Effect of polystyrene nanoplastics on its toxicity and reproduction in Philodina roseola [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMicro-nano plastics have emerged as a major ecological concern. The nanoplastics (NPs) pose a huge threat to microscopic animals. Our study aims to decipher the effect of polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs) of 50 and 100 nm sizes on a bdelloid rotifer ...
B. Praveen Kumar +2 more
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Molecular Characterization of Rotifers and Their Potential Use in the Biological Control of Biomphalaria [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 BackgroundSchistosomiasis is one of the most important tropical parasitic diseases worldwide. Biomphalaria straminea, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, has invaded and spread to Southern China since 1974 and may pose enormous threats to ...
Datao Lin +10 more
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Hydrological Characteristics and Trophic Status as Dominant Drivers of Rotifer Community Composition in Artificially Created Riverine Wetlands [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Hydrological characteristics of freshwater ecosystems are powerful determinants of the distribution of biological communities and changes in environmental factors.
Seong-Ki Kim +3 more
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Species diversity of bdelloid rotifer (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) in different areas in China, with a description of two new species [PDF]
ZooKeysChina is one of the most biodiverse countries worldwide, with a variety of landforms and climatic conditions. However, the diversity and biogeographic distribution of bdelloid rotifers, one of the most widespread microscopic organisms worldwide, have ...
Wenbo Wang +4 more
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Kynurenic Acid and Its Analogs Are Beneficial Physiologic Attenuators in Bdelloid Rotifers [PDF]
Molecules, 2019 The in vivo investigation of kynurenic acid (KYNA) and its analogs is one of the recent exciting topics in pharmacology. In the current study we assessed the biological effects of these molecules on bdelloid rotifers (Philodina acuticornis and Adineta ...
Zsolt Datki +8 more
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Rates of Filtration and Ingestion of a Microalga by Philodina roseola (Rotifera: Bdelloidea)
Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2016 Rotifers play an important role in biogeochemical cycles and organic productivity of freshwater ecosystems due to their high metabolic rates. Information on filter feeding, their main process of energy acquisition, are relevant and still scarce for ...
Raquel Aparecida Moreira +2 more
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Report of rotifer-ciliate-gastropod hyperepibiosis found on snail (Mollusca) from Goa, India
Acta Biologica, 2021 Here we report a rotifer-ciliate-gastropod hyperepibiosis in freshwater canal, Goa, India. A rotifer Philodina cf. megalotrocha Ehrenberg, 1832 was found attached on the colony of Epistylis plicatilis Ehrenberg, 1838 which was epibiont on gastropod ...
Tapas Chatterjee +3 more
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Influence of environmental and morphological parameters on the microfauna community present in phytotelmata of a bromeliad in a fragment of Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil [PDF]
Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2021 Bromeliads are important epiphytes due to their abundance in the Neotropical region and morphological complexity. Their compact and imbricated leaf bases form water storage cisterns that promote important resources for colonization by several prokaryotic
Débora Alessandra Antonetti +2 more
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Colonization rates in a metacommunity altered by competition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Competition and colonization are two mechanisms that are important for determining coexistence and species diversity in spatially structured habitats.
Shajini Jeganmohan +2 more
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New and rare taxa of freshwater zooplankton in the fauna of Yugoslavia [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2002 Analysis of the faunistic composition of Zooplankton in two reservoirs for watersupply nearby Kragujevac indicated a relatively great diversity. Qualitative analysis of Zooplankton composition in the Grošnica reservoir demonstrated the presence of 105 ...
Ostojić Aleksandar M.
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