Seagrass beds form naturally patchy habitats with large areas of seagrass–sand interface, or edges. Fish were sampled at 3 sites in the temperate waters of Victoria, Australia, using small (0.5 m wide) push nets at 7 positions: unvegetated sand distant from the patch on the seaward side, the sand edge adjacent to the seagrass on the seaward side, the seagrass edge on the seaward side, the middl...

Functional connectivity, the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement, depends on how animals perceive costs and benefits associated with habitat features and integrate them into a movement path. There have been few studies on functional connectivity in marine organisms, despite its importance for the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas. In this study, we asked how open...

Rationale Take-all patch, caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis f. sp. avenae, is favored by alkaline soils. Because the calcareous sands used for putting greens in the Midwest have a high pH, bentgrass greens constructed with high sand content or to USGA specifications are especially prone to the disease. Previous research addressed take-all patch on established bentgrass greens and fairways with ...

Aggregations of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) in a large sand patch amid an offshore seagrass bed (Syringodium filiforme) off St. Croix (US Virgin Islands) were characterized by protracted fronts of high density (2-7 individuals m-2). Fronts mlgrated across the sand patch at approximately 7 m d-l and were refracted and deflected at the grassbed border. Intensive microphagous feeding effected a 2-fo...

skid resistance and road condition are common indices of road safety; therefore providing adequate skidding resistance will reduce the incidence of road accidents. the surface macrotexture has a large effect on the characteristics of road surface skidding, which is the focus of this research. during the study, the mean texture depth of the road surface was measured, in order to determine the co...

Introduction Soles, as most of flatfishes, live in sandy bottoms in order to guarantee food availability and protection from predators (Kruuk, 1963). In commercial sole culture, the use of sand has been considered a serious obstacle to maintain hygienic conditions (Howell, 1997), but problems arise when they are kept on hard-bottomed tanks without sand. A higher occurrence of Black Patch Necros...

Passive restoration depending on native shrubs is an attractive approach for restoring desertified landscapes in semi-arid sandy regions. We sought to understand the relationships between spatial patterns of native shrubs and their survival ability in sandy environments. Furthermore, we applied our results to better understand whether passive restoration is feasible for desertified landscapes i...

24 This laboratory study describes the sediment patterns formed in a sand bed 25 around circular patches of rigid vertical cylinders, representing a patch of reedy 26 emergent vegetation. The patch diameter was much smaller than the channel 27 width. Two patch densities (solid volume fraction 3% and 10%) and two patch 28 diameters (22 and 10 cm) were considered. For flows above the threshold of...

24 This laboratory study describes the sediment patterns formed in a sand bed 25 around circular patches of rigid vertical cylinders, representing a patch of reedy 26 emergent vegetation. The patch diameter was much smaller than the channel 27 width. Two patch densities (solid volume fraction 3% and 10%) and two patch 28 diameters (22 and 10 cm) were considered. For flows above the threshold of...