This paper presents findings from the Native Transformations Project, an exploratory community-based participatory research study that aims to identify sources of strength and protection against substance use disorder in three tribal communities in the coastal Pacific Northwest. Preliminary results from the study describe the specific settings, acts, and behaviors that build strengths and provi...

New Jersey’s coastal bays are subject to ongoing multiple anthropogenic impacts from an expanding population in adjoining coastal watersheds. Eutrophication poses the most serious threat to the long-term health and function of the bays, impacting essential habitats (e.g., seagrass and shellfish beds) as well as finfish nursery areas. Nutrient and organic carbon loading in these shallow, lagoon-...

Background: Due to geographic conditions, Indonesia has gotten exposed sun rays consistenly for the whole year. Besides, Many parts of Indonesian coastline are open areas while at same time there's not much place take shelter caused exposure become more frequent. This condition puts people around coasts high risk Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
 
 Content: AMD is a chronic eye...

Seed dispersal is a key determinant of species distribution, although it still unclear how contributes to assembly in plant communities. We linked patterns seed coexisting investigate the role process. focused on 19 foredune community, classified as “foredune foundation species”, “semi-fixed dune species,” and “alien species”. The number seeds dispersed by was monitored monthly 25 plots for 12 ...

Marine bacterial communities isolated from the water column, sediment, the rock surface, and the green seaweed Ulva compressa were studied in an intertidal ecosystem. The study area included a coastal zone chronically affected by copper mine waste disposals. Bacterial community composition was analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) of 16S rRNA genes, and multivar...