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Carpenter, Chris. "Challenges Overcome in Drilling and Testing a Deep, Deviated HP/HT Offshore Gas Well." Journal of Petroleum Technology 74, no. 03 (March 1, 2022): 81–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/0322-0081-jpt.

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This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 207506, “Deepest Deviated HP/HT Gas Well Drilling and Testing Challenges on an Offshore Island: Case Study,” by Mubashir Ahmad, SPE, Ayman El Shahat, and M. Osama El-Meguid, ADNOC, et al. The paper has not been peer reviewed. A deep deviated appraisal well in the Upper Khuff reservoir on a small artificial island approximately 100 km offshore Abu Dhabi was drilled and tested successfully. The project was driven by the goal of maximizing ultimate value and benefit for the operator, its partners, the community, and the UAE. The field is in a highly sensitive and ecologically important area and is designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve. The complete paper presents the challenges faced and overcome while drilling and testing the high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) sour offshore well. Background The operator has pursued the appraisal and delineation of the Arab, Khuff, and Pre-Khuff gas reservoirs in the huge offshore shallow-water field west of Abu Dhabi. During the early 1980s, in order to evaluate the field’s capability, an evaluative program was launched that involved dredging a channel and creating an artificial island, from which a test well was drilled and capped. Many wells have been drilled in the structure since, all in the northwest part of the field. Testing results have indicated impurities [including hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2)] ranging from 14 to 33% in some reservoirs.

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Selyunina, Zoya, and Dmytro Chernyakov. "Mammals of the islands of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve." Theriologia Ukrainica 2022, no. 24 (December 30, 2022): 62–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/tu2407.

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The island fauna has special characteristics that depend not only on biotope diversity, but also on the island’s geographical features: area, provenance, distance from the mainland, and hydrodynamic processes. Black Sea Biosphere Reserve includes islands located in Tendrivska and Yagorlytska bays. The islands of Babyn, Smalenyi, Potiyivski, Sybirski, and others are located in Tendrivska Bay. The island of Tendrivska Kosa (Tendra Island) separates Tendrivska Bay from the Black sea. In Yagorlytska Bay, there are the Malyi and Velykyi Kinskyi islands, Dovhyi and Kruhlyi islands, and the Yehypetski Islands. The total area of the islands of protected bays of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve is 3365 hectares, and the length of the outer coastlines is 179.5 km. The following biotopes were identified on the islands: reed thickets, sandy and shell beaches on the sea coasts and coasts of the deep-water parts of the bays; flooded solonchaks; the inner parts of the islands with plant associations that are typical for the coastal steppe and the littoral-coastal complex. The mammal assemblage of the islands includes 18 spe¬cies belonging to 6 orders, 10 families, and 16 genera. From 0 to 15 species of mammals live on individual islands. The species composition of the mammal fauna depends on the area of the island, available biotopes, the possibility of animal exchange between the island and the mainland. A number of islands have no other inhabitants except birds during the nesting period, primarily colonial ones. A number of islands belong to the complex of reed thickets, in particular the Yehypetski and Sybirski islands. These islands are located along the mainland coast and are regularly visited by wild boars and carnivorans; other islands are littoral (Novi, Potiyivski), and there are no permanent residents on them. Other islands are covered only with reeds and have no permanent inhabitants. On large islands, such as Dovhyi and Tendrivska Kosa, there are 11–15 species of mammals (migrating dolphins and bats not included), of which almost 20% are invasive and associated with human activity. The species composition and state of populations of micro- and mesomammals on the islands depend on many factors, mainly catastrophic flooding, storms, local epizootics, which can occur due to both natural abiotic and anthropogenic factors.

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Tejera, Gustavo, Beneharo Rodríguez, Carlos Armas, and Airam Rodríguez. "Wildlife-vehicle collisions in Lanzarote Biosphere Reserve, Canary Islands." PLOS ONE 13, no. 3 (March 21, 2018): e0192731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192731.

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Sathiyaseelan, R., S. Prabhu, and C. Murugan. "Gisekiaceae – A Family Record for Andaman and Nicobar Islands." Indian Journal of Forestry 39, no. 3 (January 9, 2016): 293–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2016-665657.

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Jayanthi, J., Karthigeyan Kaliyamurthy, and R. Sumathi. "Epirixanthes Blume - A New Genus Addition to the Myco-Heterotrophic Flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India." Indian Journal of Forestry 35, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 273–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2012-0tigd1.

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Sudhakar, J., Arumugum S., and C. Murugan. "Psidium cattleyanum (Myrtaceae): Naturalised edible species in Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, India." Indian Journal of Forestry 41, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 287–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-s0v900.

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Psidium cattleyanum Afzel. ex Sabine (Myrtaceae), an invasive species, known from Australia, America, South Africa, Pacific Islands, is naturalised and spreading rapidly in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, a part of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. A short description along with colour images is provided for easy identification, eradication and control measures.

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Prabhu, S., R. Sathiyaseelan, and C. Murugan. "Tephrosia pers. (Fabaceae) – A Generic Record for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." Indian Journal of Forestry 37, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 87–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-mi9hrg.

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The genus Tephrosia Pers. (Fabaceae) is collected from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, India and reported here as a generic record with a species viz. T. purpurea (L.) Pers. for the Angiosperm flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Prabhu, S., R. Sathiyaseelan, S. Aron, and C. Murugan. "A Review of the Genus Artabotrys R. Br. (Annonaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with A New Record for India." Indian Journal of Forestry 38, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 159–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-e4d2o5.

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A taxonomic account of the genus Artabotrys R. Br. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands along with a new record for India is presented. Of the three species recorded from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari is widely distributed; A. speciosus Kurz and A. nicobarianus D. Das are endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and Artabotrys suaveolens (Bl.) Bl. is reported here as a new record for India from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve.

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PRAPTIWI, RADISTI A., RONNA SAAB, TATANG MITRA SETIA, GUSTI WICAKSONO, PRAWESTI WULANDARI, and JITO SUGARDJITO. "Bird diversity in transition zone of Taka Bonerate, Kepulauan Selayar Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia." Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 20, no. 3 (March 3, 2019): 819–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d200327.

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Abstract. Praptiwi RA, Saab R, Setia TM, Wicaksono G, Wulandari P, Sugardjito J. 2019. Bird diversity in transition zone of Taka Bonerate, Kepulauan Selayar Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 819-823. Conservation management in the buffer and transition zones of Biosphere Reserves play an important role in ensuring enhanced core zone protection. Tambolongan and Polassi are two islands located in the administrative region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and part of the transition zone area of UNESCO’s Taka Bonerate-Kepulauan Selayar (TBKS) Biosphere Reserve (BR). These two islands can be considered as some of the most populated islands in the region, containing a variety of human activities. These human activities, such as the ever expanding agriculture and the building of human habitation have put pressures toward ecosystem and species conservation in the BR. Bird are often the focus of conservation efforts, due to their roles in supporting the ecological functioning of their habitats. This study aims to provide baseline data of bird diversity in Tambolongan and Polassi that can be used as a proxy indicator of ecosystem health and input to conservation strategies within the BR area. A Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method is used to examine bird diversity index. Results from the observation recorded a total of 29 species were found in both islands, with 5 listed as protected species and 3 categorized as migratory species. The comparison between the two islands showed that the bird diversity index (H’) differs only slightly (H’Tambolongan=2.98; H’Polassi=2.71). This study provided the initial attempt in understanding the role of habitats or land cover types, guild types and human interferences in determining the diversity of bird population - and related ecosystem health - in the area. Such knowledge is essential in providing the information necessary for sustainable management practices. This work represents the first study to inventorize avian species diversity in the transition zone of TBKS BR.

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JEHAMALAR, E. EYARIN, and KAILASH CHANDRA. "On the genus Tenagogonus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India with a description of a new species." Zootaxa 3616, no. 4 (February 21, 2013): 378–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.6.

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Tenagogonus venkataramani sp. nov. from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, is described and compared with allied species. Morphological notes on T. ceylonensis Hungerford and Matsuda, 1962, and T. nicobarensis Andersen, 1964, known from India, are presented along with distribution maps of these three Indian species.

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J.*, Swamy, Nagaraju S., Chandramohan K., and Sankara Rao M. "Glochidion zeylanicum var. arborescens (Phyllanthaceae): A new distributional record for South India." Annals of Plant Sciences 5, no. 04 (May 20, 2016): 1324. http://dx.doi.org/10.21746/aps.2016.04.002.

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Glochidion zeylanicum var. arborescens (Blume) Chakrab. & M. Gangop. (Phyllanthaceae), a native of Southeast Asia, which was hitherto recorded from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Northeast India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Mizoram) and Odisha, is reported for the first time from the Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve of Andhra Pradesh. Detailed description and photo plate are provided for easy identification.

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Thong, Vu Dinh, Annette Denzinger, Nguyen Van Sang, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Hoang Trung Thanh, Dao Nhan Loi, Pham Van Nha, et al. "Bat Diversity in Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve, Northeastern Vietnam: A Review with New Records from Mangrove Ecosystem." Diversity 13, no. 8 (August 14, 2021): 376. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13080376.

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The Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve is internationally renowned for its spectacular karst landscape. It covers a large area with hundreds of limestone islands and various ecosystems including caves, tropical forests, and mangroves. However, previous surveys were only conducted in terrestrial ecosystems on Cat Ba Island. Therefore, bats inhabiting mangroves and the remaining islands did not receive attention from scientists up to 2014. To initially fill in the gaps, we conducted ten bat surveys between 2015 and 2020 with an emphasis on mangroves and previously unsurveyed islands. Bats were captured using mist nets and harp traps. Twenty-three species belonging to 13 genera of six families were recorded during the surveys. Of these, four species (Macroglossus minimus, Myotis hasselti, Phoniscus jagorii, Tylonycteris fulvida) are new to the reserve. Remarkably, 15 species belonging to seven genera of five families were captured in mangrove, which is the highest species diversity for bats reported from any mangrove area in mainland Southeast Asia. Based on results from the surveys and literature review, we here provide the most updated bat diversity of the reserve with confirmed records of 32 bat species belonging to 16 genera of six families. Historical records of each species in the literature were reviewed. Two species, Scotophilus heathi and Scotophilus kuhlii, are unconfirmed because of unclear evidence in previous publications. Results of this study indicated that the mangrove ecosystem is important for bats but still poorly studied in Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve and Vietnam as a whole. In addition, morphological measurements, echolocation data, distributional records, and conservation status of each species are also given in this paper for potential research and conservation campaigns in the future.

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Tai, Vu Anh, Uong Dinh Khanh, Luu The Anh, and Le Thi Thu Hien. "The status of invasive plants and animals in Cu Lao Cham biosphere reserve, Quang Nam province, Vietnam." TAP CHI SINH HOC 39, no. 4 (January 18, 2018): 434–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v39n4.10082.

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The biodiversity of Cu Lao Cham Biosphere Reserve (Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province) has been faced with some passive impacts, one of which is invasion/expansion of alien species. In 2017, according to the data of GISD, CABI and the Inter-ministerial Circular No.27/2013/TTLT-BTNMT-BNNPTNT, based on filed survey conducted in May, 19 alien plant and 3 alien animal species were recorded in the biosphere reserve. Among them, 13 plant species were identified as invaders, of which details were assessed in this study; among those invader plants, 3 species were ranked at medium risk and the 10 others were ranked at low risk. All of the medium risk-invasive plant species have been appeared on the islands but one of them - siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) were not identified as impacting to the mainland of the biosphere reserve. Likewise, all of the alien animal species have been not recognized as the invasive species. In general, the impact of alien species found in the Cu Lao Cham was assessed as “Low Risk”. The impact status of invasive species in the Hoi An mainland part is more serious than the situation in the islands. Base on the results, we suggest that, five species, beggar-ticks (Bidens pilosa), coast morning glory (Ipomoea cairica) Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata), Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) and billygoat-weed (Ageratum conyzoides) should be added in the invasive appendix of the national invasive species list while three other species as vilfa stellata (Cynodon dactylon), guava (Psidium guava) and rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) should be listed in the potential appendix of that list. It is necessary to conduct some survey to obtain solution to control invasive species as soon as possible to protect the biodiversity of this study area. Citation: Vu Anh Tai, Uong Dinh Khanh, Luu The Anh, Le Thi Thu Hien, 2017. The status of invasive plants and animals in Cu Lao Cham biosphere reserve, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Tap chi Sinh hoc, 39(4): 434-450. DOI: 10.15625/0866-7160/v39n4.10082.*Corresponding author: tai.botany@gmail.comReceived 15 June 2017, accepted 12 December 2017

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Petrushenko, E. S., V. K. Khilchevskyi, M. S. Lubskyi, M. R. Zabokrytska, and M. R. Zabokrytska. "USE OF VARIOUS SATELLITE IMAGERY TO MONITOR HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS IN THE DANUBE DELTA." Hydrology, hydrochemistry and hydroecology, no. 3 (58) (2020): 30–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2306-5680.2020.3.3.

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The Danube Delta, the second largest river delta in Europe, is the center of global biodiversity. The Danube Delta plays an important role in the self-purification of the Danube water and the binding of pollutants. But over the past 100 years, human intervention has begun in natural processes in the estuary of the Danube, a change in the hydrography of the delta. To ensure the protection of natural complexes of the Danube region, in accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine in 1998. The Danube Biosphere Reserve, subordinate to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was created on the basis of the Danube Plavni Nature Reserve. By the decision of the International Coordinating Committee of the UNESCO Program “Man and the Biosphere” in 1999 The Danube Biosphere Reserve is included in the global network of biosphere reserves as part of the bilateral Romanian-Ukrainian biosphere reserve “Danube Delta”. According to Article 18 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine” (1992), the legal regime of protected areas of biosphere reserves provides for the limited use of this territory, in particular the prohibition of the construction of structures, roads, linear and other transport and communication facilities not related to the activity of the reserve, as well as the passage and passage of unauthorized persons, the movement of mechanical vehicles. A promising approach in obtaining relevant information for monitoring hydrographic conditions and other environmental components on the territory of the Danube Delta is the use of remote sensing methods of the Earth (ERS). First of all, this is a thematic analysis of images in various spectral ranges obtained by an onboard special complex of remote sensing spacecraft. With their help, you can track changes in the water area of water bodies. After analyzing the results of satellite imagery research for 1987 and 2017, we can conclude that in a fairly short period of time (30 years), significant changes occurred on the territory of the Danube Delta: 1) old lake formed in almost every channel, or the river changed its way; 2) also tangible economic activity of a person – the outlines of the shores have changed, drainage reclamation has been carried out in some wetlands and they have been converted into farmland; 3) part of the territory is untouched – probably refers to the reserve fund. The coastline has changed, which can be explained by the creation of fish farms there, or the flooding of land, since they coincide spectrally with the water surface. As for the technique of working with satellite images, it is better to use the NIR (near infrared) channel, which is in the wavelength range from 0.76 to 0.9 μm with a discontinuity of 30 meters, to determine objects.

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Tobar-Vargas, Alexandra, Brigitte Gavio, and José Luis Fernández. "New records of plants for San Andres and Old Providence islands (International Biosphere Reserve Seaflower), Caribbean Colombia." Check List 9, no. 6 (November 1, 2013): 1361. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/9.6.1361.

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Fifty seven new records of vascular plants are reported for the Archipelago of San Andres and Old Providence, part of the International Biosphere Reserve Seaflower. Of these, about 81% have been introduced for agriculture or ornamental purpose. With these introductions, we report ten new families and 30 new genera for the Archipelago. The possible impacts of some of these introductions are discussed.

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SUBRAMANIAN, K. A., R. BABU, and V. J. KALKMAN. "Orthetrum erythronigrum sp. nov. (Odonata: Libellulidae) from the Great Nicobar Island, India." Zootaxa 4869, no. 2 (November 2, 2020): 242–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4869.2.4.

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The male and female of Orthetrum erythronigrum sp. nov. are described from Great Nicobar Island and are believed to be endemic to the Nicobar Islands archipelago (holotype ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, N 6.99067, E 93.871363; 01-xii-2018; deposited in ZSI, SRC, Chennai, India). The male of this new species is easily distinguished from other known Orthetrum species by its black abdomen with contrasting crimson belly. Female is distinguished by its large size, the black non-metallic head, black thorax and the red abdomen with a distinct black pattern. Based on field observations and photographs, notes on the life colouration of the mature male and information on the distribution and habitat of this Great Nicobar endemic are provided.

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Hamilton, S. L., J. E. Caselle, D. P. Malone, and M. H. Carr. "Incorporating biogeography into evaluations of the Channel Islands marine reserve network." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, no. 43 (February 22, 2010): 18272–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908091107.

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DAVIS, GARY E. "Science and Society: Marine Reserve Design for the California Channel Islands." Conservation Biology 19, no. 6 (December 2005): 1745–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00317.x.

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Arunprabu, S., P. Dinesh, and T. Ramanathan. "SURVEY OF MANGROVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATES IN KEEZHAKARAI GROUP OF ISLANDS, GULF OF MANNAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE." International Journal of Advanced Research 4, no. 12 (December 31, 2016): 166–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/2377.

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SCHMITZ, MARÍA F., CECILIA ARNAIZ-SCHMITZ, CRISTINA HERRERO-JÁUREGUI, PABLO DÍAZ, DANIELA G. G. MATOS, and FRANCISCO D. PINEDA. "People and nature in the Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve (Canary Islands): socio-ecological relationships under climate change." Environmental Conservation 45, no. 1 (March 22, 2017): 20–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892917000169.

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SUMMARYThis paper analyses the interdependence between environment and society in terms of socio-ecological webs, in which human and biophysical systems are linked. A quantitative model, based on canonical correlation analysis applied in Fuerteventura Island (Canary Archipelago), detected indicators of human–landscape relationships and predicted potential shifts based on simulated environmental changes. In the last few decades, the landscape of Fuerteventura Island has changed: natural components and cultural agrarian uses have decreased, while the population has increased due to immigration, mainly from mainland Spain and other European countries. The island shows a transition from a coupled local socio-ecosystem to one based on the interaction between environment and coastal tourism that decouples native inhabitants from the landscape and traditional land-use practices. As vulnerability and adaptation to climate change represent critical sets of potential interactions in Canary Islands, a model and a map of the socio-ecological system under four Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios show rural decoupling through ‘deagrarianization’ and ‘deruralization’, as well as stronger links to the tourism system.

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Chatterjee, Rajeshwari. "Threatened Biodiversity of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve with Reference to Faunal Habitat and Need for Its Preservation." Mapana - Journal of Sciences 8, no. 1 (May 31, 2009): 56–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.12723/mjs.14.7.

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The beautiful forests of Sunder bans embracing mysterious tracts of wilderness are located in the lower Ganga delta of Bengal. The mangrove forests and the overall ecosystem in Sunder bans are the ideal habitats for large group of terrestrial, avian and aquatic fauna, starting from Protozoa to Mammals. It contains the richest biodiversity among the inter-tidal forest in the worlds and is the only natural mangrove forest in the world, where the tiger (Panthera tigris tigris L.) resides. The reason for high faunal diversity is the fact that here the ocean and land comes in contact of each other. The succession from ocean to land and to fresh water/ brackish-water through estuaries, change in water salinity from almost nil to high through grades of different concentration; newly formed islands with soft swampy mud to mature old islands with hard saline banks provides fascinating habitat opportunities to various organism. During the last two centuries, these highly productive mangrove ecosystems had been suffering from rapid degradation. If this negligence or ignorance continues in future there will be random exploitation of this natural resource and loss of diverse biota will be unavoidable. A genuine understanding of the interaction of responsible factors should be of paramount interest to the estuarine ecosystem and for prosperity. Recently, it has been established that natural factors along with direct and indirect human interferences have largely changed the biological composition, ecosystem function, productivity, and regeneration and succession patterns within the mangrove ecosystem.

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Reyes-Gómez, Viviana Patricia, Hernán Velásquez Pomar, and Brigitte Gavio. "Notes on the marine algae of the International Biosphere Reserve Seaflower, Caribbean Colombia VIII: new records of red algae (Rhodophyta) from San Andres, Old Providence, and Saint Cataline, Colombia." Acta Botanica Mexicana, no. 128 (June 3, 2021): e1848. http://dx.doi.org/10.21829/abm128.2021.1848.

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Background and Aims: During the past decade, phycological research in the Seaflower International Biosphere Reserve has revealed a much more diverse marine flora than historically appreciated. This work aims to contribute to the knowledge of macroalgal biodiversity in the Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence and Saint Cataline, Colombian Caribbean, adding 11 new records of red algae. Methods: The samples were collected around the islands in ten points covering different ecosystems, by SCUBA diving at depths between 0 and 37 m. Sampling was carried out between August and November 2009, December 2012, and September 2019 during the Seaflower Scientific Expedition. The algae collected were preserved in a 4% formalin/seawater solution. The identification was carried out using an optical microscope and specialized literature. All specimens were deposited in the herbarium JIW of the Biology Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Key results: Eleven species of red macroalgae are newly reported for the Seaflower International Biosphere Reserve in the Caribbean Sea. Of these taxa, six have been previously reported for the Colombian Caribbean: Botryocladia spinulifera, Champia taironensis, Dasya caraibica, Pterocladiella bartlettii, Seirospora occidentalis, Spyridia aculeata subsp. complanata. The remaining five species are new records for the country: Botryocladia cf. bahamensis, Botryocladia cf. bermudana, Ceramium brevizonatum var. caraibicum Gloioderma iyoense and Wrightiella tumanowiczii. With these results the International Biosphere Reserve Seaflower hosts 153 species of Rhodophyta, belonging to 12 orders, 27 families and 73 genera. Conclusions: With the research carried out in the last 10 years, the number of registered taxa has increased from 202 to 325, which represents a 62% increase in the knowledge of macroalgae diversity and places the Archipelago in the second most diverse region in the Colombian Caribbean.

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González-Morales, Olga, José Antonio Álvarez-González, M. Ángeles Sanfiel-Fumero, and Yaiza Armas-Cruz. "Governance, corporate social responsibility and cooperation in sustainable tourist destinations: the case of the island of Fuerteventura." Island Studies Journal 11, no. 2 (2016): 561–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.24043/isj.367.

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This paper reflects on governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and public-private cooperation in sustainable tourist destinations. The empirical analysis focuses on the island of Fuerteventura (the Canary Islands), where a process of coordinated decision making has begun, as well as putting in place plans to modernize the destination. Those responsible for tourism hotel and non-hotel accommodation were surveyed to assess the importance given to CSR in their companies. In particular, CSR’s environmental dimension and its relation with the public sector and other socio-economic factors, bearing in mind that Fuerteventura is a tourist destination in a Biosphere Reserve.

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Chandra, Kailash, E. Eyarin Jehamalar, and C. Ragunathan. "Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera: Insect A) of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." Records of the Zoological Survey of India 112, no. 2 (March 1, 2012): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v112/i2/2012/122094.

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Taylor, Iain Rothie, Hem Sagar Baral, Prava Pandey, and Prativa Kaspal. "The conservation status of the Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett, 1833 (Carnivora: Felidae) In Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal." Journal of Threatened Taxa 8, no. 1 (January 26, 2016): 8323. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2034.8.1.8323-8332.

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<p>The status of the Fishing Cat <em>Prionailurus viverrinus</em> in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal was assessed by camera trapping and pugmark searches from 2011 to 2014. The reserve is a highly dynamic and unstable snow-fed braided river system with many anabranches and islands. Evidence of Fishing Cats was found throughout most of the reserve. They were probably more abundant on the eastern side, among the islands of the main river channel, and in the adjacent buffer zone where there was a chain of fishponds and marsh areas fed by seepage from the main river channel. Evidence of Fishing Cats was found up to 6km north of the reserve on the Koshi River but not beyond this. The population is probably small and may be isolated but given the endangered status of the species, is significant. The main likely threats identified are wetland and riparian habitat deterioration caused by over exploitation and illegal grazing by villagers, overfishing of wetlands and rivers within the reserve, and direct persecution arising from perceived conflicts with fish farming and poultry husbandry. Required conservation actions are discussed.</p><div> </div>

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Mogileva, Anzhelika Vasilyevna, Mikhail Vasilyevich Lavrentyev, and Nadezhda Andreevna Petrova. "Current status of Cypripedium macranthon Sw. (Orchidaceae) coenopopulation on Bering Islands (Komandorsky reserve)." Samara Journal of Science 8, no. 3 (August 5, 2019): 59–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/snv201983109.

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The paper presents the results of Cypripedium macranthon Sw. monitoring on Bering Island (Kamchatka Krai) in 2012-2018. Cypripedium macranthon Sw is a rare Orchidaceae species enlisted in several regional Red Books and the Red Book of the Russian Federation. The species on Bering Island inhabits its north-eastern range border and is protected in Komandorsky State Biosphere Nature Reserve. 7 coenopoulations of C . macranthon are found on the island. The studied coenopopulation inhabits the polydominant mixed-herbs-gramineous meadow on coastal sandy dunes. The coenopopulation occupies 4,0 ha and consists of separate loci. The vital state of the plants was defined as normal (3 points). Adult vegetative and generative individuals prevail in the coenopopulation. According to our data the number of shoots was 8 to 16 individuals per sq. m. The average number of generative shoots in 2013, 2017 and 2018 was 9, 10 and 1,4 correspondingly. The maximum generativity index of 81,8% was marked in 2013 due to favorable conditions of the vegetative season. The quantitative data from different periods allow to assume that C . macranthon coenopopulations state is stable which if determined by the population dynamics and proportion of generative shoots.

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Hait, Arghya Kumar, and Hermann Behling. "Responses of the mangrove ecosystem to Holocene environmental change in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India." Acta Palaeobotanica 59, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 391–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/acpa-2019-0013.

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Abstract The Sundarban Mangrove Forest in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, located at the mouth of the Ganga–Brahmaputra Delta in India, is the most diverse mangrove ecosystem in the world. Sediment cores were taken from two widely separated islands in that reserve: Chamta (CMT) and Sudhyanyakhali (SDK). Pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating were used to study the Holocene development and dynamics of this unique ecosystem. Modern pollen rain study reveals a strong relation between modern pollen rain and the present vegetation, as well as a high rate of Phoenix palludosa pollen production.The pollen records indicate that man-grove existed at CMT from ~5960 and at SDK from ~1520 cal yr BP. Changes in relative sea level, including the frequency and intensity of inundation as well as fluctuating precipitation, have been the major factors along with geomorphic processes that control the development and dynamics of the mangrove in the area during the Holocene. The mid Holocene mangrove at CMT declined, to be progressively replaced by successive communities, and eventually reached climax stage, while the SDK site is transitional in nature. The mangrove responds rapidly to changes in environmental conditions at both locations. Because of large-scale anthropogenic interventions, it is unlikely that similar rapid responses will occur in the future.

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Dey, M., and D. K. Singh. "Three foliicolous taxa of Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) new to India from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands." Acta Botanica Hungarica 58, no. 1-2 (March 2016): 49–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/034.58.2016.1-2.2.

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Machendiranathan, M., L. Senthilnathan, R. Ranith, A. Saravanakumar, T. Thangaradjou, S. B. Choudhry, and S. K. Sasamal. "Trend in coral-algal phase shift in the Mandapam group of islands, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, India." Journal of Ocean University of China 15, no. 6 (November 8, 2016): 1080–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11802-016-2606-8.

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Jiménez-Gomis, Cristina, Alejandra García Frank, Graciela Sarmiento Chiesa, and Carolina Castillo Ruiz. "Conservation Status of the Listed Marine Fossil Sites in the Macizo de Anaga Biosphere Reserve (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)." Geoheritage 11, no. 4 (July 29, 2019): 1757–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12371-019-00388-9.

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Gañan, Melisa, Tamara Contador, Javier Rendoll, Felipe Simoes, Carolina Pérez, Gillian Graham, Simón Castillo, James Kennedy, and Peter Convey. "Records of Parochlus steinenii in the Maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions." ZooKeys 1011 (January 18, 2021): 63–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.56833.

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This study provides the summary of the reports of the geographical distribution in the Maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions of Parochlus steinenii (Gercke, 1889) (Diptera, Chironomidae), the only flying insect occurring naturally in the Antarctic continent. The distribution encompasses the South Shetland Islands (Maritime Antarctic), South Georgia (sub-Antarctic), and parts of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (CHBR, southern Chile). In total 78 occurrence records were identified, 53 from our own records, 19 from the literature, and six from other data present in GBIF. Of the 78 records, 66 are from the South Shetland Islands, eight are from South Georgia, and four from the CHBR. This database was developed as one of the main objectives of two Chilean-funded research projects addressing understanding the effects of climate change on sub-Antarctic and Antarctic insects. It provides dataset documenting the distribution of Parochlus steinenii in the Maritime Antarctic, the sub-Antarctic, and the CHBR in southern South America (Chile). The complete dataset is available in Darwin Core Archive format via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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Méndez Sánchez, Federico, Alfonso Aguirre-Muñoz, Araceli Samaniego, Yuliana Bedolla Guzmán, Ana Cárdenas Tapia, Evaristo Rojas Mayoral, Mariam Latofski Robles, et al. "Involvement of a Fishing Community in the Eradication of the Introduced Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus cedrosensis) from San Benito Oeste Island, Mexico." Diversity 13, no. 11 (November 18, 2021): 588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13110588.

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San Benito Archipelago is internationally important for the conservation of 13 species of seabirds. San Benito Oeste, the largest and only inhabited island, was declared mammal-free in 2000 after a series of eradications conducted in collaboration between the fishing cooperative Pescadores Nacionales de Abulón, the Mexican conservation organization, Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C., and the Mexican Government. The archipelago remained mammal-free until 2006, when an unusual invader, the Cedros island cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus cedrosensis), was accidentally introduced to San Benito Oeste island. The same collaboration scheme involving locals, conservationists, and authorities was once again put in motion, delivering tangible results. Research informed the mouse eradication strategy, the local community supported the operation, and the mouse eradication was successfully implemented in December 2013. To date (8 years later), no mammals have been recorded in the archipelago, which suggests community-led island biosecurity is working. In addition, this collaborative restoration work contributed to the creation of the Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, protecting 21 islands, including the San Benito Archipelago, and 97 islets in the Mexican Pacific.

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Schaefer, Kurt M., Daniel W. Fuller, and Gabriel Aldana. "Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in waters surrounding the Revillagigedo Islands Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Mexico." Fisheries Oceanography 23, no. 1 (September 16, 2013): 65–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12047.

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Medina, Félix M., and Aurelio Martín. "A new invasive species in the Canary Islands: a naturalized population of ferrets Mustela furo in La Palma Biosphere Reserve." Oryx 44, no. 01 (November 13, 2009): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605309990743.

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Ramesh, CH, S. Koushik, T. Shunmugaraj, and M. V. Ramana Murthy. "Current biodiversity of Mandapam group of Islands in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southeast coast of Tamil Nadu, India." Regional Studies in Marine Science 39 (September 2020): 101429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101429.

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Airamé, Satie, Jenifer E. Dugan, Kevin D. Lafferty, Heather Leslie, Deborah A. McArdle, and Robert R. Warner. "APPLYING ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA TO MARINE RESERVE DESIGN: A CASE STUDY FROM THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS." Ecological Applications 13, sp1 (February 2003): 170–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0170:aectmr]2.0.co;2.

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Castaño, Diana, Diana Morales-de-Anda, Julián Prato, Amílcar Leví Cupul-Magaña, Johanna Paola Echeverry, and Adriana Santos-Martínez. "Reef Structural Complexity Influences Fish Community Metrics on a Remote Oceanic Island: Serranilla Island, Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombia." Oceans 2, no. 3 (September 3, 2021): 611–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/oceans2030034.

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Serranilla is a protected island of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, far from dense human population. These characteristics could help sustain structurally complex coral reefs, often associated with higher biodiversity, abundance, and biomass of reef-associated organisms, including reef fish. However, the multiple threats present in Serranilla, including intense illegal fishing, can impact coral ecosystems generally and also specific key groups, such as the parrotfish, in particular. During the “Seaflower Research Expedition 2017”, we assessed how structural habitat complexity influences reef fish assemblages. In addition, we explored differences in parrotfish species (family: Scaridae) between Serranilla and San Andrés, the most populated island in the Archipelago. On Serranilla, we found that habitat structure, rugosity, and coral cover accounted for up to 66% of variation in reef fish diversity, abundance, and biomass, with values being higher on more complex reefs. Parrotfish species differed between the islands, with larger species supporting higher biomasses at Serranilla, by comparison with San Andrés; however, the abundance, biomass, and lengths of parrotfish species were low in both areas compared with those reported from other protected Caribbean reefs. Our study indicates that despite the evident relationship between structurally complex habitats and reef fish, other threats in Serranilla could be affecting parrotfish populations, such as illegal fishing, a widespread activity in the area.

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Mikhailyuk, T. I., O. M. Vinogradova, K. Glaser, N. Rybalka, E. M. Demchenko, and U. Karsten. "Algae of biological soil crusts from sand dunes of the Danube Delta biosphere reserve (Odesa Region, Ukraine)." Algologia 31, no. 1 (March 2021): 25–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/alg31.01.025.

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The species composition of algae from biological soil crusts (biocrusts) on the surface of sand dunes (Black Sea coast, Primorske, Izmail District, Odesa Region, Ukraine) was investigated. Samples were collected from three coastal localities: Katranivska Spit, Zhebryianska Bay and Zhebryianska Ridge. The latter two localities are in the territory of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. The samples were investigated by direct microscopy, followed by a culture approach. 60 species from Chlorophyta (32), Cyanobacteria (16), Streptophyta (7) and Ochrophyta (5) were identified. Representatives of the cyanobacterial genera Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont, Coleofasciculus M.Siegesmund, J.R.Johansen & T.Friedl, Nostoc Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault, Hassallia Berkeley ex Bornet & Flahault, and streptophytes from the genus Klebsormidium P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell dominated in the studied biocrusts. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S/18S rRNA as well as 16S-23S ITS/ITS-1,2 regions were undertaken for some strains of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae. As a result, species identification and their position in respective phylogeny was refined, as well as aiding the discovery of some interesting and rare species. New genera and species were described (Streptosarcina arenaria Mikhailyuk & Lukešová and Tetradesmus arenicola Mikhailyuk & P.Tsarenko); with two genera (Nodosilinea R.B.Perkerson & D.A.Casamatta and Pleurastrosarcina H.J.Sluiman & P.C.J.Blommers) and four species reported for the first time for the flora of Ukraine (Nodosilinea epilithica Perkerson & Casamatta, Pseudomuriella aurantiaca (W.Vischer) N.Hanagata, Pleurochloris meiringensis Vischer, Pleurastrosarcina terriformae Darienko, W.J.Kang, Orzechowski & Pröschold). Comparison of the results from this study with similar investigations at Cape Kazantip (Sea of Azov, Ukraine) and at two islands of the Baltic Sea (Rügen, Usedom, Germany) revealed that sand composition and texture, as well as climate type of the respective region, are the main factors determining species composition of algae and cyanobacteria in biocrusts of maritime dunes.

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Vanderplank, Sula E., and Jon Rebman. "Thirteen new weeds on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico." Acta Botanica Mexicana, no. 128 (April 15, 2021): 1823. http://dx.doi.org/10.21829/abm128.2021.1823.

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Background and Aims: Cedros Island is the southernmost outpost of the California Floristic Province, the largest island in the Californian archipelago, and home to a suite of endemic plants and animals. As such, it is an important resource within the Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, with many management concerns. The goal of this study was to document newly arrived plant species on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico.Methods: From the 8th to the 11th February 2019 we visited Cedros Island and made observations of plants around Cedros Village using the platform NaturaLista (iNaturalist).Key results: Thirteen new plant taxa were detected around Cedros village, all were non-native. These discoveries follow a very recently published checklist on the flora and suggest that new non-native plants are arriving rapidly. Conclusions: Recommended management implications include monitoring and eradication of new species, particularly at inhabited areas, and with priority given to highly invasive species such as Cenchrus setaceus and C. ciliaris.

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Portillo, Marta, Kate Dudgeon, Montserrat Anglada, Damià Ramis, Yolanda Llergo, and Antoni Ferrer. "Phytolith and Calcitic Spherulite Indicators from Modern Reference Animal Dung from Mediterranean Island Ecosystems: Menorca, Balearic Islands." Applied Sciences 11, no. 16 (August 4, 2021): 7202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11167202.

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This study illustrates the contribution of plant and faecal microfossil records to interdisciplinary approaches on the identification, composition, taphonomy and seasonality of livestock dung materials. The focus is on the taphonomy of opal phytoliths and calcitic dung spherulites embedded within modern faecal pellets collected from pasture grounds and pens from a range of animals, including cattle, sheep and pigs from three different farms and seasons of the year in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Modern reference materials provide comparative plant and dung microfossil indicators on factors affecting the formation, composition, preservation and decay of animal faeces, as well as on the diverse environmental and anthropogenic aspects influencing these. The reported results show relevant changes in phytolith and spherulite composition according to animal species and age, livestock management, seasonality, and grazing and foddering regimes. Both microfossil records provide fundamental information on taphonomic issues that are understudied, such as the variation in the digestibility among different species, including under investigated animals such as pigs, as well on the seasonality of plant and faecal microfossils that are excreted with dung as an important material for reconstructing human-environment interactions which is commonly overlooked in archaeology.

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Costa, Thaís Ribeiro, Cristiane Coelho De Moura, Leovandes Soares Silva, Anne Priscila Dias Gonzaga, and Evandro Luiz Mendonça Machado. "A Teoria Neutra pode explicar a estrutura da comunidade de ilhas florestais em uma montanha tropical?" Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física 15, no. 1 (March 23, 2022): 031. http://dx.doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v15.1.p031-049.

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Entender como os organismos se distribuem e o que determina essas distribuições é essencial para a conservação da biodiversidade. Processos tanto determinísticos quanto estocásticos podem determinar as distribuições das espécies em florestas tropicais fragmentadas. Com base nisto, investigamos se fatores ambientais e/ou espaciais são determinantes para os padrões florístico-estruturais da comunidade arbórea em ilhas florestais naturais, Reserva da Biosfera da Serra do Espinhaço - Brasil. Assim, alocamos 72 parcelas de 100 m² em 18 ilhas inundáveis localizadas no Parque Nacional das Sempre-Vivas. Nestas, foram amostrados todos os indivíduos arbóreos vivos com diâmetro à altura do peito igual ou superior a 5 cm (DAP ≥ 5 cm). Em cada parcela foram mensuradas variáveis ambientais: umidade e propriedades químicas do solo, cobertura do dossel e altura de crestamento nas árvores. Calculamos parâmetros fitossociológicos e análises multivariadas de redundância (RDA). A estrutura das áreas se mostrou heterogênea, compreendendo espécies generalistas, bem como típicas de ambientes úmidos do Domínio Atlântico e vegetação de savana (Cerrado). A maior contribuição espacial para explicar a variação florístico-estrutural sugere a importância de fatores de ordem endógena (como dispersão, extinção, competição intra e interespecífica) na estruturação das ilhas florestais, tendo sua distribuição de espécies determinada por eventos estocásticos como sugerido pela Teoria Neutra. Portanto, estas ilhas tratam-se de um laboratório natural único para fornecer informações relevantes sobre a importância dos mecanismos neutros em ambientes fragmentados. Nossos resultados demonstram a necessidade de estabelecer estratégias de conservação consistentes que garantam a conectividade dessas ilhas na paisagem para manutenção da diversidade biológica.Palavras-chave: Estocasticidade, Fragmentação, Domínio Atlântico; Mata de Galeria, Reserva da Biosfera da Serra do Espinhaço Can Neutral Theory explain the structure of the forest islands community in a tropical mountain?A B S T R A C TUnderstanding how organisms are distributed and what determines these distributions is essential for biodiversity conservation. Both deterministic and stochastic processes can determine species distributions in fragmented tropical forests. Based on this, we investigate whether environmental and/or spatial factors are determinant for the floristic-structural patterns of the tree community in natural forest islands, Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve - Brazil. Thus, we have allocated 72 plots of 100 m² on 18 floodable islands located in the Ever-Vivas National Park. In these, all living arboreal individuals with diameter at breast height equal to or greater than 5 cm (DBH ≥ 5 cm) were sampled. In each plot, environmental variables were measured: soil moisture and chemical properties, canopy cover and tree blight height. We calculated phytosociological parameters and multivariate analysis of redundancy (RDA). The structure of the areas was heterogeneous, comprising generalist species, as well as those typical of humid environments in the Atlantic Domain and savannah (Cerrado) vegetation. The greatest spatial contribution to explain the floristic-structural variation suggests the importance of endogenous factors (such as dispersion, extinction, intra and interspecific competition) in the structuring of forest islands, with their species distribution determined by stochastic events as suggested by the Neutral Theory. Therefore, these islands are a unique natural laboratory to provide relevant information about the importance of neutral mechanisms in fragmented environments. Our results demonstrate the need to establish consistent conservation strategies that ensure the connectivity of these islands in the landscape to maintain biological diversity.Keywords: Stochasticity, Fragmentation, Atlantic Domain; Gallery Forest, Espinhaço Range Reserve Biosphere

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Nguyen Van, Long, and Hoang Son Tong Phuoc. "Temporal changes of key marine habitats in the World Biosphere Reserve of Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An, Quang Nam province." Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ Biển 21, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 191–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/15063.

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Assessments of marine habitats have played an essential role in the management and sustainable uses of marine biodiversity resources. Spatial and temporal changes in distribution and area of crucial marine habitats in the World Biosphere Reserve of Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An were assessed using remote sensing technology (Landsat 5-TM, SPOT4, and AVNIR2 Sentinel 2-MS) and aerial images in combination with ground-truthing at 60 key sites in the year of 2016 and back-interpretation for the years of 2004 and 2008. This study shows some 579 ha of coral reefs, 117 ha of mangrove forest (mainly by Nypa palm), and 43 ha of seagrass beds recorded in 2016. There was some 112.5 ha, including 77.1 ha of the Nypa palm in the Thu Bon estuaries, 34.6 ha of seagrass beds (Bai Ong and Bai Huong in Cu Lao Cham islands), and 0.8 ha of coral reefs lost between 2004 and 2016 due to development of infrastructure and marine culture. The declines of the Nypa palm and the seagrass beds in the Thu Bon estuaries have been threatening to the maintenance of essential nursery grounds of target species, especially in the area surrounding the Nypa palm forest “rung dua bay mau” at Cam Thanh commune.

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Saavedra, Susana, and Félix M. Medina. "Control of invasive ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in an island Biosphere Reserve (La Palma, Canary Islands): combining methods and social engagement." Biological Invasions 22, no. 12 (September 1, 2020): 3653–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02351-0.

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Bedernichek, Tymur. "In memoriam – Stepan Stoyko." Plant Introduction 87-88 (December 30, 2020): 122–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.46341/pi2020041.

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On October 22 of this year, professor Stepan Stoyko – a prominent Ukrainian scientist and nature conservationist, died at the age of 100. Until his last days, he had a clear mind, was active in nature conservation, and continued working on academic publications. His last research article was published in September 2020, approximately one month before his death. For decades he was a principal investigator and head of a department in the State Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians. Stepan Stoyko created many protected areas, including the Carpathian State Reserve (Carpathian Biosphere Reserve), Roztochya Nature Reserve, and Carpathian, Yavorivskyi, Shatsky, Uzhansky, Skole Beskids, and Synevyr national nature parks. After the catastrophic floods in Transcarpathia in 1998, and 2001, he brought attention to clear-cutting, including the Carpathian forests’ illegal cutting. In his late 90s, Stepan Stoyko supported the initiative group Free Svydovets that protected one of the most important biodiversity islands in the Ukrainian Carpathians – Svydovets mountain range. His support was crucial to prevent building the largest Carpathian ski resort and conserve unique mountain old-growth forests, sub-alpine, and alpine grasslands. I knew Stepan Stoyko for over 20 years since I was 15 years old. Here I would like to share my perspective on his contribution to nature conservation and environmental science. To commemorate his scientific life and contributions, the Ukrainian community of botanists and ecologists Dovkolabotanika established Stepan Stoyko Award in the fields of nature conservation and environmental science for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students.

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Mahiques, Michel Michaelovitch de, Leticia Burone, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Ana Amélia de Oliveira Lavenére-Wanderley, Benjamim Capellari, Carlos Eduardo Rogacheski, Cassia Pianca Barroso, Leonardo Augusto Samaritano dos Santos, Luisa Mariutti Cordero, and Mariana Coppede Cussioli. "Anthropogenic influences in a lagoonal environment: a multiproxy approach at the valo grande mouth, Cananéia-Iguape system (SE Brazil)." Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 57, no. 4 (December 2009): 325–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1679-87592009000400007.

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The Cananéia-Iguape system, SE Brazil, consists of a complex of lagoonal channels, located in a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve. Nevertheless, important environmental changes have occurred in approximately the last 150 yrs due to the opening of an artificial channel, the Valo Grande, connecting the Ribeira de Iguape River to the lagoonal system. Our objective is to assess the historical record of the uppermost layers of the sedimentary column of the lagoonal system in order to determine the history of environmental changes caused by the opening of the artificial channel. In this sense, an integrated geochemical-faunal approach is used. The environmental changes led significant modifications in salinity, in changes of the depositional patterns of sediments and foraminiferal assemblages (including periods of defaunation), and, more drastically, in the input of heavy metals to the coastal environment. The concentrations Pb in the core analyzed here were up to two times higher than the values measured in contaminated sediments from the Santos estuary, the most industrialized coastal zone in Brazil.

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Clairand, Jean-Michel, Javier Rodríguez-García, and Carlos Álvarez-Bel. "Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy for Isolated Systems with High Penetration of Renewable Generation." Energies 11, no. 11 (November 16, 2018): 3188. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11113188.

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Inhabited islands depend primarily on fossil fuels for electricity generation and they also present frequently a vehicle fleet, which result in a significant environmental problem. To address this, several governments are investing in the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs), but the combined integration of them creates challenges to the operation of these isolated grid systems. Thus, the aim of this paper is to propose an Electric Vehicle charging strategy considering high penetration of RES. The methodology proposes taxing CO2 emissions based on high pricing when the electricity is mostly generated by fossil fuels, and low pricing when there is a RES power excess. The Smart charging methodology for EV optimizes the total costs. Nine scenarios with different installed capacity of solar and wind power generation are evaluated and compared to cases of uncoordinated charging. The methodology was simulated in the Galapagos Islands, which is an archipelago of Ecuador, and recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as both aWorld Heritage site and a biosphere reserve. Simulations results demonstrate that the EV aggregator could reduce costs: 7.9% for a case of 5 MW installed capacity (wind and PV each), and 7% for a case of 10 MW installed (wind and PV each). Moreover, the use of excess of RES power for EV charging will considerably reduce CO2 emissions

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Chakravortty, Somdatta, and Chakrabarti S. "QUALITY ENHANCEMENT OF HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE DATA THROUGH ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION: A CASE STUDY OF HENRY AND LOTHIAN ISLANDS OF SUNDERBAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE, WEST BENGAL." International Journal on Applied Bio-Engineering 6, no. 2 (2012): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.18000/ijabeg.10096.

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Manuel Medina, Félix, and Raúl Fernández de León. "A study on distribution and population size of Androcymbium hierrense (Colchicaceae) an endangered taxon, in La Palma Biosphere Reserve (Canary Islands)." Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 72, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): e016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2376.

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Gupta, Devanshu, Kailash Chandra, Priyanka Das, and Joyjit Ghosh. "Clyster galatheaensis Gupta, Chandra, Das, and Ghosh, New Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." Coleopterists Bulletin 74, no. 2 (June 19, 2020): 411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-74.2.411.

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Bologa, Alexandru S. "Is the Opening of the Bystroe Shipping Channel Compatible with the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and the Adjacent Black Sea Ecosystem?" Ocean Yearbook Online 20, no. 1 (2006): 393–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116001-90000116.

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