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The influence of allochthonous macroalgae on the fish communities of tropical sandy beaches
(Elsevier B.V., 2014-05-01)
This study evaluates the hypothesis that detached macroalgae (drift algae) influence the structure of fish communities in the surf-zones of two tropical sandy beaches from the central coast of Brazil. Surf-zone seine hauls ...
Benthic estuarine communities in brazil: moving forward to long term studies to assess climate change impacts
(Soc Brasileira Pneumologia Tisiologia, 2016)
Estuaries are unique coastal ecosystems that sustain and provide essential ecological services for mankind. Estuarine ecosystems include a variety of habitats with their own sediment-fauna dynamics, all of them globally ...
Análise da captura incidental da toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844) (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) na pesca de emalhe do estado de São Paulo
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-10-30)
A toninha ou Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844) (Família Pontoporiidae) é uma das menores espécies de golfinho existentes. A espécie é endêmica do sudeste da América do Sul e encontra-se fortemente ...
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the abundance of crustose calcareous algae on the southernmost coral reefs of the western Atlantic (Abrolhos Bank, Brazil)
(Korean Soc Phycology, 2018)
Crustose calcareous algae (CCA) constitute one of the main reef builders on the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. Once CCA taxonomy is locally understood, differences in growth-forms may be useful for the delimitation of taxa using ...
Chromomycin A2 Induces Autophagy in Melanoma Cells
(Mdpi Ag, 2014-12-01)
The present study highlights the biological effects of chromomycin A2 toward metastatic melanoma cells in culture. Besides chromomycin A2, chromomycin A3 and demethylchromomycin A2 were also identified from the extract ...
Early Holocene ritual complexity in South America: the archaeological record of Lapa do Santo (east-central Brazil)
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
Early Archaic human skeletal remains found in a burial context in Lapa do Santo in eastcentral Brazil provide a rare glimpse into the lives of hunter- gatherer communities in South America, including their rituals for ...
Overview of the order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in Brazil
(Springer Heidelberg, 2016)
Zoantharia (Hexacorallia) is an order of benthic cnidarians, which are known to play an important ecological role in many marine ecosystems. Although the order has a cosmopolitan distribution, including the tropical ...
Editorial: diversity of marine meiofauna on the coast of Brazil
(Springer, 2014-09-01)
After a first bout of primarily taxonomical effort, meiofauna studies in Brazilian waters remained virtually neglected until the 1990s. At the end of the last century, taxonomical and ecological studies on meiofauna taxa ...
Food selection by a mangrove crab: temporal changes in fasted animals
(Springer, 2013-02-01)
The feeding choices of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus for various mangrove plant leaves (Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa, and Rhizophora mangle) at different ages (mature, senescent pre-abscission, and ...
Reassessment of aguapei (salto do ceu) paleomagnetic pole, amazonian craton and implications for proterozoic supercontinents
(Elsevier science bv, 2016)
The Aguapei paleomagnetic pole obtained for mafic sills and dykes from Salto do Ceu region at the western margin of the Amazonian Craton constrains its links with Baltica and Laurentia in Rodinian reconstructions. A new ...