Cockles Cerastoderma edule were fed two different concentrations of two diets with different qualities which were achieved by mixing different proportions of ashed silt particles with cells of the microalgae Tetraselmis suecica. After 3 days (acute response) and 11 days (acclimated response) of exposure to the diets, we analysed the digestive activity of the digestive gland using cyto-histologi...

BACKGROUND Mesembryanthemum edule is a medicinal plant which has been indicated by Xhosa traditional healers in the treatment HIV associated diseases such as tuberculosis, dysentery, diabetic mellitus, laryngitis, mouth infections, ringworm eczema and vaginal infections. The investigation of the essential oil of this plant could help to verify the rationale behind the use of the plant as a cure...

This paper describes a model for assessment of coastal and offshore shellfish aquaculture at the farm-scale. The Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) model is directed both at the farmer and the regulator, and has three main uses: (i) prospective analyses of culture location and species selection; (ii) ecological and economic optimisation of culture practice, such as timing and sizes for...

Cockle mortality events have been reported in northern France since 2012. In the present study, we describe and investigate implication of a potential bacterial causative agent cockle mortality. Bacteria isolated from five different were characterized studied. Using phenotypic analysis combined with DNA–DNA hybridization (DDH) whole genome sequencing, isolates shown to belong Vibrio aestuarianu...

Fungi Mikoriza Arbuskula (FMA) mempunyai peran aktif dalam membantu pertumbuhan tanaman. Akar tanaman yang terinfeksi FMA akan memiliki kemampuan penyerapan unsur hara dan air dari tanah lebih baik. juga berperan menangkal serangan penyakit pada Keanekaragaman karakteristik menginfeksi beberapa tegakan pohon di Hutan Pendidikan Anggori belum pernah dilaporkan, padahal informasi demikian penting...

Population dynamics of common intertidal bivalves (Cerastoderma edule, Macoma balthica, Mya arenaria, Mytilus edulis) are strongly related to seawater temperatures. In northwestern European estuaries, series of mild winters followed by low bivalve recruit densities lead to small adult stocks. In this study, we examine temperature-induced effects on reproductive output (eggs m22), onset of spawn...

The fatty acid profiles of various organs of the thermogenic inflorescence of Sauromatum guttatum and of the sporophylls of thermogenic male cones of two cycad species (Encephalartos ferox and Dioon edule var edule and var angustifolium) were determined by gas chromatography. During anthesis, palmitate (16:0), oleate [18:1 (9)], cis-vaccinate [18:1 (11)], and linoleate [18:2 (9, 12)] were the m...