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Biomaterials and Bioactive Natural Products from Marine Invertebrates: From Basic Research to Innovative Applications

Marine Drugs, 2022
Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling products and biomaterials.
Giovanna Romano, Mariana Almeida, Ana Varela Coelho, Adele Cutignano, Luis G Gonçalves, Espen Hansen, Denis Khnykin, Tali Mass, Andreja Ramšak, Miguel S. Rocha, Tiago H. Silva, Michela Sugni, Loriano Ballarin, Anne-Marie Genevière   +13 more
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Responses to river inundation pressures control prey selection of riparian beetles. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Riparian habitats are subjected to frequent inundation (flooding) and are characterised by food webs that exhibit variability in aquatic/terrestrial subsidies across the ecotone.
Matt J O'Callaghan, David M Hannah, Ian Boomer, Mike Williams, Jon P Sadler   +4 more
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Environmental concentrations of metals (Cu and Zn) differently affect the life history traits of a model freshwater ostracod

The European Zoological Journal
Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are common contaminants of inland water bodies under severe anthropogenic pressure. The main aim of this study was to test the influence of environmental aqueous concentrations of Zn and Cu on the fitness-related life history ...
A. Iglikowska, A. Szwarc, K. Bartosik, D. Gruba, A. Michalak, L. Namiotko, A. Pouch, A. Zaborska, T. Namiotko   +8 more
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Jumping Locomotion Strategies: From Animals to Bioinspired Robots

Applied Sciences, 2020
Jumping is a locomotion strategy widely evolved in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In addition to terrestrial animals, several aquatic animals are also able to jump in their specific environments. In this paper, the state of the art of jumping robots
Xiaojuan Mo, Wenjie Ge, Marco Miraglia, Francesco Inglese, Donglai Zhao, Cesare Stefanini, Donato Romano   +6 more
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Effects of triclosan on aquatic invertebrates in tropics and the influence of pH on its toxicity on microalgae. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2018
The antimicrobial triclosan (TCS) has been detected in household wastewaters (untreated and treated) and receiving environments across the globe. The toxic effects of TCS on temperate standard aquatic test organisms have been widely reported with ...
Khatikarn J, Satapornvanit K, Price OR, Van den Brink PJ.   +3 more
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Low flow controls on benthic and hyporheic macroinvertebrate assemblages during supra-seasonal drought [PDF]

, 2009
Despite the widely accepted importance of the hyporheic zone as a habitat for stream macroinvertebrates during floods, few data exist regarding community composition and distribution during periods of low flow or drought in perennial streamsi ...
Acuna, Battin, Bo, Bonada, Bou, Boulton, Boulton, Boulton, Boulton, Boulton, Boulton, Boulton, Brunke, Caruso, Clinton, Datry, Davy-Bowker, del Rosario, Demuth, Dewson, Dole-Olivier, Extence, Fenoglio, Gibert, Hannah, Harris, Harrison, Hendricks, Hose, Humphries, James, Lake, Lake, Lefebvre, Lytle, Malard, Malcolm, Marsh, Marsh, Marxsen, Meyer, Monk, Mulholland, Parr, Pinay, Prior, Smakhtin, Smakhtin, Smock, Stanford, Stofleth, Suren, Suren, Tallaksen, Tomlinson, Westwood, Williams, Wood, Wood, Wood, Wood, Wood, Wood, Wright, Wright, Youngson   +65 more
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Desaturases and elongases involved in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic invertebrates: a comprehensive review

Fisheries Science, 2018
Invertebrates represent a large proportion of the biomass in aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the ocean. In recent years, invertebrates have been well-consolidated models in evolutionary developmental biology research and, consequently, genomic and ...
Ó. Monroig, N. Kabeya
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Evidence for Conductivity- and Macroinvertebrate-Driven Segregation of Ostracod Assemblages in Endorheic Depression Wetlands in North West Province of South Africa

Diversity, 2023
Our knowledge of the ecology of non-marine Ostracoda inhabiting endorheic wetlands (pans) of the semi-arid regions of South Africa is very scarce. The present study investigates the distribution of ostracod species in grass, open, and salt pans in the ...
Agata Szwarc, Koen Martens, Włodzimierz Meissner, Tadeusz Namiotko   +3 more
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Point source characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and extractable organofluorine (EOF) in freshwater and aquatic invertebrates.

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2019
Major point sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) cause ubiquitous spread of PFASs in the environment. In this study, surface water and aquatic invertebrates at three Swedish sites impacted by PFAS point sources were characterized, using
A. Koch, Anna Kärrman, L. Yeung, M. Jonsson, L. Ahrens, Thanh Wang   +5 more
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Macroplastic accumulation across different surface covers, a case study of two South African rivers

Scientific Reports
Plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems is an escalating global concern, yet riverine macroplastic pollution and dynamics remain poorly understood in Southern Africa. This study investigated macroplastic accumulation across different surface covers in
Thendo Mutshekwa, Musa C. Mlambo, Liliso Mbadla, Solethu Mkhencele, Lubabalo Mofu, Miracle O. Osoh, Samuel N. Motitsoe   +6 more
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