Distribution of Macrobenthos in the South China Sea, Area I: Gulf of Thailand and East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

A study on the macrobenthos profile was conducted using the research vessel MV SEAFDEC in almost all parts of the Gulf of Thailand and the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 44 stations were located within the Gulf of Thailand and 37 within that of East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Two cruises were carried out during the pre-and post-north-east monsoon. Macrobenthos showed greater density in Malaysian waters during the pre-monsoon period with 2500 individuals (at an average 67.6 individuals/m2) compared to the Gulf of Thailand which showed 860 individuals (average 19.5 individuals/m2). However, sampling after the monsoon has indicated quite the reverse, with 2680 individuals (60.9 individuals/m2) found in the Gulf of Thailand compared to 620 individuals (16.8 individuals/m2) in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. All samples from both cruises were dominated by polychaete worms, followed by crustacea. Other groups such as echinoderms, molluscs, nemertians and sipunculids were also observed in lesser quantities. In terms of diversity, the Gulf of Thailand showed less families/taxa before the monsoon (with 20 families) than after the monsoon (with 35 families). The reverse holds true for the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia when 33 families were uncovered before the monsoon compared to 26 families after the monsoon. Among the dominant families/taxa were the polychaetes Cirratulidae, Orbiniidae, Eunicidae and Maldanidae; caridean shrimps and ophiuroids (brittle star)

Individual nest site preference of green turtle, Chelonia mydas, on Mak Kepit beach and its relation with hatching emergence success

Organized by Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University ; JSPS Bangkok Liaison Office ; Japanese Society of Bio-logging Science ; Informatics Research Center for Development of Knowledge Society InfrastructureDecember 13-14, 2005, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, ThailandWe investigated 160 individual in-situ nests of 24 female green turtles which laid their eggs in 4 to 10 clutches during the 2002 nesting season in order to determine whether and how nest site preferences vary among individuals. We also quantified the impact of this maternal behavior on reproductive success by evaluating offspring hatching and emergence success. We found that there was a significant repeatability of female preferences to nest under canopies at 70.6% (113 nests) compared to grasses/creeper areas at 22.5% (36 nests) and bare sand areas at 6.9% or 11 nests. The density of nests under canopies was the highest at one nest per 4.2 ㎡ (1/4.2 ㎡) followed by grasses and bare sand areas at 1/12.8 ㎡ and 1/36.6 ㎡ respectively. Most turtles preferred to lay their eggs on the right side of their first clutch and closer to the forest line. Hatching success was higher for nests situated within bare sand areas at 92.1% compared to 88.7% within grasses areas and 88.2% under canopies. The emergence success was also higher for nests situated within bare sand at 88.2% compared to 81.2% under canopies and 79.9% within grasses areas. However the percentages of undeveloped eggs were higher for nests situated within grasses areas compared to under canopies and bare sand areas at 4.7%, 2.6% and 1.5% respectively

Letter from Bailey Millard to John Muir, 1905 Aug 7.

THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE1789 BROADWAYNEW YORK CITYAugust 7 1905Dear Mr. Muir:I am here on the tripod in the Cosmopolitan office, and have been thinking a heap about you, particularly since I read your beautiful essay in the Outlook and Mr. Johnson\u27s biography of you.Could you not write a short article for us descriptive of some of the most perilous moments of your life while exploring mountains or glaciers when confronted by bears or rattlesnakes? I should like this for a series of articles of personal reminiscences of noted writers in this country. The article should be of about four thousand words in length, for which I could pay you one hundred and fifty dollars. Remembering your literary methods, I should like to remind you that in this case it will not be necessary to put so much of long-considered and carefully-worded writing into your text. It is not so much an essay that I want as a merely descriptive article full of human interest. I do not care if the incidents have been published previously, as a collection of them now for the first time would in itself constitute an original paper. Or, if you would not care to prepare an article on that subject, wouldn\u27t you like to tackle a paper descriptive of your visits to New York and of the impressions which you gained there, everlastingly swatting the town, as I know you are capable of doing, and tell of the folly of people huddling together in such an absurd fashion as is found here. I do not mind telling you that this article would quite suit my present mood, and would be03602https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/28372/thumbnail.jp

Identifying learners personality in social network site (sns) among first-year undergraduate students based on online communication style

Inonline learning, social network site (SNS) plays an important role because it provides an interesting platform for interaction among learners[43]. However, online students seem to have different personality characteristics than the students in the face to face classes. This research has been done to identify undergraduate learners’ personality in social network site (SNS)based on their communication style to help the educators or lecturers understand their students. The objectives of this research are; 1) To identify learners’ personality based on The Platinum Rule; 2) To identify patterns of communication styles personality based on The Platinum Rule in Social Network Site (SNS); and3 To identify similarity between learners’ personality and communication style in Social Network Site (SNS)[6][22]. 11 first year undergraduate students from one university were selected randomly as the respondents for this research. Questionnaire, online interaction activity via SNS and interview has been used as instruments for this research. The directive content analysis was used to analyze each respondent's personality. Findings from the survey instrument show that learners personality is not similar to their communication style in SNS. The results and findings obtained are expected to provide information for lecturers, to get to know their students better even without face to face interaction

A Guide for Tagging of Sea Turtles in the Southeast Asian Region

In Conjunction with IOSEA Year of the Turtle-200