The availability of raw mineral resources containing elements included in the Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) list is a growing concern for European Union. Sea mining has been identified as promising secondary source. In particular, brines obtained solar saltworks (bitterns) contain relevant amounts valuable CRMs such Mg(II), B(III), other alkaline/alkaline earth metals (Rb(I), Cs(I), Sr(II)) and...

Dam construction projects have created opportunities for water security, targeted flood protection, and energy production but at the cost of increasing anthropogenic pressure on affected aquatic ecosystems. Wetland ecosystems are often among most vulnerable, as underlying hydrological regimes influence overall wetland structure function. Marsh bird species riparian habitat specialists, many whi...

Stakeholder acceptance and support is essential for long-term success in species reintroductions, assessing social feasibility of reintroductions within human-occupied landscapes an integral component effective decision-making. The Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus extirpated British bird, possible reintroduction to wetlands under discussion. Any planning must first assess local community awa...

Five new state birds revisited Dennis Paulson InWOSNEWS 30, I asked WOS members to submit a list of the five birds they predicted would be added to the Washington state list next. I also got the experts to reply to the same request. We eight "experts" of the Washington Bird Records Committee gave it our best tries (in fits of indecision, some submitted lists of more than five, but they were pru...

—We conducted 262 call-broadcast point-count surveys (1–6 replicate surveys on each of 62 points) using standardized North American Marsh Bird Monitoring Protocols between 31 May and 7 July 2006 on St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, an island off the northwest coast of Florida. We conducted doubleblind multiple-observer surveys, paired morning and evening surveys, and paired morning and nigh...

—To assess the relationship between marsh area and relative abundance of tidal marsh bird species, we surveyed birds on 86 circular plots in 40 salt and brackish tidal marshes in Connecticut. We measured marsh area in two ways: the amount of contiguous marsh vegetation not interrupted by broad barriers (.500 m of open water or .50 m of upland habitat) and by narrow barriers (.30 m of open water...

Prendergast and Hogendoorn (2021) comment on the ‘methodological shortcomings’ of Australian bee studies, but forgo opportunity to provide a balanced assessment relative merits different survey methods inform future studies (for constructive example this see Packer & Darla-West 2021). Instead, they single out standardised tools for bees (pan traps vane traps) as focus their criticism strongly a...

The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a rodent native to South America that has been introduced almost worldwide since the early 1900’s, originally with the intent of fur farming in many cases. The nutria is a large (over 6 kg), semi-aquatic rodent with a voracious appetite and high reproductive potential. Nutria became established in the Louisiana wetlands in the 1930’s. The habitat proved...