The difficulty in estimating growth rates and ages of tropical and warm-temperate tree species is well known. However, this information has many important environmental applications, including the proper management of ...

Toxic freshwater cyanobacteria can contaminate water supplies and adversely effect humans, agricultural livestock, and wildlife. Toxicity is strain-specific so morphological observations alone cannot predict the hazard ...

State-wide and regional rainfall indices are developed for Queensland for the summer and winter half-year seasons from 1890 to 1986. Using these, marked variations in summer season rainfall are identified, though variations ...

Single, short generic primers of arbitrary sequence used to amplify DNA from Penaeus monodon gave three polymorphic markers out of the total of 48 bands that amplified. This level of polymorphism is similar to that displayed ...

A pronounced shift in water column characteristics and in the composition of plankton communities was observed following the passage of Tropical Cyclone Tiffany along the margin of the southern Northwest Shelf, Australia ...

Litter fall and accumulation were measured weekly for one year (January-December 2007) at five mangrove forests within the Apar-Adang Nature Reserve, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Three forests were located near the sea edge, ...

Estuarine mud, when resuspended in nutrient-rich near-shore water, aggregates to marine snow, and within minutes to hours can exert detrimental or even lethal effects on small coral reef organisms. In a pilot study, estuarine ...