Larval transport modeling of deep-sea invertebrates can aid the search for undiscovered populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Many deep-sea benthic animals occur in patchy distributions separated by thousands of kilometres, yet because deep-sea habitats are remote, little is known about their larval dispersal.
Jon M Yearsley, Julia D Sigwart
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Seasonal mosquito larval abundance and composition in Kibwezi, lower eastern Kenya [PDF]
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2009 Background & objectives: Changes in weather patterns especially rainfall affects the distribution and densities of mosquitoes. The objective of this study was to describe mosquito aquatic habitats, to determine larval abundance, species composition, and ...
Joseph M. Mwangangi +2 more
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How Life History Characteristics and Environmental Forcing Shape Settlement Success of Coral Reef Fishes [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 Larval settlement is shaped by the interaction of biological processes (e.g., life history strategies, behavior etc.) and the environment (e.g., temperature, currents etc.).
Jennifer A. T. K. Wong-Ala +10 more
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The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentNorth Sea human-made, offshore structures (e.g. oil/gas platforms, offshore wind farms) provide a hard substrate habitat for benthic marine species which can spread between sites during their larval stage.
Benjamin I. Barton +4 more
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Image enhancement for tracking the translucent larvae of Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Drosophila melanogaster larvae are model systems for studies of development, synaptic transmission, sensory physiology, locomotion, drug discovery, and learning and memory.
Sukant Khurana +2 more
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Complex feeding tracks of the sessile herbivorous insect Ophiomyia maura as a function of the defense against insect parasitoids. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Because insect herbivores generally suffer from high mortality due to their natural enemies, reducing the risk of being located by natural enemies is of critical importance for them, forcing them to develop a variety of defensive measures. Larvae of leaf-
Yoshiko Ayabe, Takatoshi Ueno
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Role of larval tracks in reducing competition between aphid predators and the consequences for biological control [PDF]
, 2015 Predators of aphids exploit ephemeral but abundant resources. Aphid colonies are ephemeral because they hardly last longer than the time it takes the consumers to develop from egg to adult. Aphid colonies are also boom and bust resources that reach high numbers before collapsing.
Hemptinne, Jean-Louis, Magro, Alexandra
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On the wrong track: ocean acidification attracts larval fish to irrelevant environmental cues [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 AbstractPopulation replenishment of marine life largely depends on successful dispersal of larvae to suitable adult habitat. Ocean acidification alters behavioural responses to physical and chemical cues in marine animals, including the maladaptive deterrence of settlement-stage larval fish to odours of preferred habitat and attraction to odours of non-
Tullio Rossi +3 more
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A Lagrangian particle-tracking approach to modelling larval drift in rivers
Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2020 The migration of larval fish from spawning to rearing habitat in rivers is not well understood. This paper describes a methodology to predict larval drift using a Lagrangian particle-tracking (LPT) model with passive and active behavioural components loosely coupled to a quasi-three-dimensional hydraulic model.
Richard R. McDonald, Jonathan M. Nelson
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A Comparison of Otolith Geochemistry and Stable Isotope Markers to Track Fish Movement: Describing Estuarine Ingress by Larval and Post-larval Halibut [PDF]
Estuaries and Coasts, 2013 Estuarine recruitment of fishes is a potential bottleneck in the life cycle of many coastal species. We investigated patterns of size-at-ingress for larval and post-larval California halibut entering the Punta Banda Estuary (PBE), Mexico, using both otolith geochemistry and carbon stable isotope ratios (SIR).
Fodrie, F. Joel, Herzka, Sharon Z
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