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We used biologging data from sound and movement recording tags40 on beaked whales, together with data reported in the literature, to quantify the predator abatement benefit of two aspects of their behaviour: (i) diving and vocal coordination, and (ii) ascent swimming. Coordination Killer whales are large brained and muscular predators with a limited diving capacity25,41. […] More
Sampling sites Thirteen sites in streams of 3 cantons of Switzerland and 7 sites along the shores of Lake Geneva were selected to cover a known gradient of anthropogenic pressures, in order to compare the morphological and metabarcoding approaches for determining the oligochaete indices (Supplementary Table S1). The 13 stream sites comprised sources and sites in […] More
NPP and GPP models Important advances in NPP and GPP models for estuarine-coastal waters were made possible by increasingly sophisticated approaches and availability of calibration data. Common elements of production models dating to the 1950s include terms for photosynthetic efficiency, phytoplankton biomass, and light availability41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52. Light-utilization models specific to estuarine-coastal ecosystems, such as Chesapeake Bay, […] More
We first compared the vertical variation in WD between 822 individual trees by determining WD in six compartments (stump: Stu, stem base: Steb, stem: Ste, large-: LB, medium-: MB and small-sized branches: SB, Fig. 1D). The sample covered a broad range of WD values from 0.217 to 1.020 (Steb). As there are no strong assumptions regarding […] More
16S rRNA data and taxonomic classification We collected 11,649 16S rRNA amplification datasets from MG-RAST (last accessed: march 2015). The datasets had very diverse sizes, with an average size of 100,473 sequences per dataset (Supplementary data 1 and Supplementary Fig. 7). We removed those containing non-ribosomal data or less than 2000 sequences. For this, we queried the […] More
1. Swei, A., Meentemeyer, R. & Briggs, C. J. Influence of abiotic and environmental factors on the density and infection prevalence of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) with Borrelia burgdorferi. J. Med. Entomol. 48, 20–28 (2011). 2. Gottdenker, N. L., Chaves, L. F., Calzada, J. E., Saldaña, A. & Carroll, C. R. Host life history strategy, […] More
1. Rinaudo M. Main properties and current applications of some polysaccharides as biomaterials. Polym Int. 2008;57:397–430. 2. Iijima K, Hashizume M. Application of polysaccharides as structural materials. Trends Glycosci Glycotechnol. 2015;27:67–79. Article Google Scholar 3. Klemm D, Heublein B, Fink HP, Bohn A. Cellulose: fascinating biopolymer and sustainable raw material. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2005;46:3358–93. […] More
1. Jacquin, J. et al. Microbial ecotoxicology of marine plastic debris: a review on colonization and biodegradation by the ‘plastisphere’. Front. Microbiol. 10, 347 (2019). Article Google Scholar 2. Danso, D., Chow, J. & Streit, W. R. Plastics: environmental and biotechnological perspectives on microbial degradation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85, 768–14 (2019). Article Google Scholar 3. […] More
