Patterns of fish distribution in French Polynesia were studied at several spatial scales: a single transect (with 280 species, 22 stations), on Moorea Island; several transects on the same island (171 species, 14 stations) and transects from 5 islands including Moorea (189 species, 10 stations). There were significant variations in abundance, richness and composition of species among sites with...

The ixodid tick Ixodes granulosus Supino 1897 was found infesting Rattus rattus in Semakau island, one of the small offshore islands fringing Singapore to the south. None of the examined R. rattus from the other islands fringing Singapore, or from Singapore island were found infested. Ixodes granulatus occurs, however, on Singapore island on Rattus annandalei, resident of undisturbed forested h...

Curvature has a great effect on fringing field of a microstrip antenna and consequently fringing field affects effective d ielectric constant and then all antenna parameters. A new mathematical model for inpu t impedance, return loss, voltage standing wave ratio and electric and magnetic fields is introduced in this paper. These parameters are given for TM01 mode RT/duroid-5880 PTFE substrate m...

Benthic habitat zonation is described from in situ observations and seabed photographs taken the coastal area of Weno Island, Chuuk, Micronesia. Habitat groups, types, boundaries are defined by visible substratum characteristics (i.e., digital imaging photo-quadrats along transect lines), cluster ordination analyses using relative coverage percentage identified classification categories. The st...

Abstract Seagrass beds are important habitats in the marine environment by providing food and shelter to dugongs sea turtles. Protection conservation plans require detail spatial distribution of these such as habitat suitability maps. In this study, machine learning techniques were tested using Multibeam Echo Sounder System (MBES) ground truth datasets produce seagrass models at Redang Marine P...

We propose a triode structure for achieving submillisecond grayto-gray response time in a double fringing-field-switching (DFFS) cell. The bright and dark states are obtained by applying a fringing field and a vertical field, respectively. The simulated averaged grayscale rise time is 793 μs and decay time is 478 μs. This triode DFFS mode enables conventional nematic LCDs for color sequential d...

We report on two gas phase nanoparticle integration processes to assemble nanomaterials onto desired areas on a substrate. We expect these processes to work with any material that can be charged. The processes offer self-aligned integration and could be applied to any nanomaterial device requiring site specific assembly. The Coulomb force process directs the assembly of nanoparticles onto charg...