• Environmental trade-offs of pig production systems under varied operational efficiencies 

  McAuliffe, G. A.; Takahashi, T.; Mogensen, L.; Hermansen, J. E.; Sage, Colin; Chapman, Deborah V.; Lee, M. R. F. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Production of pork, the most consumed meat globally, is estimated to emit 668 m tonnes CO2-eq of greenhouse gases each year. Amongst various production systems that comprise the pig industry, grainbased intensive production ...
• Influence of the schmutzdecke microbial community and varying operational conditions on the performance of biosand filters for domestic drinking water treatment 

  Beechinor, Greg (University College Cork, 2017)

  Household water treatment technologies offer an interim solution for people who remain without access to a safe drinking water source. Biosand filters (BSFs) are among the most sustainable point-of-use (POU) water treatment ...
• Zoochorous dispersal of freshwater bivalves: an overlooked vector in biological invasions? 

  Coughlan, Neil E.; Stevens, Andrew L.; Kelly, Thomas C.; Dick, Jaimie; Jansen, Marcel A. K. (EDP Sciences, 2017-09-15)

  Vectors that underpin the natural dispersal of invasive alien species are frequently unknown. In particular, the passive dispersal (zoochory) of one organism (or propagule) by another, usually more mobile animal, remains ...
• Functional Annotation of All Salmonid Genomes (FAASG): an international initiative supporting future salmonid research, conservation and aquaculture 

  Macqueen, Daniel J.; Primmer, Craig R.; Houston, Ross D.; Nowak, Barbara F.; Bernatchez, Louis; Bergseth, Steinar; Davidson, William S.; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Goldammer, Tom; Guiguen, Yann; Iturra, Patricia; Kijas, James W.; Koop, Ben F.; Lien, Sigbjorn; Maass, Alejandro; Martin, Samuel A. M.; McGinnity, Philip; Montecino, Martin; Naish, Kerry A.; Nichols, Krista M.; Olafsson, Kristinn; Omholt, Stig W.; Palti, Yniv; Plastow, Graham S.; Rexroad, Caird E., III; Rise, Matthew L.; Ritchie, Rachael J.; Sandve, Simen R.; Schulte, Patricia M.; Tello, Alfredo; Vidal, Rodrigo; Vik, Jon Olav; Wargelius, Anna; Yanez, Jose Manuel (Biomed Central Ltd, 2017)

  We describe an emerging initiative - the 'Functional Annotation of All Salmonid Genomes' (FAASG), which will leverage the extensive trait diversity that has evolved since a whole genome duplication event in the salmonid ...
• Early arrival is not associated with more extra-pair fertilizations in a long-distance migratory bird 

  Tomotani, Barbara M.; Caglar, Ezra; de la Hera, Ivan; Mateman, A. Christa; Visser, Marcel E. (John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2017)

  When assessing the benefits of early arrival date of migratory birds, a hidden and often ignored component of males' fitness is the higher chance of early-arriving birds to obtain extra-pair fertilizations. Here we ...

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