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Freshwater: From the database of chronic cobalt toxicity to freshwater invertebrates, 55 individual EC10 or NOEC values for 6 different individual species were reported. The NOEC/L(E)C10 ranged from 1.4 µg/L to 45 µg/L for Ceriodaphnia dubia exposed to a range of water types (CDI 2010i). The table below represents the EC10 values of high quality studies used for the derivation of HC5 and aquatic freshwater PNEC. Where multiple data exist for a given species (,5), e.g., Ceriodaphnia dubia, the geometric mean of the available EC10s for the most sensitive endpoints from each test were used. Table X. High quality studies used for derivation of the HC5and freshwater PNEC ...

Environmental factors have a varied impact on the development of juvenile and adult Cladocera, depending on their different physiological conditions and body size. The values of these factors alter spatially and temporarily, thus implying that they play a role in the spatial distribution of the pre-reproductive and potentially reproductive stages of cladocerans. The aim of the study was to determine seasonal and spatial variations in the distribution of juvenile and adult individuals of limnetic Cladocera in relation to selected physicochemical factors (temperature, conductivity, pH, concentration of dissolved oxygen, total organic carbon, total suspended solids) and fish predation pressure (measured by Chessons coefficient λ) in deep Lake Piaseczno (eastern Poland). Adult Cladocera displayed spatial distribution related to fish predation pressure. The species selectively eaten, B. coregoni and D. longispina, and non-selectively eaten, D. cucullata, selected the pelagic zone to exist, whereas ...

Description: The University of North Texas Stream Research Facility (UNTSRF) was designed to examine contaminant impacts on effluent-dominated stream ecosystems. Stream mesocosms, fed municipal effluent from the City of Denton, TX, Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant (PCWRP), were treated with 0, 15 or 140 µg/L cadmium for a 10-day study in August 2000. Laboratory toxicity test and stream macroinvertebrate responses indicated that cadmium bioavailability was reduced by constituents of effluent-dominated streams. The Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) for Cd was used to predict a 48 hour Cd EC50 for Ceriodaphnia dubia of 280 µg/L in these effluent-dominated streams. This value is higher that an EC50 of 38.3 µg/L Cd and a 7-day reproduction effect level of 3.3 µg/L Cd generated for C. dubia in reconstituted laboratory hard water. These results support use of a cadmium BLM for establishing site-specific acute water quality criteria in effluent-dominated streams. Although not affected by 15 µg/L ...

Cladocera is an order of small crustaceans commonly called water fleas. Around 620 species have been recognised so far, with many more undescribed.[1]. They are everywhere in inland aquatic habitats, but rare in the oceans.[2] Most are 0.2-6.0 mm (0.01-0.24 in) long, with a down-turned head, and a carapace covering the thorax and abdomen.[3] There is a single median compound eye.[2] They swim with jerking flea-like movements.. Most species show cyclical parthenogenesis, where asexual reproduction is occasionally supplemented by sexual reproduction. The sexual reproduction produces resting eggs that allow the species to survive harsh conditions and disperse to distant habitats.[4]. ...

For invertebrates, 44 individual reliable acute toxicity data points for two different species were put forward for hazard assessment purposes. The acute toxicity values (48h-LC50) for Ceriodaphnia dubia varied between 26.4 µg dissolved Pb/L (at pH 8.1 and hardness of 25 mg/L as CaCO3) and 3115.8 µg dissolved Pb/L (at pH 8.15 and hardness of 103.2 mg/L as CaCO3).The acute toxicity values (48h-LC50) for Daphnia magna were situated between 280 µg dissolved Pb/L (at pH 7.5 and hardness of 72 mg/L as CaCO3) and 364.5 µg dissolved Pb/L (at pH 7.6 and hardness of 54 mg/L as CaCO3). ...

Nawrocki, S. T., K. D. Drake, C. F. Watson, G. D. Foster, and K. J. Maier. (2005). Comparative aquatic toxicity evaluation of 2-(thiocyanomethylthio) benzothiazole (TCMTB) and selected degradation products using Ceriodaphnia dubia. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48: 344-350. Maier, K. J., J. L. Stobbe and K. D. Drake. (2003) Response to Letter to the Editor (re: Stobbe et al., 2003). International Journal of Toxicology 22:475-478. Stobbe, J. L., K. D. Drake, and K. J. Maier. (2003). Comparison of in vivo (Draize method) and in vitro (Corrositex assay) dermal corrosion values for selected industrial chemicals. International Journal of Toxicology 22:99-107. Davis, S. M., K. D. Drake, and K. J. Maier. (2002). Toxicity of boron to the duckweed, Spirodella polyrrhiza. Chemosphere. 48: 615-620. Dethloff, G. M., H. C. Bailey and K. J. Maier. (2001). Effects of dissolved copper on select hematological, biochemical and immunological parameters of wild rainbow trout (Onchrhynchus mykiss). Arch. Environ. ...

The primary disposal of alkyl sulfate from used commercial products is wastewater. The concentration of alkylsulfates in effluent from waste water treatment plants (WWTP) has been measured at 10 micrograms per litre (5.8×10−9 oz/cu in) and lower. Alkyl sulfates biodegrade easily, even starting likely before reaching the WWTP. Once at the treatment plant, they are rapidly removed by biodegradation. Invertebrates were found to be the most-sensitive trophic group to alkyl sulfates. Sodium laurylsulfate tested on Uronema parduczi, a protozoan, was found to have the lowest effect value with the 20 h-EC5 being 0.75 milligrams per litre (4.3×10−7 oz/cu in). Chronic exposure tests with C12 to C18 with the invertebrate Ceriodaphnia dubia found the highest toxicity is with C14 (NOEC was 0.045 mg/l). In terms of thermal stability, alkyl sulfates degrade well before reaching their boiling point due to low vapor pressure (for C8-18 from 10-11 to 10-15 hPa). Soil sorption is proportional to carbon chain ...

The primary disposal of alkyl sulfate from used commercial products is wastewater. The concentration of alkylsulfates in effluent from waste water treatment plants (WWTP) has been measured at 10 micrograms per litre (5.8×10−9 oz/cu in) and lower. Alkyl sulfates biodegrade easily, even starting likely before reaching the WWTP. Once at the treatment plant, they are rapidly removed by biodegradation. Invertebrates were found to be the most-sensitive trophic group to alkyl sulfates. Sodium laurylsulfate tested on Uronema parduczi, a protozoan, was found to have the lowest effect value with the 20 h-EC5 being 0.75 milligrams per litre (4.3×10−7 oz/cu in). Chronic exposure tests with C12 to C18 with the invertebrate Ceriodaphnia dubia found the highest toxicity is with C14 (NOEC was 0.045 mg/l). In terms of thermal stability, alkyl sulfates degrade well before reaching their boiling point due to low vapor pressure (for C8-18 from 10-11 to 10-15 hPa). Soil sorption is proportional to carbon chain ...

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Cladocerans dominated the microcrustacean communities in the study area. Fifty-one species were collected in the waterbodies and the greatest number of species belonged to the family Chydoridae. Many species of Chydoridae have great value as water-quality indicators because they are highly sensitive to changes in lake trophic state (de Eyto et al. 2002). Cladocerans and copepods are the two taxonomic groups most studied on the Yucatán Peninsula and in surrounding areas (Elías-Gutiérrez et al. 2008). Mexico has been actively involved in studying the systematics of Cladocera (Elías-Gutiérrez et al. 2006). Therefore, identification of collected cladocerans and copepods to species level was possible. Elías-Gutiérrez (2006) reported a total of 162 cladoceran species for two regions of Mexico (Morelos and southeast Mexico), four being endemic species of Southeast Mexico. Some of the cladoceran species we collected are widely distributed in the Northern Neotropics and South America. These ...

Latonopsis australis is a rare Cladocera inhabiting the entire stretch of the Cochin backwaters, the largest monsoonal estuary along the West Coast of India, during the summer monsoon, but restricted to the upper reaches during the non-monsoon periods. Here, we present the results of an experimental study, which assessed the influence of salinity on the life table demography of the species at different salinity levels. The life table demographic parameters such as net reproduction rate, generation time, intrinsic growth rate, gross reproductive rate, and survivorship of the species were measured in different salinities ranging from freshwater to mesohaline levels (salinity 14). The study showed that higher salinity had a significant negative effect on all life table demography parameters of the species, whereas freshwater to low saline conditions (salinity up to 8) favored the survivorship, life expectancy, net production, and growth rate. It was also noticed that salinity above 8 caused a ...

Define Cladocerans. Cladocerans synonyms, Cladocerans pronunciation, Cladocerans translation, English dictionary definition of Cladocerans. n. pl. 1. An order of the Entomostraca

Banta, Arthur Mangun (1930) Further observations on control of sex with Cladocera. In: Proceedings of the Second International Congress for Sex Research, 1930. Banta, Arthur Mangun (1930) The elimination of the male sex in the evolution of some lower animals. The Scientific Monthly, 30 (1). pp. 59-65. Banta, Arthur Mangun, Brown, Leland A. (January 1930) Control of sex in Cladocera. VI. By treatment with drugs. Physiological Zoology, 3 (1). pp. 48-55. Banta, Arthur Mangun, Wood, Thelma Rittenhouse (1930) Further studies on inheritance in Cladocera. The Anatomical Record, 47 (3). pp. 389-390. Belling, John (1930) The life-world; poems of science. The Mary Margaret Morgan Co., San Francisco. Blakeslee, Albert Francis (1930) Genetics at Storrs. In: Bulletin of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station: Dedication of Atwater Laboratory, June 12, 1930. Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, Connecticut, pp. 225-231. Blakeslee, Albert Francis (December 1930) Heredity and environment. The ...

To interpret the remains of Cladocera in lake sediments in relation to pH history, fish abundance, vegetation change, trophic level change and other historic events, it is necessary to understand the balance of abiotic and biotic forces responsible for their present distribution, population dynamics and morphological types. Once these factors are understood, we can reverse the arguments to infer past lake conditions. Many cladoceran species are influenced by fish and invertebrate predation. Some species, especially in the plankton, also show a clear physiological relation to pH and aluminium levels in lakes. Moreover, several littoral-benthic species have a habitat distribution restricted to rock, sand, mud, vegetation, or a combination of some of these. Remains of littoral and planktonic cladocerans were analysed in surface sediments of 18 Norwegian lakes with pH ranging from 4.5-7.5. In addition, sediment cores from four sites in Norway, four in Scotland and one in Sweden were analysed. The ...

The high protein and excellent nutritional value of Dubia Roaches make them a superior feeder insect over crickets, super worms, and mealworms. Dubia Roaches (Blaptica dubia), also known commonly as the Orange Spotted Roach, are quickly becoming one of the most popular feeders for a variety of reptiles

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Cla*doce*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a sprout + a horn.] Zoology|Zool. An order of the Entomostraca. ⇒ They have a bival...

Banker, Howard James (1931) Distribution of school success in families. The Journal of Heredity, 22 (12). pp. 373-379. Banker, Howard James (1931) Mental age distribution in school progress. Journal of Educational Research, 23 (4). pp. 273-279. Banta, Arthur Mangun (1931) Completion and preparation for publication of studies with Cladocera. In: Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 30, 1930-31. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C., pp. 423-425. Banta, Arthur Mangun, Brown, Leland A. (1931) Attempts to analyze the effects of crowding upon male production in the Cladoceran, Moina macrocopa. The Anatomical Record, 51 (1, sup). Banta, Arthur Mangun, Brown, Leland A. (1931) Factors involved in male production by crowded Moina macrocopa mothers. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 28 (8). pp. 820-822. Banta, Arthur Mangun, Wood, Thelma Rittenhouse (1931) Dwarf and slow developing clones of Daphina longispina. The Anatomical Record, 51 (1, sup). ...

All about gut loading Dubia roaches. Guidance & tips to create and maintain healthy feeders for your animals. Learn the what, how, and why of gutloading.

Augusti 20, Salto do Prego and the fumaroles in Furnas. Today we drove quite a bit eastwards to visit one of the many natural tourist attractions on São Miguel, the Salto do Prego waterfall.. Here a stop on the way to admire the view.. ...

In the past years, much work has been carried out on either life-history evolu- tion or structure and function of food webs. However, most studies dealt with only one of these areas and often touched

Lai arī zooplanktonu primāri nes ūdens straumes, daudziem ir attīstījusies lokomocijas spēja, lai izvairītos no plēsējiem vai lai labāk paši spētu baroties. Īpaši tas raksturīgs lielāka izmēra zooplanktona sugām. Maza izmēra organisms, jo tas sīkāks, jo vieglāk tam noturēties ūdenī un nenogrimt. Toties vēžveidīgajiem, kuri ir lielāki, noturēties ūdenī ir iespējams tikai tādēļ, ja tie nemitīgi peld.[1] Atsevišķas virpotāju (Rotatoria) un kladoceru (Cladocera) sugas svaru samazina ar gļotu un recekļu palīdzību ķermenī. Svaru organismiem samazina arī gāzes un tauku ieslēgumi, piesātinātība ar ūdeni, audu recekļainība, skeleta porainība un izdilšana.[2] Arī ārējā forma ir piemērota, lai noturētos ūdenī. Tie ir dažādi izaugumi, kas kavē grimšanu,[1] ...

There was a thread posted on arachnoboards recently attributing massive increases in producation to using oranges or grapefruit in some cases. I personally didnt have any dubia reproducing for months until I added oranges and alot of people have had the experience. Has anybody run into something...

Hey guys, just wanted to know what you guys think of Beneful Original Dry Dog Food as the staple protein source for my Dubia colony. Heres the link...

Discover Lifes page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Scolia dubia, scoliid wasp image

Arrowhead Alpines Bellevalia dubia - Youd be forgiven for mistaking this for a muscari (it was included in that genus in the past, I believe), though more intricately and vividly colored than any grape hyacinth. Flowers are an intense, almost iridescent blue tipped with green when in bud, and morph into a greenish-brown once they

Rosenberg, G. (2013). Iolaea dubia Golikov & Kussakin in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576641 on 2017-12- ...

Harding J., 1957. Crustacea: Cladocera Bulletin de lInstitut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique : Résultats scientifiques de lexploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947). - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen : Wetenschappelijke resultaten van exploratie hydrobiologische Tanganyikameer (1946-1947)., III(6(5)):55-89

Index Fungorum Partnership (2018). Index Fungorum. Glugea cladocera Pfeiffer. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559097 on 2018-02-20 ...

(Order Cladocera): One of two lateral outpocketings of midgut; located in head posterior to border of esophagus and midgut. An additional unpaired cecum may open into posterior end of digestive tract. (Syn. cecum, hepatic cecum, midgut…

By comparing the neurocranium of the butterfly ray Gymnura micrura with representative species of five families of Batoidea, it is recognized that it corresponds to the anatomical pattern of the order Myliobatiformes, because of the absence of the rostrum, the presence of a single fontanelle and the development of the postorbital processes. The species under study differs from the Urotrygonidae and Dasyatidae by having subdivided postorbital processes. The organization of the encephalon of G. micrura corresponds to the anatomical pattern of the Batoidea. However, unlike the Rhinobatidae, Urotrygonidae, and Dasyatidae, the cerebellum is symmetrical; in contrast with the Myliobatidae, the cerebral hemispheres are reduced; and, the main difference in relation to the Narcinidae, is the absence of electrical lobes. ...

Praia das Furnas Beach acquired this name due the several cracks and caves on its cliff slopes - Furnas. Here, the Vale do Pocilgão Stream empties.

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Objectives: 1. Locate and assemble scientific data from the U.S. Arctic on the concentrations and effects of POPs in all compartments (e.g., marine and terrestrial biota, abiotic substrates) of the Arctic. 2. Evaluate, analyze and summarize these scientific data from the U.S. Arctic into text suitable for inclusion in a new (second) AMAP publication on POPs. 3. Disseminate the summarized information via a U.S. AMAP Internet page that is directly linked to the current International AMAP Internet page. Summary (Abstract): The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) was established in 1991 and given the responsibility of monitoring the concentrations and assessing the effects of selected anthropogenic pollutants in all compartments of the Arctic. The first AMAP assessment report, published in 1998, points out gaps in our current understanding of contaminant inputs, their transport processes and food web interactions. In addition, the AMAP report noted a serious lack of information about

Jeremy Keiths Year Zero beautifully explains why the W3C needs our backs, not our bullets.. The W3C is maddeningly opaque and its lieutenants will sometimes march madly into the sea, but it is all that stands between us and the whirlwind.. Slow the W3C will always be. Slow comes with the territory. If you glimpse even a hint of the level of detail required to craft usable standards, youll understand the slowness and maybe even be grateful for it-as youd be grateful for a surgeon who takes his time while operating on your pancreas.. But the secrecy (which makes us read bad things into the slowness) must and will change. To my knowledge, the W3C has been working on its transparency problems for at least two years and making real change-just very slowly (theres that word again) and incrementally and hence not at all obviously.. Key decision makers within the W3C intend to do much more, but they need to get their colleagues on board, and consensus-building is a bitch. A slow bitch.. If ...

is a personal favorite of mine: a thriller only a geek could write (Sundman has decades of experience in computer programming), with real characters, frenetic action and suspense, salty dialog, and serious ideas behind the hot cyber action. If Dan Brown read Sundman, he would understand that thrillers about ideas dont have to be claustrophobic, one-dimensional, and absurd. If he took Sundman to heart, he would write better books, although they would sell fewer copies.. Which brings it back to you. Sundman is a brilliant author who, for political, intellectual, or other reasons shuns mainstream publishing and success. If we are to keep enjoying his works, we need to help him realize them. I was proud to contribute to ...

Thankfully, Romesberg and his team have no intention of using their research to provoke some kind of explosion of new, hybrid life forms. As Romesberg told Reuters, his X and Y nucleotide bases cant bond with DNAs natural bases, nor can these semi-synthetic organisms (SSOs) survive outside a laboratory setting. They cant escape, Romesberg said. Theres no Jurassic Park scenario ...

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Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i-ii, 1-824 pp doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: page 212. ...

The 69M pressure switch is used to regulate tank pressure between two preset valves on small (up to 175 psi) electrically driven air compressors.

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We are extremely pleased to have attracted a group of world-renowned leaders to one of our key focus areas, atrial fibrillation said Robert Fischer, MD, CEO of OMEICOS. The addition of these seasoned experts to OMEICOS Clinical Advisory Board is a testament to the potential of our program and we look forward to their invaluable scientific and clinical development expertise as we shape our strategy to develop an effective therapeutic to achieve long term rhythm control in patients with AF.. Dr. Leonardo Calóis focused on studying cardiac arrhythmias, electrophysiology and ablation and is an expert in the functional role played by omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of arrhythmias in different settings. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and has participated in several international clinical trials. He is associated Editor of Journal of Cardiovascular Interventional Electrophysiology and European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, has authored or co-authored numerous papers ...

474. Bianchini, A. and Wood, C.M. (2008) Sodium uptake in different life stages of crustaceans: The water flea Daphnia magna Strauss. J. Exp. Biol. 211 pp: 539-547. (PDF). ...

Grand Isle, VT - The Lake Champlain Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Rapid Response Task Force has determined that eradication of spiny water flea in Lake Champlain is not technically feasible. Spread prevention measures should be implemented as soon as possible.. The Rapid Response Task Force reviewed the technical feasibility of preventing the spiny water flea from spreading from Lake Champlain to other inland water bodies. There are no known methods to eradicate spiny water flea once they have been detected in a water body. Initial sampling has confirmed its presence at multiple lake stations in the Main Lake segment of Lake Champlain. In 2012, spiny water flea was discovered in both the Champlain Canal and Lake George. Spiny water fleas have been detected in the southern Adirondacks in Great Sacandaga Lake (2008), Peck Lake (2009), and Stewarts Bridge Reservoir and Sacandaga Lake (2010). This summer they were detected in Lakes Piseco and Pleasant (2014). It is unknown how the spiny water flea ...

Water flea eye. Polarised light micrograph of the eye of a Sida crystallina water flea. Water fleas (order Cladocera) are small crustaceans, commonly found in fresh water. They are filter feeders that ingest algae, protozoa or organic matter, and are a constituent of plankton. Magnification: x400 when printed 10 centimetres wide. - Stock Image C028/9152

article{2094443, author = {Nguyen Thi Hong, Lien and Muyssen, Brita and Janssen, Colin}, issn = {0045-6535}, journal = {CHEMOSPHERE}, keyword = {Hyalella azteca,Zinc,Sediment toxicity,Dietary exposure,Selective feeding,ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES,SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS,FRESH-WATER INVERTEBRATES,TOXICITY TESTS,BOUND METALS,NEANTHES-ARENACEODENTATA,AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES,REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY,AVOIDANCE-RESPONSE,SPIKED SEDIMENTS}, language = {eng}, number = {1}, pages = {84--90}, title = {Single versus combined exposure of Hyalella azteca to zinc contaminated sediment and food}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.066}, volume = {87}, year = {2012 ...

(YouTube link) Aint science wonderful? Here is a video of the microscopic water flea performing a little musical ditty. -via Improbable Research, where youll find an additional video of a water flea playing with a toy....

We analyzed a large data set of laboratory experiments to examine the effects of cyanobacteria containing or lacking intracellular toxic metabolites and of different morphology on zooplankton population growth rates across multiple genera and species of cladocerans, rotifers and cyanobacteria. Twenty-one of the 29 zooplankton species maintained positive growth rates when fed a diet containing cyanobacteria even though cyanobacteria were a poor food source for half of the zooplankton species tested relative to a diet containing only green algae and/or flagellates. Differences among zooplankton species could not be explained by grazer species body lengths, even when experiments were restricted to those that used only filamentous cyanobacteria. Single-celled cyanobacteria were more detrimental to a larger number of zooplankton species compared to filamentous or chroococcoid colonial cyanobacteria. We also found no clear effect of putative cyanobacterial toxins on the growth of seven zooplankton ...

The ubiquitous, freshwater microcrustacean Daphnia pulex provides a model system for both human health research and monitoring ecosystem integrity. It is the first crustacean to have a well annotated, reference genome assembly that revealed an unusually high gene count highlighted by a large gene orphanage,-i.e., previously uncharacterized genes. Daphnia are capable of either clonal or sexual reproduction, making them ideally suited for genetic manipulation, but the establishment of gene manipulation techniques is needed to accurately define gene functions. Although previous investigations developed an RNA interference (RNAi) system for one congener D. magna, these methods are not appropriate for D. pulex because of the smaller size of their early embryos. In these studies, we develop RNAi techniques for D. pulex by first determining the optimum culture conditions of their isolated embryos and then applying these conditions to the development of microinjection techniques and proof-of-principle RNAi

The common evergreen dwarf shrub Empetrum hormaphroditum has influence on the functioning of boreal terrestrial ecosystems in northern Sweden. The negative effects of E. hermaphroditum are partly attributed to the production of the dihydrostilbene, batatasin-III, which is released from leaves and litter by rain and snowmelt. In this study, we investigated whether batatasin-III is carried by runoff into streams and lakes during the snowmelt period and whether it is also potentially hazardous to aquatic fauna. Sampling of water from streams and a lake for which the surrounding terrestrial vegetation is dominated by E. hermaphroditum was done during the snowmelt period in May 1993 and in 1998, and analyzed for batatasin-III. Using 24- and 48-hr standard toxicity tests, we analyzed toxicity to brown trout (Salmo trutta) alevins and juvenile water fleas (Daphnia magna). Toxicity (proportion of dead individuals) to trout was tested at pH 6.5 and compared with that of a phenol within a range of ...

Microcrustacean emergence from the dry sediments is an important colonization pathway that allows these microfauna to recover and repopulate temporary aquatic habitats after months or years of dryness. Viable microcrustacean propagules in sediments of three different temporary aquatic habitats - rainpools located within the rarely flooded portions, frequently flooded floodplains and rarely flooded floodplains - were assessed experimentally by flooding the soils. Three major groups of microcrustaceans - cladocerans, copepods and ostracods - emerged from the sediments. Species richness and mean total numbers of emerged microcrustaceans per sample varied across the studied temporary aquatic habitats (Kruskal-Wallis, p , 0.05). Both species richness and mean total number of emerged microcrustacean per sample were lowest in sediments of rarely flooded floodplains. The highest species richness of microcrustaceans emerged from the treatments with soils of the frequently flooded floodplains. The mean ...

Discussion Our study suggests that local and regional processes interact to produce patterns of species composition and diversity of zooplankton in Kasseb Reservoir. In this system of highly connected reservoirs, Kasseb Reservoir provides the water for the Ghdir El Goulla Reservoir (Sellami et al., 2009). Connections between reservoirs can have positive and negative impacts on zooplankton communities. The Kasseb Reservoir has low diversity (8 zooplankton species). The results of this study suggest that this system is structured according to the species-sorting paradigm (Leibold et al., 2004). Connectivity can promote high community diversity by providing new species from the regional pool, but can also limit local diversity by washing out species, setting up local communities for competitive exclusion, and otherwise providing a disturbance that can offset equilibrium conditions (Cottenie and DeMeester, 2005).. The highest zooplankton densities were found in early September at a depth of 5 m ...

Coupling of physical, biological and chemical processes associated with particle resuspension and seston flux was investigated at three sites in the North Sea with contrasting water column (mixed/stratified) and seabed (cohesive/non-cohesive) characteristics. Seston concentration was determined by a combination of local resuspension and advection of a regional horizontal concentration gradient. Model simulations of observations show that fair weather, the bed erosion rate was limited by the availability of suitable bed material. The resuspended particles were derived from a surficial veneer of material (fluff) that was relatively enriched in organic carbon. Sediment from the bed itself was therefore not resuspended by tidal currents even at a shallow water, sandy site. Bioturbation of the seabed by infauna significantly modified the properties of muddy sands at a deep water site in summer, but this was insufficient to cause tidal entrainment of the bed sediment. Resuspension increased under ...

Earthworms and tiny water fleas could help deliver clean water to billions of people in remote areas of the world by eating up sewage and other pollution.

James Tour, lead researcher on the study, said: This work shows that whole organisms, such as small worms and water fleas, can be killed by nanomachines that get into them. This is not only single-cell death, but also the entire organism, which causes thousands of cells to die. . In a subsequent test, the researchers shifted the target to a larger animal, the mouse. They smeared a local mixture containing micromachines on the skin of mice, and once activated, the drill bits caused skin damage and ulcers. While this doesnt sound good for poor animals, the researchers say the test shows how nanodrills will eventually be used in beneficial ways. They can be used on human skin to penetrate melanoma, kill parasites such as worms or fight eczema and other skin diseases.. The idea is that nanodrills can be trained to target only certain cells so that they dont harm healthy human cells.. The study was published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.. ...

However, the actual feeding mechanisms employed by different zooplankters exert an overriding primary control that of food particle acquisition. It is in this context that we primarily attribute Ceratiums influence on zooplankton composition favouring Bosmina and calanoid copepods, while inhibiting Daphnia and Moina (as explained below).. Bosmina has been characterised as an undergrowth taxon able to find and feed on diffuse small food particles (including bacteria) in a nutritional environment overwhelmed by large, mostly inedible particles (Sommer et al., 1986). Similarly, the raptorial feeding mechanism of calanoid (and cyclopoid) copepods allows them to very selectively locate scarce suitable food particles (Koehl and Strickler, 1981; Strickler, 1984; Vanderploeg and Paffenhofer, 1985; Paffenhofer and Lewis, 1990; Brandl, 1998). Conversely, Daphnia employs non-selective bulk filtration, a mode of food collection that greatly compromises it when suspended particles are predominantly ...

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Metabolic and stoichiometric theories of ecology have provided broad complementary principles to understand ecosystem processes across different levels of biological organization. We tested several of their cornerstone hypotheses by measuring the nucleic acid (NA) and phosphorus (P) content of crustacean zooplankton species in 22 high mountain lakes (Sierra Nevada and the Pyrenees mountains, Spain). The P-allocation hypothesis (PAH) proposes that the genome size is smaller in cladocerans than in copepods as a result of selection for fast growth towards P-allocation from DNA to RNA under P limitation. Consistent with the PAH, the RNA: DNA ratio was , 8-fold higher in cladocerans than in copepods, although fast-growth cladocerans did not always exhibit higher RNA and lower DNA contents in comparison to slow-growth copepods. We also showed strong associations among growth rate, RNA, and total P content supporting the growth rate hypothesis, which predicts that fast-growing organisms have high P ...

Toxicity tests are most frequently conducted on organisms derived from laboratory cultures that have been reared for many generations following standardized protocols. The restricted density of laboratory populations and the possibility of occasional population crashes increases the probability that random genetic drift and inbreeding may decrease genetic variation of the culture below that typically found in natural populations of the species. Likewise, isolation of organisms in different laboratories may contribute to significant genetic differentiation among culture populations... In the situation where certain genotypes are more resistant to a particular stressor, using a culture that is dominated by the resistant genotype may underestimate the toxic effect of a contaminant. Similarly, the inclusion of a greater number of sensitive genotypes in a test may overestimate toxicity. This experiment was conducted to test the null hypothesis that no difference in tolerance to zinc contamination ...

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The last ten years have witnessed increasing interest in host-pathogen interactions involving invertebrate hosts. The invertebrate innate immune system is now relatively well characterised, but in a limited range of genetic model organisms and under a limited number of conditions. Immune systems have been little studied under real-world scenarios of environmental variation and parasitism. Thus, we have investigated expression of candidate innate immune system genes in the water flea Daphnia, a model organism for ecological genetics, and whose capacity for clonal reproduction facilitates an exceptionally rigorous control of exposure dose or the study of responses at many time points. A unique characteristic of the particular Daphnia clones and pathogen strain combinations used presently is that they have been shown to be involved in specific host-pathogen coevolutionary interactions in the wild. We choose five genes, which are strong candidates to be involved in Daphnia-pathogen interactions, ...

I love listening to live blues music. One of my favorite venues is the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA, about an hour and a half drive from my house. Discovering the Canyon Club, one of the premier hot spots for the blues in Southern California, has afforded me the pleasure of seeing legends like Johnny Winter, John Mayall (the father of the British blues), and Charlie Musselwhite play.. In the realm of biology, a team of researchers has recently discovered hot spots in the genome of the water flea Daphnia pulex. Unfortunately for evolutionary biologists, this finding is forcing them to change their tune about the origin of introns (regions of noncoding DNA within genes). At the same time it has creationists and intelligent design proponents making joyful sounds. Thats because this discovery helps provide an explanation from a creation perspective for genome features considered junk DNA, supposedly the most compelling evidence for biological evolution.. According to evolutionary biologists, ...

The paper presents the results of paleoecological and chemical analyzes of bottom sediments of the small hardwater lake Pniówno. In the sediment profile of undisturbed structure, remains of subfossil Cladocera were analyzed, as well as the content of total organic carbon, carbonates and silica (with separation of terrigenous and biogenic fractions). The age of sediments was determined by dating with the 210Pb method. In addition, changes in the surface water network and catchment area were analyzed based on archival maps, covering the period from the beginning of the 19th century to modern times. Despite the widespread view of the deteriorating state of surface waters as a result of increased anthropogenic pressure, the example of the shallow Pniówno Lake indicates a periodic improvement in the state of water during the time covered by the analysis. This was probably caused by hydrological and climatic changes enabling the development of submerged macrophytes as well as settlement decline ...

The spiny water flea lives in Lake Michigan and possibly some inland lakes. It uses swimming antennae to move in the water. As it grows, it sheds the outer shell over its body, but not over its spine. The barbed tail spine makes it difficult for predators to swallow this organism, and, after attempting to eat it, they often spit it back out. The life span of the spiny water flea lasts several days to about two weeks. Adults are present in water bodies from late spring until fall. This crustacean may produce up to 10 offspring every two weeks. Most of the spring, summer and fall populations are comprised of females. These adult females produce unfertilized eggs that develop into female offspring that are identical to the mother. This cycle continues as long as the water temperature is not too hot or too cold and food is plentiful. When the water temperature begins to cool in the fall, both males and females are produced, allowing sexual reproduction to occur. Eggs are then deposited over the ...

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From York University - quite possibly the most poorly written science by press release Ive seen this year. The leaps of may are profound, and the footbal team analogy is designed to elicit sympathy. I suppose if Daphnia populations were collapsing in lakes due to lack of helmets and shoulder pads, wed see a collapse…

IT is a question worthy of the scientists of CSI Miami -- which has the more complex gene structure a human being or the humble flea?

Confocal microscopic image captured through the Keith Porter Image Facility, UMBC, a collaborative project between Stephen Bradley & Dr. Tagide deCarvalho, UMBC. The process is called autofluorescence a natural emission of light by biological structures such as mitochondria and lysosomes when they have absorbed light, and is used to distinguish the light originating from artificially added fluorescent markers (fluorophores). The bug was sampled from Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center, next to Brooklyn & Curtis Bay, Maryland, August 2017. The overall project is called Waters Edge, Biome Tells, funded by a UMBC summer research fund.. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Applying a 3-D image measurement technique exploring the deformation of net cage under wave-current interaction. AU - Chen, Yang Yih. AU - Yang, Bin Da. AU - Chen, Yang Ting. N1 - Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the support from Pingtung County Government and Ministry of Science and Technology Taiwan , under the Grant 106-2911-I-006 - 301 -. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. PY - 2019/2/1. Y1 - 2019/2/1. N2 - This study was conducted to calculate and analyze the net-cage volume of Submergible single-cage and double-cage systems affected by currents, waves, waves in cocurrent flow, and waves in countercurrent flow by using a 3-D imaging system to develop a more accurate method for estimating net-cage deformations. The results indicate that currents impose a significantly greater impact on net-cage deformation than waves do. The nets achieved maximal deformation when the trough passes through the net cages, and waves in concurrent flow caused greater ...

The poor diversity of the zooplankton community and of copepods appears to be a characteristic feature of several small basins on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, particularly those receiving land-based effluents (e.g. Abdel-Aziz & Dorgham 2002, Abdel-Aziz 2004). The number of. zooplankton species recorded Enzalutamide during the present study (42 taxa including larval stages) is slightly higher than that recorded (37 taxa) by Abou-Zeid (1990) and El-Serehy et al. (2001). This may be because their studies did not take into account the western lagoon connected with the lake, or the continuous dredging activities in the main lake and shipping lane, which renew the lakes water masses. In general, the low number of species recorded in the lake can be attributed to the continuous discharge of wastewater, which leads to increasing nutrient concentrations and hence the dominance of just a few. species. This was confirmed by Ludsin et al. (2001) and Prepas & Charette (2003), who concluded that the ...

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Is this really potassium deficiency? I noticed this in the tank a while ago and adding a bit more of the macro solution doesnt seem to do the job! A better experienced eye maybe can help me out! Ceratopteris cornuta A stem plant... Plant ID maybe someone:icon_lol: i Dont know the name of ...

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Our research interests are in zooplankton ecology and physiology, coastal and deep-sea food webs, nutrient cycling, and marine detritus or marine snow. Much of our current focus is on how zooplankton community structure affects flux of organic material and cycling of nutrients in the sea.. Our laboratory is involved in a number of projects with this theme, including the. ...

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1. The labral glands consist of a proximal and a distal group of gland-cells.. 2. The proximal group consists on each side of about twenty cells. The cells possess large flat nuclei and their secretion collects as intercellular vaeuoles.. 3. The distal glands which are in connexion with the proximal groups consist on each side of five cells--four gland-cells and a duct-cell. The anterior pair of gland-cells possess large spheroidal nuclei between which is an ill-defined reservoir of secretion. The posterior pair have cup-shaped nuclei between which is a very definite reservoir of secretion.. 4. The duct-cell is in the form of a hollow tube, one end opening to the exterior near the tip of the labrum and the other end opening into the reservoir of secretion between the nuclei of the posterior pair of distal gland-cells. The duct-cells act as ducts for the whole of the labral glands, the secretion passing as vacuoles from cell to cell.. 5. The duct-cell alters the reaction of the secretion before ...

Marine zooplankton form a significant part of the marine ecosystem since they are relatively low on the food chain and they exist in vast quantities. However, little is known of their behavior, how they feed, how they interact or their swimming patterns. To explore some of these issues a three-dimensional imaging sonar was developed to track the movements of these zooplankton in their native environment. The tracking problem requires a high frequency sonar with a fast frame update rate and reasonably high resolutions in three dimensions. It also requires a small array to minimize the proximity effects of the transducer package on the zooplankton behavior, to allow mounting of the transducer array on small remotely operated submersible vehicles and to reduce the cost of the sonar. This led to an array architecture which resolves the target volume of interest into a three-dimensional array of volumetric units that are digitized and stored in computer memory. This digitized array of numbers is then ...

Understanding gene expression changes over lifespan in diverse animal species will lead to insights to conserved processes in the biology of aging and allow development of interventions to improve health. Rotifers are small aquatic invertebrates that have been used in aging studies for nearly 100 years and are now re-emerging as a modern model system. To provide a baseline to evaluate genetic responses to interventions that change health throughout lifespan and a framework for new hypotheses about the molecular genetic mechanisms of aging, we examined the transcriptome of an asexual female lineage of the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas at five life stages: eggs, neonates, and early-, late-, and post-reproductive adults. There are widespread shifts in gene expression over the lifespan of B. manjavacas; the largest change occurs between neonates and early reproductive adults and is characterized by down-regulation of developmental genes and up-regulation of genes involved in reproduction. The expression

The pilidium larva is a novel body plan that arose within a single clade in the phylum Nemertea - the Pilidiophora. While the sister clade of the Pilidiophora and the basal nemerteans develop directly, pilidiophorans have a long-lived planktotrophic larva with a body plan distinctly different from that of the juvenile. Uniquely, the pilidiophoran juvenile develops inside the larva from several discrete rudiments. The orientation of the juvenile with respect to the larval body varies within the Pilidiophora, which suggests that the larval and juvenile anteroposterior (AP) axes are patterned differently. In order to gain insight into the evolutionary origins of the pilidium larva and the mechanisms underlying this implied axial uncoupling, we examined the expression of the Hox genes during development of the pilidiophoran Micrura alaskensis. We identified sequences of nine Hox genes and the ParaHox gene caudal through a combination of transcriptome analysis and molecular cloning, and determined their

The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsins lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.

There are a lot of factors that influence the composition and abundance of zooplankton communities which are namely physical, chemical and biological. Factors recognised mostly are temperature, pH, and availability of food, these act simultaneously causing it to interact to different degrees resulting the structure of zooplanktons to be in a variety. Temperature controls the reproductive rate, population size and metabolism of the species (Edmondson, 1965) while in tropical regions, precipitation and wind are the physical factors which are significant in affecting the composition of zooplanktons (Matsumara-Tundinsi & Noguiera, 1996). Predation by fish may affect its structure as well in accordance with the fish feeding mode: selective feeders, differential capture of organisms, tendency to eliminate large species which are replaced by less vulnerable forms (Brooks & Dodson, 1965). The diversity of species may be lesser sometimes but single species may be superior over other groups in terms of ...