Understanding how natural selection acts on intraspecific variation to bring about phenotypic divergence is critical understanding processes of evolutionary diversification. The orchid family well known for pollinator-mediated floral phenotypes operating among species and along environmental or geographic gradients. Its effectiveness at small spatial scales less understood, making the scale whi...

We conducted gross and microscopic characterizations of lesions in Cnidaria from Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. We found growth anomalies (GA) to be the most commonly encountered lesion. Cases of discoloration and tissue loss were rare. GAs had a focal or multi-focal distribution and were predominantly nodular, exophytic, and umbonate. In scleractinians, the majority of GAs manifested as hyper...

Semisulcospira is a freshwater snail genus highly divergent in the ancient Lake Biwa, Japan, with history of ~4 million years. Although shell morphology, karyotype and molecular phylogeny have been well studied, systematic status several non-monophyletic species remains uncertain. In this study, we evaluated taxonomic accounts previously identified as decipiens, S. habei relatives. We examined ...

Although oak woodlands are a characteristic landscape component in the Swat Hindukush Mountain ranges, little is known about their current or historical stand population structure and regeneration dynamics related to environmental variables. Therefore, present study assessed structure, status, relationship of communities with The 30 oak-dominated forest sites using quadrates method, sampling 30...

In the context of highly efficient, non-toxic and natural organic corrosion inhibitors, Phyllogorgia dilatata was studied as an anticorrosive for mild steel in acid medium. The marine octocoral crude extract (PDCE) was characterized and analyzed by LC-HRMS, revealing the presence of 16 different organic molecules. The corrosion inhibition was evaluated via weight loss study and electrochemical ...

Females of the gastropod Crepipatella dilatata brood their egg capsules in the pallial cavity under the shell for several weeks until the offspring hatch as juveniles — but at what cost? In estuaries, brooding females clamp tightly to the substrate during periods of low salinity (<22 psu), isolating the pallial cavity from the outside environment and potentially limiting the availability of oxy...