Abstract Fish are known to pose strong effects on invertebrate abundance, species richness and assemblage structure. Littoral vegetation may play a crucial role as refuge for invertebrates vulnerable fish predation. We studied relative densities taxonomic composition of water mites, aquatic beetles bugs in large lake-like ponds with different status (fish-free containing fish) mesohabitats (eme...

La sculpture sur bois est une activité artisanale qui se pratique dans certaines localités des départements de l’Atlantique et du Littoral au sud Bénin. Son exercice, bien que pénible, continue mobiliser quelques rares artisans passionnés. Malgré cette soit progressivement délaissée, ses productions sont cependant d’un attrait pour les touristes. Pour la sauvegarde activité, étude a visé à réal...

The aim of the study was to assess neonatal birth weight (BW) differences between inland and littoral Croatia, to identify BW groups with most pronounced differences, and possible variations in the rate of BW > or = 4000 g between Sibenik area and the rest of littoral (counties with access to the Adriatic Sea) and inland Croatia. The study included data on 99.42% of 200,740 live births recorded...