A preliminary account of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with 13 new records and updated species inventory from India by Koustav Mukherjee, Surajit Kar, Atanu Naskar, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Dhriti Banerjee

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Optimal sizing model of battery energy storage in a droop-controlled islanded multi-carrier microgrid based on an advanced frequency droop model by Abouzar Samimi, Mehdi Nikzad, Adel Zakipour

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Impact of anthropogenic activities on the biodiversity of macrobenthos and benthic ecological quality in the mudflats of Hwangdo Island, South Korea: field surveys and remote sensing assessments by Jian Liang, Chae-Woo Ma

“…Overall, macrobenthic communities in the mudflats of Hwangdo Island are mainly indirectly affected by agricultural activities. …”
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Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula? by Dariusz Bukackiński, Monika Bukacińska, Milena Grabowska

“…We conducted our study in the Common Tern colony (STH) located on an island in the middle Vistula River course, at the height of the city of Dęblin (km 393–394 of the waterway), in 2017. …”
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Normalized difference spectral indices and urban land cover as indicators of urban heat island effect: a case study of Patna Municipal Corporation by Manal Ahmad, Mohd Saqib, Syed Naushad Ahmad, Saleha Jamal, Aakib Yaqoob Mir

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Growth and Feeding Ecology of Dnieper chub Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) in Şahinkaya Reservoir, an Artificial Water Body of an Island Ecosystem (Gökçeada, Turkey) by Gülşah Saç, Sevan Ağdamar

“…The current study goals to present initial data on growth and feeding habit of small-bodied Petroleuciscus borysthenicus inhabited in an island ecosystem (Gökçeada, Turkey). During the seasonally sampling surveys from May 2020 to January 2021, a total of 163 specimens were collected from Şahinkaya Reservoir using electrofishing. …”
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High and Low Taxa Specificity of Rhizosphere Bacteria Communities of Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) from Kuala Langsa and Telaga Tujuh Island, East Aceh by Siti Maysaroh, Meutia Samira Ismet, Rita Andini, Nurlita Anggraini, Beginer Subhan

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The Explosive Growth of U.S. Military Power on Guam Confronts People Power: Experience of an island people under Spanish, Japanese and American colonial rule by LisaLinda S. Natividad, Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero

“…The island is similarly small in the consciousness of most American and Japanese taxpayers, who will be funding the military expansion. …”
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First specimen-based Indonesian record of the Wongat Dragonet Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000 (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Callionymidae) from Saparua Island, the Moluccas by Ruby V. Kusumah, Gino V. Limmon, Agus Priyadi, Dwi Febrianti, Kunto Wibowo

“…A single male dragonet (32.3 mm standard length) (Callionymidae), collected from Saparua Island, the Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, is identified as Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000. …”
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Impact of the Total Area and Spatial Distribution of Green Infrastructure on the Canopy Urban Heat Island at the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo - A Numerical Study by Stefano Jericó Daminello, Flávia Noronha Dutra Ribeiro

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Relative Motion between St. Croix and the Puerto Rico-Northern Virgin Islands Block Derived from Continuous GPS Observations (1995–2014) by Hanlin Liu, Guoquan Wang

“…It is separated from the Puerto Rico and the Northern Virgin Islands (PRNVI) block by the Virgin Islands basin. …”
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Cultural Adaptation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Maternal and Child mHealth Intervention: Protocol for a Co-Design and Adaptation Research Study by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Sarah Jane Perkes, Anna Dowling, Billie Bonevski

“…MethodsPotential participants include Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and mothers of children aged 0-5 years, non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women who are mothers of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander babies, and health professionals who predominantly care for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies. …”
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Length-weight relationships of Indian squid, Uroteuthis duvaucelii and Bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana from the coastal waters of Langkawi Island, Malaysia by Rohizad Maidin Mohd Samsul, Mastura Mustapha, Atikah Harun Nadiayatul, Wahab Abdullah Abdul, Luqman Wan Rosdi Wan Muhammad, Asyraf Raja Omar Raja Hanif, Faizah Ismail, Haryati Abd. Wahab, Bakri Miswan

“…The findings from this study are valuable in managing and conserving these species in Langkawi Island, Kedah.…”
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Dipendenza e sovranità alimentare nelle isole d’Oceania: voci di contrasto al gastro-colonialismo by Gaia Cottino

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Ilhas de calor urbano em cidades de pequeno e médio porte no Brasil e o contexto das mudanças climáticas by Margarete Cristiane de Costa Trindade Amorim

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Comment l’île Maurice est-elle devenue Covid free ? by Nathalie Bernardie-Tahir

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Lectotype designation of the Macaronesian endemic Gymnosporia cassinoides (Celastraceae) by P. Pablo Ferrer-Gallego

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Enhanced UV-B photoprotection activity of carotenoids from the novel Arthrobacter sp. strain LAPM80 isolated from King George Island, Antarctica by Beatriz Vivian Paredes Contreras, Alane Beatriz Vermelho, Livia Casanova, Claudia de Alencar Santos Lage, Caren Leite Spindola Vilela, Veronica da Silva Cardoso, Luis William Pacheco Arge, Janine Simas Cardoso-Rurr, Sulamita Santos Correa, Felipe Raposo Passos De Mansoldo, Maria Cristina Pinheiro Pereira Reis-Mansur, Eikon Alves da Silva, Júnia Schultz, Alexandre Soares Rosado

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Fine‐Scale Genetic Structure of Small Fish Populations in Islands: The Case of Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) in Saint‐Pierre and Miquelon (France) by Julie Viana, Guillaume Evanno, Céline Audet, Fabrice Teletchea

“…ABSTRACT Island ecosystems, particularly vulnerable to environmental challenges, host many endangered native species. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of 89K Pathogenicity Island-Positive ST-7 Strains of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 from Healthy Pigs, Northeast China by Shujie Wang, Peng Liu, Chunyu Li, Yafang Tan, Xuehui Cai, Dongsheng Zhou, Yongqiang Jiang

“…Notably, a majority of the serotype 2 isolates belonged to the 89K pathogenicity island-positive ST-7 clone that had historically caused the human STSS outbreaks in the Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces of China, although the human STSS case caused by S. suis had never been reported in northern areas of China. …”
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