ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO BANCA DATI: 13/09/2024 13:00:57
Conservation programs often focus on select species, leading to management plans based on the autecology of the focal species, but multiple ecosystem components can be affected both by the environmental factors impacting, and the management targeting, focal species. These broader effects can have indirect ...
The invention relates to a method for reducing the nitrogen content in salt water having a salinity between 0,5% per weight and 3,5 % per weight, wherein oxygen or an oxygen- containing gas (5, 21) is introduced into a fluid stream (4) to obtain a fluid stream (10) comprising oxygen containing bubbles ...
A mat for holding flies or baits includes a holding mat body formed by foamed material and one or more shaped slot(s) separately disposed on the body. The shaped slots pass through the body along the thickness direction and one end of each shaped slot is connected with a cutting slit passing through ...
The invention relates to a method for moving fish in a fish sparing way from a first point, situated relatively higher, to a second point situated relatively lower, wherein water containing the fish is introduced near the higher situated point via an opening into a tray ( 2 ) of a wheel ( 1 ), which ...
[Object] Provided is a fishing hook in which a light-emitting element is provided on a base end side of a hook body formed by bending a wire, whereby natural bait or various types of artificial bait can be used, a fish-attracting effect can be imparted to the fishing hook itself, and the light-emitting ...
System for cleaning, cutting and handling fish (1) that includes: A first station (100) for placing the fish (1) configured for placing the fish vertically on the second peeling station (200), which is configured for removing the skin from the fish (1) by means of sanding without damaging the fish meat; ...
The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for completely separating fillets from the skeleton of decapitated and gutted fish (11), cutting through a web left by separating tools mounted in front of the apparatus (10) in the direction of transport T, comprising a separating unit (12) with a pair of ...
A drip-absorbent sheet includes a liquid-pervious upper layer sheet and a liquid-absorbent lower layer sheet bonded to the bottom surface of the upper layer sheet. The upper layer sheet is formed by thermoplastic film and has a non-display region occupying 70 to 99% of an entire area of the top surface ...
There is disclosed a fluid or semi-fluid ready-to-use food precursor product being suitable for producing sauces, thickenings or pastry such as waffles, pancakes, muffins, sugar bread etc. The food precursor composition has improved storage stability and provides an improved end product as compared ...
Taste and odor (T&O) problems, which have adversely affected the quality of water supplied to millions of residents, have repeatedly occurred in Taihu Lake (e.g., a serious odor accident occurred in 2007). Because these accidents are difficult for water resource managers to forecast in a timely manner, ...
Quantifying population connectivity is important for visualizing the spatial and temporal scales that conservation measures act upon. Traditionally, migration based on genetic data has been reported in migrants per generation. However, the temporal scales over which this migration may occur do not necessarily ...
Studies suggest hunter discarded viscera of big game animals (i.e., offal) is a source of lead available to scavengers. We investigated the incidence of lead exposure in bald eagles in Wyoming during the big game hunting season, the influx of eagles into our study area during the hunt, the geographic ...
During the reproductive season, sea turtles use a restricted area in the vicinity of their nesting beaches, making them vulnerable to predation. At Raine Island (Australia), the highest density green turtle Chelonia mydas rookery in the world, tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier have been observed to feed ...
Identification of current food sources of energy and nutrients among US adults is needed to help with public health efforts to implement feasible and appropriate dietary recommendations. To determine the food sources of energy and 26 nutrients consumed by US adults the 2003–2006 National Health and ...
The removal of biodegradable organic matter is one of the most important objectives in biological wastewater treatments. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-accumulating organisms (PHAAOs) significantly contribute to the removal of biodegradable organic matter; however, their microbial community composition ...
Carotenoids are important antioxidant compounds, present in many foods of plant, animal and marine origin. The aim of the present study was to describe the carotenoid composition of tomato waste, prawn muscle and cephalothorax and avian (duck and goose) egg yolks through the use of a modified gradient ...
A method for towing a sensor streamer array in a body of water includes towing a plurality of sensor streamers behind a vessel in the water, measuring tension at a plurality of positions along the array and determining at least one of an optimum operating speed for the vessel, when the streamers and ...
Mask of the so-called full face type comprising a transparent visor (2), a frame or strapping (3), a seal preferably made of rubber adapted to ensure the watertight seal and suitable straps (4) to fit the mask on the face, such a face part of the mask being associated with a breathing tube (5) that ...
Background Local adaptation can drive the divergence of populations but identification of the traits under selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Reciprocal transplant experiments are ideal tests of local adaptation, yet rarely used for higher vertebrates because of the mobility ...
Changes to sources, stressors, habitats, and geographic ranges; toxicological effects; end points; and uncertainty estimation require significant changes in the implementation of ecological risk assessment (ERA). Because of the lack of analog systems and circumstances in historically studied sites, ...