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    Millennial-scale hydroclimate control of tropical soil carbon storage

    1. Davidson, E. A. & Janssens, I. A. Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change. Nature 440, 165–173 (2006). 2. Melillo, J. M. et al. Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate system. Science 298, 2173–2176 (2002). 3. Lloyd, J. & Taylor, J. A. On the temperature dependence of soil […] More

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    Future ocean biomass losses may widen socioeconomic equity gaps

    Global patterns of multi-model ensemble animal biomass To evaluate present-day patterns of marine animal biomass, we calculated the multi-model ensemble mean biomass within each grid cell between 2006 and 2016 in standardized units of percentage of the global maximum (%; Fig. 2a). Peak biomass levels emerged in most upwelling regions, and at high temperate latitudes (~50–60°N […] More

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    Toxicity of ten herbicides to the tropical marine microalgae Rhodomonas salina

    1. Basheer, C., Obbard, J. P. & Lee, H. K. Persistent organic pollutants in Singapore’s coastal marine environment: part I, seawater. Water, Air, Soil Pollut. 149, 295–313, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025689600993 (2003). 2. Ali, H. R. et al. Contamination of diuron in coastal waters around Malaysian Peninsular. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 85, 287–291 (2014). 3. Okamura, H., Aoyama, I., […] More

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    Relationships of virus titers and transmission rates among sympatric and allopatric virus isolates and thrips vectors support local adaptation

    1. Gray, S. M. & Banerjee, N. Mechanisms of arthropod transmission of plant and animal viruses. MMBR. 63, 128–148 (1999). 2. Agarwal, A., Parida, M. & Dash, P. K. Impact of transmission cycles and vector competence on global expansion and emergence of arboviruses. Rev. Med. Virol. 27, e1941 (2017). Google Scholar 3. Stumpf, C. F. […] More

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    The role of calcium in regulating marine phosphorus burial and atmospheric oxygenation

    Basic 1D diagenetic model The basic reactive-transport diagenetic model we developed includes six components, including two solid-phase species: organic matter and CFA; and four solute components: [Ca2+], [DIC], [DIP], and [F−]. The mass balance functions for this basic model are30,31: $$frac{{partial {mathit{C}}_l}}{{partial t}} = frac{1}{phi }frac{partial }{{partial x}}left( {phi {mathrm{D}}frac{{partial C_l}}{{partial x}}} right) – frac{1}{phi […] More

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    Benthic fauna declined on a whitening Antarctic continental shelf

    1. Arntz, W. E., Brey, T. & Gallardo, V. A. Antarctic zoobenthos. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. 32, 241–304 (1994). Google Scholar 2. Gerdes, D. et al. Quantitative investigations on macrobenthos communities of the southeastern Weddell Sea shelf based on multibox corer samples. Polar Biol. 12, 291–301 (1992). Google Scholar 3. Gutt, J. & Starmans, A. Structure […] More