The ingestion of plastic by marine turtles is now reported for all species. Small juvenile (including post-hatchling and oceanic juveniles) are thought to be most at risk, due feeding preferences overlap with areas high abundance. Their remote dispersed life stage, however, results in limited access assessments. Here, stranded bycaught specimens from Queensland Australia, Pacific Ocean (PO; n =...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that children in Tokelau have a lower prevalence of asthma and atopy compared to Tokelauan children resident in New Zealand. We hypothesized that the low asthma and atopy prevalence in Tokelau may be associated with low indoor allergen levels. METHODS Dust was collected from bedding and floors of 76 homes and four public buildings in Tokelau and from the...

Nuclear markers such as microsatellites have allowed the identification of conservation and management populations of the Hawksbill turtles. In present study, eight microsatellite loci were studied. 60 samples of hawksbill turtles. flipper from Shidvar and Hormuz Islands have been surgically removed and preserved in 20% DMSO buffer. DNA was extracted using DNP KIT and amplified by PCR methods. ...

nuclear markers such as microsatellites have allowed the identification of conservation and management populations of the hawksbill turtles. in present study, eight microsatellite loci were studied. 60 samples of hawksbill turtles. flipper from shidvar and hormuz islands have been surgically removed and preserved in 20% dmso buffer. dna was extracted using dnp kit and amplified by pcr methods. ...

The lack of accurate distribution maps and reliable abundance estimates for marine species can limit the ability managers to design scale-appropriate management measures a stock or population. Here, we tested utility aerial photogrammetry conducting large-scale surveys nesting turtles at remote locations, with focus on flatback turtle (Natator depressus) in Pilbara region Western Australia. Aer...

– Surveys of hawksbill turtles in the Atlantic Ocean have been undertaken to examine mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity and to test hypotheses concerning female reproductive migratory behavior and the composition of foraging ground populations. Studies of nesting females indicate that a natal homing mechanism predominates and that nesting populations should be considered separate stocks. Analy...

ringworm in 1874, but he considered the fungus to be identical with that of the European ringworm. Manson (1879?82) in China was the first to describe the disease in any detail and he gave it the name tinea imbricata; he considered the fungus a non-cultivable Trichophyton, to which Blanchard gave the name Trichophyton concentricum. Castellani in Ceylon (1910-11) was the first to cultivate the f...

ethanolic crude extract of i. imbricata lindl. (iridaceae) was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel with varying portions of meoh: chcl3. nigicin (irisolone) was isolated and its identification carried out by ir, uv, ms, 1-d and 2-d nmr spectroscopy.