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Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands (2016)
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Dobson, N. C., Johnson, M. L., & De Grave, S. (2016). Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands. PeerJ, 2016(4), Article e1926. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926

Morphometric differences in the optical morphology of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps can be observed among species symbiotic with different host organisms. Discriminant functional analysis revealed three distinct groups within the species examined. Of... Read More about Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands.

Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850 (2016)
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McDonagh, B., & Griffin, C. J. (2016). Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850. Journal of Historical Geography, 53, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2016.03.002

This paper examines issues surrounding protest, trespass and occupation - brought to the fore as a result both of recent social movements including the global Occupy movement and of emerging critical discourses about so-called ‘new enclosures’ - thro... Read More about Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850.

Advances in understanding enviromental risks of red mud after the Ajka Spill, Hungary (2016)
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Mayes, W. M., Burke, I. T., Gomes, H. I., Anton, Á. D., Molnár, M., Feigl, V., & Ujaczki, É. (2016). Advances in understanding enviromental risks of red mud after the Ajka Spill, Hungary. Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2(4), 332-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-016-0050-z

In the 5 years since the 2010 Ajka red mud spill (Hungary), there have been 46 scientific studies assessing the key risks and impacts associated with the largest single release of bauxite-processing residue (red mud) to the environment. These studies... Read More about Advances in understanding enviromental risks of red mud after the Ajka Spill, Hungary.

Climate warming, euxinia and carbon isotope perturbations during the Carnian (Triassic) Crisis in South China (2016)
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Sun, Y., Wignall, P., Joachimski, M., Bond, D., Grasby, S., Lai, X., Wang, L., Zhang, Z., & Sun, S. (2016). Climate warming, euxinia and carbon isotope perturbations during the Carnian (Triassic) Crisis in South China. Earth and planetary science letters, 444, 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.037

The Carnian Humid Episode (CHE), also known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, and associated biotic changes are major enigmas of the Mesozoic record in western Tethys. We show that the CHE also occurred in eastern Tethys (South China), suggestive of a mu... Read More about Climate warming, euxinia and carbon isotope perturbations during the Carnian (Triassic) Crisis in South China.

Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O (2016)
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Yentekakis, I. V., Goula, G., Panagiotopoulou, P., Kampouri, S., Taylor, M. J., Kyriakou, G., & Lambert, R. M. (2016). Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 192, 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.04.011

© 2016 Elsevier B.V.. Iridium nanoparticles deposited on a variety of surfaces exhibited thermal sintering characteristics that were very strongly correlated with the lability of lattice oxygen in the supporting oxide materials. Specifically, the hig... Read More about Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O.

Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration (2016)
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Elliott, M., Mander, L., Mazik, K., Simenstad, C., Valesini, F., Whitfield, A., & Wolanski, E. (2016). Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 176(5), 12-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.04.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Ecological Engineering (or Ecoengineering) is increasingly used in estuaries to re-create and restore ecosystems degraded by human activities, including reduced water flow or land poldered for agricultural use. Here we focus on e... Read More about Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration.

Institutional thickening and innovation: reflections on the remapping of the Great Bear Rainforest (2016)
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Clapp, A., Hayter, R., Affolderbach, J., & Guzman, L. (2016). Institutional thickening and innovation: reflections on the remapping of the Great Bear Rainforest. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 41(3), 244-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12119

The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2016 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) As... Read More about Institutional thickening and innovation: reflections on the remapping of the Great Bear Rainforest.

The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic (2016)
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Cavallo, M., Elliott, M., Touza, J., & Quintino, V. (2016). The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic. Marine Policy, 68(June), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.02.013

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The transboundary nature of the marine environment requires concerted actions among neighbouring countries to improve its quality in an effective way. Coordination at international level is particularly important during the imple... Read More about The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic.

Why bother with Bere? An investigation into the drivers behind the cultivation of a landrace barley (2016)
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Mahon, N., McGuire, S., & Islam, M. M. (2016). Why bother with Bere? An investigation into the drivers behind the cultivation of a landrace barley. Journal of rural studies, 45, 54-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.02.017

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Why would the farmers in a developed, Western country, dominated by an industrialised agriculture, choose to grow a traditional crop variety? This study aimed to explore this question through an investigation of the reasons why a... Read More about Why bother with Bere? An investigation into the drivers behind the cultivation of a landrace barley.

Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires (2016)
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Wang, Z., Qiu, F., Yang, W., Zhao, X., & Mei, S. (2016). Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires. Applied energy, 170, 314-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.140

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Heat pipe building integrated photovoltaic/thermal system (heat pipe BIPV/T system) can produce both the electrical and thermal energies at the same time, which have been paid enormous attentions since the energy crisis in the 19... Read More about Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires.

Complexity of diatom response to Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in ancient, deep and oligotrophic Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania) (2016)
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Zhang, X. S., Reed, J., Lacey, J., Francke, A., Leng, M., Levkov, Z., & Wagner, B. (2016). Complexity of diatom response to Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in ancient, deep and oligotrophic Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania). Biogeosciences, 13(4), 1351-1365. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1351-2016

© Author(s) 2016. Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania) is a rare example of a deep, ancient Mediterranean lake and is a key site for palaeoclimate research in the northeastern Mediterranean region. This study conducts the analysis of diatoms as a proxy... Read More about Complexity of diatom response to Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in ancient, deep and oligotrophic Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania).

Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice (2016)
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Borja, A., Elliott, M., Andersen, J. H., Berg, T., Carstensen, J., Halpern, B. S., Heiskanen, A. S., Korpinen, S., Stewart Lowndes, J. S., Martin, G., & Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N. (2016). Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00020

© 2016 Borja, Elliott, Andersen, Berg, Carstensen, Halpern, Heiskanen, Korpinen, Lowndes, Martin and Rodriguez-Ezpeleta. Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine ecosystems and impacting their ability to... Read More about Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice.

Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales? (2016)
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Frid, C. L. J., & Caswell, B. A. (2016). Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales?. Marine Ecology, 37(2), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12297

Predicting the ability of the biosphere to continue to deliver ecosystem services in the face of biodiversity loss and environmental change is a major challenge. The results of short‐term and small‐scale experimental studies are both equivocal and di... Read More about Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales?.

The impact and significance of tephra deposition on a Holocene forest environment in the North Cascades, Washington, USA (2016)
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Egan, J., Fletcher, W. J., Allott, T. E. H., Lane, C. S., Blackford, J. J., & Clark, D. H. (2016). The impact and significance of tephra deposition on a Holocene forest environment in the North Cascades, Washington, USA. Quaternary science reviews, 137(April), 135-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.013

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. High-resolution palaeoecological analyses (stratigraphy, tephra geochemistry, radiocarbon dating, pollen and ordination) were used to reconstruct a Holocene vegetation history of a watershed in the Pacific Northwest of America to... Read More about The impact and significance of tephra deposition on a Holocene forest environment in the North Cascades, Washington, USA.

Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes (2016)
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Cao, J., Li, J., Zhao, P., Jiao, D., Li, P., Hu, M., & Pei, G. (2016). Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes. Applied thermal engineering, 100, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.044

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A controllable separate heat pipe (CSHP) combined with cool storage can be an efficient and low-cost solution to release the necessary cool power and to improve the precision in the temperature control of coo... Read More about Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes.

New structural and Re-Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland (2016)
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Dichiarante, A. M., Holdsworth, R. E., Dempsey, E. D., Selby, D., McCaffrey, K. J., Michie, U. M. L., Morgan, G., & Bonniface, J. (2016). New structural and Re-Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(3), 457-473. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2015-118

The Devonian Orcadian Basin in northern Scotland belongs to a regionally linked system of post-Caledonian continental basins extending northwards to western Norway and eastern Greenland. Extensional fault systems that cut the Orcadian Basin sequences... Read More about New structural and Re-Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland.

The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities (2016)
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Griffiths, H. J., & Waller, C. L. (2016). The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities. Journal of Biogeography, 43(6), 1143-1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12708

Aim To describe the distribution of biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of intertidal organisms in southern temperate and polar waters. We hypothesized that there would be differences in community structure between the Antarctic, which is most... Read More about The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities.

Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens (2016)
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Xu, N., Ji, J., Sun, W., Huang, W., Li, J., & Jin, Z. (2016). Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens. Applied energy, 168, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.077

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Characteristics of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal (HCPV/T) module equipped with point-focus Fresnel lens have been investigated in this paper. Both electrical and thermal models of the module are developed by numerical... Read More about Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens.

A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas (2016)
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Li, P., Li, J., Pei, G., & Ji, J. (2016). A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas. Solar Energy, 127, 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.01.029

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. A cascade organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system utilizing solar energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for thermal power generation is proposed. Energy from solar collectors drives the evaporation of working fluid in the top cycle (... Read More about A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas.

Lower Wenlock black shales in the northern Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Sedimentary and geochemical controls on the Ireviken Event in a deep marine setting (2016)
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Smolarek, J., Trela, W., Bond, D. P. G., & Marynowski, L. (2017). Lower Wenlock black shales in the northern Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Sedimentary and geochemical controls on the Ireviken Event in a deep marine setting. Geological magazine, 154(2), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756815001065

The stratigraphic variability and geochemistry of Llandovery/Wenlock (L/W) Series boundary sediments in Poland reveals that hemipelagic sedimentation under an anoxic/euxinic water column was interrupted by low density bottom currents or detached dilu... Read More about Lower Wenlock black shales in the northern Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Sedimentary and geochemical controls on the Ireviken Event in a deep marine setting.