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Yingqin He, Changhao Lu, Wenbin Jiang, Wenlong Chen, Jinjuan Fan, Suzhen Niu and Degang Zhao
The adaptability of phytophagous insects to different host plants is a key determinant of their population propagation. Understanding the feeding behaviour and population dynamics of insects is crucial for elucidating host adaptability and screening for ...
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Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Johan Gustafon and David E. Cade
Cetaceans are known for their intelligence and display of complex behaviours including object use. For example, bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) are known to rub on rocks and some humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) populations undertake lateral b...
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Xiaoyu Huang, Mingming Liu, Samuel T. Turvey, Mingli Lin and Songhai Li
Marine mammals are a diverse group of aquatic animals that exhibit wide variation in body size, living conditions, breeding habitat, social behaviour and phylogeny. Although case studies about prenatal investment in cetaceans and pinnipeds have been inve...
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Nurlisa Azizul, Saifullah Arifin Jaaman, Farah Dayana Haji Ismail, Azmi Marzuki Muda, Xuelei Zhang, Hairul Masrini Muhamad, Mohammad Vol Momin and Bohari Abdullah
There is limited information on Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the Bay of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam. This research was carried out from 2016 to 2018 to determine the water surface behaviour of Irrawaddy dolphins in the bay, the relationshi...
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Sahar Chebaane, João Canning-Clode, Patrício Ramalhosa, Janina Belz, Nuno Castro, Inês Órfão, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen, Miguel Pessanha Pais and João Gama Monteiro
Marinas are a gateway for the introduction and establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS). In these habitats, competition and predation are crucial determinants for NIS establishment and invasiveness. However, fish trophic preferences and biotic effec...
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Leonie S. Föhring, Peter Møller Juhl and Dietrich Wittekind
Low-frequency broadband shipping noise causes a growing concern for marine fauna together with the demand for noise reduction. Detailed analyses of the cavitation behaviour in the time domain serve as a prerequisite for steps toward quieter propellers. U...
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Francesca Cima
The colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri possesses an innate immunity, which plays fundamental roles in its survival, adaptability, worldwide spread and ecological success. Three lines of differentiation pathways of circulating haemocytes are known to ...
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Gyeltshen Dorji, Ugyen Dorji
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Miikka Karhu, Veli Kujanpää, Harri Eskelinen and Antti Salminen
In thick section laser welding, filler metal addition is usually required to improve joint fit-up tolerances or to control the chemical composition of the weld metal. With deep and narrow welds produced using an over-alloyed filler metal, it may be chall...
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Victor A. Brugman, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Jolyon M. Medlock, Anthony R. Fooks, Simon Carpenter and Nicholas Johnson
Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities have highlighted the Culex pipiens species complex as being critical for the ...
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