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1. Histology and ultrastructure of the salivary glands in Bulla striata (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)

Author:
Lobo-da-Cunha, Alexandre; Calado, Gonçalo
Source:
Invertebrate biology 2008 v.127 no.1 pp. 33-44
ISSN:
1077-8306
Subject:
Mollusca; diet; glycogen; glycosaminoglycans; granules; herbivores; histology; light microscopy; lysosomes; phylogeny; proteins; salivary glands; secretion; secretory granules; staining; transmission electron microscopy; ultrastructure
Abstract:
... The ribbon-shaped salivary glands in Bulla striata were studied with light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Secretion is produced in tubules formed by two types of secretory cells, namely granular mucocytes and vacuolated cells, intercalated with ciliated cells. A central longitudinal duct lined by the same cell types collects the secretion and conducts it to the buccal cavit ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00113.x

2. Recent habitat degradation in karstic Lake Uluabat, western Turkey: A coupled limnological-palaeolimnological approach

Author:
Reed, Jane M.; Leng, Melanie J.; Ryan, Sandra; Black, Stuart; Altinsaçli, Selçuk; Griffiths, Huw I.
Source:
Biological conservation 2008 v.141 no.11 pp. 2765-2783
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
paleoecology; Mollusca; land use; stable isotopes; phosphorus; sediments; limnology; lakes; ecosystems; water pollution; temporal variation; fossils; water management; eutrophication; Bacillariophyta; carbonates; Ostracoda; surveys; karsts; submerged aquatic plants; environmental monitoring; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The Ramsar site of Lake Uluabat, western Turkey, suffers from eutrophication, urban and industrial pollution and water abstraction, and its water levels are managed artificially. Here we combine monitoring and palaeolimnological techniques to investigate spatial and temporal limnological variability and ecosystem impact, using an ostracod and mollusc survey to strengthen interpretation of the foss ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.012

3. Response of macroinvertebrate communities to remediation-simulating conditions in Pennsylvania streams influenced by acid mine drainage

Author:
Ross, Robert M.; Long, Eric S.; Dropkin, David S.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2008 v.145 no.1-3 pp. 323-338
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Chironomidae; Coleoptera; Crustacea; Ephemeroptera; Mollusca; Nematoda; Plecoptera; Trichoptera; acid mine drainage; herbivores; limestone; macroinvertebrates; scrapers; streams; watersheds; Pennsylvania
Abstract:
... We compared naturally alkaline streams with limestone lithology to freestone streams with and without acid mine drainage (AMD) to predict benthic macroinvertebrate community recovery from AMD in limestone-treated watersheds. Surrogate-recovered (limestone) and, in many cases, freestone systems had significantly higher macroinvertebrate densities; diversity; taxa richness; Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-0042-3
PubMed:
18236166

4. Biodiversity of soft-sediment benthic communities from Italian transitional waters

Author:
Munari, Cristina; Mistri, Michele
Source:
Journal of biogeography 2008 v.35 no.9 pp. 1622-1637
ISSN:
0305-0270
Subject:
fauna; Crustacea; ecoregions; linear models; benthic organisms; data collection; Mollusca; habitats; regression analysis; latitude; species diversity; Annelida; climatic factors; biogeography; macroinvertebrates
Abstract:
... For conservation purposes, it is important to understand the forces that shape biodiversity in transitional waters (TWs) and to evaluate the effects of small-scale latitudinal changes. To this end, we analysed data on soft-sediment macroinvertebrates from nine Italian TWs in order to (1) investigate the structure and distribution of the benthic fauna and their relationships with environmental and ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01919.x

5. Environmetrics to evaluate marine environment quality

Author:
Spanos, Thomas; Simeonov, Vasil; Simeonova, Pavlina; Apostolidou, Eleni; Stratis, John
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2008 v.143 no.1-3 pp. 215-225
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
heavy metals; lead; marine environment; cluster analysis; carbon; Mollusca; sediments; linear models; data collection; least squares; cadmium; coasts; cobalt; copper; Polychaeta; benthic organisms; principal component analysis; chromium; Crustacea; zinc; nickel; Bulgaria; Black Sea
Abstract:
... The environmetric data analysis of analytical datasets from sediment and benthic organisms samples collected from different sampling sites along the coast of Black Sea near to City of Varna, Bulgaria has given some important indications about the bioindication properties of both type of samples. Various multivariate statistical methods like cluster analysis, principal components analysis, source a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-9970-1

6. Palaeolimnology as a tool to inform shallow lake management: an example from Upton Great Broad, Norfolk, UK

Author:
Ayres, Kathryn R.; Sayer, Carl D.; Skeate, Eleanor R.; Perrow, Martin R.
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2008 v.17 no.9 pp. 2153-2168
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
Characeae; Mollusca; Najas marina; Nymphaea alba; fauna; lakes; limnology; littoral zone; macrophytes; meadows; molluscs; paleontology; sediments; swamps; water management; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... This palaeolimnological study investigates recent changes in the biological structure of an English shallow lake (Upton Great Broad, Norfolk). By focusing on the historical occurrence of submerged macrophytes, particularly the rare UK species, Najas marina L. (Holly-leaved Naiad), we address a management question that frequently arises for shallow lakes, namely whether to undertake sediment remova ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-007-9223-1

7. Comparative lophotrochozoan neurogenesis and larval neuroanatomy: Recent advances from previously neglected taxa

Author:
Wanninger, A.
Source:
Acta biologica Hungarica 2008 v.59 no.0 pp. 127-136
ISSN:
0236-5383
Subject:
Annelida; Bryozoa; Mollusca; adults; larvae; metamorphosis; molluscs; monophyly; nerve tissue; neurodevelopment; neurogenesis; neurophysiology; ontogeny; ventral nerve cord
Abstract:
... Recently, a number of neurodevelopmental studies of hitherto neglected taxa have become available, contributing to questions relating to the evolution of the nervous system of Lophotrochozoa (Spiralia + Lophophorata). As an example, neurogenesis of echiurans showed that these worm-shaped spiralians, which as adults do not exhibit any signs of segmentation, do show such traits during ontogeny, e.g. ...
DOI:
10.1556/ABiol.59.2008.Suppl.21

8. Community analysis of Belarusian lakes: correlations of species diversity with hydrochemistry

Author:
Karatayev, Alexander Y.; Burlakova, Lyubov E.; Dodson, Stanley I.
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2008 v.605 no.1 pp. 99-112
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
macrophytes; dissolved organic carbon; molluscs; nutrients; Mollusca; Copepoda; correlation; lakes; sulfates; water hardness; chemical concentration; freshwater; phytoplankton; benthic organisms; variance; principal component analysis; Chlorophyta; Rotifera; species diversity; hydrochemistry; Bacillariophyta; nitrogen; chlorides; Cyanobacteria; Trichoptera; Chironomidae; Belarus
Abstract:
... Our purpose was to explore relationships of freshwater planktonic and benthic community species richness with water chemistry parameters using a dataset of biological, chemical, and physical data from 550 lakes. This was done using multivariate (ordination), graphical, and correlation analyses. Although the lakes are rather similar in location (Belarus) and in being mostly eutrophic, they do show ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-008-9323-2

9. Estuarine colonization, population structure and nursery functioning for 0-group sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), flounder (Platichthys flesus) and sole (Solea solea) in a mesotidal temperate estuary

Author:
Martinho, F.; Leitão, R.; Neto, J.M.; Cabral, H.; Lagardère, F.; Pardal, M.A.
Source:
Journal of applied ichthyology 2008 v.24 no.3 pp. 229-237
ISSN:
0175-8659
Subject:
Amphipoda; Decapoda; Dicentrarchus labrax; Isopoda; Mollusca; Platichthys flesus; Polychaeta; Solea solea; bass; benthic organisms; estuaries; flounder; growing season; juveniles; population structure
Abstract:
... The function of the Mondego estuary as a fish nursery habitat was investigated from June 2003 to June 2004 by comparing the timing of estuarine colonization with juveniles of sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, flounder Platichthys flesus, and sole Solea solea, while also analysing their population structure, growth and diet composition. Differences in the onset of estuarine colonization were observed, ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.01049.x

10. The impact of diet on the growth and proximate composition of juvenile whelks, Dicathais orbita (Gastropoda: Mollusca)

Author:
Woodcock, Skye Heather; Benkendorff, Kirsten
Source:
Aquaculture 2008 v.276 no.1-4 pp. 162-170
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Mollusca; mollusc culture; animal growth; food consumption; feed conversion; mortality
Abstract:
... Dicathais orbita is a predatory marine whelk of interest as a new source of protein for potential production in aquaculture. Establishment of a successful aquaculture industry based on this species will require optimisation of their diet for fast growth and survival, whilst maintaining a good proximate composition in the flesh. Here we compare the effects of four diets fed to juvenile D. orbita ov ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.01.036

11. Development of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera and Céspedes 1971 (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) larvae in the intermediate host Sarasinula marginata (Semper 1885) (Mollusca: Soleolifera)

Author:
Mendonça, Cristiane L. G. F.; Carvalho, Omar S.; Mota, Ester M.; Lenzi, Henrique L.
Source:
Parasitology research 2008 v.102 no.5 pp. 861-865
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Angiostrongylus; Mollusca; carbohydrates; granules; intestines; larvae; larval development; lipids; molting; rodents; slugs
Abstract:
... In life cycle of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, veronicellidae mollusks participate as the invertebrate host while rodents as the main vertebrate host. The current work shows a sequential larval development of A. costaricensis in Sarasinula marginata, individually killed and digested from day 1 to 43, post infection. Some larvae, recovered from sedimentation, were submitted to selective staining a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-007-0834-y
PubMed:
18293010

12. First record of Cymatium keenae Beu, 1970 (Mollusca: Ranellidae) from Antofagasta Bay, northern Chile, in connection with El Niño events

Author:
Ashton, Tom; Riascos, Jose M.; Pacheco, Aldo
Source:
Helgoland marine research 2008 v.62 no.Supplement 1 pp. 107-110
ISSN:
1438-387X
Subject:
El Nino; Mollusca; adults; islands; mollusc culture; Chile; Ecuador; Galapagos Islands; Gulf of California; Mexico
Abstract:
... Cymatium (Monoplex) keenae Beu, 1970, the neopolitan triton, is a Ranellidae predator distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. In this study we report this species for the first time in Antofagasta Bay, northern Chile. Adult specimens have been found since June 2003 at depths ranging from 5 to 15 m in La Rinconada Marine Reserve (23°28′18″S, 70°30′46″W) in Antofagasta Bay, near a scallop fa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10152-007-0084-5

13. Fish distribution and diet in relation to the invasive macrophyte Lagarosiphon major in the littoral zone of Lake Dunstan, New Zealand

Author:
Bickel, T.O.; Closs, G.P.
Source:
Ecology of freshwater fish 2008 v.17 no.1 pp. 10-19
ISSN:
1600-0633
Subject:
Chironomidae; Lagarosiphon major; Mollusca; Trichoptera; biodiversity; diet; ecosystems; fish; habitat destruction; habitats; invertebrates; lakes; littoral zone; macrophytes; spatial variation; temporal variation; New Zealand
Abstract:
... Invasive macrophytes are usually associated with negative impacts on habitat quality and a threat to native biodiversity. However, they might provide the same beneficial functions of native macrophytes, i.e., the provision of food and shelter for fish, in the absence of native macrophytes. To assess the value of the invasive macrophyte Lagarosiphon major as a fish habitat, we investigated the spat ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00249.x

14. Probiotics in aquaculture: The need, principles and mechanisms of action and screening processes

Author:
Kesarcodi-Watson, Aditya; Kaspar, Heinrich; Lategan, M. Josie; Gibson, Lewis
Source:
Aquaculture 2008 v.274 no.1 pp. 1-14
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Mollusca; molluscs; probiotics; mollusc culture; bacterial infections; disease control
Abstract:
... Aquaculture production of molluscs is worth US$11 billion per year and represents 65% of World mollusc product. A significant limitation to the industry is loss of stock through bacterial disease. Traditional methods to combat disease with antibiotics have been questioned and alternatives have been sought. The field of probiotics as well as the screening methods used to acquire probiotic strains f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.11.019

15. Spatio-temporal variations of biomass and abundance in bathyal non-crustacean megafauna in the Catalan Sea (North-western Mediterranean)

Author:
Ramírez-Llodra, Eva; Ballesteros, Manuel; Company, Joan B.; Dantart, Luis; Sardà, Francisco
Source:
Marine biology 2008 v.153 no.3 pp. 297-309
ISSN:
0025-3162
Subject:
Cnidaria; Decapoda; Echinodermata; Mollusca; Polychaeta; analysis of variance; biomass; canyons; fauna; fisheries; habitats; molluscs; spatial variation; temporal variation; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract:
... The spatio-temporal variations in diversity, biomass and abundance of bathyal invertebrates (excluding decapod crustaceans, which have been analysed elsewhere) from the North-western Mediterranean margin are described. The upper canyon (∼450 m), middle slope (∼650 m) and lower slope (∼1,200 m) habitats were investigated throughout the year. The first two sites are visited daily by a specialised co ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00227-007-0805-y