Tag: ecology
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Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution — An Interview with Bill Mollison
Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution — An Interview with Bill Mollison By Scott London Bill Mollison calls himself a field biologist and itinerant teacher. But it would be more accurate to describe him as an instigator. When he published Permaculture One in 1978, he launched an international land-use movement many regard as subversive, even revolutionary. Permaculture — from permanent and agriculture —…
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Acceptance speech – Bill Mollison
All my life we’ve been at war with nature. I just pray that we lose that war. There are no winners in that war… Acceptance speech – Bill Mollison I grew up in a small village in Tasmania. I was born in 1928, but my village might have existed in the 11th century. We didn’t…
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Duckweed (Lemnoideae)
Lemnoideae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Chinese film, see Duckweed (film). Lemnoideae Close-up of two different duckweed types: Spirodela polyrrhiza and Wolffia globosa: The latter are less than 2 mm long. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Subfamily: Lemnoideae Genera Lemna Spirodela Wolffia Wolffiella Synonyms Lemnaceae Lemnoideae is a subfamily…
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Fish gill
Fish gill 5 languages Article Talk Read Edit View history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Fish respiration Gill arches bearing gills in a pike. Gills allow fish to breathe underwater. Respiratory mechanism in bony fish The fish draws oxygen-rich water in through the mouth (left). It then pumps it over gills so oxygen enters the bloodstream,…
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Ecology of Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad *link only
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Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers
Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers Author links open overlay panelWeijian Wu a 1, Zhong Lin a c 1, Xiaoping Zhu b, Gaoyang Li a, Weijian Zhang a, Yijie Chen a, Lei Ren a, Shuwen Luo a, Haihong Lin a, Hongkai Zhou a, Yongxiang Huang a, Rongchao Yang a, Yucheng Xie d, Xinzi Wang d, Zhen Zhen a, Dayi Zhang e Show more Add to Mendeley Share Cite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2022.103384Get rights and content Highlights • Combined use of cow manures and inorganic fertilizers improved tomato yield and quality. • Cow manure neutralizes soil pH,…
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Microbial community analysis of biofilters reveals a dominance of either comammox Nitrospira or archaea as ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquaria
may not be relevant to iAVs and doesn’t have info on amommox Microbial community analysis of biofilters reveals a dominance of either comammox Nitrospira or archaea as ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquaria View ORCID ProfileMichelle M. McKnight, View ORCID ProfileJosh D. Neufeld doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.24.468873 This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review [what does this mean?].…
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Soil Minerals and Plant Nutrition
gold “Water is the driving force of all nature.” – Leonardo da Vinci Water is a ubiquitous and critically important substance on Earth. Essential to all living things and the health of ecosystems (Moss 2010), water is considered a prerequisite for life on other planets (Marais et al. 2008). The availability of water even partially controls…