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Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Cape Verde Islands: Migratory Patterns, Resightings, and Abundance
(2020-01)
Effective conservation of the endangered North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) which breeds in the eastern North Atlantic around the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa requires information about their ...
Spatio-temporal genetic tagging of a cosmopolitan planktivorous shark provides insight to gene flow, temporal variation and site-specific re-encounters
(Springer Nature, 2020-02-03)
Migratory movements in response to seasonal resources often influence population structure and dynamics. Yet in mobile marine predators, population genetic consequences of such repetitious behaviour remain inaccessible ...
Building Digital Teaching and Learning Capabilities with DigitalEd.ie in Response to a Global Pandemic
(PKP Publishing Services Network, 2020-02-28)
The COVID 19 emergency has fundamentally changed the way we all live and work, and this is having an enormous impact on the teaching and learning experience. The physical closure of our five campuses in GMIT, forced ...
Advances in multifunctional balanced ventilation technology for dwellings and arising challenge to quantify energy efficiency and renewable generation contributions using international test standards
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-12)
This paper evaluates the ability of EN16573:2017 to isolate and quantify the energy efficiency and renewable generation contributions of multifunctional balanced ventilation systems. These systems integrate an air-source ...
Trace elemental fingerprinting of shells and soft tissues can identify the time of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) harvesting
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-08-15)
Reliance on seafood for a source of animal protein is growing globally and this is likely to continue as Earth's population continues to rise. An active shift towards farmed produce over wild caught is occurring, attributed ...
Delivering Library Services in a time of crisis; Technological Higher Education Association Libraries responding to COVID-19 from March – August 2020
(The All Ireland Society for Higher Education, 2020)
This paper presents the experience of eight Irish academic libraries from the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) from March – August 2020 while delivering library services during the COVID-19 pandemic. It ...
Informing improved management of mixed fisheries through comparative modelling of fleet dynamics
(2020-09)
Mixed fisheries, where several species are caught in the same fishing operation, are ubiquitous and a major challenge for fisheries management. Overexploitation occurs in mixed fisheries where fishers catch species for ...
How the social dimension of fitness apps can enhance and undermine wellbeing: A dual model of passion perspective
(Emerald Publishing, 2020-01-02)
PURPOSE: While the positive health benefits of fitness apps, which motivate and track physical exercise, are widely acknowledged, the adverse connection between these technologies and wellbeing has received little attention. ...
Floating microplastics in a coastal embayment: a multifaceted issue
(Elsevier, 2020-06-05)
Floating microplastic debris at the ocean's surface represents about 1% of all plastics found in the environment, with the remainder thought to be either deposited along the coast or sinks to the bottom of the ocean. This ...
Assessing the Potential of Drones to Take Water Samples and Physicochemical Data from Open Lakes
(Environmental Protection Agency, 2020-09)
Water sampling remains a pivotal method for monitoring and understanding the condition of aquatic environments properly and effectively. Large-scale ecological water sampling and monitoring programmes require considerable ...