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Shark Cartilage, Cancer and the Growing Threat of Pseudoscience
[CANCER RESEARCH 64, 8485–8491, December 1, 2004] Review Shark Cartilage, Cancer and the Growing Threat of Pseudoscience Gary K. Ostrander,1 Keith C. Cheng,2 Jeffrey C. Wolf,3 and Marilyn J. Wolfe3 1Department of Biology and Department of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; 2Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and 3Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals, Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc., Sterling, Virginia Abstract primary justification for using crude shark cartilage extracts to treat cancer is based on the misconception that sharks do not, or infre- The promotion of crude shark cartilage extracts as a cure for cancer quently, develop cancer. Other justifications represent overextensions has contributed to at least two significant negative outcomes: a dramatic of experimental observations: concentrated extracts of cartilage can decline in shark populations and a diversion of patients from effective cancer treatments. An alleged lack of cancer in sharks constitutes a key inhibit tumor vessel formation and tumor invasions (e.g., refs. 2–5). justification for its use. Herein, both malignant and benign neoplasms of No available data or arguments support the medicinal use of crude sharks and their relatives are described, including previously unreported shark extracts to treat cancer (6). cases from the Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals, and two sharks with The claims that sharks do not, or rarely, get cancer was originally two cancers each. Additional justifications for using shark cartilage are argued by I. William Lane in a book entitled “Sharks Don’t Get illogical extensions of the finding of antiangiogenic and anti-invasive Cancer” in 1992 (7), publicized in “60 Minutes” television segments substances in cartilage. -
Black Oystercatcher Diet and Provisioning 2014 Annual Report
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Black Oystercatcher Chick Diet and Provisioning 2014 Annual Report Natural Resource Data Series NPS/KEFJ/NRDS—2015/749 ON THIS PAGE Nest camera captures a black oystercatcher provisioning chick on Natoa Island. Photograph Courtesy: NPS/Kenai Fjords National Park ON THE COVER Black oystercatchers at nest in Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park Photograph by: NPS/Katie Thoresen Black Oystercatcher Diet and Provisioning 2014 Annual Report Natural Resource Data Series NPS/KEFJ/NRDS—2015/749 Sam Stark1, Brian Robinson2 and Laura M. Phillips1 1National Park Service Kenai Fjords National Park PO Box 1727 Seward, AK 99664 2 University of Alaska, Fairbanks Department of Biology and Wildlife PO Box 756100 Fairbanks, AK 99775 January 2015 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office in Fort Collins, Colorado, publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics. These reports are of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Data Series is intended for the timely release of basic data sets and data summaries. Care has been taken to assure accuracy of raw data values, but a thorough analysis and interpretation of the data has not been completed. Consequently, the initial analyses of data in this report are provisional and subject to change. All manuscripts in the series receive the appropriate level of peer review to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and designed and published in a professional manner. -
Causes of Mortality in a Harbor Seal Population at Equilibrium
fmars-07-00319 May 11, 2020 Time: 19:31 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 13 May 2020 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00319 Causes of Mortality in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Population at Equilibrium Elizabeth A. Ashley1, Jennifer K. Olson2, Tessa E. Adler3, Stephen Raverty4, Eric M. Anderson5,3, Steven Jeffries6 and Joseph K. Gaydos1* 1 The SeaDoc Society, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, Eastsound, WA, United States, 2 The Whale Museum, Friday Harbor, WA, United States, 3 Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States, 4 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, 5 Ecological Restoration Program, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada, 6 Marine Mammal Investigations, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tacoma, WA, United States The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) population in the Salish Sea has been at equilibrium since the mid-1990s. This stable population of marine mammals resides relatively close to shore near a large human population and offers a novel opportunity to evaluate whether disease acts in a density-dependent manner to limit population growth. We conducted a retrospective analysis of harbor seal stranding and necropsy findings in the San Juan Islands sub-population to assess age-related stranding trends Edited by: Alastair Martin Mitri Baylis, and causes of mortality. Between January 01, 2002 and December 31, 2018, we South Atlantic Environmental detected 882 harbor seals that stranded and died in San Juan County and conducted Research Institute, Falkland Islands necropsies on 244 of these animals to determine primary and contributing causes Reviewed by: of death. -
Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound R
Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College Bulletins Connecticut College Arboretum 2015 Bulletin No. 40: Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound R. Scott aW rren Juliana Barrett Margaret Van Patten Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/arbbulletins Part of the Botany Commons, Environmental Studies Commons, and the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Warren, R. Scott; Barrett, Juliana; and Van Patten, Margaret, "Bulletin No. 40: Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound" (2015). Bulletins. Paper 39. http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/arbbulletins/39 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Connecticut College Arboretum at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. SALT MARSH PLANTS of Long Island Sound revised second edition To order additional copies of this publicaton, please contact: Connecticut Sea Grant 1080 Shennecossett Road Groron, CT 06340-6048 Tel. 860-405-9128 http://seagrant. ucon n.edu or Can necticut College Arboretum Box 5201 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 Tel. 860-439-5020 http://www. can ncoll.edul the-arboreeu m Long • -Island Sound SmGifutt Study Connecticut O ©20 15 Connecticut Sea Grant and Connecticut College Arboretum First edition published in 2009 CTSG-15·14 Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound by R. Scott Warren, Juliana Barrett, and Margaret S. Van Patten Second edition Revised 2015 , Salt Marsh Plants of Long Island Sound Long . -
Great Marsh Hazard Atlas & Project Compendium
Great Marsh Hazard Atlas & Project Compendium Prepared by the National Wildlife Federation | June 2018 Great Marsh Hazard Atlas & Project Compendium June 2018 Prepared for: Town of Essex, Massachusetts 30 Martin Street Essex, MA 01929 and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 Boston, MA 02114-2136 Prepared by: National Wildlife Federation 11100 Wildlife Center Drive Reston, VA 20190 This document was produced with funding provided by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management through their Coastal Community Resilience Grant Program. Cover photo © Abby Manzi/DeRosa Environmental Consulting, Inc. www.nwf.org Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Hazard Atlas .............................................................................................................................................. 1 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................ 2 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................... 3 Birds ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Shellfish ................................................................................................................................................ -
The 17Th International Colloquium on Amphipoda
Biodiversity Journal, 2017, 8 (2): 391–394 MONOGRAPH The 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda Sabrina Lo Brutto1,2,*, Eugenia Schimmenti1 & Davide Iaciofano1 1Dept. STEBICEF, Section of Animal Biology, via Archirafi 18, Palermo, University of Palermo, Italy 2Museum of Zoology “Doderlein”, SIMUA, via Archirafi 16, University of Palermo, Italy *Corresponding author, email: [email protected] th th ABSTRACT The 17 International Colloquium on Amphipoda (17 ICA) has been organized by the University of Palermo (Sicily, Italy), and took place in Trapani, 4-7 September 2017. All the contributions have been published in the present monograph and include a wide range of topics. KEY WORDS International Colloquium on Amphipoda; ICA; Amphipoda. Received 30.04.2017; accepted 31.05.2017; printed 30.06.2017 Proceedings of the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda (17th ICA), September 4th-7th 2017, Trapani (Italy) The first International Colloquium on Amphi- Poland, Turkey, Norway, Brazil and Canada within poda was held in Verona in 1969, as a simple meet- the Scientific Committee: ing of specialists interested in the Systematics of Sabrina Lo Brutto (Coordinator) - University of Gammarus and Niphargus. Palermo, Italy Now, after 48 years, the Colloquium reached the Elvira De Matthaeis - University La Sapienza, 17th edition, held at the “Polo Territoriale della Italy Provincia di Trapani”, a site of the University of Felicita Scapini - University of Firenze, Italy Palermo, in Italy; and for the second time in Sicily Alberto Ugolini - University of Firenze, Italy (Lo Brutto et al., 2013). Maria Beatrice Scipione - Stazione Zoologica The Organizing and Scientific Committees were Anton Dohrn, Italy composed by people from different countries. -
Estuarine Mudcrab (Rhithropanopeus Harrisii) Ecological Risk Screening Summary
Estuarine Mudcrab (Rhithropanopeus harrisii) Ecological Risk Screening Summary U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, February 2011 Revised, May 2018 Web Version, 6/13/2018 Photo: C. Seltzer. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/4047991. (May 2018). 1 Native Range and Status in the United States Native Range From Perry (2018): “Original range presumed to be in fresh to estuarine waters from the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, through the Gulf of Mexico to Vera Cruz, Mexico (Williams 1984).” 1 Status in the United States From Perry (2018): “The Harris mud crab was introduced to California in 1937 and is now abundant in the brackish waters of San Francisco Bay and freshwaters of the Central Valley (Aquatic Invaders, Elkhorn Slough Foundation). Ricketts and Calvin (1952) noted its occurrence in Coos Bay, Oregon in 1950. Rhithropanopeus harrisii, a common resident of Texas estuaries, has recently expanded its range to freshwater reservoirs in that state (Howells 2001; […]). They have been found in the E.V. Spence, Colorado City, Tradinghouse Creek, Possum Kingdom, and Lake Balmorhea reservoirs. These occurrences are the first records of this species in freshwater inland lakes.” From Fofonoff et al. (2018): “[…] R. harrisii has invaded many estuaries in different parts of the world, and has even colonized some freshwater reservoirs in Texas and Oklahoma, where high mineral content of the water may promote survival and permit reproduction (Keith 2006; Boyle 2010).” This species is in trade in the United States. From eBay (2018): “3 Freshwater Dwarf Mud Crabs Free Shipping!!” “Price: US $26.00” “You are bidding on 3 unsexed Freshwater Dwarf Mud Crabs (Rhithropanopeus harrisii).” Means of Introductions in the United States From Fofonoff et al. -
Attachment Iii: Baseline Status and Cumulative Effects for the San Francisco Bay Listed Species
ATTACHMENT III: BASELINE STATUS AND CUMULATIVE EFFECTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY LISTED SPECIES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1: ALAMEDAWHIPSNAKE ............................................................................................ 6 1.1 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ...................................................................................... 6 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE........................................................................... 6 1.2.1 Factors affecting species within the action area ............................................... 6 1.2.1.1 Urban development .................................................................................... 7 1.2.1.2 Fire suppression ......................................................................................... 9 1.2.1.3 Predation .................................................................................................... 9 1.2.1.4 Grazing practices ..................................................................................... 10 1.2.1.5 Non-native species ................................................................................... 10 1.2.2 Baseline Status ................................................................................................ 11 1.3 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 13 2: BAY CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY ....................................................................... 14 2.1 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS .................................................................................. -
Balanus Glandula Class: Multicrustacea, Hexanauplia, Thecostraca, Cirripedia
Phylum: Arthropoda, Crustacea Balanus glandula Class: Multicrustacea, Hexanauplia, Thecostraca, Cirripedia Order: Thoracica, Sessilia, Balanomorpha Acorn barnacle Family: Balanoidea, Balanidae, Balaninae Description (the plate overlapping plate edges) and radii Size: Up to 3 cm in diameter, but usually (the plate edge marked off from the parietes less than 1.5 cm (Ricketts and Calvin 1971; by a definite change in direction of growth Kozloff 1993). lines) (Fig. 3b) (Newman 2007). The plates Color: Shell usually white, often irregular themselves include the carina, the carinola- and color varies with state of erosion. Cirri teral plates and the compound rostrum (Fig. are black and white (see Plate 11, Kozloff 3). 1993). Opercular Valves: Valves consist of General Morphology: Members of the Cirri- two pairs of movable plates inside the wall, pedia, or barnacles, can be recognized by which close the aperture: the tergum and the their feathery thoracic limbs (called cirri) that scutum (Figs. 3a, 4, 5). are used for feeding. There are six pairs of Scuta: The scuta have pits on cirri in B. glandula (Fig. 1). Sessile barna- either side of a short adductor ridge (Fig. 5), cles are surrounded by a shell that is com- fine growth ridges, and a prominent articular posed of a flat basis attached to the sub- ridge. stratum, a wall formed by several articulated Terga: The terga are the upper, plates (six in Balanus species, Fig. 3) and smaller plate pair and each tergum has a movable opercular valves including terga short spur at its base (Fig. 4), deep crests for and scuta (Newman 2007) (Figs. -
Dean Oz/Μ: ;Z: Date
The evolutionary history of reproductive strategies in sculpins of the subfamily oligocottinae Item Type Thesis Authors Buser, Thaddaeus J. Download date 26/09/2021 18:39:58 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4549 THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN SCULPINS OF THE SUBFAMILY OLIGOCOTTINAE By Thaddaeus J. Buser RECOMMENDED: Dr. Anne Beaudreau Dr. J. Andres Lopez Advisory Committee Chair Dr. Shannon Atkinson Fisheries Division Graduate Program Chair APPROVED: Dr. Michael Castellini ·. John Eichel erger Dean oZ/µ:_;z: Date THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN SCULPINS OF THE SUBFAMILY OLIGOCOTTINAE A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Title Page MASTER OF SCIENCE By Thaddaeus J. Buser, B.Sc. Fairbanks, Alaska May 2014 v Abstract The sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae is a group of 17 nearshore species and is noteworthy for the fact that it contains both intertidal and subtidal species, copulating and non- copulating species, and many species with very broad geographic ranges. These factors, as well as the consistency with which the constituent genera have been grouped together historically, make the Oligocottinae an ideal group for the study of the evolution of a reproductive mode known as internal gamete association (IGA), which is unique to sculpins. I conducted a phylogenetic study of the oligocottine sculpins based on an extensive molecular dataset consisting of DNA sequences from eight genomic regions. From the variability present in those sequences, I inferred phylogenetic relationships using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference. Results of these phylogenetic analyses show that some historical taxonomy and classifications require revision to align taxonomy with evolutionary relatedness. -
The Round Goby (Neogobius Melanostomus):A Review of European and North American Literature
ILLINOI S UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007. CI u/l Natural History Survey cF Library (/4(I) ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY OT TSrX O IJX6V E• The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus):A Review of European and North American Literature with notes from the Round Goby Conference, Chicago, 1996 Center for Aquatic Ecology J. Ei!en Marsden, Patrice Charlebois', Kirby Wolfe Illinois Natural History Survey and 'Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Lake Michigan Biological Station 400 17th St., Zion IL 60099 David Jude University of Michigan, Great Lakes Research Division 3107 Institute of Science & Technology Ann Arbor MI 48109 and Svetlana Rudnicka Institute of Fisheries Varna, Bulgaria Illinois Natural History Survey Lake Michigan Biological Station 400 17th Sti Zion, Illinois 6 Aquatic Ecology Technical Report 96/10 The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus): A Review of European and North American Literature with Notes from the Round Goby Conference, Chicago, 1996 J. Ellen Marsden, Patrice Charlebois1, Kirby Wolfe Illinois Natural History Survey and 'Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Lake Michigan Biological Station 400 17th St., Zion IL 60099 David Jude University of Michigan, Great Lakes Research Division 3107 Institute of Science & Technology Ann Arbor MI 48109 and Svetlana Rudnicka Institute of Fisheries Varna, Bulgaria The Round Goby Conference, held on Feb. 21-22, 1996, was sponsored by the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, and organized by the -
Inland Fishes of California
Inland Fishes of California Revise d and Expanded PETER B. MO YL E Illustrations by Chris Ma ri van Dyck and Joe Tome ller i NIVERS ITyor ALfFORNJA PRESS Ikrkd cr I.", ..\ n~d e ' Lon don Universit }, 0 Ca lifornia Press Herkdey and Los Angeles, Ca lifornia Uni ve rsity of alifornia Press, Ltd. Lundun, England ~ 2002 by the Regents of the Unive rsi ty of Ca lifornia Library of Cungress ataloging-in -Publ ica tion Data j\·[oyk, Pen: r B. Inland fis hes of California / Peter B. Moyle ; illustrations by Chris Mari van D)'ck and Joe Tomell eri.- Rev. and expanded. p. cm. In lu de> bibl iographical refe rences (p. ). ISBN 0- 20-2.2754 -'1 (cl ot h: alk. papa) I. rreshw:ltcr lishes-Cali(ornia. I. Title. QL62S C2 M6H 2002 597 .17/i'097Q4-dc21 20010 27680 1\!UlIl.Ifaclu rcd in Canacla II 10 Q9 00 07 06 0 04 03 02 10 ' 1\ 7 b '; -\ 3 2 1 Th paper u!)ed in thi> public.ltiu(] 111l'd., the minimum requirements "fA SI / i': ISO Z39.4H-1992 (R 199;) ( Pmlllllh'/l e ofPa pcr) . e Special Thanks The illustrations for this book were made possible by gra nts from the following : California-Nevada Chapter, American Fi she ries Soc iety Western Di vision, Am erican Fi she ries Society California Department of Fish and Game Giles W. and El ise G. Mead Foundation We appreciate the generous funding support toward the publication of this book by the United Sta tes Environme ntal Protection Agency, Region IX, San Francisco Contents Pre(acc ix Salmon and Trout, Salmonidae 242 Ackl10 11'ledgl11 el1ts Xlll Silversides, Atherinopsidae 307 COlll'er,<iol1 ['actors xv