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Natural Resources (NR) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in natural resources throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and engineers (on all academic and professional levels) all over the world to promote, discuss and share various new issues…
Eric Adjei Lawer
Forecasting plays an essential role in policy formulation and implementation especially in the management of fisheries resources. In this paper, various techniques of forecasting using time series analysis were evaluated on annual fishery production data. In…
Yanju Hao, Danling Tang, Laura Boicenco, Sufen Wang
The increase of water temperature, due to thermal discharges from two nuclear power stations, was one of the most significant environmental changes since 1982 in the Daya Bay, located in the north of the South China Sea. This study investigates the long-term…
Behnaz Razi Parjikolaei, Annette Bruhn, Karin Loft Eybye, Martin Mørk Larsen, Michael Bo Rasmussen, Knud Villy Christensen, Xavier C. Fretté
In modern society, novel marine resources are scrutinized pursuing compounds of use in the medical, pharmaceutical, biotech, food or feed industry. Few of the numerous marine macroalgae are currently exploited. In this study, the contents of nutritional compo…
Kaori Murakami, Yoko Yamaguchi, Yohko Sugawa-Katayama, Masayuki Katayama
The brown alga, Akamoku, also known as Sargassum horneri , was harvested at depths of 1 - 2 and 5 m in the oceanic areas of the Chikuzen Sea off the coast of Fukuoka, Japan, and its chemical composition (moisture, protein, lipid, ash, carbohydrate and total d…
Abubakarr S. Mansaray, John P. Kaissam, Alfred S. Bockarie, Hawanatu Sam
Suppliers of potable water would benefit from a sustainable business as long as consumers continue to prefer their brand. Some of the reasons for choosing a particular brand include water quality, cost of the finished product, reliability of supply, and suppl…
Wensy Vergara, Adriana Rodríguez
The knowledge of the chemical composition of invertebrates as sea cucumber contributes to improving our understanding of these living organisms. This study compared the chemical composition of wild sea cucumber Isostichopus sp., between February 2013 and Janu…
Grazielle Machado, Sabrina Leon, Fernando Santos, Rogério Lourega, Jeane Dullius, Maria Elizabete Mollmann, Paulo Eichler
The use of renewable sources for obtainment of chemicals, biofuels, materials and energy has become each time larger due to environmental, political and economical problems of non-renewable energies utilization. Among several products that can be obtained fro…
M. R. Sanjay, G. R. Arpitha, L. Laxmana Naik, K. Gopalakrishna, B. Yogesha
In the present scenario, there has been a rapid attention in research and development in the natural fiber composite field due to its better formability, abundant, renewable, cost-effective and eco-friendly features. This paper exhibits an outline on natural…
İbrahim Türkekul, Yaşar Gülmez
The effect of propolis, taken from honeybee hives in Tokat (Turkey), on mycelium development of oyster mushroom ( Pleurotus ostreatus ) was investigated. Propolis contains various chemical com- pounds and has antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal activities…
Marcos Cicarini Hott, Luiz Otávio Moras Filho, Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes, Aline Aparecida Silva Pereira, Cláudia de Oliveira Gonçalves Nogueira, Luis Marcelo Tavares de Carvalho, Luís Antônio Coimbra Borges, João Cesar de Resende, Mauro Antonio Homem Antunes
The Conservation Units (CU) were created to protect natural environments from growing degradation and to impede the expansion of urbanization and agricultural crops. The Serra da Canastra National Park, established to protect the headwaters of the S?o Francis…
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