Rocky shores are one of the most important habitats of marine environment in coastal areas. They host marine organisms including seaweeds because of existence of strong and stable substrate for their growths. Intertidal rocky shores are a prominent feature on coastal areas of Qeshm Island located at the northern part of Strait of Hormuz. In order to study biomass of seaweeds on rocky intertidal...

Severe Tropical Cyclones associated with surges frequently hits the coastal region of Bangladesh. For a reliable hydrodynamic model to simulate the severity of such cyclones, it is necessary to incorporate the meteorological and hydrological inputs properly. In order to incorporate the coastlines and the island boundaries properly in the numerical scheme a very fine grid resolution along the co...

abstract in the 7th and 8th centuries of hijri, kish island had been the maritime trade center of the persian gulf under the reign of  bani gheisar government, and any changes in this area has affected the neighboring areas and further lands. the objective of this essay is to study the economic changes of kish island and its excellent position in the maritime trade of the persian gulf, oman sea...

having special ecological condition, kish island has a restricted range of native species of ornamental plants. expansion of urban green space in this island is great of importance due to its outstanding touristy position in the south of iran. the purpose of this study was to investigate the growth and development of groundcover plants planted in four different regions of kish island and to rec...

Introduction: In the past 10 years, a declining trend was seen in the annual parasite incidence (API) of malaria in the Car Nicobar Island. For the past few years, the API in the island has been below one. Car Nicobar Island is struggling with malaria cases reported to have been brought from other, malaria-endemic islands. Methods: The movements of people...

The occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi was surveyed along a latitudinal gradient in Arctic Canada including Banks Island (73°N), Devon Island (74°N), Ellesmere Island (76°N), and the Magnetic North Pole at Ellef Ringnes Island (78°N). At Banks Island, AM fungi were present and colonized at a high intensity in all specimens of Potentilla hookeriana Lehm. – Potentilla pulchella R.Br....

A recent technique can fabricate SiGe thin film islands on a glass layer, which itself lies on a silicon wafer. The islands initially have an inplane compressive strain. Upon annealing, the glass flows, and the islands relax. The resulting strain-free islands are used as substrates to grow epitaxial optoelectronic devices. This paper models the annealing process. A small island relaxes by inpla...

Island biogeography theory predicts that the number of species on an island should increase with island size and decrease with island distance to the mainland. These predictions are generally well supported in comparative and experimental studies. These ecological, equilibrium predictions arise as a result of colonization and extinction processes. Because colonization and extinction are also im...

[1] The weathering of meteorites found on Mars involves chemical and physical processes that can provide clues to climate conditions at the location of their discovery. Beginning on sol 1961, the Opportunity rover encountered three large iron meteorites within a few hundred meters of each other. In order of discovery, these rocks have been assigned the unofficial names Block Island, Shelter Isl...