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Understanding the environmental drivers of species' dispersal and migration patterns is needed to accurately predict climate change impacts on populations. For pond-breeding amphibians, adult movements associated with the breeding period are well studied but major gaps exist in our knowledge of the drivers of adult and juvenile non-breeding movements. Here, we assess environmental drivers of adult and juvenile Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802), Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827), and their unisexual dependants' (Ambystoma laterale–jeffersonianum (Uzzell, 1964)) summer and fall non-breeding movements using data from pitfall trapping and radio telemetry tracking. We used generalized linear models to assess the influence of precipitation, minimum temperature, day of year, and days since last precipitation on salamander movements. Juvenile summer dispersal movements were related to days since last precipitation in Jefferson Salamander complex individuals and 24 h precipitation in Spotted Salamanders. Adult and juvenile fall movements were driven by minimum temperature, 24 h precipitation, and days since last precipitation, and the effect of these environmental factors varied slightly between species and between Jefferson bisexuals and unisexuals. Our work indicates that changes in both temperature and precipitation will likely impact non-breeding dispersal and migration in these species and, overall, improves our understanding of ecological patterns throughout their entire life cycle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper presents the results and the applicability of an electrochemical technique, the Tafel plot method, for determining the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel embedded in laboratory ordinary portland concrete (OPC) and high-performance concrete (HPC) specimens. Fifty-two OPC and 52 HPC concrete cylinders, each with a single embedded reinforcing steel rod, have been subjected to various laboratory conditions, and the corrosion rate of each specimen has been monitored. Results indicate that HPC specimens performed much better than OPC specimens in terms of resisting corrosion, as the corrosion rates were far lower for the HPC specimens than for the OPC specimens. Sodium chloride concentration played an important role in the propagation of corrosion: the higher the NaCl concentration, the higher the corrosion rate. In addition, different cycles of wetting and drying of concrete specimens had different impacts on corrosion rates. Results for the chloride concentration based on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) destructive testing method C1218 were in agreement with the corrosion rate results from the Tafel plot method used in the study.Key words: corrosion, electrochemical, reinforced concrete, Tafel method, high-performance concrete.Cet article présente les résultats et l'applicabilité d'une méthode électrochimique, la méthode graphique Tafel, utilisée afin de déterminer le taux de corrosion de l'acier d'armature encastré dans des spécimens préparés en laboratoire de béton de portland ordinaire « Ordinary Portland Concrete : OPC » et de béton à haute performance « High Performance Concrete : HPC ». Cinquante-deux cylindres de béton OPC et cinquante-deux cylindres de béton HPC, avec une barre d'acier d'armature encastrée dans chacun d'entre eux, ont été soumis à différentes conditions en laboratoire et le taux de corrosion de chaque spécimen a été suivi. Les résultats indiquent que les spécimens de HPC ont mieux performé que les spécimens de OPC en terme de résistance à la corrosion comme les valeurs du taux de corrosion du HPC sont beaucoup plus petites que les valeurs du taux de corrosion du OPC. La concentration en chlorure de sodium a joué un grand rôle dans la propagation de la corrosion : plus la concentration de NaCl est grande, plus le taux de corrosion est grand. De plus, différents cycles de trempage et de séchage des spécimens de béton ont eu différents impacts sur le taux de corrosion. Les résultats pour la concentration de chlorure, basés sur ASTM C1218, un test destructeur, sont en accord avec les taux de corrosion provenant de la méthode graphique Tafel utilisée dans cette étude.Mots clés : corrosion, électrochimique, béton armé, méthode de Tafel, béton à haute performance.[Traduit par la Rédaction] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a list of individuals who have reviewed the manuscripts submitted for publication, including T. Aarnio and G. Biging.