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Article Reference A process-based approach to assess the health of the marine environment
Ocean sustainability entails the management of marine ecosystems and their services. Monitoring and evaluation of the health of the sea is challenged by the complexity of the marine environment, whose multitude and interconnected aspects, together with the lack of comprehensive models, make the understanding of its functioning a very arduous endeavour. Observations are costly and time-consuming. For this reason, a European joint action, named Science for Good Environmental Status, tested a new approach to monitor and evaluate effectively the state of health of the sea. This approach is based on the identification of driving physical processes that are present in the sea basins and directing the observation strategy to be designed on the basis of preliminary space–time information and patterns. The proof-of-concept of this approach has been implemented offshore of the Belgian coast in an attempt to achieve ecosystem assessments with targeted data collection methods requiring a reduced combination of variables. The proposed approach can impact monitoring activities implemented by those countries aiming to fulfil the requests of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. A map of EU marine areas to further test this process-based approach is also provided.
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Article Reference Implications of extensive addition of new sea star mitogenomes for sea star phylogenetics and evolution (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)
Despite their ecological and evolutionary interests, the phylogeny of Asteroidea (sea stars) is still subject to debate at several taxonomic levels. In the present study, we assemble new mitochondrial genomes for 15 species, including three newly characterized families (Odontasteridae, Poraniidae, and Stichasteridae) and representing an important addition for two orders (Velatida and Spinulosida). By analysing them alongside the 31 previously available mitogenomes, we evaluate mitogenomic variation (mitogenome organization and phylogenetic relationships) within the class. Gene order and sizes were concordant with previous studies. However, an alternative initiation codon (ATT for NAD1) was found in two Pterasteridae species. Evolutionary patterns between orders provided some interesting insights (e.g. Spinulosida as the sister-group to the Valvatida + Paxillosida), but the most novel patterns were observed among families (e.g. close relationships of Stichasteridae and Paulasteriidae; close relationships of Odontasteridae and Poraniidae; Brisingidae and Freyellidae as sister-group to the Asteriidae, Paulasteridae, and Stichasteridae). Finally, we found Pterasteridae to be paraphyletic, which could lead to the incorporation of Myxasteridae within Pterasteridae. Altogether, this study confirms that mitogenomes provide valuable and cost-effective markers to complement evolutionary patterns derived from nuclear data.
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Article Reference Estimation of Mud and Sand Fractions and Total Concentration From Coupled Optical‐Acoustic Sensors
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Article Reference Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Suspended Particulate Matter in Water Environments: A Review
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Article Reference Spatiotemporal Variability in Phytoplankton Size Class Modulated by Summer Monsoon Wind Forcing in the Central Arabian Sea
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Article Reference Overview of myrmecological studies and a checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The production of species checklists is fundamental to setting baseline knowledge of biodiversity across the world and they are invaluable for global conservation efforts. The main objective of this study is to provide an up-to-date extensive checklist of the ants of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, based on available literature to serve as a foundation for future research and ant faunistic developments. We gathered the literature available to us, most of it compiled from the Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) Project and treated the data to province level when possible. We also offer insight into who, when and where contributions have emerged to the current knowledge of the ants of the DRC and each of its 26 provinces. The current list is restricted to valid species and subspecies, discarding morphospecies and some misidentified taxa. The list comprises eight subfamilies, 64 genera and 736 species, the highest species diversity for a country located within the Afrotropical realm.
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Inbook Reference An enigmatic eighth/ninth-century deposition at Gentbrugge (Ghent, Flanders, Belgium): pre-Christian traditions surviving Christianization?
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Article Reference Woodland exploitation by early modern military camps and their impact on the forest environment. Anthracological analysis from Ninove-Doorn Noord (1692–1693, 1745, Belgium)
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Article Reference Paleoparasitological analysis of a 15th–16th c. CE latrine from the merchant quarter of Bruges, Belgium: Evidence for local and exotic parasite infections
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Article Reference Early Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA.
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