Bacteria are believed to play an important role in the fitness and biochemistry of sponges (Porifera). Pseudomonas species (Gammaproteobacteria, Pseudomonadales) are capable of colonizing a broad range of eukaryotic hosts, but knowledge of their diversity and function in freshwater invertebrates is rudimentary. We assessed the diversity, structure and antimicrobial activities of Pseudomonas spp...

The seasonal variation of fish species composition and abundance in gillnet catches (14-90 mm knot-to-knot) from the Greek part of the transboundary Lake Doirani was studied during the period 2006-2007. A total of 8,419 specimens weighing 182.3 kg and belonging to 9 species were caught. Catch composition differed with season. Thus, Rhodeus meridionalis dominated in terms of NPUE the spring, Per...

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this study was conducted to investigate hematophagic tendencies of the malaria vector based on a seasonal basis as well as by geographical region in a malaria endemic area in kahnouj, southern iran. this study was carried out for 14 months from apr/ 2002 up to the end of may 2003. female anophelines were collected from different shelters in hilly and plain regions of kahnouj district and their ...

The relative importance of species-specific biological trait characteristics and environmental factors in invasions of nonindigenous species remains controversial because both have mostly been studied independently. Thus, the main objective of this study was to examine the correlation of biological traits with environmental variation in the globally invasive round goby Neogobius melanostomus fr...

Acoustic communication is essential to survival for many fish species, however it is often understudied. This thesis investigates two areas of acoustic communication in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). These fish have no accessory hearing structures, and theory would predict they would be unable to localize sound sources, however it has been shown that round gobies can localize conspeci...

Anca Chiriac1,2,3, Cosmin Moldovan4, Calin Molnar5, Cristian Podoleanu6 and Simona Stolnicu7 1Department of Dermato-Physiology, Apollonia University, 700535 Iasi, Romania, 2Department of Dermatology, Nicolina Medical Centre, 700613 Iasi, Romania, 3‘P. Poni’ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 700487 Iasi, Romania, 4Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures, ...