Sponges are an important component of benthic ecosystems in New Zealand, and as suspension feeders they can process large volumes of water meaning that their interaction with the water column is likely to be of great importance. Our research focuses on the functional role of sponges as suspension feeders in temperate rocky subtidal ecosystems on the Wellington South Coast, New Zealand. We inves...

After collecting calcareous corpuscles from plerocercoid of Spirometra mansoni (sparganum), we evaluated the antigenic values of calcareous corpuscles binding proteins obtained from the cyst fluid of Taenia solium metacestodes. Immunoblot analysis revealed that cysticercosis patient sera strongly recognized 10 and 95 kDa calcareous corpuscles binding proteins. This result demonstrated that calc...

The understanding of the carbonate platform reservoirs can be improved through the comparative analysis of outcropping analogous, such as the Triassic ones from the Italian Dolomites (Fig. 1). The study of the different platform generations outcropping in this region is particularly worthy in clarifying the dynamic relationships between the changing carbonate production and the depositional arc...

The aim of this study is to determine the qualitative variability and relative presence sesquiterpene hydrocarbons in essential oils samples Teucrium montanum L. collected from two different substrate types. Four serpentinite four calcareous were obtained by method hydrodistillation aboveground plant parts. Based on results, it was shown that populations habitats synthesize 2 times more sesquit...

This paper presents a machine learning based approach for analyses of photos collected from laboratory experiments conducted to assess the potential impact of water-based drill cuttings on deep-water rhodolith-forming calcareous algae. This pilot study uses imaging technology to quantify and monitor the stress levels of the calcareous algae Mesophyllum engelhartii (Foslie) Adey caused by variou...

the cheshin meta-calcareous rocks (permo triassic) in southeast hamedan outcrop in association with a variety of pelitic schists and hornfels rocks. the intrusion of the alvand batholith (jurassic age) into pelitic and calcareous host rocks has produced metamorphic rocks in the hamedan area (cheshin village). on the basis of the dominance of calcite/dolomite, silicate and ore minerals, the calc...

Previous studies of spatial patterns among fossil assemblages have demonstrated the utility of gradient analysis as a n investigative tool inpaleobiology. However, because lateral samples in these studies have routinely been widely spaced (commonly tens of kilometers apart), there is little sense of the degree to which faunas vary locally, relative to variation observed a t larger scales along ...

A sedimentological survey of the southwest arm of the Holocene Pigeon Creek tidal lagoon on San Salvador Island, Bahamas was conducted to determine the origin and distribution of calcareous sediments. Transect surveys, surface samples, and sediment cores were collected and examined to determine the abundance and distribution of sediments and sediment producers in the lagoon and associated tidal...