ML. Martins, and JLP. Mouriño, and GF. Fezer, and CC. Buglione Neto, and P. Garcia, and BC. Silva, and A. Jatobá, and FN. Vieira

The aim of this study was to evaluate the pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from an outbreak of sea horse Hippocampus reidi reared in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, by experimental infection. Sea horses with necrosis on the mouth epithelium were collected from aquaria at the Aquaculture Department, UFSC and the bacterium isolated from the mouth, liver, heart and blood in tiosulphate citrate bilesalt sucrose agar broth. The strains were identified by API 20E kit with 99.1% prob...

Gihan Ahmed El Shoubaky, and Essam Abd El Rahman Salem

Objective: To estimate the fatty acids content in the brown algae Padina pavonica (P. pavonica) and Hormophysa triquetra (H. triquetra) and evaluate their potential antimicrobial activity as bioactive compounds. Methods: The fatty acid compositions of the examined species were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The antimicrobial activity of crude and fatty acids was assessed using the agar plug technique. Results: The fatty acids profile ranged from C8:0 to C20:4. Conc...

Julia Giora, and Luiz R. Malabarba, and William Crampton

Brachyhypopomus draco, new species, is described from central, southern and coastal regions of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, and Uruguay. It is diagnosed from congeners by, among other characters, the shape of the distal portion of the caudal filament in mature males, which during the reproductive period forms a distinct paddle shape structure.

Koike Y, and Kondo H, and Kondo S, and Takagi M, and Kano Y

Yoshihisa Koike,1 Hideki Kondo,2 Satoshi Kondo,1 Masayuki Takagi,1 Yoshio Kano31Department of Occupational Therapy, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Mihara, Japan; 2Yoshiigawa Hospital, Okayama, Japan; 3Department of Occupational Therapy, Kibi International University, Takahashi, JapanPurpose: To investigate whether a steam foot spa improves cognitive impairment in geriatric inpatients.Methods: Geriatric inpatients with cognitive impairment were given a steam foot spa treatment at 42°C f...

Ivchenko Vladislav, and Boronilov Anatoly

Russia promotes the application of GLONASS satellite information system in regional economies. In three regions, the system has already been introduced and is widely used, 21 more regions are introducing the system. Experts believe that this process will take from 3 to 5 years. The introduction and integrated use of GLONASS pose a number of organizational and economic problems for regional administrations. One of such problems is the evaluation of economic benefit from GLONASS implementation in ...

FITRI FAUZIAH

Abstract. Fauziah F. 2016. The response of farmers in coastal sand farm to auction marketing system of chili at subdistrict Panjatan Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 3: 94-98. Auction market system is a model of marketing which sellers and buyers joint into transaction forum that gives benefit to them. Auction market system can be used as an alternative to rural agribusiness development model. The institution groups of farmers at sub-district Panjatan, Kulon Progo have imp...

Katinka Sollie, and Eva Therese Næss, and Ida Solhaug, and Jens C. Thimm

Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition characterized by persistent and unexplained fatigue that may result in severe impairment of daily functioning. Currently, there is no curative treatment for CFS, and many patients experience the existing interventions as ineffective. Thus, there is a need for new approaches that target psychological maintenance factors and coping. Mindfulness is an approach to increasing awareness and acceptance of ongoing mental processes. Mindfulness-b...

Werneck M. R., and Da Silva R. J.

This paper presents a list of parasites described in sea turtles from the Neotropical region. Through the review of literature the occurrence of 79 taxa of helminthes parasites were observed, mostly consisting of the Phylum Platyhelminthes with 76 species distributed in 14 families and 2 families of the Phylum Nematoda within 3 species. Regarding the parasite records, the most studied host was the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) followed by the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridl...

Pawul-Gruba Marzena, and Michalski Mirosław, and Osek Jacek

The high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection was used for the study. The histamine was detected in 14.6% and 17.8% of the samples of fresh and smoked fish respectively. The highest concentrations of the compound were found in smoked herring and smoked sprat (17.7 mg/kg and 24.1 mg/kg respectively). Histamine concentration in fresh and smoked fish did not exceed the allowable limit, indicating that they are safe for consumers.

Scholz T., and Šimková A., and Razanabolana J. Rasamy, and Kuchta R.

The Asian fish tapeworm, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), is an invasive parasite of freshwater fishes that have been reported from more than 200 freshwater fish worldwide. It was originally described from a small cyprinid, Acheilognathus rombeus, in Japan but then has spread, usually with carp, minnows or guppies, to all continents including isolated islands such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba or Sri Lanka. In the present account, we report the first case ...

Bruno W. Giraldes, and Thais P. Macedo, and Manoela C. Brandão, and J. Antonio Baeza, and Andrea S. Freire

Lysmata arvoredensis sp. nov. inhabits temperate waters in the south coast of Brazil and is named in tribute to the Marine Protected Area REBIO Arvoredo. This is the fourth species belonging to the genus Lysmata recorded for the region and the ninth for Brazil. L. arvoredensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of Lysmata by the presence of a nearly completely fused accessory branch with a single free unguiform segment on the outer antennular flagellum; a rostrum with seven dorsal ...

Oscar Eduardo Peláez, and Filipe Manoel Azevedo, and Carla Simone Pavanelli

Abstract Aim: Heterogenous environments can contribute to maintain biodiversity. Traditionally beta diversity studies have focused on determining the effect of environmental variables on the total dissimilarity of species composition. However, decomposing beta diversity in species replacement and nestedness could give new insights on mechanisms affecting spatial patterns of biodiversity. We aimed to answer two main questions about spatial patterns of fish diversity in a Neotropical basin: 1) whe...

Silvio Jablonski, and Yasunobu Matsuura

Size compositions and total landings of skipjack tuna caught in the southeastern Brazilian waters by bait-boats are used as the basis of the assessment of the population for 1980-1983 period, employing the length cohort analysis and virtual population analysis. From monthly size frequency data it is suggested that there is constant immigration and emigration of different modal groups in the fishing area with an interval of two to three months. The exploitation rate was very low for length class ...

Yonghwan Kim, and Kyong-Hwan Kim, and Jae-Han Kim, and Taeyoung Kim, and Min-Guk Seo, and Yooil Kim

The present paper introduced a computer program, called WISH, which is based on a time-domain Rankine panel method. The WISH has been developed for practical use to predict the linear and nonlinear ship motion and structural loads in waves. The WISH adopts three different levels of seakeeping analysis: linear, weakly-nonlinear and weak-scatterer approaches. Later, WISH-FLEX has been developed to consider hydroelasticity effects on hull-girder structure. This program can solve the springing and w...

Davut Turan, and Cüneyt Kaya, and F. Güler Ekmekçi, and S. Serkan Güçlü

Alburnoides manyasensis, sp. n., is described from the Koca Stream (Lake Manyas drainage, Marmara Sea basin) in Anatolia. It is distinguished from all species of Alburnoides in Turkey and adjacent regions, Alburnoides tzanevi (Rezovska [Rezve], Istranca and Terkos streams in the western Black Sea drainage), Alburnoides cf. smyrnae (Banaz Stream, a drainage of Büyük Menderes River, Aegean Sea basin), Alburnoides fasciatus (streams and rivers in the eastern Black Sea drainage) and Alburn...

Daisuke Ito, and Michael Childress, and Nicola Mason, and Amber Winter, and Timothy O’Brien, and Michael Henson, and Antonella Borgatti, and Mitzi Lewellen, and Erika Krick, and Jane Stewart, and Sarah Lahrman, and Bartek Rajwa, and Milcah C Scott, and Davis Seelig, and Joseph Koopmeiners, and Stephan Ruetz, and Jaime Modiano

We previously described a population of lymphoid progenitor cells (LPCs) in canine B-cell lymphoma defined by retention of the early progenitor markers CD34 and CD117 and “slow proliferation” molecular signatures that persist in the xenotransplantation setting. We examined whether valspodar, a selective inhibitor of the ATP binding cassette B1 transporter (ABCB1, a.k.a., p-glycoprotein/multidrug resistance protein-1) used in the neoadjuvant setting would sensitize LPCs to doxorubicin and extend ...

F. Franchini, and M. Steinke

The production of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is poorly quantified in tropical reef environments but forms an essential process that couples marine and terrestrial sulfur cycles and affects climate. Here we quantified net aqueous DMS production and the concentration of its cellular precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in the sea anemone <i>Aiptasia</i> sp., a model organism to study coral-related processes. Bleached anemones did not show net DMS production whereas symbiotic anemones pro...

Arild Folkvord, and Øyvind Fiksen, and Hans Høie, and Arne Johannessen, and Erling Otterlei, and Knut Wiik Vollset

Marine fish larvae are subject to variable environments, which is probably reflected in their growth and survival rates. Mortality rates are generally high and size-dependent. At the species level, these mortality rates are usually accompanied by correspondingly high growth rates. Here we provide examples from experimental studies with Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae, in which multiple cohorts were followed over time. Body size, prey concentrations, and ...

Tawfik HA, and Youssef OR

Hatem A Tawfik,1 Osama R Youssef21Department of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptBackground: The purpose of this paper is to describe a simplified local anesthesia technique for external dacryocystorhinostomy (EXT-DCR).Methods: In this pilot, retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series, 448 patients (480 eyes) underwent EXT-DCR using a simplified local anesthesia technique. Nasal mucosal anesthesia was achieved using combined applicati...

Yuan-qi ZHAO, and Ying-yan LIAN, and Gui-fu LI, and Da-rong WU, and Min ZHAO, and Ye-feng CAI, and Jian-wen GUO

Objective To screen the risk factors influencing the short-term prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI),with an attempt to provide clues for improving early diagnosis and treatment.Methods The clinical data of 1337 patients with ACI,who had been hospitalized in the Department of Neurology of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine enrolled from August 1st,2005 to July 31st,2008,were retrospectively analyzed.Factors which would likely influence the outcome ...

Crislei Bett, and Luis Vinatea

Aiming to optimize the calculations of mechanical aeration requirements in Litopenaeus vannamei marine shrimp cultures, oxygen consumption was quantified in combined conditions of temperature (20, 25 and 30ºC) and salinity (1, 13, 25 and 37 ‰) at three body weights (2, 6 and 12 g) for juvenile L. vannamei. To measure oxygen consumption, shrimps were placed in a semi-open respirometry system. Results demonstrate that temperature, salinity, shrimp size and the interaction of these parameters signi...

Nisit Watthanasakphuban, and Akio Tani, and Soottawat Benjakul, and Suppasil Maneerat

A total of 48 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) exhibited antagonistic activity against Lactobacillus sakei subsp. sakei JCM 1157 or Staphylococcus aureus DMST 8840. Only strain K2N7 was selected for characterization of bacteriocin activity. It was identified as Lactobacillus pentosus based on 16S rDNA analysis. The maximum bacteriocin production was detected in early stationary phase of growth. It was found to be sensitive to proteolytic enzymes (trypsin, proteinase K, pronase E and -chymotrypsin...

Rubens Camargo Siqueira, and Rodrigo Jorge, and Ingrid Ursula Scott

PURPOSE: To describe an alternative surgical technique for the management of retinal detachment with no or minimal proliferative vitreoretinopathy (grade B) using transconjunctival retinopexy with active external drainage of subretinal fluid. METHODS: In a prospective, interventional study, eight consecutive patients with retinal detachment with no or minimal proliferative vitreoretinopathy (grade B) underwent transconjunctival retinopexy with active external drainage of subretinal fluid. Transc...

Daniel Loebmann, and João Paes Vieira

Este trabalho avaliou do impacto da pesca do camarão-rosa Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Perez-Farfante, 1967) sobre a assembléia de peixes e crustáceos do Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe. Constatou-se que, em média, a composição nas capturas da pesca do camarão-rosa, com a arte de pesca aviãozinho, é semelhantes àquelas descrita em para outros estuários do Rio Grande do Sul, quando considerada apenas a proporção das grandes categorias analisadas (espécie alvo - camarão-rosa 53%: captura acessória...

Amandine Vaslet, and Christine France, and Carole C. Baldwin, and Ilka C. Feller

Foraging habitats of juveniles of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther, 1862), were investigated in two mangrove ponds located in Twin Cays offshore islet in Belize: Sink Hole pond (SH) and Hidden Lake pond (HL). Sink Hole pond is a semiclosed body of water, whereas Hidden Lake pond is connected by a channel to adjacent seagrass beds that surround the islet. Gut contents of 21 juvenile C. urophthalmus (9.8-13.2 cm total length) were analyzed, and five prey taxa were identified. In...

Mohammad M. A. Abbas, and Ahmed A Habis, and Hamza Y Alshatri, and Abdullah M Kaki

Introduction: As a procedure, simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (SB-TKA) has not received its acceptance into routine clinical practice yet; perhaps, due to concerns regarding higher rates of perioperative complications associated with it as compared to the conventional unilateral procedure. The objective of the current study is to assess the safety of SB-TKA in relation to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score and to assess the incidence of postoperative complicatio...

Wang Chun-Jing, and Wan Ji-Zhong, and Qu Hong, and Zhang Zhi-Xiang

Environmental niche conservatism defines a concept, stating that species could live in the same environmental condition in both native and invasive ranges. Niche modeling often used this as basis for the prediction of the range of invasive plants. However, it is debatable whether environmental niches of invasive plant species are conserved or shift between native and invasive ranges. Only few studies have investigated such a shift in aquatic plant invaders (APIs) on a meaningful global scale. En...

R. Bezhenar, and K. T. Jung, and V. Maderich, and S. Willemsen, and G. de With, and F. Qiao

After the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), an accidental release of a large amount of radioactive isotopes into both the air and the ocean occurred. Measurements provided by the Japanese agencies over the past 5 years show that elevated concentrations of ¹³⁷Cs still remain in sediments, benthic organisms, and demersal fishes in the coastal zone around the FDNPP. These observations indicate that there are ¹³⁷...

Levent Bat, and Sabri Bilgin, and Ayşah Öztekin

Objective: To investigate the effect of copper on Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) (C. crangon) and Syngnathus acus (Linnaeus, 1758) (S. acus) from Black Sea. Methods: The acute toxicity of copper in water with clean sediment to C. crangon and S. acus from Sinop Peninsula of the Black Sea was evaluated by static 10-day and 21-day bioassays. Results: Mortality of both organisms increased with increase in concentrations of copper. The results showed that S. acus was more sensitive to copper t...

Alina Alfonso León

A medida que aumenta el nivel de envejecimiento demográfico, crece el interés desde diversas áreas del conocimiento humano de investigar en esta sensible temática. Este trabajo constituye un acercamiento a una importante cuestión que puede ser enmarcada dentro de las relaciones intergeneracionales: el cuidado de las personas mayores, desde el punto de vista de la carga que recae sobre los que ejercen esa tarea. El análisis de un pequeño grupo de entrevistas, arroja luz sobre este tema en la soci...

Luís Fernando Fávaro, and Elton Celton de Oliveira, and Augusto de Oliveira Brunow Ventura, and Nelsy Fenerich Verani

The spatial and temporal distribution of Sphoeroides greeleyi and Sphoeroides testudineus were established from collections (biological material and environmental data) conducted on a monthly basis from May 2000 to April 2001 in intertidal areas along the north-south axis of the estuarine complex of Paranaguá, Paraná State. In addition to characterizing a north-south spatial gradient, which fluctuates seasonally, the variation in the abiotic factors made possible the division of the estuary into...

Marijana Zekić-Sušac, and Nataša Šarlija, and Adela Has, and Ana Bilandžić

The paper aims to establish an efficient model for predicting company growth by leveraging the strengths of logistic regression and neural networks. A real dataset of Croatian companies was used which described the relevant industry sector, financial ratios, income, and assets in the input space, with a dependent binomial variable indicating whether a company had high-growth if it had annualized growth in assets by more than 20% a year over a three-year period. Due to a large number of input var...

W. M. van der Meij, and A. J. A. M. Temme, and C. M. F. J. J. de Kleijn, and T. Reimann, and G. B. M. Heuvelink, and Z. Zwoliński, and G. Rachlewicz, and K. Rymer, and M. Sommer

Soils in Arctic regions currently enjoy attention because of their sensitivity to climate change. It is therefore important to understand the natural processes and rates of development of these soils. Specifically, there is a need to quantify the rates and interactions between various landscape- and soil-forming processes. Soil chronosequences are ideal natural experiments for this purpose. In this contribution, we combine field observations, luminescence dating and soil&ndash;landscape modellin...

Nora Athmani, and Faiza Dehiba, and Amine Allaoui, and Ahmed Barkia, and Ali Bougatef, and Myriem Y Lamri-Senhadji, and Moncef Nasri, and Ahmed Boualga

Introduction. Several studies have reported that marine peptides have antioxidant effect. However, few have focused on their cholesterol-lowering effect. Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of sardine (Sardina pilchardus ) and sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) protein hydrolysates on reverse cholesterol transport, and antioxidant status, in rat fed a cholesterol-enriched diet. Materials and methods. Eighteen male Wistar rats (350±15g) were divided into three groups, ...

Sandrine Tangman, and Joyce Govinden Soulange, and Daniel Marie

Objective: To investigate the in vitro antibacterial and antioxidant activities of crude and fractionated extracts of the Plakortis nigra (P. nigra) sea sponge from Mauritius sea waters. Methods: Preliminary qualitative chemical screening of the sponge extracts was conducted by using standard methods while the total phenolic content (TPC) was estimated through the Folin-Ciocalteu method. Antibacterial activity was evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabil...

André Luiz Henríques Esguícero, and Marlene Sofia Arcifa

Abstract: Aim: As part of the remodeling of an almost century-old dam, in the Rio Jacaré-Guaçu, the dredging and management of macrophytes were carried out in the Gavião Peixoto Reservoir (São Paulo State, Brazil). Data for the reservoir and a river stretch upstream the reservoir were compared, for evaluating the effects of the management procedures. Methods The fish fauna and physical and chemical factors were studied during five years, before (2005-2006) and after the recovery procedures (200...

Samik Samaddar, and Sonal Dalvi Mitra, and Prakriti Roy, and Vaskar Saha, and Shekhar Krishnan, and Anirban Das, and Arpita Bhattacharyya

Suhaila Qari, and Samia Moharram, and Safaa Alowaidi

Objective: To determine the fatty acids profiles in female fish, Rhabdosargus sarba (R. sarba) from the Red Sea during the spawning season. Methods: Monthly individual R. sarba were obtained from Bangalah market in Jeddah, Red Sea and transported to the laboratory in ice aquarium. The total length, standard length and weight were measured, fishes were dissected. Ovaries were removed, weighed and 10 mL of concentrated hydrochloric acid were added to 10 g of the ovary in a conical flask and i...

Dulce Maria Filgueira de Almeida Suassuna

O trabalho discute a implantação e implementação de políticas públicas para o setor ambiental no Brasil, no período compreendido entre 1970 e 2000. Nesse contexto, realiza um estudo de caso do Projeto Tartarugas Marinhas (Projeto Tamar), apresentando uma análise comparativa das formas de intervenção em duas comunidades pesqueiras do litoral brasileiro: Praia do Forte (BA) e Regência (ES). Por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, foram reconstruídos discursos e postos em diálogo para a compreensão....

Licki Janusz, and Pawelec Andrzej, and Zimek Zbigniew, and Witman-Zając Sylwia

The exhaust gases from marine diesel engines contain high SO2 and NOx concentration. The applicability of the electron beam flue gas treatment technology for purification of marine diesel exhaust gases containing high SO2 and NOx concentration gases was the main goal of this paper. The study was performed in the laboratory plant with NOx concentration up to 1700 ppmv and SO2 concentration up to 1000 ppmv. Such high NOx and SO2 concentrations were observed in the exhaust gases from marine high-po...

Abersons Kaspar, and Birzaks Jānis

Most research to date on the status of the river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis L. in Latvia has been done based on catch statistics data. The aim of this study was to explore the present status of the river lamprey fishery in Latvia to improve the understanding of catch statistics data. Currently, river lamprey fishing in Latvia is carried out at 24 fishing grounds located on 17 rivers. The most popular fishing gear is the lamprey fyke net, but lamprey weirs and lamprey trammel nets are also us...

Zhirov I.V., and Kochetov A.G., and Zaseeva A.V.

The article provides information about the class of non-coding RNA (microRNA), their role in the diagnosis of chronic heart failure and the results of a pilot study.

Margot Davids, and Marie-Louise Samuels, and Roseline September, and Tshimi L. Moeng, and Linda Richter, and Thabo W. Mabogoane, and Ian Goldman, and Thabani Buthelezi

Policymaking in many instances does not follow proper diagnosis of a problem using evidence to justify why particular decisions have been taken. This article describes findings of a diagnostic review of existing challenges facing early childhood development (ECD) in South Africa. The review is part of the government’s attempt to use information to drive policy in strategic areas. It is part of the role that the Presidency is seeking to play in ensuring government programmes are evaluated to ensu...

A. A. Kubryakov, and A. A. Kubryakov, and S. V. Stanichny, and D. L. Volkov, and D. L. Volkov

Satellite altimetry measurements show that the magnitude of the Black Sea sea level trends is spatially uneven. While the basin-mean sea level rise from 1993 to 2014 was about 3.15 mm yr⁻¹, the local rates of sea level rise varied from 1.5–2.5 mm yr⁻¹ in the central part to 3.5–3.8 mm yr⁻¹ at the basin periphery and over the northwestern shelf and to 5 mm yr⁻¹ in the southeastern part of the sea. We show that the observed spatial differences in t...

D. Bunzel, and G. Schmiedl, and S. Lindhorst, and A. Mackensen, and J. Reolid, and S. Romahn, and C. Betzler

As a natural sediment trap, the marine sediments of the sheltered central part of the Maldives Inner Sea represent an exceptional archive for paleoenvironmental and climate changes in the equatorial Indian Ocean. To evaluate the complex interplay between high-latitude and monsoonal climate variability, related dust fluxes, and regional oceanographic responses, we focused on Fe ∕ Al, Ti ∕ Al and Si ∕ Ca ratios as proxies for terrigenous sediment delivery and total organic carbon (TOC) and B...

A. Kriegsmann, and B. Brümmer

This study investigates the impact of cyclones on the Arctic Ocean sea ice for the first time in a statistical manner. We apply the coupled ice–ocean model NAOSIM which is forced by the ECMWF analyses for the period 2006–2008. Cyclone position and radius detected in the ECMWF data are used to extract fields of wind, ice drift, and concentration from the ice–ocean model. Composite fields around the cyclone centre are calculated for different cyclone intensities, the four seasons, and different su...

Steven D Allison, and Yi eChao, and John D Farrara, and Stephen eHatosy, and Adam eMartiny

Extracellular enzymes are functional components of marine microbial communities that contribute to nutrient remineralization by catalyzing the degradation of organic substrates. Particularly in coastal environments, the magnitude of variation in enzyme activities across timescales is not well characterized. Therefore, we established the MICRO time series at Newport Pier, California, to assess enzyme activities and other ocean parameters at high temporal resolution in a coastal environment. We hy...

K. Pohl, and M. Cantwell, and P. Herckes, and R. Lohmann

Combustion-derived aerosols in the marine boundary layer have been poorly studied, especially in remote environments such as the open Atlantic Ocean. The tropical Atlantic has the potential to contain a high concentration of aerosols, such as black carbon, due to the African emission plume of biomass and agricultural burning products. Atmospheric particulate matter samples across the tropical Atlantic boundary layer were collected in the summer of 2010 during the southern hemispheric dry season ...

McLean L.D. Worsham, and Randy Gibson , and David G. Huffman

The San Marcos River in Central Texas has been well studied and has been demonstrated to be remarkably specious. Prior to the present study, research on free-living invertebrates in the San Marcos River only dealt with hard bodied taxa with the exception of the report of one gastrotrich, and one subterranean platyhelminth that only incidentally occurs in the head spring outflows. The remainder of the soft-bodied metazoan fauna that inhabit the San Marcos River had never been st...

Rodrigo Maciel Calvet, and Maria Marlúcia Gomes Pereira, and Amilton Paulo Raposo Costa, and Adriana Mabel Torres, and Maria Christina Sanches Muratori

The objective of this study was to identify the toxigenic mycobiota and the occurrence of aflatoxins in shrimp feed products intended for shrimp cultivated in the coastal area of the state of Piauí, Brazil, in three farms ("A", "B" and "C"). The toxigenic capacity of the fungal species isolated was tested for aflatoxins (AF) and ochratoxin A production. The fungal counts of shrimp feed were similar for the "A" and "B" farms at all cultivation phases, collection sites, in closed and opened packag...