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Kabyl A, Yang M, Shah D, Ahmad A. Bibliometric Analysis of Accidental Oil Spills in Ice-Infested Waters. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15190. [PMID: 36429909 PMCID: PMC9690928 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Oil spills are environmental pollution events that occur due to natural disasters or human activities, resulting in a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon release in the environment, especially into the marine ecosystem. Once oil spills happen, they cause detrimental consequences to the environment, living organisms, and humans. Although there are increasing oil and gas activities in the Arctic region, which is abundant with undiscovered oil and gas resources, the harsh environmental conditions of the region, such as the ice coverage, cold temperatures, long periods of darkness, and its remoteness, pose significant challenges to managing the risk of accidental oil spills in ice-infested waters. In this paper, a bibliometric analysis has been applied to study the global work on oil spill research in ice-infested waters. The paper aims to present an overview of the available oil spill response methods in ice-infested waters, identify the current trends of the research on oil spills in ice-infested waters, and determine the challenges with the future research directions based on the bibliometric analysis. The analysis includes a total number of 77 articles that have been published in this research field which were available in the Scopus database, involving 193 authors from 17 countries dating from 1960 to September 2022. During the bibliometric analysis, the top five most productive authors and countries as well as the most cited publications on oil spills in ice-infested waters have been identified; the authors' cooperation network and the cooperation network between the countries in oil spills research in ice-infested waters have been created; a co-citation analysis and a terms analysis have been performed to identify the popular terms and topics. For future directions, it is recommended for researchers (1) to study real oil spills as much as possible to obtain a good overview through replication under different situations; (2) to develop a new technique for the careful examination and management of the potential risks; (3) to study oil separation from the recovered oil-ice mixture.
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- Almat Kabyl
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana 01000, Kazakhstan
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- Safety and Security Science Section, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
- Centre of Hydrogen Energy, Institute of Future Energy, UTM Johor Bahru, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor 81310, Malaysia
- Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana 01000, Kazakhstan
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- Centre of Hydrogen Energy, Institute of Future Energy, UTM Johor Bahru, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor 81310, Malaysia
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Hung H, Halsall C, Ball H, Bidleman T, Dachs J, De Silva A, Hermanson M, Kallenborn R, Muir D, Sühring R, Wang X, Wilson S. Climate change influence on the levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) in the Arctic physical environment - a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2022; 24:1577-1615. [PMID: 35244108 DOI: 10.1039/d1em00485a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Climate change brings about significant changes in the physical environment in the Arctic. Increasing temperatures, sea ice retreat, slumping permafrost, changing sea ice regimes, glacial loss and changes in precipitation patterns can all affect how contaminants distribute within the Arctic environment and subsequently impact the Arctic ecosystems. In this review, we summarized observed evidence of the influence of climate change on contaminant circulation and transport among various Arctic environment media, including air, ice, snow, permafrost, fresh water and the marine environment. We have also drawn on parallel examples observed in Antarctica and the Tibetan Plateau, to broaden the discussion on how climate change may influence contaminant fate in similar cold-climate ecosystems. Significant knowledge gaps on indirect effects of climate change on contaminants in the Arctic environment, including those of extreme weather events, increase in forests fires, and enhanced human activities leading to new local contaminant emissions, have been identified. Enhanced mobilization of contaminants to marine and freshwater ecosystems has been observed as a result of climate change, but better linkages need to be made between these observed effects with subsequent exposure and accumulation of contaminants in biota. Emerging issues include those of Arctic contamination by microplastics and higher molecular weight halogenated natural products (hHNPs) and the implications of such contamination in a changing Arctic environment is explored.
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- Hayley Hung
- Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M5P 1W4, Canada.
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish National Research Council (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia 08034, Spain
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Ontario L7S 1A1, Canada
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- Hermanson & Associates LLC, 2000 W 53rd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419, USA
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- Department of Arctic Technology, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, 9171, Norway
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, 1432, Norway
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Ontario L7S 1A1, Canada
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- Department for Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat, The Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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Mohammadiun S, Hu G, Gharahbagh AA, Li J, Hewage K, Sadiq R. Evaluation of machine learning techniques to select marine oil spill response methods under small-sized dataset conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 436:129282. [PMID: 35739791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Oil spill incidents can significantly impact marine ecosystems in Arctic/subarctic areas. Low biodegradation rate, harsh environments, remoteness, and lack of sufficient response infrastructure make those cold waters more susceptible to the impacts of oil spills. A major challenge in Arctic/subarctic areas is to timely select suitable oil spill response methods (OSRMs), concerning the process complexity and insufficient data for decision analysis. In this study, we used various regression-based machine learning techniques, including artificial neural networks (ANNs), Gaussian process regression (GPR), and support vector regression, to develop decision-support models for OSRM selection. Using a small hypothetical oil spill dataset, the modelling performance was thoroughly compared to find techniques working well under data constraints. The regression-based machine learning models were also compared with integrated and optimized fuzzy decision trees models (OFDTs) previously developed by the authors. OFDTs and GPR outperformed other techniques considering prediction power (> 30 % accuracy enhancement). Also, the use of the Bayesian regularization algorithm enhanced the performance of ANNs by reducing their sensitivity to the size of the training dataset (e.g., 29 % accuracy enhancement compared to an unregularized ANN).
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- Saeed Mohammadiun
- School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada.
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- School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Azad University - Shahrood Branch, Shahrood 1584743311, Iran.
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- Environmental Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9 Canada.
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- School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada.
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- School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada.
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Yang Z, Chen Z, Lee K, Owens E, Boufadel MC, An C, Taylor E. Decision support tools for oil spill response (OSR-DSTs): Approaches, challenges, and future research perspectives. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 167:112313. [PMID: 33839574 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Marine oil spills pose a significant threat to ocean and coastal ecosystems. In addition to costs incurred by response activities, an economic burden could be experienced by stakeholders dependent on coastal resources. Decision support tools for oil spill response (OSR-DSTs) have been playing an important role during oil spill response operations. This paper aims to provide an insight into the status of research on OSR-DSTs and identify future directions. Specifically, a systematic review is conducted including an examination of the advantages and limitations of currently applied and emerging decision support techniques for oil spill response. In response to elevated environmental concerns for protecting the polar ecosystem, the review includes a discussion on the use of OSR-DSTs in cold regions. Based on the analysis of information acquired, recommendations for future work on the development of OSR-DSTs to support the selection and implementation of spill response options are presented.
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- Zhaoyang Yang
- Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Ecosystem Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 200 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1C 0E6, Canada
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- Owens Coastal Consultants Ltd., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
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- Center for Natural Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., 755 Winslow Way East #302, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
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Aune M, Raskhozheva E, Andrade H, Augustine S, Bambulyak A, Camus L, Carroll J, Dolgov AV, Hop H, Moiseev D, Renaud PE, Varpe Ø. Distribution and ecology of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the eastern Barents Sea: A review of historical literature. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 166:105262. [PMID: 33513484 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The polar cod (Boreogadus saida) has a circumpolar distribution and is the most abundant planktivorous fish in the Arctic. Declining sea-ice coverage impacts polar cod directly and also facilitates expansion of human activities in the region leading to increasing anthropogenic pressures on biota. Here we summarize current data and knowledge on polar cod from the Russian sector of the Barents Sea and discuss knowledge needs for the management of polar cod under changing environmental conditions and anthropogenic impacts. We review 36 Russian historical (1935 - 2020) sources of data and knowledge largely unknown to western researchers, in addition to sources already published in the English language. This effort allowed for digitalization and visualization of 69 separate datasets on polar cod ecology, including maturation, fertility, feeding intensity, diet, lipid content, length-weight relationships and seasonal variation in larval size. Our review suggests that polar cod abundances are particularly large in the eastern Barents Sea and adjacent waters. Here, we identify and discuss key knowledge gaps. The review of polar cod in the eastern Barents Sea revealed 1) major variation in the timing and area of polar cod spawning, 2) uncertainty as to what degree the polar cod is dependent on sea ice, 3) deficient knowledge of juvenile (e.g., 0-group) distributions, particularly in the north-eastern Barents Sea, 4) deficient knowledge of the species' genetic structure and spatio-temporal distributions, and 5) insufficient understanding as to whether ongoing environmental change may induce phenological changes affecting the availability of potential food items for polar cod larvae and their match in space and time. Filling these knowledge gaps would provide an important step towards the reliable knowledge base needed in order to perform well-founded management and impact assessment under environmental changes and increasing anthropogenic impacts.
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- Magnus Aune
- Akvaplan-niva AS, Fram Centre, 9007, Tromsø, Norway.
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Vladimirskaya St. 17, 183010, Murmansk, Russian Federation
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- Akvaplan-niva AS, Fram Centre, 9007, Tromsø, Norway
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- Polar Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution "Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" ("PINRO" named after N. M. Knipovich), 6 Knipovich Street, 183038, Murmansk, Russian Federation; Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Murmansk State Technical University",13, Sportivnaya Street, Murmansk, 183010, Russia; Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296, Tromsø, Norway
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Vladimirskaya St. 17, 183010, Murmansk, Russian Federation
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- Akvaplan-niva AS, Fram Centre, 9007, Tromsø, Norway; University Centre in Svalbard; 9071, Longyearbyen, Norway
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- Akvaplan-niva AS, Fram Centre, 9007, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 53 A/B, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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Keitel-Gröner F, Arnberg M, Bechmann RK, Lyng E, Baussant T. Dispersant application increases adverse long-term effects of oil on shrimp larvae (Pandalus borealis) after a six hour exposure. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2020; 151:110892. [PMID: 32056658 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The application of chemical dispersants is one option of oil spill response (OSR). Here, Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) larvae were experimentally exposed for short periods (6 h and 1 h) to a realistic concentration of chemically dispersed oil (CDO) (~10 mg L-1 THC), mechanically dispersed oil (MDO) (~7 mg L-1 THC), and dispersant only (D). A control (C) with seawater served as reference. Short-term effects on survival and feeding were examined right after exposure and longer-term consequences on survival, feeding, growth and development following 30 days of recovery. Both exposure durations provoked long lasting effects on larval fitness, with 1 h exposure leading to minor effects on most of the selected endpoints. The 6 h exposure affected all endpoints with more adverse impacts after exposure to CDO. This study provides important data for assessing the best OSR option relevant to NEBA (Net Environmental Benefit Analysis).
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- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4072 Randaberg, Norway
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- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4072 Randaberg, Norway
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- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4072 Randaberg, Norway
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- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4072 Randaberg, Norway
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Arnberg M, Keitel-Gröner F, Westerlund S, Ramanand S, Bechmann RK, Baussant T. Exposure to chemically-dispersed oil is more harmful to early developmental stages of the Northern shrimp Pandalus borealis than mechanically-dispersed oil. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2019; 145:409-417. [PMID: 31590804 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Knowledge of key species sensitivity for oil spill response (OSR) options is needed to support decision-making and mitigate impact on sensitive life stages of keystone species. Here, Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) larvae were exposed for 24 h to a gradient (H-High, M-Medium: 10 times dilution and L-Low: 100 times dilution) of mechanically- (MDO) (H < 6 mg/L total hydrocarbon content) and chemically- (CDO) dispersed oil (Slickgone NS, H < 20 mg/L total hydrocarbon content), followed by a recovery period. Larval mortality, feeding rate and development were evaluated. Overall, the results show that 24 h exposure to field-realistic concentrations of CDO lead to lower survival, reduced feeding rate and slower larval development in P. borealis larvae compared to MDO. These effects persisted during recovery, indicating a higher vulnerability with dispersant use and the need for longer observation periods post-exposure to fully evaluate the consequences for sensitive life-stages from OSR.
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- Maj Arnberg
- NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
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- NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
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- NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
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- NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
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- NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
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Nevalainen M, Vanhatalo J, Helle I. Index‐based approach for estimating vulnerability of Arctic biota to oil spills. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Maisa Nevalainen
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Helsinki P.O. Box 68 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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