Radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence chronologies of the Oitavos consolidated dune (Western Portugal) [PDF]
The dune of Oitavos, the underlying paleosol, and Helix sp. gastropod shells found within the paleosol were dated using a combination of radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).
Brito, P. +9 more
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Evidence for survival of Pleistocene climatic changes in Northern refugia by the land snail Trochoidea geyeri (Soós 1926) (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora) [PDF]
The study of organisms with restricted dispersal abilities and presence in the fossil record is particularly adequate to understand the impact of climate changes on the distribution and genetic structure of species.
Pfenninger, Markus +2 more
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Tuning gastropod locomotion: Modeling the influence of mucus rheology on the cost of crawling [PDF]
Common gastropods such as snails crawl on a solid substrate by propagating muscular waves of shear stress on a viscoelastic mucus. Producing the mucus accounts for the largest component in the gastropod's energy budget, more than twenty times the amount ...
A. E. Hosoi +26 more
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Parasitological studies of snails of different regions Ukraine
Dandelion (Gastropoda) is a numerical class of molluscs (about 130 thousand species), which representatives live in seas, salted and freshwater basins, and in wetlands on land.
I. S. Danilova
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Edible Snail Production in Europe
The human population is growing; food production is becoming insufficient, and the growing awareness of the negative impact of traditional animal husbandry on the environment means that the search for alternative methods of providing animal protein is ...
Anna Rygało-Galewska +2 more
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Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island [PDF]
Pemba is thought to have had a longer and/or stronger history of isolation than its better-known counterpart, Unguja. The extent to which the biota support this hypothesis of greater oceanicity have been debated.
Rowson, Ben +2 more
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Introduction: The objective of the present research was to carry out a comparative assessment of copper, zinc, and selenium concentrations in the meat of edible land snails collected in Poland (Helix pomatia, Cornu aspersum maxima, and Cornu aspersum ...
Drozd Łukasz +6 more
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MICROBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL TESTING OF FOOD SNAILS MARKETEDS IN SARDINIA
A total of 29 samples of snails belonging to the species Helix aspersa, Helix aperta and Helix vermiculata were analysed for the presence of Salmonella spp. and Clostridium perfringens; Cadmium and Lead concentrations were determined by ICP-MS.
T. Tedde +6 more
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Parental transfer of the antimicrobial protein LBP/BPI protects Biomphalaria glabrata eggs against oomycete infections [PDF]
Copyright: © 2013 Baron et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
A Baeza Garcia +75 more
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Translocation of bacteria from animal excrements to soil and associated habitats [PDF]
The population dynamics of Salmonella enterica var. Typhimurium MAE 110 gfp, Escherichia coli O157:H7 gfp, and Pseudomonas fluorescens 32 gfp were investigated in their introduction to cattle excrements and subsequent entering the soil, plants of cress ...
Bruggen, A.H.C., van +3 more
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