ha or more. Our results indicate that the 50-ha BCI plot lost a significant amount of 20 biomass (−0.8±2.2Mgha−1 yr−1) over the past decade (2000–2010). Over the entire island and during the same period, mean AGB change is −0.4±3.7Mgha−1 yr−1. Old growth forests lost biomass (−0.7±3.5Mgha−1 yr−1), whereas the secondary forests gained biomass (+0.4±3.4Mgha−1 yr−1). Our analysis demonstrates that...

  The aim of the present study was to investigate the population dynamics of Liza klunzingeri, in Hormouzgan province waters located in northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. This study was carried out from October 2007 to September 2008. samples were collected from commercial stake traps. The relationship between weight and fork length was found to be W= 0.0214 F.L2.8233 suggesting ...

Canada’s forests play an important role in the global carbon (C) cycle because of their large and dynamic C stocks. Detailed monitoring of C exchange between forests and the atmosphere and improved understanding of the processes that affect the net ecosystem exchange of C are needed to improve our understanding of the terrestrial C budget. We estimated the C budget of Canada’s 2.3 10 km managed...

STUDY OBJECTIVES It has been suggested that chronic viral infection may increase the risk for development of COPD. This prospective study was designed to determine that chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with accelerated decline of lung function in patients with COPD, and that antiviral therapy against HCV is effective for such patients. DESIGN Prospective 5-year follow-u...

This study provides a new understanding on sources of P, which may serve as a foundation for further exploration of anthropogenic effects on P input. Estimation of net anthropogenic phosphorus input (NAPI) was based on an inventory of phosphorus (P) fertilizer use, consumption of human food and animal feed, seeding phosphorus and non-food phosphorus net flux. Across Mainland China, NAPI had an ...

Lucidophyllous (evergreen broad-leaved) forests are the dominant in human-dominated subtropical/warm-temperate regions East Asia. Biometric-based estimates of net primary production (NPP) were conducted a secondary lucidophyllous forest on Mt. Kinka (35°26′ N, 136°47′ E) near northern limit their distribution central Japan for three years, including masting event. The stand mainly consists Cast...

Ontogenetic development of hearing sensitivity has been verified in many groups vertebrates, but not turtles. Turtles exhibit sexual dimorphism hearing. To examine the female turtles, auditory brainstem responses (ABR) were compared by assessing hearing-sensitivity bandwidth, ABR threshold, and latency Trachemys scripta elegans aged 1 week, month, yr, 5 yr. The bandwidths 0.2–1.1, 0.2–1.3, 0.2–...