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A vital ingredient for engineering bone tissue, in the culture dish, is the use of recombinant matrix and growth proteins to help accelerate the growth of cultivated tissues into clinically acceptable quantities. The skeletal organic matrices of calcifying marine invertebrates are an untouched potential ...
Halophilic bacteria were isolated from Thamaraikulam solar salt works in India. After routine biosurfactant screening by various methods, the biosurfactant producing bacteria, Halomonas sp BS4 was confirmed by 16 S rRNA sequencing. The growth optimization of Halomonas sp BS4 revealed their optimum growth ...
Background The limited use of biosecurity practices by many in the farming community is likely to be due to a range of factors; further understanding of this issue is required. In this study, attitudes and behaviours of producers relating to selected biosecurity practices and the farming industry were ...
Adaptive Cluster Sampling (ACS) is introduced as a technique to use when "natural" groupings are evident in a spatially distributed population, especially sparsely distributed populations. An ACS sampling design will allow efficient allocation of survey manpower with more effective decision rules for ...
The eye is a major sensory organ that requires special care for a healthy and productive lifestyle. Numerous studies have identified lutein and zeaxanthin to be essential components for eye health. Lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoid pigments that impart yellow or orange color to various common foods ...
The population dynamics of shark species are generally poorly described because highly mobile marine life is challenging to investigate. Here we investigate the genetic population structure of the blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in French Polynesia. Five demes were sampled from five ...
Scavenging, a result of a temporary pulse of resources, occurs in virtually all ecosystems containing carnivores, and is an important energy transfer pathway that can impact ecosystem structure and function, and this ecological significance has largely been considered from a terrestrial standpoint; ...
Background Understanding the way in which the airway heals in response to injury is fundamental to dissecting the mechanisms underlying airway disease pathology. As only limited data is available in relation to the in vivo characterisation of the molecular features of repair in the airway we sought ...
Background Anguillicola crassus, a swim bladder nematode naturally parasitizing the Japanese eel, was introduced about 30 years ago from East Asia into Europe where it colonized almost all populations of the European eel. We conducted a common garden experiment under a reciprocal transfer design infecting ...
Characterization of predator-prey interactions is challenging as researchers have to rely on indirect methods that can be costly, biased and too imprecise to elucidate the complexity of food webs. DNA amplification and sequencing techniques of gut and fecal contents are promising approaches, but their ...
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the problems associated with the management of solid and liquid waste discharge from commercial watercraft, as well as the solutions to these problems. Specific areas of emphasis include the primary sources and types of waste discharges, the extent of their contribution ...
Abstract High-resolution geophysical data define a seafloor shaped by numerous geological processes. Nature and ages of these processes needed to be assessed to properly site and design oil field production facilities and associated infrastructure. In addition to a topography shaped by mass-wasting ...
ABSTRACT The recovery and redeployment of Christmas trees is an important factor in the economics of subsea field development because the time expense involved in well maintenance is a major cost item. This paper examines 18 trees that have been recovered and redeployed by Petrobras off the Campos ...
ABSTRACT Investments in resource development by private enterprise will produce socially optimal results in only those instances where (1) monopoly power by private enterprise and unjustified interference with the market mechanism by government are absent, and (2) external (spillover) benefits and ...
Abstract To the memory of William Ronald Sendall Sternaspid polychaetes are common and often abundant in soft bottoms in the world oceans. Some authors suggest that only one species should be recognized, whereas others regard a few species as widely distributed in many seas and variable depths from ...
ABSTARCT Shallow seismic surveys were carried out for 520 1km in 3 bays viz., Jaigad, Ambwah and Verwada along the Maharastra coast in the western part of India In Total, 53 traverses Were run across the shelf perpendicular to the Coast upto about 20m water depth. These surveys were used for the first ...
ABSTRACT A review of the federal oceanographic program over the past 10 years indicates a substantial increase-in-effort, with-emphasis on research and environmental data. For the coming decade this effort may level-off unless new programs are instituted. Forecasts for ocean business, which were optimistic ...
ABSTRACT Extended Well Tests (EWTs) are gaining increasing recognition throughout the offshore industry as a useful tool for evaluation of field development prospects. These tests, which can range from a few weeks to several months in duration, provide valuable data for reservoir evaluation and design ...
ABSTRACT The status of benthic population and their physical and chemical environment in the CIB have been evaluated. The information on nodule populations and their association with benthic activity leads to prediction of potential mortality of benthic fauna as well as the area of seafloor and the ...
I. THE REGIME OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELFA. A.Introduction One point should be emphasized at the outset: the definition of the continental shelf under international and federal law has no relationship to the geologic definition. To the geologist the continental shelf starts with the upland coastal plain ...