Caribbean coral reefs are in rapid decline and artificial reefs are increasingly often deployed to restore lost three-dimensional structure. The majority of artificial reefs and other marine infrastructure is built from concrete, with Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I) as the most important ingredient. …

The sustainable supply of fish in the face of climate change and other drivers of change is a policy priority for Pacific nations. Creel and market surveys are increasingly used to document catches but this information has not been aggregated at a regional scale. In this paper we provide a comprehensive …

With coral reefs in global decline and further threatened by growing anthropogenic impacts, effective strategies for restoring these critical ecosystems are increasingly sought after. In Caribbean reefs, where disease outbreaks and fishing pressure have reduced herbivore abundances and facilitated widespread …

Objectives: Sufficient protein intake is important for older adults to prevent sarcopenia. Better insight into dietary characteristics may be helpful to improve daily protein intake.Therefore, this study aimed to compare characteristics of community-dwelling older adults with distinct amounts of daily …

Tropical forests and woodlands are key components of the global carbon and water cycles. Yet, how climate change affects these biogeochemical cycles is poorly understood because of scarce long-term observations of tropical tree growth. The recent rise in tropical tree-ring studies may help to fill this …

Thrips are one of the most challenging pests in agricultural crops, including Chrysanthemum. In this study we tested via two plant assays whether solutionscontaining sticky rice germ oil (RGO) droplets could effectively trap thrips andlower thrips damage on Chrysanthemum. Trefwoorden: biomimicry, duurzame …

Managing dairy excreta as slurry can result in significant emissions of ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gases (GHGs) during storage and thereafter. Additionally, slurry often has an imbalanced nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) ratio for crop fertilization. While various treatments exist to address emissions …

In dit artikel geven onderzoekers van Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein handvatten voor het ondersteunen van natuurinclusief gedrag bij burgers door overheden en andere organisaties. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat mensen individueel aangespoord en verleid kunnen worden om ander gedrag te gaan vertonen, maar dat …

Tussen Arnhem en Nijmegen is in het kader van het Vinex-beleid de laatste tientallen jaren heel veel gebouwd. Het is een zoektocht geweest om daarbij zowel stad als platteland te laten profiteren van de ontwikkelingen die daar plaats hebben gevonden en nog steeds plaatsvinden. Wat zijn de uitgangspunten …

This special volume contains 21 papers on the invertebrates of Bonaire, and someother Dutch Caribbean islands. Most papers are based on material collected during the Bonaire Estafette Expeditie held in 2022-2023. In this introduction we give background information on the climate, geography and habitats …