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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 ...
Molecular identification of atlantic goliath grouper epinephelus itajara (lichtenstein, 1822) (perciformes: epinephelidae) and related commercial species applying multiplex pcr
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2016)
The Atlantic goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara, is a critically endangered species, threatened by illegal fishing and the destruction of its habitats. A number of other closely related grouper species found in the western ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Panorama e proposta de alternativas para o saneamento básico no Brasil
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2022-07-24)
O Brasil é marcado por uma grande desigualdade e déficit ao acesso de saneamento básico. Na atualidade, o setor tem recebido maior atenção governamental e privado, havendo uma quantidade significativa de recursos a serem ...
Espécies marinhas invasoras no Brasil: uma revisão de ocorrências e impactos
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2022-12-15)
Espécies exóticas invasoras são espécies introduzidas em regiões fora de sua área
de ocorrência natural que se estabelecem fechando seu ciclo reprodutivo,
constituem população e se dispersam, de forma a trazer não apenas ...