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The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity
New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Diversity series
15–31 Mar 2022
Animals, Plants, Microbes
- Go to the Sessions
- Event Details
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- Welcome from the Chair
- Event Chairs
- Session Chairs
- Event Speakers
- Live Session Information
- Live Session Program
- Live Session Recordings
- Call for Submissions
- Sessions
- Instructions for Authors
- List of Accepted Submissions
- Best Paper Award
- Best Presentation Award
- Sponsors and Partners
- Winner Announcement
- Events in this series
IECD2022 is closed. Thank you for your participation.
The recordings of IECD2022 live sessions are available at:
https://sciforum.net/event/IECD2022#recordings
The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published as one dedicated volume in MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal (ISSN:2673-9976) after the conference.
After the conference, the Conference Committee will recommend manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue
The selected papers will be published in Diversity with a 20% discount of the APC.
The IECD2022 winners have been announced at https://sciforum.net/event/IECD2022#Awards.
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to participate in the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes, sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Diversity. The meeting is an opportunity for researchers in the field of the science of biodiversity to present their research and exchange ideas with colleagues. This is an electronic conference, removing the need to travel and eliminating participation expenses.
The conference will be focused on “New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes” and will provide a forum for presenting and discussing new results.
IECD2022 will include three sessions:
Session A : Animals Diversity
Session B : Plants Diversity
Session C : Microbes Diversity
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
1. Marine diversity;
2. Animal diversity;
3. Plant diversity;
4. Microbial diversity and culture collections;
5. Chemical biodiversity and chemical ecology;
6. Biodiversity conservation;
7. Biogeography and macroecology;
8. Phylogeny and evolution;
9. Biodiversity loss and dynamics;
10. Mesophotic ecosystem diversity;
11. Invasive species and diversity.
This will be a virtual conference held at www.sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences.
The format of the conference is as follows: After abstract acceptance, the authors will submit a pre-recorded video presentation or a series of narrated slides that will be both accessible online and open for discussion, comments, and questions during the entire conference. In addition, this presentation will remain available after the e-conference. Authors are requested to submit a full description of their work in a conference paper that will be peer reviewed and, upon acceptance, probably published in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal. Paper submission is not a requirement for active conference participation.
The participation is free of charge for both authors and attendees. The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal and available online on the MDPI website. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a Special Issue of the journal Diversity with a 20% discount on the article processing charge (ISSN 1424-2818; Diversity).
The best conference paper and presentation will receive an award of CHF 500, as well as an offer to publish an extended paper, free of charge, in the Special Issue of Diversity.
We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Caitlin Sheng
Ms. Jennifer Wang
Email: iecd2022@mdpi.com
Event Chairs
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Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink completed his PhD in 1980 at Technische Universität Braunschweig. He is currently a senior professor at Heidelberg University, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, and Visiting Professor at CEPROBI, Prince of Songkla University and Northeast Forestry University. He works in the area of natural products, chemical ecology, medicinal and poisonous plants, molecular pharmacology, biotechnology, evolution (molecular systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography of plants and animals), and ornithology. To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 1200 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in Chief of Diversity.
Event Committee
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UMR UL/AgroParisTech/INRAE 1434 Silva, Université de Lorraine, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Taxonomy and Systematics Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands,
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Center for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo, São Sebastião, Brazil
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Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Genecology Research Centre and the School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia
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Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Slobodana Bajica 1, Zemun Polje, Belgrade, Serbia
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Joint Directorate of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve and National Park ”Smolny”, Saransk, Russia,
Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Laboratorio de Bentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación, y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Department of Ecology and Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies "Ramon Margalef", University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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ECODIV, Univ ROUEN-NORMANDIE, 76000 Rouen, France
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Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões Av, Matosinhos, Portugal,
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Institute of Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Department of Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
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Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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Department of Applied Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Basic Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
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Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e della Terra, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
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School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, D04 N2E5 Dublin 4, Ireland
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Dehesa de El Lobillo S.A. Alhambra (Ciudad Real), 13248 Alhambra, Spain
fabiancasas1979@gmail.com
Session Chairs
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Prof. Dr. Ben-Erik Van Wyk
SARChI National Research Chair in Indigenous Plant Use, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Dr. Ipek Kurtboke
Genecology Research Centre and the School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Australia
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Prof. Dr. Matthieu Chauvat
ECODIV, Univ ROUEN-NORMANDIE, 76000 Rouen, France
Invited Speakers
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Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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Genecology Research Centre and the School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Department of Ecology and Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies "Ramon Margalef", University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Paseo Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO-CSIC), Centro Oceanografico de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa
Live Session Information
Live Session Program
Date: 16 March 2022 & 24 March 2022
Attendance to this Live Session is FREE. However, registration will be necessary, as the number of participants is limited. Click the below button to Register.
16 March 2022
Time: 10:00am (CET) |
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Speaker |
Presentation Topic |
Time (CET) |
Event Chair Prof. Dr. Michael Wink |
Opening Introductory |
10:00am–10:10am |
Dr. Matjaž Kuntner |
Next Generation Biogeography: Towards a Better Estimation of Dispersal Probabilities |
10:10am–10:30am |
Nigel Barker |
The Role of Systematics in Future Foods: And African Example |
10:30am-10:50am |
Dr. Mohamed A. El-Esawi |
Molecular Genetic Diversity in Faba Bean Germplasm |
10:50am-11:00am |
Dr. Jiří Patoka |
Polypterus Senegalus in Indonesia |
11:10am-11:30am |
Dr. Ipek Kurtboke |
Culture Collections Capturing Biodiversity for Sustainable Futures. |
11:30am-11:50am |
Discussion and Q&A session |
11:50am-12:00am |
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Event Chair |
Closing |
12:00am-12:10am |
24 March 2022 |
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Speaker |
Presentation Topic |
Time (CET) |
Session chair: Dr. Samantha C Karunarathna |
Opening Introductory |
10:00am–10:10am |
Dr. Samantha C Karunarathna |
Deadly Mushrooms: No more Mr. FunGuy |
10:10am–10:30am |
Prof. Dr. Ding Wang |
Integrated Practices and Progress on Protecting the Yangtze Finless Porpoise |
10:30am-10:50am |
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kriwet |
Early Diversity Patterns of Elasmobranch Fishes (Sharks, Rays): A Deep Time Perspective |
10:50am-11:10am |
Dr. Adán Pérez-García |
The Iberian Fossil Record of Turtles: Systematic and Paleobiogeographical Implications |
11:10am-11:30am |
Prof. Dr. Antonio Bode |
Untangling the Role of Diversity in Complex Marine Food Webs: Recent Developments Using Stable Isotopes |
11:30am-11:50am |
Discussion and Q&A session |
11:50am-12:00am |
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Session Chair |
Closing |
12:00am-12:10am |
Live Session Recordings
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Call for Submissions
The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes will be held from 15–31 March 2022. IECD 2022 aims to promote research and communication in the field of animals, plants and microbes. All proceedings will be held online at https://sciforum.net/event/IECD2022.
IECD 2022 will include three sessions:
Session A : Animals Diversity
Session B : Plants Diversity
Session C : Microbes Diversity
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Marine diversity;
- Animal diversity;
- Plant diversity;
- Microbial diversity and culture collections;
- Chemical biodiversity and chemical ecology;
- Biodiversity conservation;
- Biogeography and macroecology;
- Phylogeny and evolution;
- Biodiversity loss and dynamics;
- Mesophotic ecosystem diversity;
- Invasive species and diversity.
The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will also be the possibility to submit selected papers to the journal Diversity ( ISSN 1424-2818; Impact Factor: 2.465) with a 20% discount on the APCs.
IECD 2022 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 15 October 2021 30 November 2021 online at https://sciforum.net/user/submission. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 8 January 2022 8 February 2022. The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on Sciforum for discussion during the time of the conference (15–31 March 2022). The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal.
We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. IECD 2022 is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.
Paper Submission Guidelines
For information about the submission procedure and the preparation of a full presentation, please refer to the "Instructions for Authors".
Instructions for Authors
Submission should be completed online by the authors by registering with https://sciforum.net/ and using the “Start New Submission” function once logged into the system 15 October 2021 30 November 2021.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (approximately 200–250 words) online at this website until .
- Based on the submitted abstract, the conference committee will conduct a pre-evaluation of whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes. All authors will be notified by 26 October 2021 10 December 2021 with regard to the acceptance status of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author will be invited to prepare a full description of their work (maximum 6 pages), optionally accompanied by a poster/video/PowerPoint presentation, until the submission deadline of 18 January 2022 8 February 2022.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available for discussion on during the time of the conference 15–31 March 2022.
- The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published as one dedicated volume in the MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal. Publication of proceedings paper is free of charge.
Note: Before publication, Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal will review accepted papers using the powerful text comparison tool: iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism.
Submissions with a high repetition rate and lack of novelty will not be published in the conference proceedings. - The open access journal Diversity will publish a conference Special Issue, while accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. After the conference, the conference committee will select abstracts for which extended papers may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Diversity (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including the peer review and application of an APC).
Proceedings Manuscripts
Manuscripts for Proceedings must conform to the following structure:
Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors’ email addresses
- Abstract (200–250 words)
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgments)
- References
Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word or any other word processor and should be converted to PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least three pages (including figures, tables and references).
Microsoft Word
Authors must use the Microsoft Word template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete the copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and create layout-related difficulties.
Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or a similar software, to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides, if available, will be directly displayed on the website using Sciforum.net’s proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online display.
Video Presentations
Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. The video should be no longer than 5 minutes and be prepared in one of the following formats:
- MOV
- MPEG4
- MP4
- AVI
- WMV
- MPEGPS
- FLV
Microsoft Word/Presentation Slides/Video Presentations should be submitted by 18 January 2022 8 February 2022.
Presentation of Posters
Posters will be available on the conference website during and after the event. As with papers presented at conferences, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying Proceedings paper and will also be available online on this website during and after the e-conference.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors’ responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there are no conflicts, please state here that “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. This should be conveyed in a separate “Conflicts of Interest” statement preceding the “Acknowledgments” and “References” sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the “Acknowledgments” section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communications paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, however, you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to] its publisher (if required by that publisher).
List of accepted submissions (56)
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sciforum-055909 |
Essential Oil Composition of Ambrosia Artemisiifolia and Its Antibacterial Activity Against Phytopathogens |
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The composition of essential oil from aerial parts of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. from Bor (Serbia) was analyzed. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC-FID, GC-MS). In total, 45 compounds were detected (98.49% of the total). The essential oil was dominated by monoterpene (45%) and sesquiterpene (38.51%) hydrocarbons. The principal constituents were germacrene D (25.3%), limonene (21.6%), and α-pinene (15.7%). The microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of the essential oil against five Gram-negative phytopathogenic strains. Essential oil exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against two Xanthomonas campestris strains and one referent and one natural isolate of Ervinia amylovora, causative agents of black rot and fire blight. |
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sciforum-055910 |
Colony failure or colony collapse? Absence suggests functional loss of crested auklets at Big Koniuji I., Alaska
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Alexander Kitaysky ,
Evgenia Kitaiskaia ,
Submitted: 01 Dec 2021 Abstract: Show Abstract |
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Brie Drummond ,
Alexander Kitaysky ,
Evgenia Kitaiskaia ,
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The colony of crested auklets (Aethia cristatella) at Big Koniuji I. (BK), AK (Lat. 55° 03’ 58.1” N, Long.159° 31’ 45.5” W) was reputed to be one of the largest breeding concentrations of crested auklets in existence in the early 20th Century. However, a precipitous population decline followed the initiation of fox farming in 1916. Fox were removed by the mid-1980’s, but by 2002 the colony had not increased substantially in population size or area, despite available nesting habitat. Metrics in 2002 did not indicate food limitations. Indices of diet were comparable between BK and Little Diomede I. Baseline corticosterone did not differ among BK and two other colonies, Hall and St. Lawrence Is., AK. Predation, may have inhibited population growth, but we did not find direct evidence. Arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parryii) occupied the colony and are known to predate seabird chicks and eggs. However, stable isotope analysis of ground squirrel scat did not indicate a marine-derived signature in their diet. By 2012 the BK colony had increased substantially in its areal extent based on delineation of the colony boundaries. However, in 2021 there were no signs of activity at the colony in mid-July, when crested auklets are usually tending their chicks. It appeared that some crested auklets attempted to attend the colony in 2021, based on the remains of a few predated carcasses, but the colony appeared abandoned. We discuss the potential factors that may have contributed to the apparent loss of this colony, the only breeding colony of crested auklets east of the Aleutian Islands. |
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sciforum-056036 | Fungal diversity across an edaphic gradient in central Borneo | N/A | N/A |
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Whilst our understanding of patterns of fungal diversity is increasing, we have a paucity of data from tropical regions, and especially South-east Asia, to contribute to this. The island of Borneo is valuable in this regard as it contains high pedodiversity known to influence ecological communities. In this study, we examined soil fungal diversity and community composition using Illumina sequencing. We collected soils from Barito Ulu, in central Borneo, across an edaphic gradient from clay-rich Ultisols to sandy Spodosols and from upper and lower horizons. The fungal community was clearly distinct between contrasting soils, but diversity did not show such clear patterns. The fungal community also differed by soil depth and there was indications of lower diversity in deeper soil layers. Soil properties, in particular soil pH were a clear driver of differences in the fungal community. These patterns also differed depending on fungal lifestyle (e.g. saprotophs, ectomycorrhizal fungi). We present here one of the most detailed studies of soil fungi in tropical forests of Borneo. |
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sciforum-055564 | Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi associated with maize in eastern Uganda | , , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Assessment of microbial diversity and understanding factors underlying species distribution are fundamental themes in ecology. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key actors among soil microbial communities, forming a beneficial association with most crops and horticultural plants. However, for maize, data on AMF species diversity in east Africa tropical agroecosystems is totally nonexistent. This research was carried out to assess the morphological diversity of native AMF species associated with the rhizosphere of maize in eastern Uganda and to examine the effects of soil chemical properties on this diversity. Soil samples were collected from two sites (in Amuria and Serere districts). Spores were extracted from the field soils by the wet sieving method, counted, and morphologically identified. Spores occurrence, abundances, species richness, and diversity were determined. A total of 49 AMF morphotypes distributed in 7 genera (Gigaspora, Scutellospora, Glomus, Acaulospora, Archaospora, Entrophosporaa, and Paraglomus) were obtained with the majority being from Gigasporaceae, Acaulosporaceae, Paraglomeraceae, and Glomeraceae families. All morphospecies were ubiquitous in all the sites. Spores densities were higher in Amuria than in Serere. Soil pH and phosphorus content influenced AMF distribution. Finding the species in a wide range of physicochemical environments indicates that they are adapted to those environments. Maize grown in eastern Uganda is associated with a diversity of AMF which could be selected as bio-fertilizer to contribute to improving crops production. |
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Macromolecular Characteristics of Sulfated Extracellular Polysaccharides from Chaetoceros muelleri
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Valeria Miranda-Arizmendi ,
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Algae are considered a valuable source of polysaccharides with important bioactive characteristics that benefit human health, such as anti-tumor, antioxidant, and antiviral properties. Despite the recognized importance of these organisms, microalgae have been virtually unexplored relative to macroalgae. Chaetoceros muelleri is a cosmopolitan planktonic diatom microalga present in the Sea of Cortez. Its biomass is essential in aquaculture as it is a source of high-value products (long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, proteins, and carbohydrates). Several studies on sulfated exopolysaccharides (sEPS) from macroalgae have been reported; however, information on sEPS from microalgae is scarce. This research aims to generate knowledge about the macromolecular characteristics and the gelling and bioactive properties of sEPS from Chaetoceros muelleri. In the present study, the culture of this diatom was established under controlled laboratory conditions. From the biomass obtained, the extraction of sEPS was carried out, bringing a yield of 2.3% (w/w of dry biomass). The sEPS were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy showing characteristic bands reported for these macromolecules in the range of 3405 to 821 cm-1, thus confirming their molecular identity. High-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a dynamic light scattering detector registered a molecular weight (Mw), polydispersity index (PI), intrinsic viscosity [η], radius of gyration (RG), and hydrodynamic radius (Rh) value of 945 kDa, 1.14, 653 mL/g, 69 nm, and 45 nm, respectively for sEPS. In addition, K and α constants in sEPS were 1.112 x 10-2 and 0.817, respectively, suggesting a molecular random coil structure in these polysaccharides. |
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