Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy最新文献

Diversity and Abundance of House Dust Mites in Irish Homes, Their Exoskeleton-Associated Bacteria and Susceptibility to Clinically Relevant Antibiotics 爱尔兰家庭尘螨的多样性和丰度及其外骨骼相关细菌和对临床相关抗生素的敏感性

4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2024.a937168

Amal Aljohani, David Clarke, Miriam Byrne, Michael J. Gormally, Gerard T.A. Fleming

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First Evidence of the Cinnabar Moth Tyria Jacobaeae Present in the Diet of the Brown Long-Eared Bat Plecotus Auritus 棕长耳蝙蝠Plecotus Auritus饮食中存在朱砂蛾Tyria Jacobaeae的首个证据

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-07-07 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.a901466

J. M. Nolan, Ilze Skujina, Gwenaëlle Hurpy, E. Teeling

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DNA Barcoding Reveals Unexpected Diversity of Deep-Sea Octopuses in the North-East Atlantic DNA条形码揭示了东北大西洋深海章鱼的意外多样性

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.0000

M. Taite, L. Dillon, J. Strugnell, J. Drewery, A. Allcock

{"title":"DNA Barcoding Reveals Unexpected Diversity of Deep-Sea Octopuses in the North-East Atlantic","authors":"M. Taite, L. Dillon, J. Strugnell, J. Drewery, A. Allcock","doi":"10.1353/bae.2023.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bae.2023.0000","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The taxonomy of Bathypolypus and Muusoctopus has long been confounded by poor original descriptions and difficulty in distinguishing among species morphologically. We aimed to use DNA barcoding in conjunction with species delimitation techniques and morphological identification of mature males to identify the species of Bathypolypus and Muusoctopus present in the North-east Atlantic and provide additional information on species distributions. From 298 specimens collected during biannual Deepwater Timeseries cruises and other aligned surveys undertaken by Marine Scotland onboard MRV Scotia between 2005–19, we identified Bathypolypus arcticus, B. ergasticus, B. bairdii, B. sponsalis, B. pugniger, Muusoctopus normani and M. johnsonianus as well as an unidentified Muusoctopus species that we conclude is likely to be a new species. We show the utility of DNA barcoding in identifying difficult to distinguish species such as deep-sea octopuses. Studies like ours are essential to provide clarity on the taxonomy of such groups and to determine the true diversity and distribution of species within them.","PeriodicalId":55370,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy","volume":"23 1","pages":"1 - 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91143966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Thirty Years On 三十年来

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.0007

B. Osborne

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Holocene animal tracks from the intertidal zone in the west of Ireland 来自爱尔兰西部潮间带的全新世动物足迹

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.0003

Kieran Westley, A. Cooper, R. Plets

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Institutional Management and Planning for Droughts: A Comparison of Ireland and Ontario, Canada 干旱的机构管理和规划:爱尔兰和加拿大安大略省的比较

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.a905271

E. Jobbová, R. McLeman, Arlene Crampsie, C. Murphy, F. Ludlow, Celina Hevesi, Laura Sente, C. Horváth

{"title":"Institutional Management and Planning for Droughts: A Comparison of Ireland and Ontario, Canada","authors":"E. Jobbová, R. McLeman, Arlene Crampsie, C. Murphy, F. Ludlow, Celina Hevesi, Laura Sente, C. Horváth","doi":"10.1353/bae.2023.a905271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bae.2023.a905271","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Severe drought conditions in 2018 prompted concerted efforts by Irish authorities to establish a formal planning process for drought risks as part of the wider national water management strategy. More than two decades had passed since Ireland had experienced a socioeconomically significant drought, but recently reconstructed long-term data have shown that drought is a much more frequent hazard here than previously thought. With climate change impacts likely to affect the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation in coming decades, there is an ongoing need for further planning and preparation to reduce the vulnerability of the Irish water system to droughts. In this article we report results of a systematic comparison of Irish drought management plans and policies with those in southwestern Ontario, Canada, a region that shares many similar drought risk factors and management challenges but has longer established institutional practices for managing droughts. Key recommendations for Irish water managers emerging from this project include fostering a culture of water conservation among the Irish public; using catchments as the spatial unit for drought monitoring and management decisions; creation of standing drought management teams that involve and broaden key stakeholders and user groups; and further refining data collection to support planning for future challenges associated with climate change. Pursuing future opportunities for peer-to-peer learning between Irish water managers and their counterparts in other jurisdictions is a wider opportunity for developing best practices for drought management in the Irish context.","PeriodicalId":55370,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80486980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Transforming conservation: a practical guide to evidence and decision making ed. by William J. Sutherland 转型保护:证据和决策的实用指南，威廉·j·萨瑟兰主编

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2023.0004

C. Dalton

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Using High Frequency In-Situ Monitoring to Gain New Insights into Irish Aquatic Systems 使用高频原位监测获得爱尔兰水生系统的新见解

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2022-12-21 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2022.0014

E. Jennings, E. de Eyto, M. Dillane, P. Mellander, F. Regan, R. Wilkes, M. O'Neill, Ciprian Briciu-Burghina, P. Antunes, P. Jordan, J. Arnscheidt, S. Linnane, Valerie McCarthy, Y. McElarney, D. Huallacháin, A. Rolston, C. Wynne

{"title":"Using High Frequency In-Situ Monitoring to Gain New Insights into Irish Aquatic Systems","authors":"E. Jennings, E. de Eyto, M. Dillane, P. Mellander, F. Regan, R. Wilkes, M. O'Neill, Ciprian Briciu-Burghina, P. Antunes, P. Jordan, J. Arnscheidt, S. Linnane, Valerie McCarthy, Y. McElarney, D. Huallacháin, A. Rolston, C. Wynne","doi":"10.1353/bae.2022.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bae.2022.0014","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Until recent decades, most monitoring of surface waters relied exclusively on samples analysed in the laboratory for ecologically and management-relevant parameters. It is now possible, however, to automatically monitor many parameters using in-situ sensors and to provide remote web-based access to these data. Such data are typically provided at frequencies of minutes rather than at the weekly, fortnightly or monthly intervals typical of traditional monitoring and therefore capture both short-term change and, for inter-annual deployments, long-term trends. Here we give an overview of the use of high frequency monitoring (HFM) in Ireland and present case studies from a set of four sites, representative of the catchment-stream-lake-estuary continuum, to illustrate new insights that such deployments can provide. These include effects of cattle access on stream turbidity; biogeochemical processing in agricultural streams; effects of summer storms on dissolved organic matter in a catchment and lake; and changes in a trophic index in an estuarine setting. We discuss the additional information provided by such systems when compared to traditional monitoring, some of the challenges related to their use, and assess the future use of HFM to inform management of and policy for aquatic systems on the island of Ireland.","PeriodicalId":55370,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy","volume":"94 1","pages":"201 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87197482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating the Use of Intervarsity Bioblitz as an Engagement and Reporting Tool for Biodiversity in Green and Blue Spaces on Urban Campuses: A Case Study of Irish Universities 评估大学间生物闪电战作为城市校园绿色和蓝色空间生物多样性参与和报告工具的使用:爱尔兰大学的案例研究

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2022.0012

Yvonne Ryan-Fogarty, Caitrı́ona M. Carlin, T. Kirakowski, Maria J. Kirrane, L. Lysaght, Darren T. Reidy

{"title":"Evaluating the Use of Intervarsity Bioblitz as an Engagement and Reporting Tool for Biodiversity in Green and Blue Spaces on Urban Campuses: A Case Study of Irish Universities","authors":"Yvonne Ryan-Fogarty, Caitrı́ona M. Carlin, T. Kirakowski, Maria J. Kirrane, L. Lysaght, Darren T. Reidy","doi":"10.1353/bae.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bae.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:University campuses contribute substantially to urban green and blue infrastructure and are habitats for biodiversity in urban environments. Higher education institutions bear responsibility to conserve biodiversity and enhance the ecological value of their green and blue spaces, thereby educating about the importance of biodiversity in a sustainable society. This paper is a retrospective formative evaluation charting Intervarsity BioBlitz (a cross-institutional biodiversity recording competition) in higher education institutes in Ireland. Intervarsity BioBlitz enabled academic institutions to form and monitor biodiversity inventories for green and blue spaces on campus, map records into GIS layers, and promote campus biodiversity with the student body and management. Intervarsity BioBlitz offered an engaging and interactive means of quantifying campus biodiversity while also educating staff, students, and the wider community about biodiversity and connecting them to nature. It became a valuable tool for sustainability reporting in the higher education institution sector contributing to national and international biodiversity monitoring. Embedding Intervarsity BioBlitz with existing sustainability initiatives further enhanced performance and informed the delivery of action plans. Higher education institutes need to teach survey and identification skills, facilitate interest, awareness, and action to protect biodiversity. Biodiversity needs to become more prominent in international higher education sustainability metrics if we are to adequately address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.","PeriodicalId":55370,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy","volume":"29 1","pages":"181 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91375988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Observations of Irish Parechiniscus Cuénot, 1926 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) Convey New Information (And Questions) About the Genus 爱尔兰Parechiniscus cu<s:1>， 1926(异步虫目:棘轮虫科)的观察提供了关于该属的新信息(和问题)

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学

Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Pub Date : 2022-12-13 DOI: 10.1353/bae.2022.0011

E. DeMilio, D. V. Tumanov, C. Lawton, J. G. Hansen

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