Search Results - "McIntyre, Peter"
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Extensive Global Wetland Loss Over the Past Three Centuries
Published in Nature (London) (09-02-2023)“…Wetlands have long been drained for human use, thereby strongly affecting greenhouse gas fluxes, flood control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity…”
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Global hidden harvest of freshwater fish revealed by household surveys
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-07-2018)“…Consumption of wild-caught freshwater fish is concentrated in low-income countries, where it makes a critical contribution to food security and livelihoods…”
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Predicting nutrient excretion of aquatic animals with metabolic ecology and ecological stoichiometry: a global synthesis
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-12-2016)“…The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) and ecological stoichiometry (ES) are both prominent frameworks for understanding energy and nutrient budgets of…”
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Linking freshwater fishery management to global food security and biodiversity conservation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-11-2016)“…Fisheries are an essential ecosystem service, but catches from freshwaters are often overlooked. Hundreds of millions of people around the world benefit from…”
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Effect of vaccines on bacterial meningitis worldwide
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (10-11-2012)“…Summary Three bacteria— Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae , and Neisseria meningitidis —account for most acute bacterial meningitis. Measurement…”
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Morphometry and average temperature affect lake stratification responses to climate change
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-06-2015)“…Climate change is affecting lake stratification with consequences for water quality and the benefits that lakes provide to society. Here we use long‐term…”
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Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis
Published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews (12-09-2015)“…In experimental studies, the outcome of bacterial meningitis has been related to the severity of inflammation in the subarachnoid space. Corticosteroids reduce…”
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Ecosystem responses to channel restoration decline with stream size in urban river networks
Published in Ecological applications (01-07-2020)“…Urban streams are often severely impaired due to channelization, high loads of nutrients and contaminants, and altered land cover in the watershed. Physical…”
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Blocks-in-Conduit: REBCO Cable for a 20T@20K Toroid for Compact Fusion Tokamaks
Published in IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity (01-08-2021)“…Blocks-in-Conduit is a novel approach to cable, coil, and splice technologies with unique benefits for a high-current-density toroid winding to operate at 20 T…”
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Floating solar power: evaluate trade-offs
Published in Nature (London) (09-06-2022)“…[...]for some projects, so much methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is released from decaying submerged plant matter that they can emit as much carbon per unit…”
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A network of grassroots reserves protects tropical river fish diversity
Published in Nature (London) (24-12-2020)“…Intensive fisheries have reduced fish biodiversity and abundance in aquatic ecosystems worldwide 1 – 3 . ‘No-take’ marine reserves have become a cornerstone of…”
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Enhancing ecosystem restoration efficiency through spatial and temporal coordination
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-05-2015)“…In many large ecosystems, conservation projects are selected by a diverse set of actors operating independently at spatial scales ranging from local to…”
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Molecular Sensors of Blood Flow in Endothelial Cells
Published in Trends in molecular medicine (01-09-2017)“…Mechanical stress from blood flow has a significant effect on endothelial physiology, with a key role in initiating vasoregulatory signals. Disturbances in…”
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Climate warming reduces fish production and benthic habitat in Lake Tanganyika, one of the most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-08-2016)“…Warming climates are rapidly transforming lake ecosystems worldwide, but the breadth of changes in tropical lakes is poorly documented. Sustainable management…”
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Depth-discrete metagenomics reveals the roles of microbes in biogeochemical cycling in the tropical freshwater Lake Tanganyika
Published in The ISME Journal (01-07-2021)“…Lake Tanganyika (LT) is the largest tropical freshwater lake, and the largest body of anoxic freshwater on Earth’s surface. LT’s mixed oxygenated surface…”
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When are fish sources vs. sinks of nutrients in lake ecosystems?
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-10-2013)“…Animals can be important in nutrient cycling through a variety of direct and indirect pathways. A high biomass of animals often represents a large pool of…”
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Trends and patterns in vaccination objection, Australia, 2002–2013
Published in Medical journal of Australia (18-04-2016)“…Objectives: To examine geographic and demographic trends in objection to vaccination in Australia. Design: Cross‐sectional analysis of Australian Childhood…”
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The impact of adolescent pertussis immunization, 2004―2009: lessons from Australia
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization (01-09-2011)“…To compare the impact of three strategies for delivering a booster dose of adult-formulated tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) vaccine to adolescents in…”
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Grassroots reserves rescue a river food web from cascading impacts of overharvest
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-04-2021)“…Intensive fishing is altering the functioning of aquatic ecosystems worldwide, threatening both biodiversity and food security. No-fishing reserves have proven…”
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Outsized nutrient contributions from small tributaries to a Great Lake
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (10-11-2020)“…Excessive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading is one of the greatest threats to aquatic ecosystems in the Anthropocene, causing eutrophication of rivers,…”
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