowground ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in Korean pine forests remains insufficiently documented. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4489/kjm.2025.53.4.9

Field Spectroscopy in the VNIR-SWIR Region to Discriminate between Mediterranean Native Plants and Exotic-Invasive Shrubs Based on Leaf Tannin Content

Jan Rudolf Karl Lehmann, André Große-Stoltenberg, Meike Römer, Jens Oldeland • Remote Sensing (2015)

The invasive shrub, Acacia longifolia, native to southeastern Australia, has a negative impact on vegetation and ecosystem functioning in Portuguese dune ecosystems. In order to spectrally discriminate A. longifolia from other non-native an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs70201225

Climate factors dominate the elevational variation in grassland plant resource utilization strategies

Jinkun Ye, Yuhui Ji, Jinfeng Wang, Xiaodong Ma et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2024)

Specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) are key leaf functional traits often used to reflect plant resource utilization strategies and predict plant responses to environmental changes. In general, grassland plants at dif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1430027

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi, U. Baltensperger, K. Carslaw, S. Decesari et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015)

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8217-2015

Abundance and Distribution of GDGTs in Incubated Artificial Soils with No Fossil Pool

Rui MIAO, Zenghao ZHAO, Zeyuan CAI, Xu LIU et al. • Yankuang ceshi (2025)

Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) derived from microorganisms are important tools for the study of paleoclimate changes. Incubation experiments are helpful to clarify the mechanisms for the responses of GDGTs to environmental pa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15898/j.ykcs.202405240120

A long-term daily 500 m snow cover extent product over China (1981–2000)

Yanlong Shen, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruixiang Zhu, Shi Liang et al. • Big Earth Data (2026)

Due to the limitations of early satellite sensors in terms of spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and time series availability, there is currently a lack of long-term daily snow cover extent (SCE) products with 500 m spatial resolution...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20964471.2026.2648197

Assessment of the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of water source and a well in Bakoya aquifer, northern Morocco

Benaissa Chaimae, Rossi Abdelhamid, Bouhmadi Belkacem, El Hammoudani Yahya et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2024)

This study aims to investigate the physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of water derived from both a well and a spring across three distinct periods (2008, 2012, and 2021) in both summer and winter. These sampling points are situ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202450204001

North African humid periods over the past 800,000 years

Edward Armstrong, Miikka Tallavaara, Peter O. Hopcroft, Paul J. Valdes • Nature Communications (2023)

Abstract The Sahara region has experienced periodic wet periods over the Quaternary and beyond. These North African Humid Periods (NAHPs) are astronomically paced by precession which controls the intensity of the African monsoon system. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41219-4

Reconciling surface deflections from simulations of global mantle convection

C. P. B. O'Malley, C. P. B. O'Malley, G. G. Roberts, J. Panton et al. • Geoscientific Model Development (2024)

The modern state of the mantle and its evolution on geological timescales are of widespread importance for the Earth sciences. For instance, it is generally agreed that mantle flow is manifest in topographic and drainage network evolution, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/gmd-17-9023-2024

Growth responses of entire and immunocastrated male pigs to dietary protein with and without ractopamine hydrochloride

T. Needham, L.C. Hoffman, R.M. Gous • Animal (2017)

The interaction between dietary balanced protein, ractopamine (RAC) and Improvac (IMP) on the growth response of 120 individually penned male PICC pigs was evaluated. The pigs entered the trial at 16 weeks of age and were assigned to 12 tre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S1751731117000271

Towards an efficient storm surge and inundation forecasting system over the Bengal delta: chasing the Supercyclone Amphan

Md. J. U. Khan, F. Durand, F. Durand, X. Bertin et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2021)

The Bay of Bengal is a well-known breeding ground to some of the deadliest cyclones in history. Despite recent advancements, the complex morphology and hydrodynamics of this large delta and the associated modelling complexity impede accurat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/nhess-21-2523-2021

Validation of OMI, GOME-2A and GOME-2B tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub> and HCHO products using MAX-DOAS observations from 2011 to 2014 in Wuxi, China: investigation of the effects of priori profiles and aerosols on the satellite products

Y. Wang, S. Beirle, J. Lampel, M. Koukouli et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2017)

Tropospheric vertical column densities (VCDs) of NO2, SO2 and HCHO derived from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on AURA and the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment 2 aboard METOP-A (GOME-2A) and METOP-B (GOME-2B) are widely used to cha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-5007-2017

GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF THE EASTERN SAYAN OPHIOLITES, TUVA-MONGOLIAN MICROCONTINENT (SOUTHERN SIBERIA)

V. A. Belyaev, K.-L. Wang, M. A. Gornova, S. I. Dril’ et al. • Геодинамика и тектонофизика (2017)

The Eastern Sayan ophiolites (1020 Ma) of the Tuva-Mongolian microcontinent are believed to be the most ancient ophiolite of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt [Khain et al., 2002]....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5800/GT-2017-8-3-0250