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The wanted
\"It seemed like a simple case--before the bodies starting piling up. Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, take on the deadliest case of their lives. When single mother Devon Connor hires private investigator Elvis Cole, it's because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she's afraid he's dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two other partners in crime, he's been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear. They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man. Determined to get it back, he has hired a team that is smart and brutal, and to even the odds, Cole calls in his friends Joe Pike and Jon Stone. But even they may be overmatched. The hired killers are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. A few more won't make any difference\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Decline of Artisanal Fish Catch by Species in the Croatian Section of the Sava River
The aim of this study is to analyse the development of artisanal fish catch by species in the Croatian section of the Sava River. For Abramis brama and Silurus glanis, a significant decline in catches (in kg) was observed throughout the study period (2004-2021). Since 2013, this has also been the case for Cyprinus carpio, Esox lucius, Sander lucioperca, other autochthonous species and alochthonous species, while catches of Leuciscus idus have declined significantly since 2014. The catches of three species (Acipenser ruthenus, Leuciscus aspius and Tinca tinca) fluctuated without a trend, which can be attributed to the low quantities. This decline in catches of the most sought-after species in the Sava was greater than that of the other less sought-after autochthonous species (mainly other cyprinids), whose share of the total catch increased significantly.
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A dangerous man
\"Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Wetlands for northern pike (Esox lucius L.) recruitment in the Baltic Sea
In recent decades, wetlands have been constructed or restored around the Baltic sea to counteract the eutrophication of its coastal waters. Some of these wetlands could also be suitable spawning and nursery areas for anadromous northern pike (
Esox lucius
L.). We studied juvenile pike production in three coastal wetlands along the south-eastern coast of Sweden that were restored in different ways. Where terrestrial vegetation was temporarily flooded, pike larval/juvenile emigration increased from a few thousand individuals before restoration to over a hundred thousand afterwards. We suggest that vegetation was the key to this successful reproduction, as wetlands where vegetation was removed or reduced saw no similar increase in pike production. Flooded vegetation in shallow waters offers optimal spawning conditions, increased food resources, and refuge from predation. The growth and emigration of larvae and juveniles were followed over time, revealing that 80–95% of individuals left the wetlands within 1 month (at a size <6 cm). This emigration probably represents an adaption to seasonally decreasing water levels but may also be a way to avoid cannibalism.
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The Long Run : a memoir of loss and life in motion
\"An unlikely convert to distance running finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running. Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. \"Runner\" was nowhere near the list. Yet when she began training for a half marathon on a whim, she found herself an instant convert. Soon she realized that running, \"a pace suited to the precarious labor of memory,\" was helping her to grieve the loss of her parents in ways that she had been, for ten messy years, running away from. As Catriona excavates her own past, she also grows curious about other women drawn to running. What she finds is a history of repression and denial--running was thought to endanger childbearing, and as late as 1967 the organizer of the Boston Marathon tried to drag a woman off the course, telling her to \"get the hell out of my race\"--but also of incredible courage and achievement. As she brings to life the stories of pioneering athletes and analyzes the figure of the woman runner in pop culture, literature, and myth, she comes to the heart of why she's running, and why any of us do.\" -- Provided by publisher.
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The effect of salinity on the development of freshwater pike (Esox lucius) eggs in the context of drastic pike population decline in Puck Lagoon, Baltic Sea
Over the past few decades, the number of available spawning grounds for anadromous pikes, Esox lucius, on the Baltic Sea coast has been significantly reduced resulting in a drastic pike population decline in those areas. It is therefore a question if saline Baltic waters may support the spawning of anadromous pike. In the present experimental study, salinity had a harmful impact on the development of eggs from pikes of freshwater origin. The hatching success rates were 0% at 7PSU and only 16.7% at 4PSU, while hatching success at 0PSU was 89.7%. However, when the eggs were fertilized in fresh water and transferred to the tested salinities after 1 h, salinity had a positive effect on egg development and hatching success (0PSU: 80%; 4PSU: 83.3%; and 7PSU: 93.7%). We concluded that the spawning of the freshwater pike population in the saline water of the Baltic Sea is most likely not successful. Simultaneously, inflows of coastal marine waters into near-shore spawning grounds do not have a harmful effect on egg development if the eggs are already fertilized. The main management measures that can be suggested are to rebuild the anadromous population by spawning ground reconstruction. Sea-spawning population introduction can also be considered.
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Hunter killer
\"Pike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pike Mercury Concentration in Small Boreal Headwater Lakes During Four Decades of Regional and Local Changes
We measured the total mercury (THg) concentration in the muscle of northern pike (Esox lucius L.) from 12 boreal headwater lakes once per decade during the 1980s to 2010s. Relations of pike THg to regional environmental changes, such as reduction of acid deposition and increase in water colour (i.e. browning), were examined as well as the effects of local lake-specific changes caused by introduced beavers (Castor canadensis) and intensive fishing of pike. No consistent decrease in pike THg took place during 1983–2013 despite the reductions in mercury emissions from European sources since the 1990s and the associated decreased mercury deposition in Finland. In most of the lakes, individual pike exceeded the recommended limit for human consumption (1 mg kg−1, wet weight). The highest THg levels were recorded in 2002 following intensive browning of the lakes in the 1990s in connection with decreased sulphate deposition. The effects of acid deposition were only seen as the highest pike THg in the two most acidic lakes in the early 1980s. After taking length effects into account, pike THg had a negative relationship with growth (i.e. growth dilution), but a positive relationship with water colour, iron, nutrients and maximum lake depth. Females grew faster and had lower THg than males. Pike THg was elevated in beaver-impacted lakes. Experimental removal of pike from three study lakes during 2005–2013 resulted in a decrease of pike THg. These findings emphasize the significance of local abiotic and biotic drivers when interpreting the regional long-term trends in pike THg.
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