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... 2011. The FY 2013 Budget requests $517 million for the International Trade Administration, which will strengthen the efforts of the NEI to meet the President’s goal of doubling U.S. exports by the ... research and applied science are at the forefront of discovery and a critical component of advancing the goals of the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010. The President’s FY 2013 Budget ... support for the National Export Initiative and the Administration’s goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014. The ITA budget requests an additional $30 million to strengthen trade promotion

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... 74 of the most widely known of these, all but 5 of which were created by researchers in the USSR during the period 1930 –1980. The total number of genera involved probably ap- proaches 125. The ... Colorado School of Mines, 297 pp Johnson, J H 1966 A review of the Cambrian algae Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines 61... peculiarities of the evolution of the calcareous ... Future studies of the Middle-Late Cambrian may reveal diversity similar to that of the Early Cambrian. Nonetheless, some of the patterns presently observed may be real. The appearance in the Nemakit-Daldynian

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 21:20

... globules of the dinoflagellate eyespot (Withers and Nevenzel 1977; Withers and Haxo 1978) Therefore, the function and localization of these sterols remains unknown (Withers 1987) The unusual... ... significant way to the formation of the analyzed... dinosterols and their diagenetic dinosteroids The function of these sterols is poorly understood It has been presumed that they are membrane ... relating to study of, 405; early arthropod ecology, 418–19; ecology of, in Cambrian, 404 21; ecology of taxa of, 408–15; evolution of arthropod ecology, 419–20;... migrations, and 4-methylsteroid

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 21:20

... causes of zonation, the biology of the major divisions of the biota, the biology of some key faunal components (mussels, limpets, and barnacles), and the flora and fauna of special habitats. The ... tides The average of the lowest high waters reached by the sea on the fortnightly neap tides The lowest of the high waters reached by the neap tides during the year The average ... average of the high and low waters throughout the year The highest of the low waters reached by the neap tides during the year The average of highest low waters reached by the

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... extending from the upper limit of the barnacles to the lower limit of the terrestrial vegetation of the supralittoral zone . Its upper limit often coincides with the upper limit of littorinid ... the shore The major ones coincide with the upper limits of the bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica and the red alga Pachymenia lusoria and the lower limits of the lichens of the ... AFRICA The southern African region extends from the northern border of Namibia (17°S) to the southern border of Mozambique (21 °S) (Figure 2. 12) The overall length of the coastline

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... where the deposits are well-sorted, the water retention may approach 45%. The rate of replacement of water lost by evaporation from the surface of the deposits is dependent upon the diameter of the ... when the velocity is zero In contrast, the velocity of the lower... action is slight, due to the low pitch of the beach and the reduced fetch and steepness of the waves The ... retained within the sediment is a function of the available pore space, which in turn is dependent on the degree of packing and the degree of sorting of the FIGURE 3.4 Profiles of a typical sandy

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... intermediary of chain of intermediaries that ultimately influences the activity of one or other of the components of the centrum. All these indirectly acting components are placed in the web. (Modified ... over the tops of the barnacles) so barnacles indirectly influence the food supply of Patelloida The density of the barnacles in turn is determined by the suitability of the ... microfauna of soft shores, on the other hand, must cope with anaerobic conditions if they live below the RPD layer Light: The amount of light on the shore varies widely with the

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... revised these estimates on the basis of more recent data and concluded that the meiofaunal biomass was about 10% of the macrofaunal biomass, but that the production of the meiofauna ... ... the cochlear zone due the the grazing pressure of the limpets The distribution patterns of the macrofaunal groups across the shore is depicted in Figure 6. 17 In winter, the ... and on the attached mac- roalgae. The contribution of the benthic microalgae depends on the availability of suitable surfaces for their growth and the level on the shore. At certain times the sporelings

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... measured from the edge of the feathering at the start of the bill to the tip The total head distance was measured from the back of the skull to the tip of the bill Tarsus ... Uy 2006; Doucet 2002; Gomez et al. 2013). The brightness of feather colouration is an indicator of offspring fitness, the number of offspring, and the ability to provide paternal care in socially ... medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be

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... THE ECOLOGY OF NON-NATIVE RED-EARED SLIDERS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE NATIVE FAUNA OF SINGAPORE NG PEK KAYE ABIGAYLE (B.Sc. (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR ... the status of these invasive turtles not just because they are a possible cause of zoonotic transmission of Salmonella to humans, but also because of the potential impact that they ... The turtles should find their own food. 23. There is no need to feed the turtles because they can eat the grass. 11. Feeding might cause pollution. 24. No need to feed the turtles because they

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:50

... this thesis entitled “ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF FRUIT BAT (Eidolon helvum) IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, SUNYANI” is the results of my own original work and that no part of ... SUNYANI A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY ... (4.6%) These plant species altogether contributed 1.7% of the seedling composition in the undergrowth in the study area These plants contributed to the ecological improvement by increasing the biodiversity

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... 1995) The problem of relating the two scales is complicated by the fact that the base of the Tommotian was taken as the base of the Cambrian at 570 Ma in Harland et al 1990 Since then, the Nemakit-Daldynian ... select the “best” study from several on the same unit have included the number of sites, the scatter of the data, the magnetic tests, and the pole position relative to other poles of the same ... revision to the age of the base of the Cambrian period and other early Paleozoic stratigraphic boundaries; and, of course, the great interest in the transition from the late Precambrian to the Cambrian...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 21:20

... Certainly, there are problems, such as the position of some blocks or the evolution of the Innuitian Belt in the Canadian Arctic, which still await solution There is no general agreement on the paleogeographic ... Shan, northern Pamir) structures, the formation of which was closely related to numerous Precambrian microcontinents The appearance of the belt was a result of the tectonic development of several ... on the Gondwana margins facing the Panthalassa Ocean They include the volcanic arcs of North China, southeastern Australia, Antarctica, the Cordillera of Chile and Argentina, and possibly the...

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... crystalline rocks of the craton were uplifted and eroded, presumably as bulging of the crust and transgression of the platform proceeded Comparison of the 87Sr/ 86Sr record of the Ediacarian-Cambrian ... thermal relaxation of the crust following the initial rifting of Rodinia in the Riphean, followed either by renewed phases of rifting (Laurentia, Baltica) or by the development of foreland basins ... in the stratigraphic column, the distribution of these grazing traces has been related to the incidence of event sands, such as turbidites, which cast and preserve the delicate top tier of the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 21:20

... the Cambrian, the isotopic record suggests the unique nature of the period On the basis of strontium and carbon isotopic studies, the tectonism of Rodinia, especially that related to the Brasiliano–Pan-African ... their criticism and comments, which greatly improved the work The English was checked by G Häkli This work was supported by the Geological Survey of Finland and the Department of Geology of the ... zone the Varangerian-Sinian Glacial Zone, on the basis of the ages of the glacial deposits, and suggested that the zone appears to continue to Mato Grosso, Argentina, probably to Uruguay, southern...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 21:20

... represents the base of the Uratanna sequence in the Arrowie Basin In the Stansbury Basin, depending on location, the base of the Mount Terrible Formation is in the transgressive systems tract of the ... remains for subaerial erosion at the top of sequence in the northern part of the Thorntonia region, at the top of the Thorntonia Limestone At the Ardmore Inlier in the Burke River Structural Belt, ... fossil–bearing sandstones of the upper Uratanna Formation or at the base of the Parachilna Formation in the Arrowie Basin (Mount and McDonald 1992) The boundary is placed at the base of the Wangkonda Formation...

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... DISCUSSION The Cambrian represents a critical point in the development of nearly all biofabrics Near the base of the Cambrian, there was a significant shift in the nature of sedimentary fabrics From then ... from bioturbation and the production of shell beds are a fruitful area for future research The effects of the initiation of vertical bioturbation and the development of the infaunal habitat, ... distributions that are tied directly to the stratigraphic distribution of the organism However, commonly, the range of the biofabric will be less than that of the actual organism For example, articulate...

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... Cambrian interval (from the base of the proavus Zone to the base of the lindstromi Zone) The global correlation of these stratigraphic units is given by Zhuravlev (1995) for the Early Cambrian and ... Together these fluctuations may serve as an approximation to the structure of the entire biota, which is expressed in the specialization and degree of competitive interaction The values of these ... extinction The strength of an external “kick” (extrinsic factor) needed for the destruction of a system is indicative of the stability of the system (Robertson 1993) Even if fluctuations of abiotic...

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... million years Then, near the base of the Tommotian, and in remarkable parallel with the Cambrian explosion of large organisms, a whole range of complex new forms are introduced, and the rate of evolutionary ... crustaceans and their bear- ing on the interpretation of fossil forms Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Earth Sciences) 76 : 103–113 Gould, S J 1985 The paradox of the first tier: ... ecological theory for the sudden origin of multicellular life in the late Precambrian Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 70 : 1486 – 1489 Stanley, S M 1976 Ideas on the timing of metazoan...

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... typical of deltaic areas In the prograde delta-front sequence of the Chapel Island Formation of the Nemakit-Daldynian of Avalonia, the higher-energy environments show a preponderance of vertical ... 10.2.2) The shallow level-bottom community underwent signicant changes during the Cambrian (see tables 10.1 and 10.2) After the demise of the Tommotian Evolutionary Fauna by the end of the Early ... early as the middle Vendian (Redkinan) In the estuaries of Baltica, the bushy alga Eoholynia formed oating mats (Burzin 1996) Their remains accumulated on the pycnocline, where they were further...

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