Uns i altres en la cartografia de la narrativa breu medieval

Revision of a representative sample of short narrative in prose in order to detect, in the medieval cultural system, evidence of difference or diversity; likewise, the ways to portray the other one and to position literarily in front of it are revised. And all that without considering if this other one was a Christian neighbour or a stranger, either in a cultural or spiritual way

Assessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina Bank, a deep-sea coral marine protected area off eastern Florida

A portion of the Oculina Bank located off eastern Florida is a marine protected area (MPA) preserved for its dense populations of the ivory tree coral (Oculina varicosa), which provides important habitat for fish. Surveys of fish assemblages and benthic habitat were conducted inside and outside the MPA in 2003 and 2005 by using remotely operated vehicle video transects and digital still imagery. Fish species composition, biodiversity, and grouper densities were used to determine whether O. varicosa forms an essential habitat compared to other structure-forming habitats and to examine the effectiveness of the MPA. Multivariate analyses indicated no differences in fish assemblages or biodiversity among hardbottom habitat types and grouper densities were highest among the most complex habitats; however the higher densities were not exclusive to coral habitat. Therefore, we conclude that O. varicosa was functionally equivalent to other hardbottom habitats. Even though fish assemblages were not different among management areas, biodiversity and grouper densities were higher inside the MPA compared to outside. The percentage of intact coral was also higher inside the MPA. These results provide initial evidence demonstrating effectiveness of the MPA for restoring reef fish and their habitat. This is the first study to compare reef fish populations on O. varicosa with other structure-forming reef habitats and also the first to examine the effectiveness of the MPA for restoring fish populations and live reef cover

Ligácia: Galicia en catala'n segundo Xulio Ricardo Trigo.

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La ciudad en la isla: Ciutat de Mallorques

En muchas ocasiones isla y ciudad han representado literariamente el significado del círculo como contenedor del elemento mágico o como microcosmos emblemático del ser humano; pero donde cabría esperar una correspondencia de orden concéntrico plausible entre la isla y, en su centro, la ciudad, por el contrario parece desvelarse comúnmente un conflicto de competencias. La literaturización que de dicho motivo documenta la literatura catalana en las Islas Baleares al oponer Mallorca-isla y Ciutat-urbe, permite recorrer la configuración de un sistema espacial en el que fuerzas y protagonismos opuestos marcan el rumbo de sus usuarios en un prioritario triunfo final del geologismo insular sobre el orgullo urbanita

Bernat Metge y Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència: una isla –¿ortodoxamente?– alegórica

An approach to the notion of island regarding its symbolic connotation and its configuration as a narrative space. Our work will focus on several texts from the medieval Catalonian literary tradition. So, we will have the necessary elements to make a right reading of Bernat Metge’s book Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència, where we will try to understand how the writer can manipulate some medieval commonplaces in order to make an incipient Humanistic discourse.Aproximación a la noción de isla, atendiendo a su carga simbólica y a su rentabilización como espacio narrativo, mediante el soporte de ciertos referentes clásicos pero, fundamentalmente, a través de la mención de documentos de la tradición literaria catalana medieval. Ese entramado sirve de soporte para la lectura más precisa de Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència de Bernat Metge, texto en el que, si bien reconocemos los tópicos sobre los que se forja la conceptualización simbólica y literaria de la isla, a su vez se nos permite introducirnos en la manipulación que el autor pueda hacer de ciertos consensos medievales a favor de un inicial discurso humanista