Abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is claimed to be a global problem with impacts on marine animals and ecosystems, posing considerable ecological and socioeconomic challenges. Nonetheless, insufficient understanding regarding how marine ecosystem services are affected by ALDFG creates a knowledge gap that challenges a holistic estimation of the long-term economic impacts of using ...

In teleost fish, gill plays an important role of controlling ion transport mechanisms for the maintenance of ion- and osmoregulatory homeostasis in both fresh water and seawater. Leptin mRNA expression has been found in several fish species, and was also found in gills of Arctic charr (Salvelius alpinus) in this study. However, no study has been reported on the function of leptin in the gills of ...

To predict the coral abundance of the Northern of Myeik, I compared various progressions of model techniques, including stepwise regression (using OLS), GWR, and Random forest analysis methods, to investigate relationships between coral abundance survey data and environmental variables such as depth, slope, aspect, rugosity, chlorophyll, sea surface temperature, and turbidity. Depth and SST have the ...

The Global Consortium for the Classification of Fungi and fungus-like taxa is an international initiative of more than 550 mycologists to develop an electronic structure for the classification of these organisms. The members of the Consortium originate from 55 countries/regions worldwide, from a wide range of disciplines, and include senior, mid-career and early-career mycologists and plant pathologists. ...

<i>Aim</i> - To investigate the use of game‐based learning (GBL) to enhance students’ experience of the flipped classroom (FC) in dental education.<p> <p><i>Materials and Methods</i> - Students participated in three sessions organised as FC, implemented either as conventional FC or FC augmented with the GoDental! game. In the pre‐class phase, sessions 1 and 2 were organised as instructor‐made ...

Gillnets are among the most widely used fishing gear in global fisheries because of their simplicity, high operability, catch efficiency and low entrance cost for fishermen. In Norway, the Northeast Atlantic (NEA) cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) fishing industry represents the most important economic single species fishery and the gillnet fishery accounts for 24% of the national total allowable catch (TAC) ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is not only the prevailing tool used for defining and diagnosing obesity, but it is also a tool that intervenes into fisheries governance, and into fishers’ lives and bodies. All fishers on board vessels over 100 gross tons (GT) must hold a seaman’s licence; too high a BMI may lead to a “loss-of-licence” and the inability to undertake their occupation. From a governmentality ...

Macroalgae can benefit society in a variety of ways, and there is a lot of potential for cultivation of macroalgae in Norway. A sustainable development of this industry is needed to make use of these benefits, today and in the future. Hence, it is asked which opportunities and barriers exist in developing the industry and how the barriers are affecting this development. Inspired by a Grounded Theory ...

The purpose of this study was to see if growth and size at maturity were different between a LSR-whitefish morph living in allopatry and one living in sympatry with the DR-morph. Here, I hypothesized that somatic growth in monomorphic LSR-whitefish would be greater. Further, that the age at maturation would be lower for the monomorphic LSR-whitefish than that of the polymorphic LSR-whitefish. As a ...

Chlorella vulgaris is a freshwater microalga that synthesises large amounts of saturated lipids, which makes it suitable for production of bioenergy and biofuels. Since its cultivation usually requires freshwater, it competes with agriculture, economic development and ecological conservation for this limited natural resource. This study investigated the possibility of the partial replacement of ...