• Describing the ineffable: a response to Frieman 

  Gibb, James G. (2024)

  Frieman (2024) observes in her own, highly metaphorical language that one can offer an unbounded number of interpretations to explain the distribution of archaeological remains in time and space. These interpretations offer ...
• The Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2024 Supplement 

  Staines, Charles L.; Staines, Susan L. (Virginia Natural History Society, 2024)
• Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center:  Pitfall Records 

  Staines, Charles L.; Bennett, Shelley K. (Maryland Entomological Society, 2024)

  Pitfall traps were run for three days in both June and July 2023 in reforestation plots at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). Traps captured 25 species of Coleoptera representing 10 families. Of the 25 ...
• New Species of the Genus <i>Podontia </i>Dalman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) in the Philippines and Redescription of <i>Podontia flava</i> Baly from Sarawak 

  Calcetas, Orlando A.; Staines, Charles L. (2024)

  A new species, <i>Podontia rustiai</i> Calcetas and Staines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) in the Philippines, is described. The species <i>Podontia flava</i> Baly, 1865 is very similar and known from ...
• The State of the World’s Mangroves 2024 

  Spalding, Mark D.; Leal, Marice (Global Mangrove Alliance, 2024)
• Commercial Vessel Ballast Water Management (2021-2022): Report to Congress June 3, 2024 

  United States Coast Guard (United States Department of Homeland Security, 2024)

  The 2018 Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA)1 requires an annual report on the effectiveness of national ballast water management (BWM) requirements. This report provides analyses of (1) the patterns of ballast water ...
• Including Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) in Mangrove Conservation & Restoration. A Best-Practice Guide for Practitioners and Researchers 

  Grimm, Kerry; Spalding, Mark; Leal, Marice; Kincaid, Kate; Aigrette, Lalao; Amoah-Quiminee, Peace; Amoras, Laercio; Amouine, Didier; Areki, Francis; Arends, Wilfrido; Argueta, José María; Arrieta-Giron, Camilo A.; Astra, Apri Susanto; Atuga, Gilbert Nyabochwa; Barillo, Marito; Anariba, Sara Bonilla; Botelho, Manoel; Cabanban, Annadel S.; Caceros, Eder; Caicedo, Dalila; Calzada, Alejandra; Canty, Steven; Cardenas, Sandra; Patiño, Guillermo Ricardo Carrera; Castro-Gomez, Julian; Caucau, Filimoni; Celestin, Aina; Chagas, Valter; Chulim, José; Cuadro, Juan Carlos; Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid; Silva, Zacarias Monteiro da; Daza, Adriana; Dawud, Abu; Díaz, Giovanni; Diazgranados, María Claudia; Dubano, Amaury; Durán, Claudia; Espinosa, Rafael; Evangelista, Karla; Ferreira, João; Fouqueray, Mondane; Fraiz-Toma, Andrés Emiliano; Moraes, Jose Roberto Garcia; Silva, João Carlos Gomes da; Gomez, Wilmer; González, Manuel; Govindarajan, Murugesan; Iha, Dahlan; Jacobo, Pilar; Jaén, Jorge Elías; Jaofary, Giamalidiny; Jiménez, Nicomedes; Juma, Said Chirunga; Kuswantoro; Lusiana, Susan; Madarriaga, Yoger Yair; Magalingam, Rajendran; Mahamudu, Abdu; Malani, Unaisi; Malate, Nelia; Marrufo, Manuel; Martin, Phil; Martins, Bruna Maria Lima; Mendoza, Harris; Michie, Laura; Mona, Yenyfer; Moreira, Antonio; Morrissette, Hannah; Mueller, Matthias; Murage, Lionel Dishon; Naikasowalu, Manasa; Narayana, Sumantha; Ndule, Nelly; Ngozi, Mwinga; Oeiras, Daniel; Olendo, Mike; Ortega, Paula; Pinto, Daiver; Prasetio, Hanggar; Quarto, Alfredo; Guerra, Luis Roberto Quintanilla; Rabemanantsoa, Hanjara; Rakotomahazo, Cicelin; Ralifo, Alfred; Ravelonjatovo, Jaona; Mendoza, Zulma Ricord de; Robaigau, Apolosa; Rocha, Oseia; Rosado, Adanies Epieyu; Sairi, Mat; Saleda, Sefrianto; Sathya, K.; Sierra, Paula; Rozo, Omar Sierra; Simanca, Yenis; Sirikwa, Levis; Somo, Somo; Sutherland, William; Silva, Jose Roberto Tavares da; Thom, Leo; Tinalevu, Vatemo; Torres, Paulo Cesar Jesus; Tsilibaris, Virginie; Hien, Nguyen Van; Lai, Truong Van; Tao, Dang Van; Vedharajan, Balaji; Echeverri, Carlos Villamil; Wodehouse, Dominic; Worthington, Thomas; Yennego, Sabawu; Yuniati, Woro; Zimmer, Martin (Global Mangrove Alliance, 2024)

  A guide to help mangrove researchers and practitioners include local ecological knowledge in their projects. Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) is the knowledge, practices, and beliefs gained through extensive personal ...
• Commercial Vessel Ballast Water Management (2020-2021): Report to Congress July 7, 2023 

  United States Coast Guard (United States Department of Homeland Security, 2023)

  The 2018 Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) requires an annual report on the effectiveness of national ballast water management (BWM) requirements. This report provides analyses of (1) the patterns of ballast water ...
• Biology of the sineguelas leaf beetle, Podontia quatuordecimpunctata (L.) (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), on Spondias purpurea L. (Ana cardiaceae) in the Philippines 

  Calcetas, Orlando; Adorada, Joel; Staines, Charles L.; Chaboo, Caroline; Recuenco, Monalisa; Anabo, Rachel (2023)

  Spondias purpurea L. (Anacardiaceae), native to the Neotropical region, is cultivated in the Philippines for the edible fruits and the tree is economically significant. The adventive leaf beetle, Podontia quatuordecimpunctata ...
• Challenges and Opportunities in Orchid Ecology and Conservation 

  Kindlmann, Pavel ; Kull, Tiiu ; Whigham, Dennis (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)
• New Records of <i>Podontia quatuordecimpunctata</i> (L.) (Sineguelas Leaf Beetle) (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) on <i>Spondias</i> spp. (Anacardiaceae) and Its Geographic Distribution in the Philippines 

  Adorada, Joel L.; Calcetas, Orlando A.; Anabo, Rachel Ann A.; Staines, Charles L.; Gallegos, Madora Abril D.; Zulueta, Brian Joseph S.; Recuenco, Monalisa O.; Alvarez, Flora C.; Serquina, Albert A. (2023)

  Podontia quatuordecimpunctata (L.) or the “sineguelas” leaf beetle is reported from the Philippines. Red sineguelas (Spondias purpurea L.), golden apple or yellow sineguelas (S. dulcis Forst.), and hog plum or “libas” [S. ...
• Commercial Vessel Ballast Water Management: Report to Congress, September 30, 2022 

  United States Coast Guard (United States Department of Homeland Security, 2022)
• A Worrying Arrival: The First Record of Brown Macroalga <I>Rugulopteryx okamurae</I> in Madeira Island and Its Invasive Risk 

  Bernal-Ibáñez, Alejandro; Chebaane, Sahar; Sempere-Valverde, Juan; Faria, João; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Kaufmann, Marta Florido; Albert-Fonseca, Andrea; Canning-Clode, João; Gestoso, Ignacio; Cacabelos, Eva (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre-REABIC, 2022)

  The brown macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae is described as one of the most severe and threatening invasive marine macroalgae in European waters. This study reports the first record of R. okamurae in the Madeira archipelago, ...
• Natural History of <I>Cassida sphaerula</I> Boheman, 1854 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Cassidinae: Cassidini) on <I>Arctotheca prostrata</I> (Salisb.) Britten (Asteraceae: Arctotidinae) in South Africa, with a checklist of South African Cassidinae (leaf-mining and tortoise beetles) 

  Adam, Sally; Campos, Mariana; Heron, Hugh D. C.; Staines, Charles L.; Westerduijn, Rob; Chaboo, Caroline Simmrita (2022)
• The Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2021-2022 Supplement 

  Staines, Charles L.; Staines, Susan L. (Virginia Natural History Society, 2022)
• Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas 

  Zenetos, Argyro; Tsiamis, Konstantinos; Galanidi, Marika; Carvalho, Natacha; Bartilotti, Cátia; Canning-Clode, Jo; Castriota, Luca; Chainho, Paula; Comas-González, Robert; Costa, Ana C.; Dragičević, Branko; Dulčić, Jakov; Faasse, Marco; Florin, Ann-Britt; Gittenberger, Arjan; Jakobsen, Hans; Jelmert, Anders; Kerckhof, Francis; Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Livi, Silvia; Lundgreen, Kim; Macic, Vesna; Massé, Cécile; Mavrič, Borut; Naddafi, Rahmat; Orlando-Bonaca, Martina; Petovic, Slavica; Png-Gonzalez, Lydia; Carbonell Quetglas, Aina; Ribeiro, Romeu S.; Cidade, Tiago; Smolders, Sander; Stæhr, Peter A. U.; Viard, Frederique; Outinen, Okko (2022)

  Invasive alien species are a major worldwide driver of biodiversity change. The current study lists verified records of non-indigenous species (NIS) in European marine waters until 2020, with the purpose of establishing a ...
• Multi-year assessment of immature bull shark <I>Carcharhinus leucas</I> residency and activity spaces in an expansive estuarine nursery 

  Edwards, Michelle L.; McCallister, Michael; Brewster, Lauran R.; Bangley, Charles W.; Curtis, Tobey H.; Ogburn, Matthew B.; Ajemian, Matthew J. (Inter-Research Science Publisher, 2022)

  Although portions of the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), Florida (USA), serve as essential fish habitat for US Atlantic coast bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas , past studies were short-term (days to months) and encompassed only ...
• Coastal Wetland Responses to Warming 

  Megonigal, J. Patrick; Chapman, Samantha; Langley, Adam; Crooks, Stephen; Dijkstra, Paul; Kirwan, Matt (CRC Press, 2018)
• The influence of blue crab movement on mark-recapture estimates of recreational harvest and exploitation 

  Semmler, Robert Francis; Ogburn, Matthew Bryan; Aguilar, Robert; North, Elizabeth Watkins; Reaka, Marjorie Lindquist; Hines, Anson Hemingway (Canadian Science Publishing, 2021)

  Despite the need to quantify total catch to support sustainable fisheries management, estimating harvests of recreational fishers remains a challenge. Harvest estimates from mark-recapture studies have proven valuable, yet ...
• Context-dependent carryover effects of hypoxia and warming in a coastal ecosystem engineer 

  Donelan, Sarah C.; Breitburg, Denise L.; Ogburn, Matthew B. (Wiley, 2021)

  Organisms are increasingly likely to be exposed to multiple stressors repeatedly across ontogeny as climate change and other anthropogenic stressors intensify. Early life stages can be particularly sensitive to environmental ...

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