Geographic Variation in Diet and Genetic Connectivity of Populations of the Widespread Predatory Cone Snail Conus miliaris
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72434
Abstract: ABSTRACT Knowledge of how traits of widely distributed species vary across geographic scales is important for understanding patterns of intraspecific variation and the source of this variation. Conus miliaris is a broadly distributed predatory gastropod… read more here.
Keywords: variation; french polynesia; conus miliaris; ecology ... See more keywords
Hornwort (Anthocerotopsida) Spores in Late Quaternary Wetland Sediments and Dryland Soils, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
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DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2021.1965667
Abstract: ABSTRACT Several paleoecological studies over the last decade examining plant microfossils in Late Quaternary wetland sediment cores and dryland soil samples from multiple sites on Rapa Nui found three distinct spore forms, comparable to the… read more here.
Keywords: quaternary wetland; anthocerotopsida; hornwort; rapa nui ... See more keywords
The Rapa Nui Little Ice Age drought: Evidence, potential causes and socioecological impact
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14812
Abstract: The occurrence of a century-scale drought in the small subtropical island of Rapa Nui/Easter Island (SE Pacific; Fig. 1) between approximately 1570 CE and 1720 CE was first proposed by Cañellas-Boltà et al. (2013). The… read more here.
Keywords: ice age; little ice; island; evidence ... See more keywords
Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336251
Abstract: Ethnohistoric and recent archaeological evidence suggest that Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) was a politically decentralized society organized into small, relatively autonomous kin-based communities across the island. The more than 1,000 monumental statues (moai) of… read more here.
Keywords: easter island; nui easter; rapa nui; island chile ... See more keywords
The ethnohistory of freshwater use on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)
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DOI: 10.15286/jps.128.2.163-189
Abstract: Sources of drinking water on islands often present critical constraints to human habitation. On Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile), there is remarkably little surface fresh water due to the nature of the island's volcanic geology.… read more here.
Keywords: island; easter island; freshwater; rapa nui ... See more keywords
Redescripción de Percnon pascuensis (Brachyura, Grapsoidea, Percnidae) de Rapa Nui
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DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2018.53.2.1303
Abstract: Percnon pascuensis is redescribed based on adult specimens collected in Easter Island (today Rapa-Nui). The gonopod (first two pair of pleopod of males) structure is described by first time and compare with the other species… read more here.
Keywords: pascuensis brachyura; redescripci percnon; percnon pascuensis; pascuensis ... See more keywords
First observations of filamentous cyanobacterial mats on whip black corals (Antipatharia: Stichopathes spp.) off Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
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DOI: 10.5343/bms.2024.0071
Abstract: This report documents the first occurrence of filamentous mats affecting whip-corals in mesophotic ecosystems on Rapa Nui. Observations in 2018 revealed mats covering coral branches at 113-131 m. Recent campaigns in 2022 and 2024 confirmed… read more here.
Keywords: mats whip; filamentous cyanobacterial; rapa nui; cyanobacterial mats ... See more keywords