Yellow, white, and blue sticky cards were tested in an avocado orchard for their attractiveness to Scirtothrips perseae, Frankliniella occidentalis and Franklinothrips orizabensis. Clear pieces of plastic coated with adhesive were used as controls to determine rates of random interception of thrips independent of color. Yellow was most attractive to S. perseae and white cards captured mostly F....

The potentially fatal Irukandji syndrome is relatively common in tropical waters throughout the world. It is caused by the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish, a family of box jellyfish that are almost impossible to detect in the water owing to their small size and transparency. Using collated medical records of stings and local weather conditions, we show that the presence of Irukandji blooms in ...

The potentially fatal Irukandji syndrome is relatively common in tropical waters throughout the world. It is caused by the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish, a family of box jellyfish that are almost impossible to detect in the water owing to their small size and transparency. Using collated medical records of stings and local weather conditions, we show that the presence of Irukandji blooms in ...

In this paper we present what kind of human impacted changes can be found in dwarf birch (Betula nana) dominated shrub tundra vegetation around the large industrial complex of Vorkuta in the north-European Russian tundra. Using fieldwork data and Landsat TM satellite image we could identify two impact zones: (1) Pollution zone (150-200 km2). In this zone most of the lichen species are absent. C...

During Mei-Yu season of Taiwan (May-June), fronts often pass through Taiwan region and interact with the large-scale circulation and land-sea breezes which would also affect the diurnal cycle of wind field and precipitation. This study divides the Mei-Yu season of 2008-2012 into pre-Mei-Yu (5/15-5/31), mid-Mei-Yu (6/1-6/15), post-Mei-Yu (6/166/30) in order to discuss the seasonal changes of the...

During the Nauru99 field experiment (held during June and July of 1999); the presence of an island effect on the cloud and radiation measurements recorded from the Atmospheric Radiation Cloud Station (ARCS) site at Nauru was identified. The island cloud effect occurs when moist air is advected over the island and the diurnal heating of the island (relative to the surrounding ocean) induces conv...

Marine diatoms in tillites along the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) have been used to suggest a diminished East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) during Pliocene warm periods. Updated ice-sheet modelling shows significant Pliocene EAIS retreat, creating marine embayments into the Wilkes and Aurora basins that were conducive to high diatom productivity and rapid accumulation of diatomaceous sediments....

1 Ocean currents, prevailing winds, and the hierarchical structures of river networks are 2 known to create asymmetries in re-colonization between habitat patches. The impacts of 3 such asymmetries on metapopulation persistence are seldom considered, especially rarely 4 in theoretical studies. Considering three classical models (the island, the stepping stone 5 and the distance-dependent model)...

Nutrient cycling in Lake Tanganyika is influenced by the tilting of the thermocline (Coulter 1991). Prevailing southeast winds during the four month dry season (May through September) cause the thermocline to rise in the south bringing nutrient rich waters from depth to the surface at the southern end of the lake (Coulter 1991). However, related upwelling events also occur in the north, bringin...

Abstract. During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), a very cold and dry period around 26.5–19 kyr BP, permafrost was widespread across Europe. In this work, we explore possible benefit of using regional climate model data to improve representation in France, decipher how atmospheric circulation affects boundaries models, test role ground thermal contraction cracking wedge development during LGM. W...