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  • Laurencia pacifica is required to trigger metamorphosis from a free-swimming veliger larva to a small crawling snail, a discovery that allowed him to show the first pictures of the beautiful tiny post-metamorphic juvenile Aplysia.

    Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography 2001

  • A libertação de Martenes Bere, que liderou crimes contra timorenses, a punição de estudantes que pacifica e justamente (felizmente já libertados) pediam o fim da impunidade reinante em Timor-Leste, a política insana da AMP persistindo em duvidar da nossa clareza de análise, levam-nos a manter o sentimento de que urgente se torna reconquistar os valores que fizeram de nós Gente Respeitável.

    Global Voices in English » East Timor: Where is Justice for the Suai Church Massacre? 2009

  • In an assessment of only the upper parts of the valley, more than 20 species have been identified that are included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. 34 vascular species that occur here are at their limits of their range, including Rhododendron redowskianum maxim, Microbiota dicussata*, Ilex rugosa, Bergenia pacifica* and Rhodiola rosea.

    Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

  • The dominant zooplankton species are Sagitta crassa, Calanus sinicus, Euphausia pacifica, and Themisto gracilipes.

    Yellow Sea large marine ecosystem 2008

  • Beh, non proprio pacifica, visto che mentre la gente sbriga le proprie faccende, degli adorabili mostri di proporzioni epiche seminano lo sfacelo.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Bana Panic! – Episode 1: Crush Hour 2008

  • The most prevalent broad-leaf evergreen tree is the Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica pacifica).

    South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon 2008

  • There are no forest passerines and the Pacific pigeon (Ducula pacifica) and migratory long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) are the only forest birds present anywhere in the islands although banded rails (Rallus philippensis) have recently colonized Nuilakita, Tuvalu from Fiji.

    Western Polynesian tropical moist forests 2007

  • Communities of palms such as Mauritiella pacifica, Manicaria saccata, and Euterpe cuatrecasa also appear in these swamps.

    Esmeraldes-Pacific Colombia mangroves 2007

  • All of these islands are depauperate of native landbirds; Kiribati and Tuvalu share Pacific pigeon (Ducula pacifica) while the Line Islands do not (but contain 2 restricted-range bird species).

    Western Polynesian tropical moist forests 2007

  • There was a reference to a “pacifica” blog, as I recall…and then you posted a comment, and so I thought “that…was you”.

    Firedoglake » Clueless 2006

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