One of the main purposes of the earthquake-related standards (e.g. EAK 2003; CEN 2004; Regulatory Guide 1.92 2006; NTC 2008; ASCE 2014) is to provide…
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Many people have heard about two seemingly disparate concepts: recalcitrant (or difficult to grow) plants and liquid chromatography. Plant tissue culture or in vitro culture…
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Imagine your body being manipulated like a puppet while your conscious brain watches. For some species of ants, this seemingly sci-fi scenario is a frequent…
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Over 800 species of fishes are reported to produce species-specific sounds. The sounds are produced for a number of different reasons, including aggression, stress or…
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Tomato is an agronomically valuable crop in many countries, either grown in fields or greenhouses and therefore has been bred and genetically improved for centuries….
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Crustacean reproduction is a complex process, which implies the ovarian growing in adult females during the critical period previous to spawning (named as a pre-reproductive…
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Tourism and the environment have a close relationship of dependence. Every tourist activity needs an environment, and whether this environment is natural or not, it…
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For most people, amphibians (e.g. frogs and salamanders) are not a part of everyday life. They tend to be cryptic in both form and behavior…
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Any organism dies if its body temperature leaves the vital range. Thus, controlling the body temperature (or having a wide vital temperature range) is essential…
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Our work has two major lines of interest, the preservation of a threatened species, the sturgeon, and how bacterial communities assemble. The link between these…
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Most marine and coastal water ecosystems worldwide suffer from eutrophication. It is the result of an enrichment of nutrients in the water body, like phosphorus…
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