The Inter-Oceanic Canal

Modeling Global Oceanic Inter - Annual Variability ( 1958 - 1997 ) : Simulation Design and Model - Data Evaluation

Inter-oceanic analysis of demographic variation in a widely distributed Indo-Pacific coral reef fish

The surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus is abundant and widely distributed on reefs throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Population samples at 15 sites that spanned 158° of longitude and 40° of latitude across both hemispheres of the Indian and Pacific oceans allowed us to examine geographic variation in longevity, growth rate and adult size of this species. Samples from 5 sites in the India...

The oceanic phosphorus cycle.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential element to all life, being a structural and functional component of all organisms.1-4 P provides the phosphate-ester backbone of DNA and RNA, and it is crucial in the transmission of chemical energy through the ATP molecule (Figure 1). P is also a structural constituent in many cell components such as phosphoproteins, and phospholipids in cell membranes, teeth, an...

The Oceanic Lithosphere

1. Background: Mid-Ocean Ridges and the oceanic lithosphere 2. Methods of study of the oceanic lithosphere 3. Components of the oceanic lithosphere and their physical properties 4. Structure of the oceanic lithosphere 4.1 ‘Homogeneous’ lithosphere 4.2 ‘Heterogeneous’ lithosphere 4.3 Hot Spot Influenced Lithosphere 4.4.Continent to Ocean Transition 5. Forming the oceanic lithosphere at the ridge...

Community perceptions of health and rodent-borne diseases along the Inter-Oceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru

BACKGROUND Madre de Dios is located in the southeastern Amazonian region of Peru. Rodents have been estimated to be the reservoirs for up to 50 % of emerging zoonotic pathogens, including a host of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. As part of a larger study involving both human and animal research, this study serves to obtain a broader understanding of the key challenges and concerns related to...