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    • Bacterial community structure and predicted function in the rhizosphere of wild and cultivated date palms: Effects of Fertilizers on Composition and Functionality 

      Dana A., Abumaali; Al-Hadidi, Sara H.; Ahmed, Talaat; Al-khis, Amer Fayad; Al-Malki, Sowaid Ali; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      This study investigated bacterial diversity in date palm rhizosphere and assessed the influence of different fertilizers on diversity using metagenomics. A total of 6356 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and 1164425 ...
    • Baseline concentrations and distributions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the Qatar marine environment 

      Mustafa Hassan, Hassan; B. Castillo, Azenith; Yigiterhan, Oguz; Ali Elobaid, Elnaiem; Al-Obaidly, Abdulrahman; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      Coastal sediments in marine waters of Qatar have the potential of being contaminated by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) due to extensive petroleum exploration and transportation activities within Qatar's ...
    • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats 

      Biurrun, Idoia; Pielech, Remigiusz; Dembicz, Iwona; Gillet, François; Kozub, Łukasz; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)
      Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain ...
    • Biomass loss in village ecosystems in Western Himalaya due to wild monkey interactions: A case study 

      Sushma, Rawat; Nagar, Bhuvnesh; Adhikari, Bhupendra Singh; Pandey, Rajiv; Alatalo, Juha M. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Conservation faces the challenge of reconciling human activities with the simultaneous presence of wildlife in cultivated landscapes. In a study carried out in two villages of Pauri Garhwal, Western Himalaya, an attempt ...
    • Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems? 

      Lett, Signe; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine; Christiansen, Casper T.; During, Heinjo; ... more authors ( Canadian Science Publishing , 2022 , Article Review)
      The relative contribution of bryophytes to plant diversity, primary productivity, and ecosystem functioning increases towards colder climates. Bryophytes respond to environmental changes at the species level, but because ...
    • Capillary pressure correction of cuttings 

      Alessa, S.; Sakhaee-Pour, A.; Sadooni, F.N.; Al-Kuwari, H.A. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      The accurate characterization of capillary pressure is essential in determining multiphase flow behavior in subsurface conditions. It is also essential in quantifying reservoir rock quality, reservoir fluid saturations, ...
    • Changes in air quality during the first-level response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai Municipality, China 

      Bai, Yang; Zhou, Yi; Alatalo, Juha M.; Hughes, Alice C. ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Ongoing rapid urban population growth world-wide has led to serious environmental problems that affect ecosystems and also lower the security and happiness of urban residents about their living environment. The most ...
    • Changes in plant composition and diversity in an alpine heath and meadow after 18 years of experimental warming 

      Alatalo, Juha M.; Erfanian, Mohammad Bagher; Molau, Ulf; Chen, Shengbin; Bai, Yang; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Global warming is expected to have large impacts on high alpine and Arctic ecosystems in the future. Here we report effects of 18 years of experimental warming on two contrasting high alpine plant communities in subarctic ...
    • Characterizing fracture toughness using machine learning 

      Alipour, M.; Esatyana, E.; Sakhaee-Pour, A.; Sadooni, F. N.; Al-Kuwari, H. A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      The existing models for fracture toughness characterization based on nanoindentations that account for the fracture length are limited to simple (ideal) geometries that are absent in shales. The present study proposes two ...
    • Chemical Characterization and Source Identification of Beached Oil from Two Areas Along the North-Western Coast of Qatar 

      Alkaabi, Nasser; Alghouti, Mohammad; Zouari, Nabil; Solling, Theis; Bach, Steffen; ... more authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Over the years there have been several reports of oil spills affecting particularly the northern coast of Qatar. In most cases, the source of oil spills is not identified. The spilled oils are very resistant to degradation ...
    • Chlorophyll-a concentrations in the Arabian Gulf waters of arid region: A case study from the northern coast of Qatar 

      Sankaran, Rajendran; Al-Naimi, Noora; Al Khayat, Jassim A.; Sorino, Caesar Flonasca; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Remote sensing of spectrally active Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) in the gulf water of an arid region is important to understand the spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton and biomass in the water. This study characterizes ...
    • Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in Yangi Qala District, Takhar, Afghanistan 

      Omerkhil, Najibullah; Chand, Tara; Valente, Donatella; Alatalo, Juha M.; Pandey, Rajiv ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      © 2019 Elsevier Ltd Smallholder farmers in Afghanistan are already facing various risks in agricultural production due to past continuous insurgencies. Climate change is likely to amplify the risk and make them even more ...
    • Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity 

      Wu, Gao-Lin; Zheng, Zhen; Alatalo, Juha Mikael; Zhao, Jingxue; Liu, Yu ( Advanced Earth And Science , 2021 , Article)
      Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is associated with variation in temperature and ...
    • Climatic drivers and ecological implications of variation in the time interval between leaf-out and flowering 

      Liang, Guo; Liu, Xiaowei; Alatalo, Juha M.; Wang, Chuanyao; Xu, Jianchu; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Leaf-out and flowering in any given species have evolved to occur in a predetermined sequence, with the inter-stage time interval optimized to maximize plant fitness. Although warming-induced advances of both leaf-out and ...
    • Coal fly ash supported CoFe2O4 nanocomposites: Synergetic Fenton-like and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue 

      Nimra, Nadeem; Yaseen, Muhammad; Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad; Zahid, Muhammad; Shakoor, Rana Abdul; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Rapid industrialization is causing a serious threat for the environment. Therefore, this research was aimed in developing ceramic cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanocomposite photocatalyst coated with coal fly ash (CFA-CoFe2O4) ...
    • Community perspectives on conservation of water sources in Tarkeshwar sacred groves, Himalaya, India 

      Jana, Purna; Pandey, Rajiv; Semeraro, Teodoro; Alatalo, Juha M.; Areteno, Roberta; ... more authors ( IWA PUBLISHING , 2021 , Article)
      Sacred groves have significance in socio-culture and biodiversity conservation. This study evaluated local people's perceptions regarding conservation of sacred groves for water services, through willingness-to-pay (WTP), ...
    • A Comprehensive Literature Review on Cadmium (Cd) Status in the Soil Environment and Its Immobilization by Biochar-Based Materials 

      Ur Rahim, Hafeez; Akbar, Waqas Ali; Alatalo, Juha M. ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Cadmium, Cd(II) pollution of soils is a serious environmental and agricultural issue, posing a threat to crop production, environmental quality, food safety, and human health. Therefore, immobilization of Cd(II) in soils ...
    • Comprehensive pore size characterization of Midra shale 

      Alessa, S.; Sakhaee-Pour, A.; Sadooni, F. N.; Al-Kuwari, H. A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Although the Middle East's carbonate reservoirs were the first and most studied rocks in the world, Middle Eastern shale reservoirs are still poorly understood compared with other unconventional formations in the US. We ...
    • Contribution of the Zubair source rocks to the generation and expulsion of oil to the reservoirs of the Mesopotamian Basin, Southern Iraq 

      Al-Khafaji, Amer Jassim; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Hindi, Mohammed Hadi ( Taylor & Francis , 2019 , Article)
      The huge quantities of oil and gas reserved in the fields of southern Iraq must be matched by enough source rocks that can generate and expel equivalent amounts of hydrocarbons. This study is an attempt to evaluate the ...
    • Coupling phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) with inorganic phosphorus fertilizer improves mungbean (Vigna radiata) phosphorus acquisition, nitrogen fixation, and yield in alkaline-calcareous soil 

      Hamid, Khan; Akbar, Waqas Ali; Shah, Zahir; Rahim, Hafeez Ur; Taj, Ali; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      To overcome the problems associated with soil phosphorus (P) insolubility, soil inoculation with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) can be used. In a field experiment, we evaluated the efficacy of PSB in enhancing ...