Kelps are highly productive macroalgae that form habitats along one-quarter of the worlds’ coastlines. Emerging evidence suggests kelps have potential to sequester carbon through export detritus deep marine sinks, yet how much this detrital is remineralized grazing and microbial decomposition before it reaches these sinks remains a critical knowledge gap. We measured decay Laminaria hyperborea ...

Ports are affected by a high rate of sedimentation that requires frequent dredging the seabed to restore bathymetric levels. In some cases, sediments consist large amount leaves phanerogams (e.g., P. oceanica) must be treated differently from what is required Italian law on (Ministerial Decree No. 173/2016), since soils cannot either as sediment or waste. About one meter cores collected in Port...

PVA foam has been used as a temporary skin substitute since 1977. PVA is a white, monolayered, microporous sponge. In animal experiments it was shown that cell detritus, fibrin-fur and microorganisms were taken in and kept inside the material. This effectively cleans the wound surface, the so-called “microdebridement” process. The effect is due to a strong adherence and a high capacity to absor...

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The new genus Pedoniphis gen. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Eviphididae) is described from soil detritus in Sabalan Mountains, northwest Iran, with P. persicus sp. nov. as type species. Among known eviphidid genera, the new genus is the most similar to Scamaphis Karg and Scarabacariphis Mašán and it can be distinguished especially by the dorsal chaetotaxy (setae J2 absent, setae J5 rudimentary) an...