Photosynthetic pigments are bioactive compounds of great importance for the food,
cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. They are not only responsible for capturing solar …

Algal taxonomy is a key discipline in phycology and is critical for algal genetics, physiology,
ecology, applied phycology, and particularly bioassessment. Taxonomic identification is the …

Crucial benefits provided by partially coherent light microscopy such as improved spatial
resolution, optical sectioning and speckle-noise suppression are exploited here to achieve …

Excessive mobilization and delivery of fine sediments to water bodies has detrimental
impacts on those biotic elements used for waterbody status classification, including …

The halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly …

This flora is intended to serve as an image voucher for samples analyzed for the US
Geological Survey Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA). The SESQA study …

Communities of organisms, from mammals to microorganisms, have discontinuous
distributions of body size. This pattern of size structuring is a conservative trait of community …

Abstract The North Pacific is a zone of cyclogenesis that modulates synoptic-scale
atmospheric circulation, yet there is a paucity of instrumental and paleoclimate data to fully …

Abstract Many rivers in Central Europe are heavily affected by increased sedimentation due
to erosion from agricultural land. High fine sediment loads can clog the interstitial system …

The consequences of recent warming in the Andes have been dramatic, most iconically
visualized by the rapid retreat of tropical mountain glaciers. Of all the ecosystems in the …