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Consistent with previous studies25, preliminary analyses revealed obvious tree estimation artefacts due to extremely accelerated substitution rates or protein Supplementary information is available from Nature's World-Wide Website composition bias in the nematode species, the honeybee Apis mellifera and the tick species (http://www.nature.com) or as paper copy from the London editorial of®ce of Nature. Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Ixodes hexagonus. With the exception of Ixodes hexagonus all of these taxa were therefore excluded from further analyses, reducing the total number of Acknowledgements species considered to 18. Sequence alignment was repeated and inspected by eye for suf®cient levels of sequence conservation, which resulted in the exclusion of the ATPase 8 We thank N. Muqim for technical assistance and A. Minelli and T. Burmester for gene (see Supplementary Information for single protein alignments). We used Gblocks26 comments on the manuscript. Most computation was performed on the Biological to extract regions of de®ned sequence conservation from the gene speci®c alignments and Software Server of the Institute Pasteur Paris. This study was in part supported by a DFG generate a single ®le of concatenated conserved regions. Default settings yielded the grant to D.T. and a Brain Korea 21 Project grant to W.K. U.W.H. was supported by 18P2560 alignment. Modi®ed parameter settings for generating the 18P1528 alignment fellowships from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Korea Science and were: minimum number of sequences for a conserved position: 15; maximum number of Engineering Foundation, and the Brain Korea 21 Project (Medical Sciences, Yonsei contiguous nonconserved positions: 2; minimum length of a block after gap cleaning: University). 5. 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    Müller - Sars Selskapet – Drøbak Daphnia lacustris (v.ø.), D. l. alpina (h.ø.): store, lavpredasjonsdaphnier og Lough Slieveaneena, Irland; oceanisk lavpredasjoninnsjø med bare ørret og store D. longispina Vedvarende menneskeindusert spredning av bredspektret ferskvannsfisk til og internt i Norge: et holarktisk, økologisk perspektiv Rapport nr. 10-2009 Drøbak 2009 ISBN: 978-82-8030-003-4 Ekstrakt Menneskeindusert spredning av fisk med bredspektret fødevalg, som karpefisk og gjedde, påvirker nå følsomme økosystemer i store deler av Norge. Mens en pest-art som ørekyte (Phoxinus phoxinus) kan leve over et meget bredt temperaturområde, og finnes like vanlig i høyfjellet som i karpefiskområder i lavlandet og på kontinentet, har andre karpefisk og nordlig gjedde (Esox lucius) vanligvis et trangere temperaturområde, slik som de siste spredningsartene i Norge: sørv (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), suter (Tinca tinca) og regnlaue (Leucaspius delineatus). Arter som karpe, mort, karuss, gullvederbuk og stingsild kan og også spres med menneskers hjelp. I tillegg ble mataukfisk som kanadisk bekkerøye spredd under perioden med forsuring i Norge og regnbueørret er satt ut ulike steder i landet gjennom flere tiår. Spredning av ørekyte og de tidligere utsettingene av faunafremmede laksefisk blir gitt stor oppmerksomhet i forvaltning og forskning, mens spredning av øvrige karpefisk og gjedde til ekstremt sjeldne økosystemer i norsk lavland får utvikle seg relativt fritt i det ”oppvirvlede støvet” rundt ørekyte og laksefiskene. På grunn av landets steile topografi og lange, sammenhengende fjellkjeder mot invasjonssentre, og -regioner, var det alltid problematisk for ferskvannsfisk å spre seg over hele Norge, før menneskene ankom. Etter siste istid har imidlertid menneskene båret fisk over det meste av landet.
  • Observations on Phallocryptus Spinosa (Branchiopoda, Anostraca)

    Observations on Phallocryptus Spinosa (Branchiopoda, Anostraca)

    Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, 2014, 2(4): 22-31 22 ISSN: 0719-3726 Observations on Phallocryptus spinosa (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) populations from the high plateaus of Northeastern Algeria Mounia Amarouayache Département des sciences de la mer, université Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria. Email: [email protected] Abstract Phallocryptus spinosa (Thamnocephalidae) is a small primitive crustacean which lives in temporary saline pools of the Palaearctic region called Chott, Sebkha, Garâa or Daya in North Africa. Data on its biology and life history are very scarce despite its ecological importance in wetlands. Four populations living in the Northeastern High Plateaus of Algeria, Garâas Guellif, El-Tarf, Ank Djemel and Sebkha Ez-Zemoul, have been studied in point of view of their morphmetry (13 parameters) and their reproduction. The population of Sebkha Ez-Zemoul, living in higher salinities and in sympatry with Artemia salina was different from the 3 other populations that are close together. Its adults are the largest (21.77 ± 2.34 mm and 23.65 ± 2.36 mm for males and females respectively) and produce more cysts 771.47±8.45 cysts/brood of 293.11±10.41 µm diameter. Associated carcinological fauna and some behavioral traits are also approached. Key words: Phallocryptus spinosa, biometry, fecundity, associated fauna, Algeria. Introduction Large Branchiopods are considered as the flagship group of the ecosystems and the temporary pool invertebrates in general (Colbum, 2004). They are used for the assessment of their quality and function (Brendonck et al., 2008). They are threatened because of the degradation and the destruction of their habitats (IUCN France & MNHN, 2012).
  • Crocodylus Moreletii

    Crocodylus Moreletii

    ANFIBIOS Y REPTILES: DIVERSIDAD E HISTORIA NATURAL VOLUMEN 03 NÚMERO 02 NOVIEMBRE 2020 ISSN: 2594-2158 Es un publicación de la CONSEJO DIRECTIVO 2019-2021 COMITÉ EDITORIAL Presidente Editor-en-Jefe Dr. Hibraim Adán Pérez Mendoza Dra. Leticia M. Ochoa Ochoa Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Senior Editors Vicepresidente Dr. Marcio Martins (Artigos em português) Dr. Óscar A. Flores Villela Dr. Sean M. Rovito (English papers) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Editores asociados Secretario Dr. Uri Omar García Vázquez Dra. Ana Bertha Gatica Colima Dr. Armando H. Escobedo-Galván Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez Dr. Oscar A. Flores Villela Dra. Irene Goyenechea Mayer Goyenechea Tesorero Dr. Rafael Lara Rezéndiz Dra. Anny Peralta García Dr. Norberto Martínez Méndez Conservación de Fauna del Noroeste Dra. Nancy R. Mejía Domínguez Dr. Jorge E. Morales Mavil Vocal Norte Dr. Hibraim A. Pérez Mendoza Dr. Juan Miguel Borja Jiménez Dr. Jacobo Reyes Velasco Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango Dr. César A. Ríos Muñoz Dr. Marco A. Suárez Atilano Vocal Centro Dra. Ireri Suazo Ortuño M. en C. Ricardo Figueroa Huitrón Dr. Julián Velasco Vinasco Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México M. en C. Marco Antonio López Luna Dr. Adrián García Rodríguez Vocal Sur M. en C. Marco Antonio López Luna Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco English style corrector PhD candidate Brett Butler Diseño editorial Lic. Andrea Vargas Fernández M. en A. Rafael de Villa Magallón http://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS SKIN TEXTURE CHANGE IN DIASPORUS HYLAEFORMIS (ANURA: ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE) ..................... 95 CONTENIDO Juan G. Abarca-Alvarado NOTES OF DIET IN HIGHLAND SNAKES RHADINAEA EDITORIAL CALLIGASTER AND RHADINELLA GODMANI (SQUAMATA:DIPSADIDAE) FROM COSTA RICA .....