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Open Journal of Ecology (OJE) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote,share,and discuss various new issues and perspectives in diverse areas of ecology and to keep a record of state-of-the-art res…
Tonny Orina, Robert Nesta Kagali, Kevin Mbogo, Michael Cooperman, Les Kaufman, John Okechi, Judith Achoki, Mercy Chepkirui, Ruth L. Mwarabu, Nyamweya Chrispin, George Morara, Paul S. Orina
Cage aquaculture is rapidly expanding in Lake Victoria, Kenya, yet its effects on native biodiversity remain poorly understood. This study assessed the impacts of cage aquaculture on wild fish and zooplankton communities by comparing biodiversity indices betw…
Wilson Ancelm Mugasha, Eliakim Zahabu
Single tree parameters, such as tree height (H) and diameter at breast height (D), are essential for the prediction of difficult-to-measure parameters, such as volume and biomass, which are critical for yield prediction and forest management planning. Yet dir…
Abdel Fattah N. Abd Rabou, Abdel Fattah A. Qaraman, Norman A. Khalaf, Ghassan I. Abuhajjaj, Majed A. Jebril, Asmaa A. Abd Rabou, Mazen T. Abualtayef, Khalid A. Qahman, Eman A. Amodi, Jehad Y. Salah, Faten A. Al-Hamidi, Kefah F. Al-Sofy, Ola A. Abd Rabou, Othman A. Abd Rabou, Amal A. Abu Shammala, Rajaa H. Nashwan, Mariam M. Abu Raya, Shoroug A. Abu Raya, Saud S. Shawa, Sohaib M. Olwan, Mosab M. Olwan, Mohammed R. Al-Agha
Guitarfishes are large demersal elasmobranchs that inhabit shallow coastal and continental shelf habitats worldwide. Exhibiting intermediate morphology between sharks and rays, they serve as important benthic predators but are highly vulnerable to overfishing…
Moshe Gophen
Since the early 1920’s, the feeding mechanism of Daphnia has been defined as a sieving action. The use of cinematographic methodology and fluid dynamics analyses confirmed a historical turning point from sieving to an assembly mechanism. Filtration and capill…
Geofrey Soka, Mark Ritchie, Ramesh Raina, Nancy Johnson
Nitrogen fixation in and phosphatase exudation to soil may be critical in mitigating nutrient limitation. However, little is known about these processes for different dominant herbaceous legume and grass species in natural grassland and savanna ecosystems. He…
Clayton Mashapa, Faith Chatikobo, Munashe Kurehwatira, Patience Mhuriro-Mashapa, Tapuwa Langton Wambe Nzara
The study assessed the woody vegetation attributes across the rural and urban land use types on the Sakubva riparian zone in Mutare District, eastern Zimbabwe. The study contributes to the formation of baseline information on Sakubva riparian zone with possib…
Clayton Mashapa, Patience Mhuriro-Mashapa, Edson Gandiwa, Never Muboko
This study explored the role of local people of Mutema-Musikavanhu communities in Save Valley, south-eastern Zimbabwe and their respective local level institutional play in woodlands utilization and management. The aim of the study was to investigate the hist…
Ittai Warburg
The vegetation in Mount Kenya is quite diverse. The lower vegetation belt of Mount Kenya, is composed mainly of mountain rainforests. Above that forest, lines the vegetation belt of the Podocarpus forest, above which, is also located in the Bamboo area. The H…
Thierno Diop, Cheikh Oumar Samb, Alioune Badara Diop, Lamine Fall, Ousmane Cisse, Cheikhou Diouf, Paul Scholte
Against a backdrop of restrictions on the exploitation of fishery resources in the Bamboung Marine Protected Area (BMPA) established in village territories, this study analyses the characterisation of conflicts between the various stakeholders around this Mar…
Raoul Polycarpe Tuekam Kayo, Siméon Tchakonté, Oumarou Farikou Pountougnigni, Paul Alain Nana, Mathias Nwaha, Lié Nyamsi Tchatcho, 1 1
Freshwater resources are increasingly being subjected to organic pollution because of the escalating growth of human population which is accompanied by urbanization and the increasing demand for food (Agriculture) and habitat. Consequently, freshwater quality…
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Open Journal of Ecology (OJE) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote,share,and discuss various new issues and perspectives in diverse areas of ecology and to keep a record of state-of-the-art res… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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