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Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm by West, A. J., Lin, C.-W., Lin, T.-C., Hilton, R. G., Liu, S.-H., Chang, C.-T., Lin, K.-C., Galy, A., Sparkes, R. B., Hovius, N.

“…A significant consequence of Typhoon Morakot in August 2009 was the production of vast volumes of driftwood in Pacific Asia. We have quantified the flux of…”
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The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment by Clark, K. E, Torres, M. A, West, A. J, Hilton, R. G, New, M, Horwath, A. B, Fisher, J. B, Rapp, J. M, Robles Caceres, A, Malhi, Y

“…The hydrology of tropical mountain catchments plays a central role in ecological function, geochemical and biogeochemical cycles, erosion and sediment…”
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Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity by Clark, K. E, West, A. J, Hilton, R. G, Asner, G. P, Quesada, C. A, Silman, M. R, Saatchi, S. S, Farfan-Rios, W, Martin, R. E, Horwath, A. B, Halladay, K, New, M, Malhi, Y

“…In this study, we assess the geomorphic role of a rare, large-magnitude landslide-triggering event and consider its effect on mountain forest ecosystems and…”
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U-Pb geochronology of Permian plutonic rocks, Longwood Range, New Zealand: implications for Median Batholith-Brook Street Terrane relations by McCoy-West, AJ, Mortimer, N, Ireland, TR

“…We present U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon ages from gabbros and associated intrusive rocks of the Longwood Range, Southland…”
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High natural erosion rates are the backdrop for present-day soil erosion in the agricultural Middle Hills of Nepal by West, A. J, Arnold, M, AumaÎtre, G, Bourlès, D. L, Keddadouche, K, Bickle, M, Ojha, T

“…Although agriculturally accelerated soil erosion is implicated in the unsustainable environmental degradation of mountain environments, such as in the…”
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mitochondrial marker for red algal intraspecific relationships by Zuccarello, G.C, Burger, G, West, J.A, King, R.J

“…Intraspecific studies of red algae have relied on nuclear or plastid markers rather than mitochondrial data to address questions of systematics, biogeography…”
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Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics by Baker, P. A, Fritz, S. C, Silva, C. G, Rigsby, C. A, Absy, M. L, Almeida, R. P, Caputo, M, Chiessi, C. M, Cruz, F. W, Dick, C. W, Feakins, S. J, Figueiredo, J, Freeman, K. H, Hoorn, C, Jaramillo, C, Kern, A. K, Latrubesse, E. M, Ledru, M. P, Marzoli, A, Myrbo, A, Noren, A, Piller, W. E, Ramos, M. I. F, Ribas, C. C, Trnadade, R, West, A. J, Wahnfried, I, Willard, D. A

“…This article presents the scientific rationale for an ambitious ICDP drilling project to continuously sample Late Cretaceous to modern sediment in four…”
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The impact of ingested potato type II inhibitors on the production of the major serine proteases in the gut of Helicoverpa armigera by Stevens, J.A., Dunse, K.M., Guarino, R.F., Barbeta, B.L., Evans, S.C., West, J.A., Anderson, M.A.

“…The flowers of the ornamental tobacco produce high levels of a series of 6 kDa serine protease inhibitors (NaPIs) that are effective inhibitors of trypsins and…”
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Felsic crust development in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: A reference sample collection to investigate a billion years of geological history by Moyen, J.F., McCoy-West, A.J., Bruand, E., Millet, M.A., Nebel, O., Cawood, P.A., Saji, N., Ladwig, A., Klaver, Martijn, Elburg, M.

“…The crust of the Kaapvaal craton accreted throughout the Archaean over nearly 1 billion years. It provides a unique example of the various geological processes…”
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Magnesium retention on the soil exchange complex controlling Mg isotope variations in soils, soil solutions and vegetation in volcanic soils, Iceland by Opfergelt, S., Burton, K.W., Georg, R.B., West, A.J., Guicharnaud, R.A., Sigfusson, B., Siebert, C., Gislason, S.R., Halliday, A.N.

“…Understanding the biogeochemical cycle of magnesium (Mg) is not only crucial for terrestrial ecology, as this element is a key nutrient for plants, but also…”
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Acclimation of the intertidal red alga Bangiopsis subsimplex (Stylonematophyceae) to salinity changes by Eggert, A., Nitschke, U., West, J.A., Michalik, D., Karsten, U.

“…The effect of salinity on growth, photosynthetic performance and osmotic acclimation was investigated in the eulittoral red algal species Bangiopsis subsimplex…”
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A Comprehensive Management System for Heart Failure Improves Clinical Outcomes and Reduces Medical Resource Utilization by West, Jeffrey A, Miller, Nancy H, Parker, Kathleen M, Senneca, Deborah, Ghandour, Ghassan, Clark, Mia, Greenwald, George, Heller, Robert S, Fowler, Michael B, DeBusk, Robert F

“…The effectiveness of heart failure management in clinical practice is limited by physicians' suboptimal utilization of effective medications, patients' poor…”
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Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland by Georg, R.B., Reynolds, B.C., West, A.J., Burton, K.W., Halliday, A.N.

“…This study presents the Si isotope compositions of the dissolved phase of twenty rivers from across Iceland. The high-resolution Nu Plasma 1700 MC-ICP-MS was…”
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Silicon fluxes and isotope composition of direct groundwater discharge into the Bay of Bengal and the effect on the global ocean silicon isotope budget by Georg, R.B., West, A.J., Basu, A.R., Halliday, A.N.

“…This study presents silicon isotope data for rivers and groundwater from the Bengal Basin. Variations of Si isotope ratios were analyzed by means of…”
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Weight loss in overweight subjects following low-sucrose or sucrose-containing diets by WEST, J. A, DE LOOY, A. E

“…To compare the response by overweight individuals, counselled in a work environment, to energy-reduced diets in which the amount of sucrose-containing foods is…”
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Dispersion measurements of microstructured fibers using femtosecond laser pulses by Ouzounov, D., Homoelle, D., Zipfel, W., Webb, W.W., Gaeta, A.L., West, J.A., Fajardo, J.C., Koch, K.W.

“…We measure the group-velocity dispersion in the range from 700 to 900 nm on three microstructured fibers with different hole sizes but similar ratios of…”
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Role of matrix metalloproteinases in failure to re-epithelialize after corneal injury by Fini, ME, Parks, WC, Rinehart, WB, Girard, MT, Matsubara, M, Cook, JR, West-Mays, JA, Sadow, PM, Burgeson, RE, Jeffrey, JJ, Raizman, MB, Krueger, RR, Zieske, JD

“…Delayed re-epithelialization of the cornea after injury usually precedes stromal ulceration. Previous findings using a rat thermal injury model suggested that…”
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Comprehensive overexpression analysis of cyclic-di-GMP signalling proteins in the phytopathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum reveals diverse effects on motility and virulence phenotypes by Tan, H, West, J A, Ramsay, J P, Monson, R E, Griffin, J L, Toth, I K, Salmond, G P C

“…Bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a ubiquitous bacterial signalling molecule produced by diguanylate cyclases of the…”
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Living in the intertidal zone — seasonal effects on heterosides and sun-screen compounds in the red alga Bangia atropurpurea (Bangiales) by Karsten, U, West, J.A

“…The seasonal patterns of daylength and ultraviolet radiation (UVB and UVA) at Williamstown, Victoria, Australia were measured (October 1995–May 1996) and are…”
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Is the marine osmium isotope record a probe for CO2 release from sedimentary rocks? by Georg, R.B., West, A.J., Vance, D., Newman, K., Halliday, A.N.

“…The marine osmium (Os) isotope composition shows some significant variability during the past 250,000yr, which also correlates with climate sensitive proxies,…”
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