The impact of pesticides on organisms may strongly depend on temperature. While many species will be exposed to pesticides and warming both in the parental and offspring generations, transgenerational effects of pesticides under warming are still poorly studied, particularly for behaviour. We therefore studied the single and combined effects of exp...
Miniaturized stirred bioreactors (MSBRs) are gaining popularity as a cost-effective approach to scale-down experimentation. However, realizing conditions that reflect the large-scale process accurately can be challenging. This article highlights common challenges of using MSBRs for scale-down. The fundamental difference between oxygen mass transfer...
Following recent international efforts to assess anterior modifications to trawls as a means for precluding unwanted catches, a promising device termed the ‘simple anterior fish excluder’ (SAFE) was modified for an Australian penaeid-trawl fishery. We tested a conventional penaeid trawl against those rigged with two SAFEs; each comprising a plastic...
Our traditional view of the interactions between marine organisms is conceptualized as food webs where species interact with one another mainly via direct consumption. However, recent research suggests that understudied non-consumptive interactions, such as behaviourally mediated indirect interactions (BMIIs), can influence marine ecosystems as muc...
Social insects owe their ecological success to the division of labour between castes, but associations between microbial community compositions and castes with different tasks and diets have not been extensively explored. Fungus-growing termites associate with fungi to degrade plant material, complemented by diverse gut microbial communities. Here,...
Pellet softening of drinking water can provide aesthetic, socioeconomic and environmental benefits in areas with hard water. Calcium carbonate pellets are the main by-product from pellet softening and their characteristics determine their reuse potentials. We characterized pellets from a pilot-scale pellet reactor treating 16 water types at 8 Danis...
This study explores the effect of three simple pretreatment methods – hot water, ethanol (EtOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) – on the performance of commercial polysulfone (PSf) membranes. 100% EtOH and 1 M NaOH pretreated membranes exhibited increases of, respectively, 600% and 50% of water permeability compared to the hot water pretreated membrane...
