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Drug slang A regionally popular street term for opium or heroin
Molecular biology A defective derivative of phage Mu; mud insertions are used to construct operon and gene fusions in enteric bacteria
Vox populi A popular term for very strong coffee or espresso
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The DMA significantly increased organic carbon concentration in mudflat saline soil, and the OC concentration in the topsoil at all DMA rates increased over time (Figure 2).
In the seaward zone of the lagoon, the K/Na ratio is highest for the bottom sediments compared to the sediments of the mudflats on either side of the lagoonal creeks.
Species numbers differed between transect sites and most species were recorded in the mudflat (Table 1).
Set the flat back of the basket diagonally on the mudflat. With a knife, trim a top corner of the ground cover flush with the top of the basket (photo A).
Low Mudflat. -- This area (the shoreline section of Bayside Tour Loop, Unit 7, LANWR) includes the shoreline and associated mudflat and seagrass areas visible from the shore.
However, the application of sewage sludge combined with green manuring to amend mudflat salt-soils has received no attention.
The researchers set a number of trials in mudflats in Mozambique to study whether a male would protect a female neighbour when confronted by an intruder.
The breaches will allow the tide coming up the estuary to wash in and out, thereby creating a significant new area of inter-tidal mudflat and saltmarsh.
The centre of the village of Sarno was turned into a vast mudflat and staff and patients at the hospital were buried after a staircase was swept away.
It is, in geological fact, a tunnel-tolled mudflat (with sandstone outcrops), between two cities, which between them, already boast four universities.
Despite extensive development, it is still important for wildlife, and its large inter-tidal mudflats and sand flats are home to many invertebrates, which provide a rich source of food for birds and fish.
The couple were on holiday in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, when they decided to test their Land Rover Freelander's off-road credentials on a stretch of treacherous mudflats. But it soon became clear that their pride and joy had more than met its match when it began sinking into the notoriously thick mud on Berrow Beach.
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