Fish represents an important source of food in Myanmar. Occasionally, fish can be a major route for contaminants that may constitute a health risk to consumers. This study reports the levels of arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium in 40 marine fish species from the coast of Myanmar and assesses the potential exposure and health risk of fish consumption. The concentrations of heavy metals (mercury, ...

<ol> <li>Population dynamics of specialist predators are tightly linked to their main prey and can in simple food webs lead to complex predator–prey interactions (e.g. predator–prey cycles). However, the strength of these interactions may be affected by the availability of alternative prey if it appears in high numbers and the predator diet is sufficiently flexible.</li> <li>A prominent example of ...

This entry introduces curiography as an innovative way of doing research in the era of the Anthropocene. Curiography is an epistemological framework that applies and critically evaluates the philosophical potential of curiosity to practice academic inquiry. It challenges the anthropocentric legacy of ethnographic methodology by inviting its practitioner to move beyond dominating human-centric methods ...

Motivation - Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, ...

In the international sporting arms race to win medals at major tournaments, addressing the determinants of elite athlete dropout is essential. This is especially true for smaller nations, which are at a disadvantage to large nations when it comes to the availability of talent. Therefore, the retention of the elite is essential. In this paper, we examine survey data from Danish top-level athletes to ...

Bærekraftig utvikling har blitt et dominerende tema i norsk oppdrettsnæring, og blir betraktet som et sentralt aspekt for å løse utfordringer som næringen står overfor. De sentrale utfordringer i oppdrettsnæring er blant annet rømning, forurensing av det ytre miljø, forekomst av lus og fiskehelserelaterte utfordringer. I tillegg til de miljø og fiskevelferdsmessige utfordringer, er det også stadig ...

Denne masteroppgaven har som formål å undersøke hvitfisknæringens evne til å tilpasse seg endringer skapt av Covid-19. Den strategiske tilpasningsevnen undersøkes ved å se om bedriftene har egenskaper som fleksibilitet for å håndtere de usikre omgivelsene skapt av pandemien. Bransjen som studeres er kjent for å operere under en normaltilstand i turbulente omgivelser. Undersøkelsen har avdekket at ...

Økende befolkningsvekst skaper et økt behov for mat. Et slikt press på de allerede eksisterende ressursene fører til behov for å utnytte enhver ressurs fulle ernæringsmessig potensial. Sjømat blir ansett som en viktig kilde for å imøtekomme dette voksende behovet for økt bærekraftig matsikkerhet. Det er derfor viktig å sikre at alle ressurser som høstes fra havet er av høy kvalitet. En utfordring ...

Fruit softening is linked to degradation of cell walls by hydrolytic enzymes, such as members of GH9 and XTH family. In this study, we aim to identify the members of the large gene families that cause the cell wall modifying effects, as they can become a target of future research related to food waste prevention and biofuel production. A tool is developed to help in the process of finding qPCR primers ...

This review examines the evolution and findings of Norway's offshore environmental monitoring (OEM) program over the past five decades. The program targets soft sediments, water column organisms, and deep-water epifauna across the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to assess the impacts of offshore oil and gas activities. The program is required by Norwegian authorities and financed by oil and gas ...