THE CONTRIBUTION OF TEPHRA CONSTITUENTS DURING BIOGENIC SILICA DETERMINATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOIL AND PALAEOECOLOGICAL STUDIES

The contribution of tephra constituents during biogenic silica determination: implications for soil and palaeoecological studies

Biogenic silica (BSi) is used as a proxy by soil scientists to identify biological effects on the Si cycle and by palaeoecologists to study environmental changes.Alkaline extractions are typically used to measure BSi in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.The dissolution properties of volcanic glass in tephra deposits and their nanocrystallin

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Three new species of Fusarium (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales) isolated from Eastern Cape dairy pastures in South Africa

A survey of the fungal diversity associated with mixed pastures from Eastern LEMON GRASS Cape dairy farms in South Africa led to the isolation of 155 Fusarium strains that belong to the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC).Using single and multigene phylogenies based on partial sequences of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha

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Attentional bias in snus users: an experimental study.

The use of nicotine in the form of "snus" is substantial and increasing in some geographic areas, in particular among young people.It has previously been suggested that addictions may operate through a mechanism of attentional bias, in which stimuli representative of the dependent substance increase in salience, thus increasing the addictive behavi

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