THE MAN OF RIO DAS ALMAS: HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE ABRIGO TUVIRA SITE (GO-NI.217).


Development of a novel rodent model for dog heartworm microfilaremia using the severe-combined immunodeficiency mouse

Abstract Dirofilaria immitis is a mosquito-borne parasitic nematode that causes fatal heartworm disease in canids.The microfilariae are essential for research, including drug screening and mosquito-parasite interactions.However, no reliable methods for maintaining microfilaria long-term are currently available.Therefore, we used severe combined imm

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Interacting Temperature, Nutrients and Zooplankton Grazing Control Phytoplankton Size-Abundance Relationships in Eight Swiss Lakes

Biomass distribution pellets among size classes follows a power law where the Log-abundance of taxa scales to Log-size with a slope that responds to environmental abiotic and biotic conditions.The interactions between ecological mechanisms controlling the slope of locally realized size-abundance relationships (SAR) are however not well understood.H

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