Variability of imposex development and reproductive alterations in the Patagonian gastropod Buccinanops globulosus inhabiting a polluted harbour area [PDF]
, 2015 El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar parámetros reproductivos y desarrollo de imposex en el caenogasterópodo Buccinanops globulosus que habita en una zona portuaria de alto tráfico marítimo y con presencia de contaminantes.
Averbuj, Andres +2 more
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Inter-population variability in the reproductive morphology of the shore crab (Carcinus maenas): Evidence of endocrine disruption in a marine crustacean? [PDF]
, 2005 Environmental contaminants that are capable of causing endocrine disrupting effects are currently a major cause for concern. These chemicals are known to influence the reproductive development of vertebrates by mimicking or antagonising the actions of ...
Brian, JV
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
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The Mammalian "Obesogen" Tributyltin Targets Hepatic Triglyceride Accumulation and the Transcriptional Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in the Liver and Brain of Zebrafish. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Recent findings indicate that different Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) interfere with lipid metabolic pathways in mammals and promote fat accumulation, a previously unknown site of action for these compounds.
Angeliki Lyssimachou +9 more
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Meat yield of Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae): comparative assessment of the influence of sex, size and reproductive status [PDF]
, 2017 The present study assessed the influence of sex, size and reproductive status on the meat yield (soft tissues proportion) of the purple dye murex (Bolinus brandaris) from the Ria Formosa lagoon (southern Portugal).
Barroso, Carlos M. +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
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Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2015 Endocrine mediated "imposex" phenomenon was investigated and recorded in the muricoid gastropod species Thais carinifera during the two decades from 1993 to 2012 at three (3) sites out of six (6) localities investigated along the Sindh and Balochistan ...
Nuzhat Afsar +2 more
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From the individual to the community and beyond: water quality, stress indicators and key species in coastal waters [PDF]
, 1994 This review examines water quality and stress indicators at levels of organisation from the individual to the community and beyond by means of three case studies concentrating on rocky shores within the north-east Atlantic.
Hawkins, S.J. +3 more
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Pendugaan Dampak Pencemaran Tributyltin Menggunakan Gejala Imposeks Pada Gastropoda Di Perairan Bitung, Sulawesi Utara [PDF]
, 2017 Perairan Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, memiliki aktifitas perkapalan yang memungkinkan perairan tersebut terkontaminasi dengan polutan senyawa tributyltin. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui gejala imposeks dan mendeteksi kandungan ...
Lasut, M. (Markus) +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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