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|By Java News Desk
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|July 2, 2004 12:00 AM EDT
The editors of JDJ are in a unique position when it comes to Java development. All are active coders in their "day jobs," and they have the good fortune of getting a heads up on many of the latest and greatest software releases. They were asked to choose three products from the last 12 months that they felt had not only made a major impact on their own development, but also on the Java community as a whole.
The following is a list of each editor's selections and the reason why they chose that product.
The following is a list of each editor's selections and the reason why they chose that product.
Joe Ottinger
WebSphere Studio Application Developer is a comprehensive integrated development environment for visually designing, constructing, testing, and deploying Web services, portals, and J2EE applications.
WSAD 5.1 is IBM's beefed-up version of Eclipse, meant to put J2EE development into overdrive. While it has some odd quirks and is primarily aimed at WebSphere development and lock-in, it definitely shows off what Eclipse can be, given time and resources, and the WAS integration certainly enables rapid development on the platform. On the whole, I've been very impressed with WSAD 5.1 when compared to the Eclipse platform, and I find its quirks quite acceptable.
JUnit is a regression testing framework written by Erich Gamma and Kent Beck. It's used by the developer who implements unit tests in Java. JUnit is open source software released under the Common Public License version 1.0 and hosted on SourceForge.
Even if you don't buy into the entire test-driven development paradigm, it's very difficult to argue what a useful tool JUnit has proven to be in terms of providing verifiability for Java. It's been used everywhere, from system and unit testing onward. I'd be honestly surprised at any major project in use today that hasn't been using JUnit or something influenced by it internally.
Borland Optimizeit
Borland Optimizeit Profiler for Java supports the development of fast, scalable, and reliable applications, tracking memory and CPU performance issues throughout the development life cycle.
Optimizeit is a profiling tool from Borland, and in my opinion is excellently made. I find it very useful for zeroing in on performance issues in code, and producing artifacts that can be used to track performance over time. While there are other profilers in popular usage, I find that Optimizeit suits my needs best at the moment.
Kirk Pepperdine
Java Enterprise Editor
IntelliJ IDEA 4.0 from JetBrains
IntelliJ IDEA is an intelligent Java IDE intensely focused on developer productivity. It provides a robust combination of enhanced development tools including refactoring, J2EE support, Ant, JUnit, and CVS integration.
Earlier this year I commented on a discussion in which people were passionately speaking for their choice of IDE. Since the discussion centered on Eclipse and NetBeans, I didn't speak of IntelliJ. Instead I noted that a developer's relationship with an IDE is a very personal one. Now it's true that many (if not all) of the features found in IntelliJ are present in many of the other IDEs. That said, beyond a certain subset of features that are used 99% of the time, the others become curiosities. What is more interesting is the way in which these features are presented to the user. In real terms, how much time do I spend thinking about the mechanics of using the IDE as apposed to actually thinking about what I'm trying to achieve. If this were the only criterion, then IntelliJ would still be a great product. What really puts this product over the top is that it does not interfere with my ability to structure a project the best way I see fit as some other IDEs unfortunately do. It is these combinations of usability (or noninterference of my thoughts) that make IntelliJ IDEA 4.0 my choice of IDE.
HPjtune is a core component of the first generation of the reference platform Itanium 2 processor - HP-UX version that bundles HP-UX 11i v1.6 with essential HP-UX tools, compilers, and technical documentation into a single source to speed your next development project.
HPjtune is a tool that is offered freely by HP. It offers its users a simple visualization of the logs produced by garbage collection when the -verbose:gc flag has been set. Though there is enough information in logs to diagnose many memory utilization problems, much of that information must be massaged out of the raw data. HPjtune not only does a wonderful job of culling this information, it does a nice job of presenting the data in an understandable format. What makes this tool even more interesting is that if an HP JVM has produced the logs, you can use that data to run a simulation under different memory configurations. I have found the results of these simulations to be a fairly reliable prediction of how a particular configuration will perform in production. In this editor's humble option, HPjtune is an essential tool to have when you are trying to resolve memory problems.
Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it's kind of like Make but without Make's wrinkles. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular Task interface.
What is there to say about Ant that has not already been said. It is YAT (yet another tool) that has proven itself time and time again. Ant has proven that you can take the most horrible activity you could describe, scripting in XML, and make it look like a work of art.
Karl Avedal
Core and Internals Co-editor
IntelliJ IDEA 4.0 from JetBrains
IntelliJ IDEA is an intelligent Java IDE intensely focused on developer productivity. It provides a robust combination of enhanced development tools including refactoring, J2EE support, Ant, JUnit, and CVS integration.
IDEA is simply the best development environment I have ever used. It meant a paradigm shift for my development when it arrived.
YourKit Java Profiler
YourKit Java Profiler is a new generation of profiling tools. With the help of YourKit Java Profiler, you can easily solve a wide range of CPU and memory-related performance problems.
For some reason, I really like Java profilers. I love JProfiler and I've used and liked Optimizeit a lot in the past. But this time I'm going to select YourKit Profiler. It still has quite a few bugs, but has the potential to fundamentally change how and when you profile your installed applications.
Java HotSpot Virtual Machine
The Java HotSpot Virtual Machine is a key component in maximizing deployment of enterprise applications. It's a core component of J2SE software, supported by leading application vendors and technologies. The Java HotSpot VM supports virtually all aspects of development, deployment, and management of corporate applications.
It's sort of ironic. When I first started using Java the biggest problem was the JVM. I loved the language, but the JVM was incredibly slow and easy to crash. After many years of trying to make a better JVM, Sun eventually succeeded, with help from competitors like IBM and JRockit making good JVMs that in many cases outperformed HotSpot. Today I would say that the JVM is one of the best things about the Java platform. It's now so good that new languages, like Groovy, choose Java as their standard runtime platform.
Joe Winchester
Desktop Java Editor
Swing 1.4.2 Release
The Swing toolkit is a fully featured UI component library implemented entirely in the Java programming language. The J2SE platform's javax.swing package uses the windowing functionality of AWT and the rendering capabilities of the Java 2D API to provide sophisticated and highly extensible UI components that comply with the JavaBeans specification.
The 1.4 performance improvements were great, and then with the inclusion of the XP look and feel in 1.4.2 this has been a huge rebirth for Swing. I get great feedback from customers and it's a huge boost toward helping Java remain and grow on the client.
Eclipse 3.0
Eclipse is an open platform for tool integration built by an open community of tool providers. Operating under an open source paradigm, with a common public license that provides royalty-free source code and worldwide redistribution rights, the Eclipse platform provides tool developers with flexibility and control over their software technology.
The M8 release is the one I'm using now and it's just incredible. The Java development tooling continues to impress me more and more each release. I was at EclipseCon in February in Anaheim and I felt this was the start of something very big. There is a lot of optimism and enthusiasm from developers across a wide set of companies and institutions, and a lot of the big names in software are moving toward Eclipse as being their foundation for tooling and beyond.
Standard Widget Toolkit is the software component that delivers native widget functionality for the Eclipse platform in an operating system-independent manner. It's analogous to AWT/Swing in Java with a difference - SWT uses a rich set of native widgets.
The Standard Widget Toolkit provides a rich, native cross-platform GUI toolkit. Recent improvements have included Swing interoperability, a control that uses the platform browser on each operating system (IE on Windows, Mozilla on Linux), as well as irregular-shaped windows, toolbar integration, and support for large datasets on trees.
Jason Bell
Contributing Editor
Eclipse 3.0
Eclipse is an open platform for tool integration built by an open community of tool providers. Operating under an open source paradigm, with a common public license that provides royalty-free source code and worldwide redistribution rights, the Eclipse platform provides tool developers with flexibility and control over their software technology.
It's been interesting watching this IDE mature over the east 12 months. There's still some way to go for the team but every release has some very cool features in it.
Jtest5 from Parasoft
Jtest is an Automated Error Prevention product that automates Java unit testing and coding standard compliance to help developers produce reliable code in record time. Jtest analyzes classes, then generates and executes JUnit-format test cases designed to achieve maximum coverage, expose uncaught runtime exceptions, and verify requirements that were expressed using Design by Contract.
This code coverage and testing tool has saved my programming life many times over. Autogenerating JUnit tests create a much more robust solution than any I could possibly put together. It costs a lot but I believe this money will be recouped in less than 12 months.
jEdit 4
jEdit is a mature and well-designed programmer's text editor that has been in development for over five years. The core of jEdit is primarily developed by Slava Pestov, and jEdit plugins are being written by a large and diverse team of programmers from around the world.
Another product that gets better from release to release. I've been doing a lot of JSP work with jEdit and it has yet to let me down. Once again it's the community effort with the plugins that makes the icing on the cake.
Calvin Austin
Core and Internals Co-editor
Project Looking Glass
In the Project Looking Glass prototype, windows displaying applications are no longer stacked on each other with flat icons and buttons to represent them; they are viewed in a 3D environment and manipulated as 3D objects. Project Looking Glass is moving beyond the boundaries of old environments to revolutionize the use of the desktop.
It is rare to find a product that grabs your attention like Project Looking Glass. Zooming into a mountain range to reach your desktop files, rotating stacks of windows with a wave of a mouse, and scribbling notes on the back of your browser - all simple and yet intuitive tasks. However, when you learn that this is all the work of a Java application, then you can't help but smile. Java on the desktop is back.
Tomcat 5.0
Tomcat is the servlet container that's used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.
Tomcat needs no introduction and is the well-respected workhorse of many Java application environments. The 5.0 release builds on that reputation with support for JavaServer Pages 2.0, the Java Servlet 2.4 API, and some nice performance improvements. If that wasn't reason enough to try the download, you can now monitor your faster servlets using JMX.
The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse
Shavor, S., et al. (2003). Addison-Wesley.
Drawing on their considerable experience teaching Eclipse and mentoring developers, the authors provide guidance on how to customize Eclipse for increased productivity and efficiency and how to avoid common pitfalls.
Books about open source projects have a mixed record. Many suffer by being out of date by the time they are published or skim over difficult areas. Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse sets that bar high. It's easy to read, not afraid to tackle the more complex areas, and, although it's based on Eclipse 2.0, has many examples still relevant for current builds.
|Calvin Austin 07/20/04 12:59:40 PM EDT
You can read my blog entry about the awards. It was a pretty tough decision, especially in the IDE space where there is now a very high standard and a lot of competition (I couldn''t make a choice between them myself). I would suggest making sure your favorites are in the readers choice nominations and then let the voting commence!
|Erik 07/19/04 10:41:57 PM EDT
Well... you have to remember that everyone has there own opinion. JDJ seems to have become more of a Vendor''s journal than anything else in the last several issues, so I''m not too surprised at some items on the list.
Also, no one listed JDeveloper which is a little surprising. Their ADF framework is pretty solid and supports web or Swing clients. The 10g version is much improved.
P.S. Hey Christopher Stura... Multi-language support is a double edged sword. I''m a Java programmer... I only need it to do Java... everything else is just excess baggage. Besides, jEdit was on the list and it supports far more languages than you listed. Maybe you should check it out.
|Christopher Stura 07/19/04 03:39:34 AM EDT
How can you even compare IntelliJ to Eclipse. I really don''t think there is another editor for java development that even comes close to what eclipse is capable of. With eclipse you can not only do Java, but C++, Perl, XML, XSLT, FOP and many more, plus the application is fast a free, there is not wonder that it is the most used development platform for java development.
|Chris 07/16/04 08:59:00 AM EDT
Intellij vs Eclips ---> hands down.
|Sergio da Silva 07/16/04 08:25:16 AM EDT
Almost on target, I don''t know why HP JTune would get an award. HP is not even a major player in the Java space and a tool that only works with a specific processor/operating system even if it is free does not ammout to much.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does God create when he divides the waters?
(a) Heaven and earth
(b) Sky and sea
(c) Continents
(d) Air and sky
2. From who will the new nation spring?
(a) Joseph
(b) Abraham
(c) Abel
(d) Adam
3. With what is Michael to guard paradise?
(a) His army of angels
(b) His fire breath
(c) His flaming sword
(d) His electric axe
4. What does Adam realize is the highest victory?
(a) Fallin gin love
(b) Getting back to paradise
(c) Suffering for truth's sake
(d) Defeating Satan
5. What does Michael say the tyrant and his followers will build?
(a) A city
(b) A palace
(c) A hospital
(d) A tower
Short Answer Questions
1. How does God punish the serpent?
2. What does God do on the seventh day?
3. How does the serpent claim he gained the gift of speech?
4. What will God curse to gain revenge on the tyrant and his followers?
5. Why does Michael say the tyrant will build a tower?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the serpent explain his human speech?
2. Why does God create man and woman?
3. In what way are angels similar to humans?
4. Why does Adam still feel hope?
5. Why does Adam also decide to eat the fruit?
6. What do you think the Creation story illustrates about good and evil?
7. How does God create another world?
8. What will be Adam and Eve's punishment?
9. How do Satan's followers meet his announcement that they have destroyed God's creation?
10. How will man get to the promised land?
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- This hotel has 62 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 2 AM
- Check-out time is Noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets allowed
- Restrictions apply *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Valet parking *
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In the hotel
- Free breakfast
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Business center
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 4.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs EUR 24 per night
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Good 3.9 /5 from 205 reviews
This is an old, dingy hotel. Not worth the price. The ac didn't work, and the bathroom was horrible. The breakfast smelled like rotted fatty sausage.
Staff was very helpful
We spent 4 nights in the hotel. First night, the room was so noisy we could not sleep. After talked to the front desk, we had a room change in the middle of the night. The rest of the stay were good. The breakfast buffet was nice. The hotel is very close to the train station so it's very convenient if you plan to take the train. Wifi was good, too.
The "near the train station," non-brand hotels are all pretty simple. You don't book them because of their luxury or comfort. They are a (hopefully) clean bed and quiet room. This was the case here. Somewhat sketchy back alleys around the place, but stick to the main path, and it was fine.
Wonderful breakfast! Helpful staff.
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Friction is one of the world's top Drum and Bass heavyweights, and is coming exclusively from the UK to Melbourne this Friday.
He'll be 'mixing it up across 3 turntables with lightning speed with impeccable beat matching and tune selection', and has been steady-releasing global hits for the past twelve months. He has played internationally at Glastonbury, LA, and Tokyo, and has been described by electronic radio god, Pete Tong, as 'one of the big dogs'.
Also appearing in what is anticipated to be the last time, D&B duo Commix will also be in full effect, so bear witness to them and locals Jchau, Rick Dirk, Altruism, Freeform, Token, Defy, and Sequence Empire. This event will be hosted by MC's Linguistics, Altezz, JP & Harzee.
WHEN: Friday, 21 Sept, 10pm-5am
WHERE: Roxanne Parlour, 2 Coverlid Place, Melbourne
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Oceanwide Expeditions' cruise ship 'Plancius' anchored off South Georgia, after repeated propulsion failures, awaits relief ship
Trouble started 12 days into a 31-day journey from Ushuaia, Argentina, one of the southernmost cities in the world, to Ascension Island, an isolated volcanic island near the Equator.
After returning from a small island, the ship suffered a complete power failure. Ship's engineers were able to fix the problem and course was set for Tristan de Cunha heading north in order to avoid a fierce storm system. En route, the ship suffered another engine failure.
It was thought the ship could complete the cruise around the islands, but the situation took a turn for the worse when the engines could no longer reach full power. The ship then returned to Grytviken in the South Georgia Islands where it currently sits in the harbor.
Passengers were told that the present circumstances would make it dangerous to sail in open ocean in rough conditions.
Michel van Gessel, managing director of Oceanwide Expeditions, said that the cruise line has chartered a passenger vessel. M/v Ushuaia to sail from Mar del Plata, Argentina, to get them. After the pickup, the ship will then sail to Montevideo, Uruguay. A tug was also being despatched to the scene.
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by Jen Woods
Williams first became interested in the law midway through college, and as soon as he enrolled in law school, he knew he had made the right decision. On the "first day of law school, I knew this was what I wanted to do," said Williams, who earned his J.D. from the University of Detroit and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.
Today, Williams still feels passionate about his career choice. "I love the whole area of the law," he said.
As General Counsel of Vanderbilt University, Williams oversees the 11-member legal department, as well as the office of risk management, the university's compliance and conflict of interest functions, and the operations of the university's board of trust. In addition, the division of student life and the department of athletics also report to Williams.
|"You have to be well-versed in understanding the business of your client," Williams said.
"You need to understand you're not the talent," he added. When you are the general counsel of a university, the faculty members are the talent. Unlike lawyers in private practice, in-house lawyers are rarely in the spotlight. Instead "lawyers are clearly support people," he said.
"It's a job where you never get bored because you're always doing something new," Williams said. He handles everything from employment issues, including contract negotiations, to risk management. On any given day he is prepared to handle almost anything (except for criminal and domestic issues).
The University of Vanderbilt is one of the larger colleges in the country, with more than 11,000 students. As the general counsel of such a big institution, Williams must be prepared to handle large-scale legal issues from time to time.
For instance, one of the major cases he worked on involved litigation with the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 2002, the Tennessee division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy sued Vanderbilt University for deciding to remove the word "confederate" from a building the group helped pay for. However, the lawsuit did not have a positive outcome for Vanderbilt, and in 2005, the university announced that it would not change the building's name.
Currently, Williams is involved with litigation against ICOS, arguing that three of the university's scientific researchers should have been named on the patent for Cialis, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction. The lawsuit was filed in July 2005, and a trial date has been set for March 2007.
Williams, who earned a B.S. and M.S. from Northern Michigan University and an M.B.A. from the University of Detroit, is also a professor at the law school. He teaches and conducts research on issues pertaining to sports law, education and law, higher education administration and law, and discrimination law and education.
"I like teaching pretty much everything," Williams said. But if he had to name his favorite class, it would probably be "Introduction to Tax," a course he has not taught for six or seven years.
Another class he enjoys teaching is "Introduction to Law." He said it has been fulfilling "teaching kids who had no conception or who had misconceptions about the law." The last time he taught the course, there were only 15 students in the class, and he finds it "remarkable" that about 10 to 11 of them still keep in touch.
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Williams has also taught at the law schools of the University of Detroit, Capital University, and Ohio State University. In addition, he directed the Ohio State University Law Program in Oxford, England, and was elected Outstanding Law Professor at both the University of Detroit and Ohio State University.
Williams is a member of the state bars of Tennessee and Michigan, as well as the District of Columbia Bar. He is an active member of the American Corporate Counsel Association, the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), and the American Bar Association, as well as the continuing legal education committees of both the Nashville Bar Association and the NACUA.
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QUESTION:Want to purchase a native Texas Red Mulberry tree (morus rubra). Can't find one. Can you help? Thanks,
ANSWER:You can search our National Suppliers Directory for nurseries in your area that specialize in native plants. Many of the nurseries have web pages. I found the following when I searched the Texas nurseries' web pages: Oma's Garten Pflanzen in Killeen shows red mulberry for sale; Wichita Valley Landscape in Wichita Falls also shows red mulberry for sale; and Rohde's Nursery in Garland has Morus sp. listed, but doesn't say which species. For those nurseries that don't list a webpage, there is a telephone number that you could call to find out about the availability of red mulberry.
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ORBi Collection: Aquatic sciences & oceanology http://hdl.handle.net/2268/138 The Collection's search engine Search this channel search http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/simple-search Distributions and Sea-to-air Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea http://hdl.handle.net/2268/199010 Title: Distributions and Sea-to-air Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea

Author, co-author: Tseng, Hsiao-Chun; Chen, Chen-Tung Arthur; Borges, Alberto; DelValls, T. Angel; Lai, Chao-Ming; Chen, Ting-Yu

Abstract: Abstract Approximately 600 water samples from the South China Sea (SCS) and 250 water samples from the West Philippines Sea (WPS) were collected during seven cruises from August 2003 to July 2007 to determine nitrous oxide (N2O) distributions between the surface and a maximum depth of 4250 m. In the SCS, the average surface \{N2O\} concentration exceeded the atmospheric equilibrium concentration (on average 132 ± 23%); however in the WPS, the surface \{N2O\} concentration was lower than the atmospheric equilibrium concentration (on average 90 ± 22%). The \{N2O\} concentration reached a maximum (~23 nmol L−1) in the \{WPS\} at 800–1000 m, and (~28 nmol L−1) at a shallower depth of around 600–800 m in the SCS, owing to vertical mixing and intensive upwelling in the SCS. In the SCS, the surface \{N2O\} concentration was 7.59 ± 1.32 nmol L−1 and the calculated sea-to-air flux was 5.5 ± 3.9 μmol m−2 d−1. The surface \{N2O\} concentration in the WPS, 5.19 ± 1.26 nmol L−1, was lower than that in the SCS. Simplified methodology to study soft-bottom macrofauna in Corsica, France - Fish Farming influence's study case http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198478 Title: Simplified methodology to study soft-bottom macrofauna in Corsica, France - Fish Farming influence's study case

Author, co-author: Donnay, Annick Is individual consistency in body mass and reproductive decisions linked to individual specialization in foraging behavior in a long-lived seabird? http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198407 Title: Is individual consistency in body mass and reproductive decisions linked to individual specialization in foraging behavior in a long-lived seabird?

Author, co-author: Dehnhard, Nina; Eens, Marcel; Sturaro, Nicolas; Lepoint, Gilles; Demongin, Laurent; Quillfeldt, Petra; Poisbleau, Maud

Abstract: Individual specialization in diet or foraging behavior within apparently generalist populations has been described for many species, especially in polar and temperate marine environments, where resource distribution is relatively predictable. It is unclear, however, whether and how increased environmental variability – and thus reduced predictability of resources – due to global climate change will affect individual specialization. We determined the within- and among-individual components of the trophic niche and the within-individual repeatability of d13C and d15N in feathers and red blood cells of individual female southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) across 7 years. We also investigated the effect of environmental variables (Southern Annular Mode, Southern Oscillation Index, and local sea surface temperature anomaly) on the isotopic values, as well as the link between stable isotopes and female body mass, clutch initiation dates, and total clutch mass. We observed consistent red blood cell d13C and d15N values within individuals among years, suggesting a moderate degree of within-individual specialization in C and N during the prebreeding period. However, the total niche width was reduced and individual specialization not present during the premolt period. Despite significant interannual differences in isotope values of C and N and environmental conditions, none of the environmental variables were linked to stable isotope values and thus able to explain phenotypic plasticity. Furthermore, neither the within-individual nor among-individual effects of stable isotopes were found to be related to female body mass, clutch initiation date, or total clutch mass. In conclusion, our results emphasize that the degree of specialization within generalist populations can vary over the course of 1 year, even when being consistent within the same season across years. We were unable to confirm that environmental variability counteracts individual specialization in foraging behavior, as phenotypic plasticity in d13C and d15N was not linked to any of the environmental variables studied. Quelques caractères écologiques de trois lacs équatoriaux : Kivu, Edouard, Ndalaga http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198276 Title: Quelques caractères écologiques de trois lacs équatoriaux : Kivu, Edouard, Ndalaga

Author, co-author: Damas, Hubert Sur la présence dans la Meuse belge de Branchiura Sowerbyi (Beddart), Craspedacusta Sowerbyi (Lankester) et Urnatella gracilis (Leidy) http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198274 Title: Sur la présence dans la Meuse belge de Branchiura Sowerbyi (Beddart), Craspedacusta Sowerbyi (Lankester) et Urnatella gracilis (Leidy)

Author, co-author: Damas, Hubert Présentation de "Branchiura Sowerbyi", "Craspedacusta Sowerbyi" et "Urnatella gracilis" http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198273 Title: Présentation de "Branchiura Sowerbyi", "Craspedacusta Sowerbyi" et "Urnatella gracilis"

Author, co-author: Damas, Hubert

Abstract: L'institut Ed. van Beneden a entrepris l'année passée, l'étude hydrobiologique de la Meuse. Cette enquête permit la découverte dans notre fleuve, de trois formes animales curieuses. Ce sont le ver à panache : Branchiura Sowerbyi (Beddart), la méduse d'eau douce : Craspedacusta Sowerbyi (Lank.) et le bryozoaire endoprocte d'eau douce : Urnatella gracilis (Leidy). Air-ice carbon pathways inferred from a sea ice tank experiment http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198249 Title: Air-ice carbon pathways inferred from a sea ice tank experiment

Author, co-author: Kotovitch, Marie; Moreau, Sébastien; Zhou, Jiayun; Vancoppenolle, Martin; Dieckmann, Gerhard S.; Evers, Karl-Ulrich; Van Der Linden, Fanny; Thomas, David N.; Tison, Jean-Louis; Delille, Bruno

Abstract: Air-ice CO2 fluxes were measured continuously using automated chambers from the initial freezing of a sea ice cover until its decay. Cooling seawater prior to sea ice formation acted as a sink for atmospheric CO2, but as soon as the first ice crystals started to form, sea ice turned to a source of CO2, which lasted throughout the whole ice growth phase. Once ice decay was initiated by warming the atmosphere, the sea ice shifted back again to a sink of CO2. Direct measurements of outward ice-atmosphere CO2 fluxes were consistent with the depletion of dissolved inorganic carbon in the upper half of sea ice. Combining measured air-ice CO2 fluxes with the partial pressure of CO2 in sea ice, we determined strongly different gas transfer coefficients of CO2 at the air-ice interface between the growth and the decay phases (from 2.5 to 0.4 mol m−2 d−1 atm−1). A 1D sea ice carbon cycle model including gas physics and carbon biogeochemistry was used in various configurations in order to interpret the observations. All model simulations correctly predicted the sign of the air-ice flux. By contrast, the amplitude of the flux was much more variable between the different simulations. In none of the simulations was the dissolved gas pathway strong enough to explain the large fluxes during ice growth. This pathway weakness is due to an intrinsic limitation of ice-air fluxes of dissolved CO2 by the slow transport of dissolved inorganic carbon in the ice. The best means we found to explain the high air-ice carbon fluxes during ice growth is an intense yet uncertain gas bubble efflux, requiring sufficient bubble nucleation and upwards rise. We therefore call for further investigation of gas bubble nucleation and transport in sea ice. From mechanical to chemical impact of anchoring in seagrasses: the premises of anthropogenic patch generation in Posidonia oceanica meadows http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198240 Title: From mechanical to chemical impact of anchoring in seagrasses: the premises of anthropogenic patch generation in Posidonia oceanica meadows

Author, co-author: Abadie, Arnaud; Lejeune, Pierre; Pergent, Gérard; Gobert, Sylvie

Abstract: Intensive anchoring of leisure boats in seagrass meadows leads to mechanical damages. This anthropogenic impact creates bare mat patches that are not easily recolonized by the plant. Several tools are used to study human impacts on the structure of seagrass meadows but they are not able to assess the indirect and long term implication of mechanical destruction. We chose to investigate the possible changes in the substrate chemistry given contrasted boat impacts. Our observations show that hydrogen sulfide concentrations remain high at 15 and 20 m depth (42.6 µM and 18.8 µM) several months after the highest period of anchoring during the summer. Moreover, our multidisciplinary study reveals that anchoring impacts of large boats at 15 and 20 m depth can potentially change the seascape structure. By taking into account both structural and chemical assessments, different managing strategies must be applied for coastal areas under anthropogenic pressures. Massive marine methane emissions from near-shore shallow coastal areas http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198139 Title: Massive marine methane emissions from near-shore shallow coastal areas

Author, co-author: Borges, Alberto; Champenois, Willy; Gypens, N; Delille, Bruno; Harlay, J

Abstract: Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributing to climate warming. The open ocean is a minor source of methane to the atmosphere. We report intense methane emissions from the near-shore southern region of the North Sea characterized by the presence of extensive areas with gassy sediments. The average flux intensities (~130 μmol m−2 d−1) are one order of magnitude higher than values characteristic of continental shelves (~30 μmol m−2 d−1) and three orders of magnitude higher than values characteristic of the open ocean (~0.4 μmol m−2 d−1). The high methane concentrations (up to 1,128 nmol L−1) that sustain these fluxes are related to the shallow and well-mixed water column that allows an efficient transfer of methane from the seafloor to surface waters. This differs from deeper and stratified seep areas where there is a large decrease of methane between bottom and surface by microbial oxidation or physical transport. Shallow well-mixed continental shelves represent about 33% of the total continental shelf area, so that marine coastal methane emissions are probably under-estimated. Near-shore and shallow seep areas are hot spots of methane emission, and our data also suggest that emissions could increase in response to warming of surface waters. Post-embryonic development of sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus: a staging tool based on externally visible anatomical traits http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198116 Title: Post-embryonic development of sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus: a staging tool based on externally visible anatomical traits

Author, co-author: Schnitzler, Joseph; Dussenne, Mélanie; Frederich, Bruno; Das, Krishna

Abstract: The sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus has become a favoured model for laboratory studies because of their small size, rapid development, and tolerance of laboratory conditions. Here, we analyse sheepshead minnow post-embryonic development with the goal of providing a generally useful method for staging fish after embryogenesis. Groups of three females and two males were placed in breeding chambers designed for this experiment. More than 100 eggs were collected and maintained in seawater. Embryos were selected under a dissection microscope and placed in incubation dishes (50 per dish) at 26 °C. On day six, embryos hatched and larvae were transferred to 1 L beakers. To define a simplified normalization table for sheepshead minnow development, we measured each fish for its standard length and examined the fish for four externally evident traits: pigmentation pattern, caudal fin morphology, anal fin morphology, and dorsal fin morphology. The four traits were chosen, because they are easily visualized with standard laboratory equipment such as the stereomicroscope and camera. We have provided criteria for staging sheepshead minnows in studies of post-embryonic development. Our data suggest that dorsal and anal fin morphology may serve as a useful phenotype for defining metamorphic climax stages throughout post-embryonic development in C. variegatus. The staging systems we propose should facilitate detailed anatomical and developmental analyses in relation to ecotoxicological studies on potential disruption of the thyroid axis by xenobiotics and endocrine-disrupting compounds. Nitrous oxide and methane seasonal variability in the epilimnion of a large tropical meromictic lake (Lake Kivu, East-Africa) http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198077 Title: Nitrous oxide and methane seasonal variability in the epilimnion of a large tropical meromictic lake (Lake Kivu, East-Africa)

Author, co-author: Roland, Fleur; Darchambeau, François; Morana, Cédric; Borges, Alberto

Abstract: We report a data-set of monthly vertical profiles obtained from January 2012 to October 2013, from the surface to 70 m depth of nitrous oxide (N2O) and dissolved methane (CH4) in Lake Kivu, a large and deep meromictic tropical lake (East Africa). Vertical variations of N2O were modest, with ranges of 6--9 and 0--16 nmol L−1 in surface and bottom waters, respectively, and occasionally peaks of N2O (up to 58 nmol L−1) were observed at the oxic-anoxic interface. On the contrary, steep vertical gradients of CH4 were observed with values changing several orders of magnitude from surface (19--103 nmol L−1) to 70 m (113,000--520,000 nmol L−1). Seasonal variations of CH4 were caused by annual cycles of mixing and stratification, during the dry and rainy seasons, respectively. This mixing allowed the establishment of a thick oxic layer (maximum 65 m deep), leading to decreased CH4 concentrations (minimum of 8 nmol L−1), presumably due to bacterial CH4 oxidation. During the stratification period, the oxic mixed layer was thinner (minimum 25 m deep), and an increase of CH4 concentrations in surface waters was observed (maximum of 103 nmol L−1), probably due to a lower integrated CH4 oxidation on the water column. Lake Kivu seasonally alternated between a source and a sink for atmospheric N2O, but on an annual scale was a small source of N2O to the atmosphere (on average 0.43 \textmumol m−2 day−1), while it was a small source of CH4 to the atmosphere throughout the year (on average 86 \textmumol m−2 day−1). Vertical and seasonal variations of N2O are discussed in terms of nitrification and denitrification, although from the present data-set it is not possible to unambiguously identify the main drivers of N2O production. Chemoautotrophy and anoxygenic photosynthesis within the water column of a large meromictic tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa) http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198076 Title: Chemoautotrophy and anoxygenic photosynthesis within the water column of a large meromictic tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa)

Author, co-author: Morana, Cédric; Roland, Fleur; Crowe, Sean A.; Llirós, Marc; Borges, Alberto; Darchambeau, François; Bouillon, Steven

Abstract: We quantified chemoautotrophic and anoxygenic photosynthetic microbial production in the water column of Lake Kivu, a permanently stratified tropical lake situated amidst volcanic activity, and aimed to identify the microorganisms involved in these processes through the analysis of their phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) content and stable isotope (13C) labelling of PLFA in a set of incubation experiments. Data demonstrate the existence of a biogeochemically active chemoautotrophic bacterial community in the redoxcline of Lake Kivu (50–70 m). PLFA data indicate that the bacterial communities are structured vertically in the water column, with a large dissimilarity between the oxic and anoxic waters. Maximum volumetric dark CO2 fixation rates measured in Lake Kivu were in the same range as values reported from H2S-rich marine redoxclines, such as the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Cariaco Basin. Similarly, maximal chemoautotrophic activities in Lake Kivu were observed in sulfidic waters, just below the oxycline. Anoxygenic photosynthetic production was never observed in the main basin of Lake Kivu. However, anoxygenic phototrophs largely dominated CO2 fixation in the illuminated redoxcline of Kabuno Bay, a shallower ferruginous sub-basin. Overall, this study supports the idea that chemoautotrophs and/or anoxygenic photoautotrophs might play an important role in the flow of carbon and energy in permanently stratified tropical ecosystems. In Lake Kivu, these processes significantly contribute to organic matter biosynthesis and exert an indirect control on oxygenic photoautotrophs by shortcircuiting the vertical transport of nutrients to the illuminated and oxygenated surface waters. Neodymium isotope constraints on past hydrological variability in the Congo Basin http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198075 Title: Neodymium isotope constraints on past hydrological variability in the Congo Basin

Author, co-author: Bayon, G; Schefuss, E; Dupont, L; Laraque, A; Borges, Alberto; Darchambeau, François; Bouillon, S; Moukangui, G; Tathy, J-P; Skonieczny, C; Bermell, S; Ponzevera, E; Dennielou, B; André, L Spatial variability and temporal dynamics of greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) concentrations and fluxes along the Zambezi River mainstem and major tributaries http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198073 Title: Spatial variability and temporal dynamics of greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) concentrations and fluxes along the Zambezi River mainstem and major tributaries

Author, co-author: Nyoni; Nyambe, IA; Teodoru, CR; Borges, Alberto; Darchambeau, François; Bouillon, S Methane distributions and sea-to-air fluxes in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198071 Title: Methane distributions and sea-to-air fluxes in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea

Author, co-author: Tseng, HC; Chen, C-T A; Borges, Alberto; Delvalls, TA Microplastics contamination in three planktivorous and commercial fish species http://hdl.handle.net/2268/198010 Title: Microplastics contamination in three planktivorous and commercial fish species

Author, co-author: Collard, France; Das, Krishna; Gilbert, Bernard; Eppe, Gauthier; Parmentier, Eric

Abstract: In 2014, 311 million tonnes of plastics were produced worldwide while it is estimated that 10% ended up in the oceans. Plastics adsorb many pollutants, cause entanglements in many vertebrates and provoke blockage of the digestive tract of marine mammals, birds and turtles. Plastics also fragment in smaller parts, forming microplastics (<5 mm). These microplastics have the same size than planktonic organisms and can thus be ingested by filter-feeders and planktivorous organisms including fish. Although planktivorous Clupeiforme species are the most fished species in the world (17 million tonnes in 2013), the possible impact of microplastic ingestion on this group has received little attention. The aim of this study was to quantify and to characterize the ingested anthropogenic particles (AP) in herrings (Clupea harengus), sardines (Sardina pilchardus) and anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus). Twenty individuals of each species were sampled. Herrings and sardines were caught in the Channel and in the North Sea in January 2013 and in January 2014. Anchovies were sampled in July 2013. The stomach contents were digested by sodium hypochlorite to isolate AP and then they were analysed by Raman spectroscopy and measured. AP were constituted of microplastics (MP) and cellulose fibres, sometimes associated with dyes. We found several plastic families: polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyacrylonitrile, polyethylene terephthalate, polyamide and poly(butyl methacrylate). MP occurred in 35%, 50% and 40% of stomach contents of anchovies, sardines and herrings, respectively. Anchovies ingested bigger AP (2 mm) than the two other species. MP was in majority PE followed by PP. Our study shows that highly commercial species are exposed to MP. Further research is needed as MP are transport medium for organic pollutants and their fate once in the organism is unknown. First mesocosm experiments to study the impacts of ocean acidification on plankton communities in the NW Mediterranean Sea (MedSeA project) http://hdl.handle.net/2268/197834 Title: First mesocosm experiments to study the impacts of ocean acidification on plankton communities in the NW Mediterranean Sea (MedSeA project)

Author, co-author: Gazeau, F; Sallon, A; Maugendre, L; Louis, J; Dellisanti, W; Gaubert, M; Lejeune, P; Gobert, Sylvie; Borges, Alberto; Harlay, J; Champenois, Willy; Alliouane, S; Taillandier; Louis, F; Obolensky, G; Grisoni, JM; Gieu, C

Abstract: There is a growing international interest in studying the effects of ocean acidification on plankton communities that play a major role in the global carbon cycle and in the consumption of atmospheric CO2 via the so-called biological pump. Recently, several mesocosm experiments reported on the effect of ocean acidification on marine plankton communities, although the majority were performed in eutro- phic conditions or following nutrient addition. The objective of the present study was to perform two mesocosm experiments in the oligo- to meso-trophic Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during two seasons with contrasting environmental conditions: in summer 2012 in the Bay of Calvi (Corsica, France) and in winter 2013 in the Bay of Villefranche (France). This paper describes the objectives of these ex- periments, the study sites, the experimental set-up and the environmental and experimental conditions during the two experiments. The 20-day experiment in the Bay of Calvi was undoubtedly representative of summer conditions in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea with low nutrient and chlorophyll a concentrations, warm waters and high surface solar irradiance. In contrast, the winter experiment, which was reduced to 12 days because of bad weather conditions, failed to reproduce the mesotrophic con- ditions typical of the wintertime in this area. Indeed, a rapid increase in phytoplankton biomass during the acidification phase led to a strong decrease in nitrate concentrations and an unrealistic N and P co- limitation at this period of the year. An overview of the 11 other papers related to this study and pub- lished in this special issue is provided. Identifying the factors determining blooms of cyanobacteria in a set of shallow lakes http://hdl.handle.net/2268/197700 Title: Identifying the factors determining blooms of cyanobacteria in a set of shallow lakes

Author, co-author: Descy, Jean-Pierre; Leprieur, Fabien; Pirlot, Samuel; Leporcq, Bruno; Van Wichelen, Jeroen; Peretyatko, Anatoly; Teissier, S; Codd, Geoff A; Triest, Ludwig; Vyverman, Wim; Wilmotte, Annick

Abstract: There is a strong interest in developing a capacity to predict the occurrence of cyanobacteria blooms in lakes and to identify the measures to be taken to reduce water quality problems associated with the occurrence of potentially harmful taxa. Here we conducted a weekly to bi-weekly monitoring program on five shallow eutrophic lakes during two years, with the aim of gathering data on total cyanobacterial abundance, as estimated from marker pigments determined by HPLC analysis of phytoplankton extracts. We also determined bloom composition and measured weather and limnological variables. The most frequently identified taxa were Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Microcystis aeruginosa, Planktothrix agardhii and Anabaena spp. We used the data base composed of a total of 306 observations and an adaptive regression trees method, the boosted regression tree (BRT), to develop predictive models of bloom occurrence and composition, based on environmental conditions. Data processing with BRT enabled the design of satisfactory prediction models of cyanobacterial abundance and of the occurrence of the main taxa. Phosphorus (total and soluble reactive phosphate), dissolved inorganic nitrogen, epilimnion temperature, photoperiod and euphotic depth were among the best predictive variables, contributing for at least 10 % in the models, and their relative contribution varied in accordance with the ecological traits of the taxa considered. Meteorological factors (wind, rainfall, surface irradiance) had a significant role in species selection. Such results may contribute to designing measures for bloom management in shallow lakes. Le zooplancton des lacs artificiels du Haut Katanga méridional, étude faunistique et écologique http://hdl.handle.net/2268/197146 Title: Le zooplancton des lacs artificiels du Haut Katanga méridional, étude faunistique et écologique

Author, co-author: Magis, Noël The role of metallothioneins, selenium and transfer to offspring in mercury detoxification in Franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) http://hdl.handle.net/2268/197107 Title: The role of metallothioneins, selenium and transfer to offspring in mercury detoxification in Franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei)

Author, co-author: Romero, M.B.; Pollizi, P.; Chiodi, L.; Das, Krishna; Gerpe, M.

Abstract: The concentrations of mercury (Hg), selenium (Se) and metallothioneins (MT) were evaluated in fetuses, calves, juveniles and adults of the endangered coastal Franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Argentina. Mercury concentrations varied among analyzed tissues (liver, kidney, muscle and brain), with liver showing the higher concentrations in all specimens. An age-dependent accumulation was found in liver, kidney and brain. No significant relationship between Hg and MT concentrations was found for all tissues analyzed. Hepatic Hg molar concentrations were positively correlated with those of Se, indicating a great affinity between these two elements. Furthermore, dark granules of HgSe were observed in Kupffer cells in the liver by electron microscopy, suggesting the role of this macrophage in the detoxification of Hg. A transfer of Hg through placenta was proved. The presence of Hg in brain in all age classes did not show concentrations associated with neurotoxicity.


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06 March 2013 [13:00] -
New details published about Iran's upcoming solar year budget bill which was submitted to Parliament to be ratified last week, indicate elimination of some concrete figures in the bill including the price of oil and the USD rate.
Iran's Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said on Tuesday that the USD rate is set on the open market and the oil price on the international one. So, setting certain figures about these in budget bill is meaningless. He said that overall numbers are written in, but not set in concrete.
The Iranian government solar year will start on March 20.
According to the new budget bill, an income of $31 billion crude oil exports is targeted, indicating a 39.3 per cent decrease (based on USD) compared to the current solar year. With reference to this fact that the international oil price has not been predicted to change, then the amount of crude oil and condensate exports for next solar year is aimed to be about 40 per cent less than current year.
On the other hand, the oil revenues figure was changed to only minus 1.5 per cent compared to current year based on Iran national currency. Iran aims to export 658,700 billion rials of oil and condensate next year.
Comparing oil revenues based on the USD and rial indicates that the Iranian government recognised the USD rate at 21, 300 rials, which is 73.7 per cent more than the current year's official USD rate.
According to the current solar year's budget, the USD rate was set at 12, 260 rials. However the USD rate in open market is above 31, 500 rials.
Iran's national currency has dropped in value significantly since last year. An American dollar was sold at 21, 000 rials on Iran's open market in January 2011, while this figure had risen to 39, 000 rials up till last week and then dropped to 31, 500 rials.
In the next solar year's budget bill, the oil price is put at $95 per barrel, indicating a 11.7 per cent increase compared to the current year's figure.
Among the figures in the budget bill, taxes revenues and allocation of financial resources to pay cash money as compensation for cutting subsidies are noticeable.
Taxes revenues is set to increase to 530,220 billion rials, indicating a 16 per cent growth compared to the current year and it is aimed at allocating 1,200,000 billion rials for cash to be paid to people. This figure shows an 81.8 per cent increase compared to the current year.
The Iranian government has cut subsides gradually since December 2010 and pays 450, 000 rials cash to every citizen as compensation.
Resuming all figures, next year budget's total figure is set at 7,305,260 billion rials indicating a 28.9 per cent expansion compared to the current year.
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