This study investigated the influence of reproductive strategy (benthic or pelagic eggs) and habitat preferences (lagoon or outer slope) on both diversity and genetic differentiation using a set of populations of seven coral reef fish species over different geographic scales within French Polynesia. We hypothesized that a Holocene sea-level decrease contributed to severe reduction of population...

Phoenicians were the first to systematically develop area surrounding Strait of Gibraltar at end 9th century B.C. Following pioneering studies in Río Guadiaro estuary (Málaga/Cádiz) 1980s, a German-Spanish cooperation project focussed on role indigenous people Phoenician colonisation trading networks Los Castillejos de Alcorrín (Manilva, Málaga), one most important Early Iron Age settlements so...

The Cenomanian–Early Turonian Mishrif Formation is a great contributor to oil production in Iraq. Integrating petrographic, mineralogical, and wireline logging data from 52 wells, this study provides an improved understanding of the sequence stratigraphy, depositional evolution, reservoir characteristics Mesopotamian Basin, south Five types facies associations are classified: lagoon, shoal, rud...