The island of Jamaica covers an area of 10,991 km2 and lies about 885 kms south of Miami (United States of America) and 145 kms south of Cuba. It is the largest of the English-speaking Commonwealth Caribbean Islands, and the third-largest island in the region. The island is divided into 14 parishes and there are two major urban centers—Kingston on the southeast coast and Montego Bay on the nort...

Consequences of reef phase shifts on fish communities remain poorly understood. Studies on the causes, effects and consequences of phase shifts on reef fish communities have only been considered for coral-to-macroalgae shifts. Therefore, there is a large information gap regarding the consequences of novel phase shifts and how these kinds of phase shifts impact on fish assemblages. This study ai...

Bairdoppilata scaura, n. sp. and five species of Bairdoppilata and Paranesidea in open nomenclature are described from encrusting communities on French Frigate Shoals and Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Some poorly documented anatomical traits (carapace setae, hingement, antennal claws, genitalia) are examined for their potential taxonomic significance, in order to confirm the coherence o...

Water turbidity and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) are commonly used as part of marine monitoring and water quality plans. Current management plans utilise threshold SSC values derived from mean-annual turbidity concentrations. Little published work documents typical ranges of turbidity for reefs within open coastal waters. Here, time-series turbidity measurements from 61 sites in the G...

The study of carbon dioxide gas exchange leaves Prunus laurocerasus L., Laurus nobilis L. and Viburnum tinus under various environmental conditions was carried out. greatest resistance to drought the ability absorb CO 2 hydrothermal stress found in plants. It determined that inhibition processes absorption with increasing water scarcity begins studied species a decrease soil moisture 35% field ...

In the study, it was aimed to determine constituents of laurel fixed oil obtained from different genotypes (Laurus nobilis L.), which is one natural plants region and widely found in flora Hatay, by traditional, cold press soxhlet extraction methods. When GC/MS analysis results these oils were examined, main components traditional method as capric acid (2.49%), lauric (1.17%), myristic (0.16%),...

Ülkemizde, özellikle Akdeniz, Ege ve Karadeniz bölgelerinde yo?un ?ekilde bulunan defne (Laurus nobilis L.), Hatay floras?nda da yayg?n bir elde edilmektedir. ilinde meyvelerinden edilen ya? genel olarak sabun üretiminde kullan?lmaktad?r. Bu çal??mada seçilmi? genotiplerin meyve özellikleri aç?s?ndan de?erlendirilmesi amaçlanm??t?r. amaçla, Hatay’?n Samanda? Yaylada?? ilçelerinden ön seleksiyon...