The study investigates feeding habits of thermophilic species and with subtropical affinity in the fishing catch Bay Medulin (northeastern Adriatic Sea), contributes to knowledge about their presence recently extended distributional range. In our methodology, Seriola dumerili, Sphyraena sphyraena, Lichia amia, Coryphaena hippurus, Caranx crysos, Pomatomus saltatrix, incidence Trachinotus ovatus...

Our knowledge of deepwater ecosystems along the Pacific of Central America is extremely limited. We analyzed the diet composition of 200 adult specimens of Lophiodes spilurus ranging in size from 7.8 to 17.8 cm total length (TL). Samples were obtained from deep bottom trawls (depth: 105-238 m) along the central Pacific of Costa Rica. We calculated the percentage of number (% N), weight (% W), a...

introduction:the overlap syndrome, consisting ofobstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (osahs) and chronic obstructvie pulmonary disease (copd) is a major problem in copd patients. oshas corresponds to the likelihood of systemic hypertension.the present study was aimed to evaluate the association between apnea-hypopnea index and diastolic blood presssure (dbp) in overlap  patients. materials...

Comparative studies on the diet of large felids in protected areas (PAs) and surrounding multi-use landscapes are important for their conservation. The Asiatic lion is an endangered felid distributed Gir PA land matrix. Based scat analyses, we assessed dietary composition lions. frequency occurrence (FOO), biomass consumption model, niche breadth overlap index was used to quantify diet. ate mor...

Small pelagic fish (SPF) play an important ecological role by facilitating energy transfer in marine ecosystems, from lower to higher trophic levels. The Celtic Seas ecoregion is home several economically SPF that spend some or all their life these waters. In recent decades, major changes the relative abundances of 6 main region (anchovy, herring, horse mackerel, sardine, and sprat) have been o...

background: it is widely considered that a regular breakfast provides a number of health benefits; however, there is no general scientific agreement regarding what kind of food should be consumed. evidence supports the importance of balancing blood glucose levels by l ow glycaemic index/load (l-gi/l) and increased protein diets, in particular in metabolic disorders, which non-alcoholic fatty li...

I examined the diet of breeding White-tailed Kites (Elanus leucurus; Aves; Accipitridae) and Barn Owls (Tyto alba; Aves; Tytonidae) in an agrarian area of southern Brazil by analyzing regurgitated prey remains. The objective was to evaluate how these raptors, which differ markedly in their hunting activity periods (owls are nocturnal and kites diurnal), share their mammalian food component. 2,0...

The study of the feeding ecology of amphibians is an old issue in herpetology. Notwithstanding, the lack of food resources data in many studies of amphibians feeding has lead to partial understanding of frog feeding strategies. In this study we evaluate the trophic selectivity of a red spotted green frog (Hypsiboas punctatus) population from a Middle Paraná River floodplain pond in Argentina, a...

Abstract The silverside sailfin, Telmatherina sarasinorum Kottelat 1991, is an endemic fish that lives in Matano Lake, South Sulawesi. purpose of this study to analyze the stomach contents T. sarasinorum. was conducted from March 2018 February 2019. Samples were collected using bag nets (with mesh size 0.5 inches). (N=2124 individuals) consisted 1318 male and 806 female with a total body length...

BACKGROUND Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) is originally from South-East Asia, but has been introduced and become invasive in many tropical and subtropical parts of the world. In South Africa, T. granifera is rapidly invading an increasing number of coastal lakes and estuaries, often reaching very high population densities and dominating shallow water benthic invertebrate assemblages. An asse...