THE POLITICS OF OIL EXPLORATION AND THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ISSUE OF BAYELSA STATE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AYOOLA BABATUNDE FADOLA

“…The area is generally referred to one of the most important wetland and marine system in the world. But the activities of oil exploration and exploitation have affected the area and the people are facing poverty. …”
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Rice Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne graminicola (Nematoda: Chromadorea: Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae: Meloidogyne) by Hung Xuan Bui, Clemen J. Oliveira, Johan A. Desaeger, Nathan E. Schroeder

“…This nematode has been found in rice nurseries, rainfed upland rice and lowland rice but is also widespread in deep-water, irrigated rice production systems. …”
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Relevance of the synergy of surveillance and populational networks in understanding the Usutu virus outbreak within common blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Metropolitan France, 2018 by Bouchez-Zacria, Malika, Calenge, Clément, Villers, Alexandre, Lecollinet, Sylvie, Gonzalez, Gaelle, Quintard, Benoit, Leclerc, Antoine, Baurier, Florence, Paty, Marie-Claire, Faure, Éva, Eraud, Cyril, Decors, Anouk

“…High human density (top 10.5% densest areas in France) and wetland concentration (top 19.3% most likely wetland areas) were significant factors in USUV case locations. …”
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Clean Eco-Friendly Cooking Energy as Sustainable Approach and Mitigation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Ankole, Western Uganda. by Kayamba, William Kariiti

“…The main objective was to investigate how traditional cooking fuels have become a health hazard to many mothers and children in Ankole, human activities and rural-urban migration, have caused hiking of prices for fuel for cooking; wetland drainage, bush clearing for farming, charcoal burning, brick making associated with social and economic developments have affected the environment. …”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…This study compares the cost effectiveness of two different water treatment systems that have demonstrated an enhanced phosphorus removal ability utilizing aquatic plants and biomass: Wetland Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA) and Managed Aquatic Plant Systems (MAPS). …”
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Clean eco-friendly cooking energy as sustainable approach and mitigation to climate change: A case study of Ankole, Western Uganda by Kayamba William Kariiti

“…The main objective was to investigate how traditional cooking fuels have become a health hazard to many mothers and children in Ankole, human activities and rural-urban migration, have caused hiking of prices for fuel for cooking; wetland drainage, bush clearing for farming, charcoal burning, brick making associated with social and economic developments have affected the environment. …”
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Microbial methane production from calcium carbonate at moderately alkaline pH by Nicole A. Fiore, Anthony J. Kohtz, Daniel N. Miller, Sanjay Antony-Babu, Donald Pan, Caitlin Lahey, Xi Huang, Yongfeng Lu, Nicole R. Buan, Karrie A. Weber

“…Here we demonstrate calcium carbonate as a sole inorganic carbon source at moderately alkaline pH for a methanogenic microbial community enriched from alkaline, saline wetland soil. In reactors amended with calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon, concentrations of methane and aqueous calcium increased concurrent with headspace hydrogen depletion. …”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…This study compares the cost effectiveness of two different water treatment systems that have demonstrated an enhanced phosphorus removal ability utilizing aquatic plants and biomass: Wetland Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA) and Managed Aquatic Plant Systems (MAPS). …”
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By Canoe and Speedboat: The Recent Expansion of the Ìlàjẹ Fishing Trade by Kayọde Joseph Onipede

“…As traders and goods came into Ìlàjẹ from various parts of Nigeria, new markets sprang up to facilitate the exchange of upland goods for fish products. The construction of new roads also encouraged social and economic development by bringing into the area goods and commodities hitherto not transportable on water, such as ‘modern’ building materials. …”
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Molecular docking of phytosterols in Stenochlaena palustris as anti-breast cancer by Dona Marisa, Lisda Hayatie, Siti Juliati, Eko Suhartono, Noer Komari

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Coexistence of spiders in floodplain forests as an indicator of ecological stability and landscape sustainability in the inland Danube Delta by Krumpálová Zuzana, Šustek Zbyšek

“…The assessments of the status of floodplain wetland forest biota based on the DF-index values represents not only spatial but also temporal aspects, as well as the possibility of using it to determine the ecological stability of the landscape.…”
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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Livelihoods in Rujumbura Rukungiri District. by Niwagaba, Alfred

“…The data was collected using interview guides and questionnaires, the respondents reported that climate change was due to deforestation, wetland degradation, and bush burning. The major livelihood sources of people in the areas were crop growing, livestock farming, trading activities and handcrafts like basket weaving. …”
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Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream. by Rubarema, Paul

“…Different parameters such as COD and BOD levels were found to be extremely high than the environmental standards but later on the hypofiltration or the cleansing capacity of the wetland around the stream helped on reducing them down the stream and almost reached the environmental standards, nutrient levels such as phosphates and Nitrates were also above the recommended values, bacteriological status was extremely higher and later on reduced downstream. …”
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Movement of the South Russian Frontier in the 17th – First Half of the 19th Centuries as the Development of the “Wild Fields” by Valery V. Kanishchev, Yuri A. Mizis

“…As a result of the study, specific indicators of the development of the “Wild Fields” were obtained: widespread settlement in riverine and upland areas, population density equal to the old regions in the Center of Russia, plowing of more than half of the territory of the former frontier zone, in some “uezds” [Rus.: a group of districts gravitating towards the city] even more than in the traditionally arable central “uezds”. …”
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Sustainability of Paddy Rice Farming in the Conservation of Birds in Uganda Amidst a Growing Expansion of the Rice farming Industry. by Sarah, Nachuha, Twagiramaria, Fortunate

“…Out of the 150 farmers we interacted with, 120 (80%) mentioned that the Grey crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) numbers had declined, mainly because of conversion of the natural wetland into rice paddies, moreover the birds on the paddies are also threatened by extensive use of pesticides and herbicides, including hunting by the local community members. …”
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Molecular effects of clinically relevant chemotherapeutic agents on choline phospholipid metabolism in triple negative breast cancer cells by Caitlin M. Tressler, Kanchan Sonkar, Menglin Cheng, Vinay Ayyappan, Ruoqing Cai, Kristine Glunde

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Assessment of the Effect of Flooding on Agricultural Lands in Kaharo Sub-County of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Nyakiti, Dorcas Awino

“…It was also concluded that 60% of the respondents suggested that there should be wetland restoration in the area, the need for community based natural resource management which helps in the conservation of wetlands (44%), 38% of the respondents suggested that early warning systems should be put in place to find out different mitigation measures for conservation of agricultural lands whereas 30% of the respondents suggested that there was need for massive education (Table 4.3). …”
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Diversity and Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Ghamot National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan by Muhammad Jahangeer, Siddique Muhammad, Muhammad Shakeel, Mir Muhammad Saleem, Ali Usman, Hussain Abid

“… We assessed the richness, diversity, composition of the large mammal community in Ghamot National Park (GNP), Neelum valley Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, and how these characteristics differed between four habitat types: forest, riparian zone, scrubland, and wetland, as well as between seasons. Across all locales with 66 line transect surveys (53km), indirect observation had the highest sampling (n=131; 76.60%) while direct observation had the lowest (n=40; 23.39). …”
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Investigation of taxonomic shrub resources in Qiqihar and analysis of their economic potentiality by CUI Lin, ZHANG Qiang, WANG Ligang, ZHANG Yuzhu, HAN Qin, JIANG Xiancui

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Spatial and seasonal distribution of selected nitrogen cycle genes in deep waters of the Baltic Proper by Michał Grabski, Michał Grabski, Ewa Kotlarska, Aneta Łuczkiewicz, Konrad Hryniewicz, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Beata Szymczycha

“…Therefore, in this study, we investigated the seasonal and spatial structure of microbial community abundance involved in the nitrogen loss (denitrification, anammox), reduction processes (dissimilatory nitrate reduction (DNR), dissimilatory nitrite reduction to ammonium (DNRA), and oxidation process (nitrification) in the Baltic Proper (Bornholm Deep, Gdańsk Deep, and Gotland Deep). Specifically, we focused on waters below the halocline at depths ranging from 75 to 135 m, characterized by changeable oxygen conditions. …”
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