During a preliminary survey of a brackish mangrove habitat in the Terraba River delta on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, several adult and subadult specimens of a new anthurid isopod, Cyathura odaliscae n. sp. were discovered. The specimens were collected from decaying wood in low salinity conditions (<5‰). The unique shape and complexity of the male copulatory stylet of C. odaliscae distin...

Global climate change is expected to cause sea level rise, which will have major effects on Singapore because it is a small, low-lying island state. With the high degree of urbanization and industrialization on the island, land is scarce and very valuable. Examining three sea level rise scenarios for the next century, we explorewhether Singapore should defend their coast or allow it to be inund...

Mosquito collections were made throughout the mainland of Papua New Guinea to identify the members of the Anopheles punctulatus group present and to determine their distribution. Identification was made using morphology, DNA hybridization, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-RFLP analysis. Nine members of the group were identified: An. farauti s.s. Laveran, An. farauti 2, An. koliensis Owen, an...

Alpine glaciation and river incision control the topography of mountain ranges, but their relative contributions have been debated for years. Apatite 4He/3He thermochronometry tightly constrains the timing and rate of glacial erosion within one of the largest valleys in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Five proximate samples require accelerated denudation of the Klinakl...

Ticks are the major vectors of most disease-causing agents to humans, companion animals and wildlife. Moreover, ticks transmit a greater variety of pathogenic agents than any other blood-feeding arthropod. Ticks have been expanding their geographic ranges in recent decades largely due to climate change. Furthermore, tick populations in many areas of their past and even newly established localit...

Different minerals including ( Na+, K+ and Ca++) in addition to iron copper) were determined different algae samples collected from some region at Al –Gabal –Khder coast (Libya). The (Ulva algae, Cladophora Polysiphonia Laurencia algae).The mineral contents measured by Flamephotometer, while the (iron levels estimated spectrophotometeric method. results showed variations between of studied samp...

Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta is one of the commercially vital pelagic fish in east and west coast India. The present study was analysis food spectrum R. kanagurtaat different stations Visakhapatnam coast, i.e., Station 1. Bangarammapalem, 2. Rambilli 3. Bheemunipatnam from July 2016 to June 2017. This species found be mainly feed on zooplankton goes 37%, phytoplankton 26%, egg larvae...