Therapeutic and prophylactic uses of invertebrates in contemporary Spanish ethnoveterinary medicine [PDF]
Zootherapeutic practices in ethnoveterinary medicine are important in many socio-cultural environments around the world, particularly in developing countries, and they have recently started to be inventoried and studied in Europe.
Francisco Amich +3 more
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Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Northern Arkansas [PDF]
Twenty-one lotic and lentic environments throughout central and northern Arkansas were surveyed for the presence of leeches during June 2004 and April, July - October 2005.
Daniels, Bruce A. +5 more
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Biotic Integrity of macroinvertebrate communities along the I-294 corridor [PDF]
Sampled macroinvertebrates following ILEPA protocol at 7 sites in August–September 2015 in the I-294 corridor and calculated biotic integrity metrics • Assessed sites based on the Qualitative Stream Habitat Assessment Procedure (SHAP) • Measured ...
Bilger, Erika E. +2 more
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Macroinvertebrate abundance and distribution of hydrilla and ceratophyllum habitats in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana [PDF]
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) plays an important role in aquatic systems, providing shelter, breeding habitat, and epiphytic forage for numerous fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates. Since 1960, many lentic habitats in the southern U.S.
Colon-Gaud, Jose Checo
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En contraste con los enormes esfuerzos realizados por caracterizar la fauna y flora de Costa Rica, con excepción de algunos registros aislados, muy poco se sabe sobre las sanguijuelas (Annelida: Clitellata) en este país.
Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa +1 more
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Biophysical and sociocultural factors underlying spatial trade-offs of ecosystem services in semiarid watersheds [PDF]
Biophysical and social systems are linked to form social-ecological systems whose sustainability depends on their capacity to absorb uncertainty and cope with disturbances.
Berry, P. +8 more
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Evaluating the ontogenetic external morphology of an ectoparasitic Torix tukubana (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae), with records of its new host amphibian species [PDF]
Torix is a leech genus containing freshwater proboscidate species, and several members of this taxon are ectoparasites specific to amphibians. Torix tukubana inhabits mountain streams in Japan, and only two frog species are known to be hosts.
Kambayashi, Chiaki +2 more
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Biological assessment of the Tang Sorkh River (Iran) using benthic macroinvertebrates [PDF]
A biological assessment of the Tang Sorkh River (Iran) was studied from July 2013 to August 2014 using benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Samples were gathered every two months, from five stations using a Surber sampler( 30×30cm), fixed in formalin ...
Abbaspour, F. +3 more
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Catálogo das famílias Piscicolidae, Ozobranchidae e Arhynchobdellida (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinea) da América do Sul [PDF]
A catalogue of the families Americobdellidae, Cyclobdellidae, Cylicobdellidae, Erpobdellidae, Euhirudinea, Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae, Ozobranchidae, Piscicolidae, Salifidae, Semiscolecidae, and Xerobdellidae produced 66 nominal species reported to date
Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
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Does Long-Term Macrophyte Management in Lakes Affect Biotic Richness and Diversity? [PDF]
We hypothesize that the richness and diversity of the biota in Lake Moraine (42°50’47”N, 75°31’39”W) in New York have been negatively impacted by 60 years of macrophyte and algae management to control Eurasian watermilfoil ( Myriophyllum spicatum L.
Harman, Willard N. +2 more
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