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1988 - Gale Group | TDA
Ting Zhang, Bo Tian, Yujue Wang, Dongyan Liu, Yunxuan Zhou, Daphne van der Wal,
Microphytobenthos (MPB) are central to benthic tidal flat ecological networks. Large-scale information on total MPB biomass is difficult to obtain from traditional in- ... as proxies for predicting the total (depth-integrated) MPB biomass with Sentinel satellite data. First, the best ... the sediment properties and the depth-integrated total MPB biomass from remote sensing data. Finally, we presented ... which the seasonal dynamics of total (depth-integrated) MPB biomass were obtained from Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument ( ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2023 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Xianbo Chang, Yuanyuan He, Lehui Song, Jing Ding, Suyu Ren, Min Lv, Lingxin Chen,
The widespread occurrence of methylparaben (MPB) has aroused great concern due to its weak estrogenic endocrine-disrupting property and potential toxic effects. However, the degradation potential and pathway of MPB by microalgae have rarely been reported. Here, microalgae ... investigate their responses, degradation potential and mechanisms towards MPB. MPB showed low-dose stimulation (by 86.02 ± 0. ... 0.19%). The degradation efficiencies and rates of MPB were higher in C. vulgaris (100%, 1.66 ± ... stress. Biodegradation was the main removal mechanism of MPB for both the two microalgae. Furthermore, two different ...
Tópico(s): Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2023 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Hazardous Materials
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Lei Zhang, Qimei Li, Jiaqi Zhu, Heng Liu, Xueling Liu, Yi Wang, Guozhi Fan, Yanjun Huang, Likun Li,
In this study, a novel composite bead (MPB-ALG) was prepared by encapsulating H2O2 modified peanut shell-derived biochar (MPB) into alginate matrix through a facile method. The structure and properties ... to compare the Cu(II) adsorption performance of MPB, plain alginate beads (ALG), and MPB-ALG. The effect parameters of the components, solution ... that the maximum adsorption capacity of the optimized MPB-ALG-1 (MPB/alginate = 1:1 w/w%) was 117.4 ... 5, which was much higher than that of MPB (37.4 mg g-1). The adsorption kinetics ...
Tópico(s): Phosphorus and nutrient management
2023 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
H. Sadri, Mohtasham Ghaffari, H. Sauerwein,
... breakdown and protein synthesis. Thus, muscle protein breakdown (MPB) and synthesis are intimately connected and tightly controlled ... ensure proper protein homeostasis. Understanding the regulation of MPB, the catabolic component of muscle turnover, and its ... and human studies, it is now evident that MPB occurs via the integration of 3 main systems: ... systems, depending on the physiological situation. Determination of MPB in dairy cows is technically challenging, resulting in ... relative dearth of information. The methods for assessing MPB can be divided into either direct or indirect ...
Tópico(s): Muscle metabolism and nutrition
2022 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Dairy Science
Almaz Ayenew, Adugna Tolera, Ajebu Nurfeta, Getnet Assefa,
... relationship of farmers’ knowledge of multipurpose browse species (MPBs) foraging value with laboratory result. <strong>Methodology.</strong> ... ecologies. <strong>Result.</strong> The farmers’ preference among MPB species which are browsed by cattle sheep and ... ability. In the highland, the comparison among indigenous MPB species for their benefits and desired tree characteristics ... em>Vernonia amygdalina</em> was higher than other MPB species. <em>Ficus thonningii</em> was preferred for ...
Tópico(s): Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
2021 - Autonomous University of Yucatán | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
A.V. Pushkarev, А. В. Орлов, Sergey L. Znoyko, V.A. Bragina, Petr I. Nikitin,
The ever-increasing use of magnetic particle bioconjugates (MPB) in biosensors calls for methods of comprehensive characterization ... studying inter-molecular interactions have limited potential for MPB because of their large size and multi-component ... determine the key parameters for selection of optimal MPB for a biosensor: kinetic and equilibrium characteristics, and a fraction of biomolecules on the MPB surface that are capable of active targeting. The method also provides a prognostic dependence of MPB targeting efficiency upon interaction duration and sample volume. ...
Tópico(s): Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sensors
Springer Link
Sara Haro, Bruno Jesus, Simon Oiry, Sokratis Papaspyrou, M. Lara, Carlos J. González, Alfonso Corzo,
Microphytobenthos (MPB) provides important ecosystem functions and services, contributing significantly to the total primary production in shallow coastal ecosystems. ... the factors that regulate the seasonal changes of MPB and its distribution patterns at larger scales is ... environments. Here, we studied the dynamics of intertidal MPB biomass, cover, and net growth rates in a ... satellite images. Pixels dominated by different benthic communities (MPB, Zostera sp., Caulerpa sp. and green macroalgae) were ...
Tópico(s): Isotope Analysis in Ecology
2021 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Wiley Online Library
Lara M. Hochfeld, Marta Bertolini, David Broadley, Natalia V. Botchkareva, Regina C. Betz, Susanne Schoch, Markus M. Nöthen, Stefanie Heilmann‐Heimbach,
... loci have been identified for male pattern baldness (MPB) but little is known about the exact molecular ... which the associated variants exert their effects on MPB pathophysiology. Here, we aimed at further elucidating the regulatory architecture of the MPB risk locus on chromosome (chr.) 2q35, where we have previously reported a regulatory effect of the MPB lead variant on the expression of WNT10A . A ... EBF1, whose gene is located at a second MPB risk locus on chr. 5q33.3. To investigate a potential interaction between EBF1 and WNT10A during MPB development, we performed in vitro luciferase reporter assays ...
Tópico(s): RNA Research and Splicing
2021 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Raphaël Savelli, Vona Méléder, Philippe Cugier, Pierre Polsenaere, Christine Dupuy, Johann Lavaud, Alexandre Barnett, Vincent Le Fouest,
Microphytobenthos (MPB) at the sediment surface of intertidal mudflats are known to show a high spatial and temporal variability ... makes long term and large scale monitoring of MPB Gross Primary Production (GPP) difficult to set up. ... MARS-3D) that explicitly simulates GPP of intertidal MPB at the mudflat scale and we compared the outputs with in situ and space remote sensing MPB GPP data. We discuss the sources of discrepancies ... is well suited to achieve diagnostic estimates of MPB GPP at the synoptic spatial and temporal scale. ...
Tópico(s): Diatoms and Algae Research
2020 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Marine Science
Project Gutenberg
Sarah J. Hart, Daniel L. Preston,
... In the western United States, mountain pine beetles (MPBs) have caused tree mortality across 7% of the ... leading to concerns of increased fire activity in MPB-affected landscapes. While fire behavior modeling suggests MPB-associated changes in fuels may influence fire behavior, ... found negligible or weak effects of pre-fire MPB outbreak on fire activity. This apparent disagreement may ... for empirical studies that examine the influence of MPB outbreak on fire activity at finer spatiotemporal scales. ... the relative influences of red and gray stage MPB outbreak on two measures of daily wildfire activity— ...
Tópico(s): Rangeland and Wildlife Management
2020 - IOP Publishing | Environmental Research Letters
Project Gutenberg
Barry R. Nobert, Terrence A. Larsen, Karine E. Pigeon, Laura Finnegan,
Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former ... as timber harvest can reduce the spread of MPB but may affect species of conservation concern like woodland caribou. Our goal was to inform MPB management within caribou ranges by exploring the impacts of MPB on caribou habitat–focusing on terrestrial lichens, an ... We evaluated differences in lichen cover among four MPB management actions: timber harvest, wildfires, leaving MPB killed ...
Tópico(s): Fire effects on ecosystems
2020 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Mélodie Kunegel‐Lion, Mark A. Lewis,
Abstract Mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreaks have caused major economic losses and ecological consequences in North American pine forests. Ecological and environmental factors impacting MPB life-history and stands susceptibility can help with the detection of MPB infested trees and thereby, improve control. Temperatures, water ... and environmental factors. They play different roles on MPB population dynamics at the various stages of an ... detailed connections between ecological and environmental variables and MPB outbreak phases, a deeper quantitative analysis on local ...
Tópico(s): Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
2020 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Project Gutenberg
Philip M. Riekenberg, Joanne M. Oakes, Bradley D. Eyre,
... both organic and inorganic nitrogen (N), with microphytobenthos (MPB) biomass making the largest contribution to short-term ... enrichment on microbial assimilation, processing, and fate of MPB-derived N (MPB-N) remains poorly characterised. In this study, an MPB-dominated microbial community was labeled in situ with ... processing and flux pathways of the 15N-labeled MPB-N across 10.5 d under nutrient enrichment. Short-term retention of MPB-N by MPB was stimulated by nutrient addition, with higher 15N in MPB in the nutrient amended treatments (71–93%) than ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2020 - Elsevier BV | Water Research
Microphytobenthos (MPB) is composed of unicellular photosynthetic organisms that colonize intertidal sediments within the first millimeters of the photic ... in 26 French estuaries and bays, in particular MPB and green macroalgae (chlorophytes), using multispectral indices. High accuracy was generally achieved for the identification of MPB when compared with field validation data, for both ... Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a proxy of MPB biomass, and MPB percent cover integrated over the entire intertidal area ...
Tópico(s): Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
2020 - Elsevier BV | Ecological Indicators
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)