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First records of water bears (Phylum Tardigrada) from Swaziland [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Invertebrates, 2018
There are no published records of water bears (Phylum Tardigrada) from Swaziland. Two samples of foliose lichen collected in 2010 contained nine tardigrade specimens and one egg belonging to five genera and seven species: Echiniscus cf.
Harry A. Meyer   +2 more
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Hypothyroidism in hibernating brown bears [PDF]

open access: yesThyroid Research, 2023
Brown bears hibernate throughout half of the year as a survival strategy to reduce energy consumption during prolonged periods with scarcity of food and water.
Anne Mette Frøbert   +5 more
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The toughest animals of the Earth versus global warming: Effects of long‐term experimental warming on tardigrade community structure of a temperate deciduous forest

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Understanding how different taxa respond to global warming is essential for predicting future changes and elaborating strategies to buffer them. Tardigrades are well known for their ability to survive environmental stressors, such as drying and freezing,
Matteo Vecchi   +7 more
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Tardigrades from Iztaccíhuatl Volcano (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt), with the Description of Minibiotus citlalium sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
The study of tardigrade diversity in Mexico is at early stage of development, to date, 56 extant species have been reported. To identify the tardigrade fauna associated with mosses in the Iztaccíhuatl volcano, we performed a systematic sampling along an ...
Alba Dueñas-Cedillo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of the tardigrade Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840) from northeast of Iran (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2018
Tardigrada is a phylum closely allied with the arthropods. They are small (0.05-1.20 mm), hygrophilous micrometazoans, have four pairs of lobe-like legs and are either carnivorous or feed on plant material.
farahnaz Molavi   +4 more
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BEAR RAIDS AND MARKET MANIPULATION: MUDDYING THE WATERS? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Cambridge Law Journal, 2020
Article 15 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 states that “a person shall not engage in or attempt to engage in market manipulation.” In accordance with Article 16 of the MAR, prevention and detection of such manipulation on the London markets is a matter for the London Stock Exchange and Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services and Markets
Christie, Anna L., Liptrap, J. S.
openaire   +2 more sources

Macrobiotus polypiformis sp. nov., a new tardigrade (Macrobiotidae; hufelandi group) from the Ecuadorian Pacific coast, with remarks on the claw abnormalities in eutardigrades

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2017
From a moss sample collected in the Manabí Province in Ecuador, we extracted 96 specimens of a new species of eutardigrade. No eggs were found. In order to obtain eggs, an in vitro culture was prepared.
Milena Roszkowska   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

RIPPLE MARKS—The Story Behind the Story [PDF]

open access: yesOceanography, 2015
Last of the Ice Bears? Climate Change Threatens Iconic Polar Bears’ Food Sources In 1773, King George III of England appointed naval officer Constantine John Phipps to command an Arctic expedition.
Cheryl Lyn Dybas
doaj   +1 more source

New Records of Antarctic Tardigrada with Comments on Interpopulation Variability of the Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar and Wolf, 2010

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
Studies on Antarctic tardigrades started at the beginning of the twentieth century and have progressed very slowly and ca. 75 tardigrade species are known from this region.
Łukasz Kaczmarek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polar bear depredation of a thick-billed murre fledgling in open water at Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut

open access: yesPolar Research, 2022
Sea-ice distribution and duration are declining across the circumpolar range of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), resulting in a reduced access to ice-obligate seals, its primary prey.
Martyn E. Obbard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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