Stable isotope (615N and 6°C) values of individual tooth annuli of female Steller sea lions (n = 120) collected from the 1960s through the 1980s were used for retrospective analyses of temporal changes in food webs in the Gulf of Alaska and North Pacific Ocean. We also examined isotopically contour feathers of tufted puffins (n = 135) and crested auklets (n = 37) through this period to test for...

Weirs, as overflow structures, are extensively used for the measurement of flow, its diversion and control in the open canals. Labyrinth weir due to more effective length than conventional weirs, allows passing more discharge in narrow canals. Determination the design criteria for the practical application of these weirs need more investigation. Weir angle and its position relative to the flow ...

Planktivorous auklets registered changes across two years of a marine heat wave (2015–2016). Colony attendance crested (Aethia cristatella) was reduced (35–50%) at Little Diomede I., AK, in the latter part June 2016 compared to 2015. The pattern similar for least (A. pusilla). An anomalous distribution and consumption were noted auklets. A plot δ15N/δ13C spanned three times range vs. Crested au...

Meloidogyne chitwoodi populations from Tulelake, California; Ft. Hall, Idaho; Beryl, Utah; and Prosser, Washington, significantly (P < 0.05) reduced dry shoot weights of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L., Gaertn. and A. desertorum, Fisch. ex Link, Schult.) cultivars Hycrest, Fairway, and Nordan in experiments conducted in a greenhouse and growth chamber. Shoot growth depression, root g...

6 The scaled boundary finite-element method (SBFEM) is a novel semi-analytical method 7 developed in the elasto-statics and elasto-dynamics areas that has the advantages of com8 bining the finite-element method with the boundary-element method. The SBFEM method 9 weakens the governing differential equation in the circumferential direction and solves the 10 weakened equation analytically in the ...

A three-member junction is formed by a pair of semi-infinite plates in contact with fluid on one side and a mechanical structure on the other. The latter is described by an impedance matrix. The excitation is either a straight crested flexural wave traveling on one of the fluid-loaded plates and obliquely incident on the line junction, or an acoustic plane-wave incident from any direction in th...

linguatula serrata is one of the important zoonotic parasites. carnivores serve as definitive host. the larvae existed in mesenteric lymph nodes (mlns), liver, lungs, etc of intermediate herbivores. the definitive host becomes infected by ingesting viscera containing the infective nymphal stage. humans may be infected with linguatula either by ingestion of nymphs resulting in a condition called...