PROTECTING JAPANESE GIANT SALAMANDERS (ANDRIAS JAPONICUS) IN THE NAWA RIVER BASIN, JAPAN: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSING WATER POLLUTION AND WATERWAY DISRUPTION

Protecting Japanese giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus) in the Nawa River Basin, Japan: policy recommendations addressing water pollution and waterway disruption

The Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus, is an sigma kappa graphics iconic but declining species of aquatic amphibian.A population within the Nawa River Basin of Tottori Prefecture persists but faces two significant threats.The first major threat is waterway obstructions, in the form of dams, weirs, and concrete embankments, which severely

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An Improved FCOS Method for Ship Detection in SAR Images

More convolutional neural network (CNN) methods are widely utilized for ship detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.Nevertheless, there are still some problems that need to be addressed.First, detection methods may misclassify islands and onshore objects as ships.Second, due to the large scale and low resolution, a majority of ships are

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