Climate changes and anthropogenic pressures are causing a biodiversity decline in terms of species number and genetic diversity, reducing the adaptability and evolvability of natural communities. Transitional water ecosystems are more sensitive to habitat reduction and degradation and, thus, are more exposed...
Megafauna inha- biting Solenosmilia framework on the HTS were similar to those living among Lophelia framework on nearby banks and seamounts e.g. black corals of the genus Stichopathes, glass sponges, encrusting sponges, ophiuroids and crinoids11,34–36. Although there was a lot of variability...
Today, most of the European forests are classified as “seminatural” and only a few are considered undisturbed by humans (FOREST EUROPE2020). In fact, only 0.7% of Europe’s forest area exhibits the structural attributes characteristic of primary forests (Dieler et al.2017; Sabatini et al.2...
AI-based species identification. FinBIF cooperates with projects that utilise machine learning in species identifi- cation and data classification. They involve creating (semi-)automated identification pipelines for Finnish fungus species from images, and bat and bird species from audio recordings. ...
1). The cleanroom classification is based on 0.5-μm-sized and larger particles with limits at 3.52 × 105 for ISO 7 per m3 air (ISO standard for cleanrooms and associated controlled environments; https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:14644:-1:ed-1:v1:en). The cleanliness class...
Several groundwater taxa are living fossils, the only remnants of very ancient evolutionary lineages disappeared from the Earth surface, but preserved underground and at high risk of extinction5,8,11. Groundwater fauna importance in the overall freshwater biodiversity goes beyond its uniqueness. ...
In this paper, we follow the classification proposed by the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment2005), which distinguishes four categories of ecosystem services, namely supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services. The specific services, we focus on are (i) biodiv...
(Fig.3). Within this clade, there are some groupings that correlate with location and habitat. The two sequences from the Longqi hydrothermal-vent field on the SWIR form a basal grade to a clade of other exemplars that originate from non-vent reducing environments. However, support for the...
Interestingly, the regularly monitored chemical parameters in the study area corresponded to the “good water” classification, according to the national norms of surface water quality. Indeed, ecotoxicological effects can be observed at levels far below those which were predicted to be safe by ...
Classification The samples were classified with respect to the following four criteria (see Discussion): (A) The size of the flock: up to 15 birds (Gallus domesticus), 15–40 birds, and more than 40 birds to 60; (B) The presence or not in the same household of other poultry species ...