The physiological reactions to sediment of four scleractinia and five alcyonacea from South Mrica were observed in the laboratory. Species tested were Faviafavus Forskal, Favites pentagona Esper, Platygyra daedalea Ellis & Solander, Gyrosmilia interrupta Ehrenberg, Lobophytum depressum Tixier-Durivault, Lobophytum venustum Tixier-Durivault, Sinularia dura (Pratt), Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenbe...

interrupta) sowie vier Weichkorallen-Arten (Lobophyturn depressum, Lobophytum venustum, Sinularia dura und Sinularia leptoclados) wurden fiber einen Zeitraum yon sechs Wochen in Laborexperimenten hohen Sedimentationsraten ausgesetzt. Die experimentellen Sedimentationsraten entsprachen Maximalwerten, welche direkt auf siidafrikanischen Riffen gemessen wurden (200 mg cm-2h-l). Wahrend des Experim...

In 2021, fieldwork was started to create a new inventory of the flora Utrish Strict Nature Reserve. The territory reserve covered by network floristic transects in which locations vascular plants were recorded. total, 2465 records 615 species from 330 geographical points made. Information on findings is presented published dataset "Occurrences Reserve, Russia" Global Biodiversity Facility (GBIF...

Spilogale putorius (Eastern Spotted Skunk) is a small, secretive carnivore that has substantially declined throughout the eastern United States since mid-1900s. To better understand current status of Eastern Skunks, we studied survival and reproduction S. p. (Appalachian subspecies across 4 states in central southern Appalachian Mountains from 2014 to 2020. Using encounter histories 99 radio-co...

Disjunction between East Asian and eastern North American plants has been recognized since the time of Darwin. Although there is considerable evidence for congruent vicariance associated with late Neogene/Quaternary cooling among angiosperms, similar studies specific fern families (e.g., Osmundaceae Martinov) have appeared incongruous this pattern. Pteridologists continue to debate whether long...

The bee genus Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939 has until now been represented by a single specimen, which puzzled melittologists since its original description as Melecta? mucida Cresson, 1879. Through detailed morphological comparison and images, we show that the holotype is no more than an unusual specimen of widespread species, most recently known Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878). We demon...

Sobarocephala Czerny is divided into nine newly erected species groups: the S. archisobarocephala (4 spp.), S. erwini (3 spp.), S. flava (8 New World spp.; 2 Old World spp.), S. flaviseta (86 New World spp.; 1 Old World sp.), S. interrupta (86 spp.), S. isla (25 spp.), S. latipennis (16 spp.), S. plumicornis (9 Old World spp.), and S. ruebsaameni (11 spp.) groups; 1 species (S. setulocetra spec...