Habitat Comparisons and Productivity in Nesting Common Terns on the Mid-Atlantic Coast

This chapter considers how Wolof, an Atlantic language spoken in Senegal, has become an important lingua franca, and how French has contributed to the ascent of Wolof. The nature of social relations between Africans and French in cities along the Atlantic coast in the 18th and 19th centuries were such that a prestigious urban way of speaking Wolof that made liberal use of French borrowings became the language of the city. As an index of urban belonging, opportunity, and modernity, Wolof was viewed as a useful language, a trend that has continued up to the present. Four case studies illustrate how the use of Wolof facilitates mobility for speakers of other languages in Senegal. By drawing a distinction between the formal and informal language sectors, this chapter offers a more realistic view of everyday language practices in Senegal, where Wolof is the dominant language.

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Redescription of Orthopristis ruber and Orthopristis scapularis (Haemulidae: Perciformes), with a hybridization zone off the Atlantic coast of South America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4576 (1) ◽

pp. 109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ALEXANDRE PIRES MARCENIUK ◽

RODRIGO ANTUNES CAIRES ◽

LEONARDO MACHADO ◽

NAJILA NOLIE CATARINE DANTAS CERQUEIRA ◽

RAYLA ROBERTA M. DE S. SERRA ◽

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Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Nuclear Dna ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Distinct Species ◽

Valid Species ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Northern Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Coloration Patterns

The genus Orthopristis includes seven valid species, three from the western Atlantic and five from eastern Pacific, while the available identification guides and taxonomic keys incorrectly recognize Orthopristis ruber as the only valid species found on the Atlantic coast of South America. Efforts to expand the inventory of fish species from the northern coast of Brazil led to the identification of two distinct species of Orthopristis from Atlantic South America, based on the analysis of coloration patterns and meristic data, as well as DNA. In the present study, the limits of Orthopristis ruber are reviewed, while Orthopristis scapularis is recognized as a valid species for the northern and northeastern coasts of South America. Based on intermediate morphological characteristics and nuclear DNA markers, a hybrid zone was identified off the state of Espírito Santo, on the eastern Brazilian coast. Additionally, considerations are made on the diversity and biogeography of the coastal marine and estuarine fishes found on the Brazilian coast.

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Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast

Journal of Biogeography ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01461.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 888-900 ◽

Cited By ~ 208

Author(s):

J. P. Isacch ◽

C. S. B. Costa ◽

L. Rodriguez-Gallego ◽

D. Conde ◽

M. Escapa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Plant Communities ◽

Latitudinal Gradient ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

The South ◽

South West

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Phylogeography in an “oyster” shell provides first insights into the genetic structure of an extinct Ostrea edulis population

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-82020-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Hayer ◽

Dirk Brandis ◽

Alexander Immel ◽

Julian Susat ◽

Montserrat Torres-Oliva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Wadden Sea ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽

Oyster Shell ◽

Glacial Refugia ◽

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

Ostrea Edulis ◽

Geographic Ranges ◽

The North

AbstractThe historical phylogeography of Ostrea edulis was successfully depicted in its native range for the first time using ancient DNA methods on dry shells from museum collections. This research reconstructed the historical population structure of the European flat oyster across Europe in the 1870s—including the now extinct population in the Wadden Sea. In total, four haplogroups were identified with one haplogroup having a patchy distribution from the North Sea to the Atlantic coast of France. This irregular distribution could be the result of translocations. The other three haplogroups are restricted to narrow geographic ranges, which may indicate adaptation to local environmental conditions or geographical barriers to gene flow. The phylogenetic reconstruction of the four haplogroups suggests the signatures of glacial refugia and postglacial expansion. The comparison with present-day O. edulis populations revealed a temporally stable population genetic pattern over the past 150 years despite large-scale translocations. This historical phylogeographic reconstruction was able to discover an autochthonous population in the German and Danish Wadden Sea in the late nineteenth century, where O. edulis is extinct today. The genetic distinctiveness of a now-extinct population hints at a connection between the genetic background of O. edulis in the Wadden Sea and for its absence until today.

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Politics, industry, and tourism: The conceptual construction of the blue highway

The Journal of Transport History ◽

10.1177/0022526620979506 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002252662097950

Author(s):

Fredrik Bertilsson

Keyword(s):

Road Network ◽

Power Plants ◽

Community Building ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Political Agenda ◽

The Road ◽

Conceptual Construction ◽

On The Road ◽

Post War

This article contributes to the research on the expansion of the Swedish post-war road network by illuminating the role of tourism in addition to political and industrial agendas. Specifically, it examines the “conceptual construction” of the Blue Highway, which currently stretches from the Atlantic Coast of Norway, traverses through Sweden and Finland, and enters into Russia. The focus is on Swedish governmental reports and national press between the 1950s and the 1970s. The article identifies three overlapping meanings attached to the Blue Highway: a political agenda of improving the relationships between the Nordic countries, industrial interests, and tourism. Political ambitions of Nordic community building were clearly pronounced at the onset of the project. Industrial actors depended on the road for the building of power plants and dams. The road became gradually more connected with the view of tourism as the motor of regional development.

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