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Evidence for spatiotemporal shift in demersal fishery management priority areas in the western Mediterranean
2022
14 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, 1 appendix
Functional role of biofouling linked to aquaculture facilities in Mediterranean enclosed locations
2020
Biofouling is generally considered a serious threat for human coastal activities such as aquaculture, and the ecological role of fouling organisms associated with fish-farm cages remains one of the most debated topics in the ecological field. However, although biofouling may cause significant problems related to human health, environmental impact and financial losses, in the past decade there has been an increasing interest in developing methods to promote the growth of biofouling on artificial structures as a strategy to mitigate human impacts and reduce the organic enrichment caused by net-cage fish farming. Here we investigated the filtration activity of biofouling assemblages colonizing…
Impact of COVID-19 on aquaculture sector in Malaysia: Findings from the first national survey
2021
Abstract Malaysian aquaculture sector consists of 391,000 t of cultivated organisms produced per year with an economic value for over USD 700 million as estimated in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a large global human pandemic and it is currently ongoing, affecting profoundly Malaysian aquaculture, which is vital for seafood provision and security assurance. Thus, to increase our understanding about how the pandemic affects aquaculture sectors is crucial to design possible management measures both at local and national level. To do it, we designed a survey, starting in May 2020, consisting of 25 online questions to collect information about the impact of COVID-19 on the aquaculture sect…
A Mediterranean record of Eulalia ornata (Annelida: Phyllodocidae) corroborating its fidelity link with the Sabellaria alveolata-reef habitat
2015
Among marine habitats Sabellaria alveolata -reefs deserve protection since they provide important ecosystem services and positive effects on biodiversity. Several marine species are listed among the S. alveolata -reef associated fauna, but characteristic species were seldom reported. Eulalia ornata (Annelida, Phyllodocidae) might represent an exception, since it appears common/abundant in S. alveolata -reefs of the Eastern Atlantic. The most evident geographical mismatch in the distributions of E. ornata and these biogenic reefs occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, where S. alveolata -reefs are commonly found, but E. ornata was never recorded, whilst E. viridis , a non-Mediterranean species, wa…
Transplantation assessment of degraded Posidonia oceanica habitats: site selection and long-term monitoring
2014
A model developed for Zostera marina was adapted and used to select suitable areas for Posidonia oceanica transplantation in the Gulf of Palermo, where recent rehabilitation programmes have reduced human pressure. This model consists of three steps: (1) habitat selection, by calculation of the Preliminary Transplant Suitability Index (PTSI); (2) field assessments and test-transplanting, to evaluate the site suitability and to estimate the effects of tearing on transplant units (about 50%); (3) identification of suitable restoration sites, by calculation of the Transplant Suitability Index (TSI). A new parameter was added to the literature model: the number of grids detached, which is linked…
Interconversion between non-bridging oxygen hole center and peroxy radical in F2-laser-irradiated SiO2 glass
2004
Formation processes of the peroxy radical (POR) were examined in high-purity SiO 2 glass exposed to F 2 -laser light which creates mobile atomic oxygen (O 0 ) by photolyzing the interstitial oxygen molecules (O 2 ). It was proved that under these conditions POR is formed by a reaction of the non-bridging oxygen hole center (NBOHC, an oxygen dangling bond) with O 0 , not by a reaction between the E' center (a silicon dangling bond) and O 2 . Subsequent exposure to KrF laser light photolyzes POR and recoveres NBOHC by dissociating the O-O bond in POR. These findings corroborate the important role of O° in defect processes in SiO 2 glass.
Decomposition of peroxy radicals in SiO 2 glass with X‐rays or KrF laser light
2005
Decomposition of the peroxy radical (POR) was examined for wet SiO 2 glasses exposed to X-rays from a Rh-target tube or KrF laser light. The exposure to KrF laser light destroys POR resulting in the selective formation ofthe oxygen dangling bond (termed "non-bridging oxygen hole center", NBOHC). In contrast, the exposure to X-rays creates both the silicon dangling bond (E' center) and NBOHC on bleaching of POR. Clear mutual correlation is found between the formation kinetics of the interstitial oxygen molecule (O 2 ) and of the Si-Si bond but not between those of O 2 and the E' center. These observations indicate that O 2 is created mainly from the radiolysis of the Si-O-Si bond by the Fren…
Hybrid chalcogenide nanoparticles: 2D-WS2 nanocrystals inside nested WS2 fullerenes.
2013
The MOCVD assisted formation of nested WS2 inorganic fullerenes (IF-WS2) was performed by enhancing surface diffusion with iodine, and fullerene growth was monitored by taking TEM snapshots of intermediate products. The internal structure of the core–shell nanoparticles was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after cross-cutting with a focused ion beam (FIB). Lamellar reaction intermediates were found occluded in the fullerene particles. In contrast to carbon fullerenes, layered metal chalcogenides prefer the formation of planar, plate-like structures where the dangling bonds at the edges are stabilized by excess S atoms. The effects of the reaction and annealing temperatures o…
Supramolecular self-assembly on the B-Si(111)-(√3x√3) R30° surface: From single molecules to multicomponent networks
2017
Abstract Understanding the physical and chemical processes in which local interactions lead to ordered structures is of particular relevance to the realization of supramolecular architectures on surfaces. While spectacular patterns have been demonstrated on metal surfaces, there have been fewer studies of the spontaneous organization of supramolecular networks on semiconductor surfaces, where the formation of covalent bonds between organics and adatoms usually hamper the diffusion of molecules and their subsequent interactions with each other. However, the saturation of the dangling bonds at a semiconductor surface is known to make them inert and offers a unique way for the engineering of m…
Molecular polarizability of Scn, Cn and endohedral Scn@Cm clusters
2002
The interacting induced dipoles polarization model implemented in the program POLAR is used for the calculation of the molecular dipole-dipole polarizability . The method is tested with Sc1-Sc7, Sc12, Sc17, Sc74, C, C12, C60, C70, C82-fullerene, Sc@C60, Sc@C82, Sc2@C82, Sc3@C82, C1-C6, C10, C13, C16, C19, C22, C24, C42, C54, C84 and C96-graphite clusters. The polarizability is an important quantity for the identification of clusters with different numbers of atoms and even for the separation of isomers. The results for the polarizability are of the same order of magnitude as reference calculations performed with another program based on the same formulation. The bulk limit for the polarizab…