The Port of Rotterdam is a heavily man-modified estuarine system, Europe's major seaport and home to large number chemical petrochemical plants, many which are supplied with distilled water from two demineralized plants in Botlek Maasvlakte. In this study, we assessed the ecological conditions near brine outfalls at reference site unimpacted by brine, focusing on benthic macrofaunal composition...

Coastal environments are affected by multiple pressures resulting from anthropogenic activities, among which organic enrichment (Corg) is particularly important. Foraminiferal communities react to changes in community structure (density, diversity, species composition) and behaviour (metabolism, feeding strategy, reproduction, mortality, etc.). A number of biotic indices based on foraminiferal ...

Molecular species identification with DNA metabarcoding can potentially accelerate, streamline and standardise biomonitoring routines. Currently, it is tested how this new technique be implemented for the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) Marine Strategy (MSFD). To connect results from current monitoring routines, an extensive, high-quality barcode reference database required. Hence, a g...

The Sub ject of Con scious ness is a rich, strik ingly orig i nal and ambi tious work. It makes an impor tant and timely con tri bu tion to cur rent debates on a num ber of issues which over the last few years have been tak ing cen tre stage in the phi los o phy of mind: for exam ple, self-consciousness, selec tive atten tion and the nature of bodily aware ness. What makes this achieve ment som...

Leishmaniasis is a vectorborne disease caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Transmitted to humans by sand flies, the disease is endemic in 88 countries on 4 continents. In the United States, the disease is something of a medical curiosity, although some clinicians may be surprised to read that autochtho-nous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis occur in Texas [1], that visceral dis...

ABSTRACT Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) is a serious disease of two of the major eucalypt species grown in temperate regions worldwide, Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens. More than 30 species of Mycosphaerella have been reported on eucalypts worldwide. Accurate, rapid, and early discrimination of Mycosphaerella spp. causing crown damage to E. globulus and E. nitens will assist the developmen...

This paper discusses several challenges in designing field experiments to better understand how organizational and institutional design shapes innovation outcomes and the production of knowledge. We proceed to describe the field experimental research program carried out by our Crowd Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University to clarify how we have attempted to address these research design cha...