The seasonality of forage production is one of the main challenges in semi-arid regions, where environmental conditions limit agricultural productivity. One promising option is the use of elephant grass ‘BRS Capiaçu’, together with deficit irrigation. This study evaluated the impact of different irrigation depths with brackish water (50%, 75%, 100% and 125% of the reference evapotranspiration – ET 0 ) on the productive, physio...

The hyperiid amphipod Brachyscelus rapacoides is a warm-water species associated with gelatinous zooplankton. In the Mediterranean it has been reported in association with Rhopilema nomadica in both Israel and Turkey. Here, we document the first record of B. rapacoides in Greek waters, representing the first confirmed record for Europe, based on both morphological examination and DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI gene. Sp...

Understanding sediment dynamics and anthropogenic impacts in the land-sea interaction zone of the Abandoned Yellow River Delta is challenged by complex material sources. This study aims to reconstruct sedimentary environment evolution and evaluate human influences on silty-mud tidal flats. Sediment cores were collected from a bare flat (GT) and a Spartina alterniflora marsh (HM) in the Yancheng coastal wetland, Jiangsu, China....