marine invertebrates
HemagglutinatingHemolytic activities in extracts of marine invertebrates from the Brazilian coast and isolation of two lectins from the marine sponge Cliona varians and the sea cucumber Holothuria grisea
... The growing applications of lectins underscore the potential economic importance of the discovery of novel species for biotechnology. To date, the tropical sponge Cliona varians possesses one isolated lectin, CvL-1. ...
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Tough adults, frail babies: an analysis of stress sensitivity across early life-history stages of widely introduced marine invertebrates.
... The genetic patterns found were clear-cut: genetic differentia- tion was high between populations of S. plicata, while it was negligible for M. squamiger. However, we could not detect a clear correlation of this pattern ...
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Thirteen new records of marine invertebrates and two of fishes from Cape Verde Islands
... unrecorded marine invertebrate species has caught my attention when diving in the Cape Verde ...thirteen marine invertebrates and two fishes new for the fauna of the Cape Verde archipelago are ...
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New records of marine invertebrates from the coast of Gabon, Eastern Atlantic
... of marine invertebrates that had not yet been recorded from the coast of ...the marine fauna of the rocky coast of Gabon appears to be quite typical of the Gulf of Guinea but appa- rently contains ...
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Evaluation of the antioxidant activity and antitumor activity of marine invertebrates extracts
... The sea hare Bursatella leachii (Blainville, 1817) is a mollusk, belonging to the Ophistobranchia order, subclass Gastropoda, family Aplysiidae (Hickman, et al. 2006). This marine invertebrate is a soft body ...
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New records of marine invertebrates from Sao Tome and Principe, eastern Atlantic
... The marine fauna of the Gulf of Guinea is one of the least known in the world (Roberts et ...the marine fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe appears to be a mix of the two faunal regions (Scheltema 1971, 1995; ...
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New records of marine invertebrates from Ascension Island (central Atlantic)
... Ascension Island is a small and isolated island situated in the tropical South Atlantic (7°56’S, 14°25’W), the nearest landfall being St Helena, an island 1,130 km away. Ascension Island itself is the tip of a large ...
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FIELD EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM MARINE INVERTEBRATES AS ANTIFOULANTS
... Marine biofouling is a result of bacterial growth, algae and sessile invertebrates on submer- ged surfaces, both natural and man-made. Despite being a natural process, fouling is currently one of the most ...
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Ten new records of marine invertebrates from the Azores
... Wirtz et al. (2003) listed eight species of sea anemones from the Azores; two more species are now added. Avila (2000) gave a list of the shallow water marine molluscs of the Azores; Calado (2002) and Wirtz (in ...
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Braz. j. oceanogr. vol.58 número especial 4
... threatened marine invertebrates and estimate the overlap between highly suitable areas for these species and the Brazilian marine protected areas ...
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The small giant clam, Tridacna maxima exhibits minimal population genetic structure in the Red sea and genetic differentiation from the Gulf of Aden
... high marine species endemicity, especially among a few groups of reef fishes and marine invertebrates (Berumen et ...2009). Marine invertebrates constitute the most diverse organisms on ...
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Rev. bras. farmacogn. vol.17 número3
... sessile marine invertebrates may not only possess a specifi c ecological or physiological role, but may also exert a multitude of biological activities, as it has been demonstrated for the Mediterranean ...
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Braz. J. Geol. vol.45 número1
... a marine brackish or restricted marine system, and lower energy environments that allowed the precipitation of the carbonate mud, with salinity ranges that permit a less diverse biota to be ...
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J. Braz. Chem. Soc. vol.13 número2
... Synthetic matrices are useful and practical to provide preliminary results to evaluate methods in terms of recoveries although they are not a perfect approach for marine sediments due to the matrix effects. One ...
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MarinEye - A tool for marine monitoring
... The implementation of MarinEye will generate data that will give an integrated view of the different compartments of the main pelagic oceanic ecosystem, combining physical, chemical, and different biological levels. Such ...
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Biometry of neotropical invertebrates inhabiting fl oodplain rivers: unraveling bionomy
... terrestrial, benthic and planktonic invertebrates from other biogeographic regions (mostly compiled in Smock, 1980; Benke et al., 1999 and Johnston & Cunjak, 1999 for North America, Towers et al., 1994 for New ...
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A statistical analysis of North East Atlantic (submicron) aerosol size distributions
... and Cluster 12 were found to be similar, associated with cold temperatures and low average atmospheric pressure, whilst Cluster 11 showed opposite trends and occurring mainly dur- ing summer months (Fig. 4e). Clusters ...
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Relationships between aquatic invertebrates, water quality and vegetation in an Andean peatland system
... aquatic invertebrates (benthic macroinvertebrates) assemblages all showed similar patterns, with samples from Site 3 forming a stable group and samples from Sites 1 and 2 forming a separate and more variable ...
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Preliminary studies of quality assessment of aquatic environments from Cluj suburban areas, based on some invertebrates bioindicators and chemical indicators
... of invertebrates bioindicators correlated with some chemical parameters, were an effective way to characterize the quality of lotic (Someş River) and lentic (Lake Gilău) aquatic environment from Cluj-Napoca ...
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An ecological framework for the development of a national MPA network
... Isolated marine protected areas (MPAs) may not be enough to sustain viable populations of marine species, particularly the many small coastal MPAs which resulted due to social, economic and political ...
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