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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…
Bouamar Baghdad, A. Taleb, A. Carlo Iñigo Iñigo, H. El Hadi, M. Dalimi
In the concern of the preservation of the main historic monuments of the cities of Rabat and Sale (Morocco), a botanical study was conducted in 2009. The prospecting of these monuments allowed raising an inventory of the flora populating their building materi…
Saeid Kamyabi, Hooman Mesgarian
Semnan province is one of the vast provinces of the country that has a variety of topographical and clamatorial conditions. This province plays a key role in industrial, agricultural and animal husbandry activities. The study of its climate potential with res…
Moshe Gophen
An outdoor tank experiment was carried out for the assessing of the impacts of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Galilee Saint Peter’s Fish; Cichlidae ) (SG) and Hypophthalmichthys molitriox (Silver Carp; Cyprinidae ) (SC) on Lake Kinneret (Israel) plankton. In order t…
Emile Elias, David Laband, Mark Dougherty, Graeme Lockaby, Puneet Srivastava, Hugo Rodriguez
We developed a cost-based methodology to assess the value of forested watersheds to improve water quality in public water supplies. The developed methodology is applicable to other source watersheds to determine ecosystem services for water quality. We assess…
Michael Bilyj, Dwayne Lepitzki, Elizabeth Hughes, Jolantha Swiderski, Erko Stackebrandt, Charlie Pacas, Vladimir V. Yurkov
Seasonal population fluctuations and diversity of anoxygenic phototrophs and cyanobacteria at the Sulphur Mountain thermal springs, Banff, Canada were investigated and compared to drastic population changes of the endangered snail Physella johnsoni . The micr…
Malin Bomberg, Mari Nyyssönen, Aura Nousiainen, Jenni Hultman, Lars Paulin, Petri Auvinen, Merja Itävaara
A suite of molecular methods targeting 16S rRNA genes ( i.e. , DGGE, clone and high-throughput [HTP] amplicon library sequencing) was used to profile the microbial communities in deep Fennoscandian crystalline bedrock fracture fluids. Variation among bacteria…
Carla Micheli, Rossella Cianchi, Raffaella Paperi, Alessandro Belmonte, Benjamin Pushparaj
Antarctic cyanobacteria biodiversity was investigated by simultaneous sequencing of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS flanked by partial 16S and 23S) , and Chloroplast tRNA Leu UAA intron ( Trn L), exploring whether such morphotypes const…
Nam Siu, Jude K. Apple, Craig L. Moyer
By the end of the 21 st century, mean sea surface temperatures are expected to increase 4?C, while atmospheric CO 2 concentrations are predicted to triple causing seawater to become acidic. These compounding effects will undoubtedly have major consequences fo…
David J. Berrier, Morgan S. Rawls, Shannon Leigh McCallister, Rima B. Franklin
The main source of carbon (C) to soil stocks is plant litter, the decomposition of which is controlled by a mixture of physical, chemical, and biological processes. Bacteria and fungi are the dominant biota responsible for decomposition, yet we know very litt…
Edson Gandiwa
This article reviews: 1) The role of natural and human-induced controls in influencing large herbivore populations; 2) how human controls ( i.e. , policy instruments, incentives and provisions) influence human activities and wildlife conservation; and 3) medi…
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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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