Search Results - "Casanovas, Paula"
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Harnessing environmental DNA to reveal biogeographical patterns of non-indigenous species for improved co-governance of the marine environment in Aotearoa New Zealand
Published in Scientific reports (10-10-2023)“…Aotearoa New Zealand’s Northern region is a major gateway for the incursion and establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS) populations due to high numbers…”
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Asymmetry in reproduction strategies drives evolution of resistance in biological control systems
Published in PloS one (19-12-2018)“…The success of biological control may depend on the control agent co-evolving with its target pest species, precluding the emergence of resistance that often…”
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Trusted storytellers as freshwater restoration knowledge brokers: individual and collective voices can both be effective
Published in Kōtuitui (01-10-2024)“…Aotearoa New Zealand's aquatic ecosystems are declining despite widespread awareness of mitigation needs. This study employs storytelling to address this…”
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Mapping lichen distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula using remote sensing, lichen spectra and photographic documentation by citizen scientists
Published in Polar Research (01-01-2015)“…On the Antarctic Peninsula, lichens are the most diverse botanical component of the terrestrial ecosystem. However, detailed information on the distribution of…”
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Continuous bubble streams for controlling marine biofouling on static artificial structures
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (30-04-2021)“…Biofouling accumulation is not proactively managed on most marine static artificial structures (SAS) due to the lack of effective options presently available…”
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Biological Control Success of a Pasture Pest: Has Its Parasitoid Lost Its Functional Mojo?
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (14-12-2018)“…Sustainable and integrated pest management often involves insect parasitoids. However, the effectiveness of parasitoids biocontrol has often failed, frequently…”
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Prediction of Feed Efficiency and Performance-Based Traits in Fish via Integration of Multiple Omics and Clinical Covariates
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (01-08-2023)“…Fish aquaculture is a rapidly expanding global industry, set to support growing demands for sources of marine protein. Enhancing feed efficiency (FE) in farmed…”
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Multi-scale patterns of moss and lichen richness on the Antarctic Peninsula
Published in Ecography (Copenhagen) (01-02-2013)“…Mosses and lichens are the dominant macrophytes of the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem. Using occurrence data from existing databases and additional published…”
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Comparative assessment of blood biochemistry and haematology normal ranges between Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from seawater and freshwater farms
Published in Aquaculture (15-05-2021)“…Blood biochemistry and haematological parameters in fish are affected by environmental changes, nutritional status, stress and health. As such, they are useful…”
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The relationship of feed intake, growth, nutrient retention, and oxygen consumption to feed conversion ratio of farmed saltwater Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Published in Aquaculture (30-05-2022)“…Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is the ratio between feed intake and weight gain. By improving FCR within a species, feed intake can be reduced for the same amount…”
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Determining differences in the timing of fish feed intake using a novel dual ballotini X-radiography method
Published in Aquaculture (15-07-2024)“…Fish feeding behaviour can be complicated and time consuming to observe, analyse and quantify. The conventional single ballotini X-radiography method was…”
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Net overboard: Comparing marine eDNA sampling methodologies at sea to unravel marine biodiversity
Published in Molecular ecology resources (01-02-2023)“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses are powerful for describing marine biodiversity but must be optimized for their effective use in routine monitoring. To…”
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Health prediction for king salmon via evolutionary machine learning with genetic programming
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Using citizen science to estimate lichen diversity
Published in Biological conservation (01-03-2014)“…•We propose a “citizen scientist” approach to collecting lichen biodiversity data.•We use parataxonomic units (PUs) as species surrogates to estimate lichen…”
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A comprehensive coastal seabird survey maps out the front lines of ecological change on the western Antarctic Peninsula
Published in Polar biology (01-07-2015)“…Seabirds along the western Antarctic Peninsula are known to be shifting in abundance and distribution in response to changing sea ice and prey distributions,…”
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Antarctic Site Inventory breeding bird survey data, 1994–2013: Ecological Archives E094‐243
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-11-2013)“…This data set represents the accumulation of 19 years of seabird population abundance data collected by the Antarctic Site Inventory, an opportunistic…”
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Understanding lichen diversity on the Antarctic Peninsula using parataxonomic units as a surrogate for species richness: "Ecological Archives" E094—194
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2013)“…Expert collection of specimens in the field and further determination of species is the best method for determining species richness. However, the relative…”
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Understanding lichen diversity on the Antarctic Peninsula using parataxonomic units as a surrogate for species richness: Ecological Archives E094â194
Published in Ecology (Durham) (2013)“…Expert collection of specimens in the field and further determination of species is the best method for determining species richness. However, the relative…”
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Antarctic Site Inventory breeding bird survey data, 1994-2013
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-11-2013)“…This data set represents the accumulation of 19 years of seabird population abundance data collected by the Antarctic Site Inventory, an opportunistic…”
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Understanding lichen diversity on the Antarctic Peninsula using parataxonomic units as a surrogate for species richness
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2013)“…Expert collection of specimens in the field and further determination of species is the best method for determining species richness. However, the relative…”
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