Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ferdous Ahamed, Mohaiminul Haque Rakib, Dipto Roy, Hamida Akter, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed
Summary: This study estimated the population parameters of the tank goby Glossogobius giuris in the Rabnabad Channel and suggested sustainable management measures. The size at first sexual maturity was 8.5 cm TL. The species had a prolonged spawning season with three peaks and recruitment occurred at 8.2 cm TL with three pulses. The growth parameters, mortality rates, and exploitation rate indicated that the stock of G. giuris was not overexploited and could tolerate increased fishing pressure for maximum benefit.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Henry F. Wootton, Asta Audzijonyte, John Morrongiello
Summary: This study found that global warming and fishing can have strong impacts on wild fish stock recruitment, with warming accelerating development rates but causing a significant decline in recruitment after three generations. The impact of fishing on average size of spawners conflicts with warming effects, but recruitment rates can rapidly recover once fishing and warming are reduced.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
James S. Clark, Robert Andrus, Melaine Aubry-Kientz, Yves Bergeron, Michal Bogdziewicz, Don C. Bragg, Dale Brockway, Natalie L. Cleavitt, Susan Cohen, Benoit Courbaud, Robert Daley, Adrian J. Das, Michael Dietze, Timothy J. Fahey, Istem Fer, Jerry F. Franklin, Catherine A. Gehring, Gregory S. Gilbert, Cathryn H. Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Ines Ibanez, Jill Johnstone, Christopher L. Kilner, Johannes Knops, Walter D. Koenig, Georges Kunstler, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Kristin L. Legg, Jordan Luongo, James A. Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot J. B. McIntire, Yassine Messaoud, Christopher M. Moore, Emily Moran, Jonathan A. Myers, Orrin B. Myers, Chase Nunez, Robert Parmenter, Sam Pearse, Scott Pearson, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Ethan Ready, Miranda D. Redmond, Chantal D. Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, C. Lane Scher, William H. Schlesinger, Amanda M. Schwantes, Erin Shanahan, Shubhi Sharma, Michael A. Steele, Nathan L. Stephenson, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Thomas T. Veblen, Amy V. Whipple, Thomas G. Whitham, Andreas P. Wion, Kai Zhu, Roman Zlotin
Summary: Indirect climate effects on tree fecundity, which are mainly driven by climate-condition interactions affecting tree size and growth, play a crucial role in shaping future forests. These interactions are not currently considered in existing models, highlighting the importance of incorporating them for more accurate predictions.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Cindi Guete-Salazar, Judith Barros, Luz A. Velasco
Summary: Tripneustes ventricosus is a commercially important species of sea urchin native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Through a series of hatchery experiments, the study assessed different spawning and larval culture conditions, finding that ACh was the most effective spawning stimulus and identifying optimal conditions for larval growth.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alexei A. Romanyukha, Arseny S. Karkach, Sergey E. Borisov, Evgeny M. Belilovsky, Tatiana E. Sannikova
Summary: This study identified residential areas with a significant increase in tuberculosis incidence rates from 2000 to 2019 in Moscow. These areas were found to be relatively stable in terms of disease growth, making them important targets for disease control services.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marcela Nouzova, Marten J. Edwards, Veronika Michalkova, Cesar E. Ramirez, Marnie Ruiz, Maria Areiza, Matthew DeGennaro, Francisco Fernandez-Lima, Rene Feyereisen, Marek Jindra, Fernando G. Noriega
Summary: The study showed that while MF can substitute for JH in mosquitoes, it comes with a significant fitness cost, highlighting the importance of epoxidation to JH for insect reproduction.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Physiology
Xiaoshuai Zhang, Sheng Li, Suning Liu
Summary: JH, produced by the endocrine gland corpus allatum, plays a critical role in regulating developmental and physiological processes in insects. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a key model for studying JH.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter L. Harrison, Dexter W. dela Cruz, Kerry A. Cameron, Patrick C. Cabaitan
Summary: Loss of foundation reef-corals is damaging reef communities globally, leading to a decline in ecosystem function. Active intervention and effective coral restoration techniques are needed to enhance coral recruitment and density. Enhancing larval supply significantly increases settlement on reefs, facilitating rapid re-establishment of breeding coral populations and enhancing fish abundance.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andrew Hacket-Pain, Jessie J. Foest, Ian S. Pearse, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Walter D. Koenig, Giorgio Vacchiano, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Caignard, Paulina Celebias, Joep van Dormolen, Marcos Fernandez-Martinez, Jose Moris, Ciprian Palaghianu, Mario Pesendorfer, Akiko Satake, Eliane Schermer, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Peter A. Thomas, Davide Vecchio, Andreas P. Wion, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Tingting Xue, Katharine Abernethy, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuna, Marcelo Daniel Barrera, Jessica H. Barton, Stan Boutin, Emma R. Bush, Sergio Donoso Calderon, Felipe S. Carevic, Carolina Volkmer de Castilho, Juan Manuel Cellini, Colin A. Chapman, Hazel Chapman, Francesco Chianucci, Patricia da Costa, Luc Croise, Andrea Cutini, Ben Dantzer, R. Justin DeRose, Jean-Thoussaint Dikangadissi, Edmond Dimoto, Fernanda Lopes da Fonseca, Leonardo Gallo, Georg Gratzer, David F. Greene, Martin A. Hadad, Alejandro Huertas Herrera, Kathryn J. Jeffery, Jill F. Johnstone, Urs Kalbitzer, Wladyslaw Kantorowicz, Christie A. Klimas, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jeffrey Lane, Katharina Lapin, Mateusz Ledwon, Abigail C. Leeper, Maria Vanessa Lencinas, Ana Claudia Lira-Guedes, Michael C. Lordon, Paula Marchelli, Shealyn Marino, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Andrew G. McAdam, Ludovic R. W. Momont, Manuel Nicolas, Lucia Helena de Oliveira Wadt, Parisa Panahi, Guillermo Martinez Pastur, Thomas Patterson, Pablo Luis Peri, Lukasz Piechnik, Mehdi Pourhashemi, Claudia Espinoza Quezada, Fidel A. Roig, Karen Pena Rojas, Yamina Micaela Rosas, Silvio Schueler, Barbara Seget, Rosina Soler, Michael A. Steele, Monica Toro-Manriquez, Caroline E. G. Tutin, Tharcisse Ukizintambara, Lee White, Biplang Yadok, John L. Willis, Anita Zolles, Magdalena Zywiec, Davide Ascoli
Summary: This study introduces a data set called MASTREE+, which collates time-series data on reproduction of perennial plants from around the world and provides it to the community for free. The data set includes 73,828 georeferenced observations of annual reproduction in perennial plant populations, consisting of 5971 population-level time-series from 974 species in 66 countries. The mean and median time-series length is 12.4 and 10 years respectively, with 1122 series extending over at least two decades. The open-access data set will improve understanding of the response of long-lived plant reproduction to environmental change and enable investigation of reproductive strategies and ecosystem dynamics.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
J. Granneman, C. Baxley, M. Bollinger, A. Heil, M. LaGanke, E. Levine, W. Pearson, E. Pudlak, K. Williams
Summary: The bay scallop fishery in the Steinhatchee zone in Florida operates in a derby-like manner, with most harvest effort concentrated at the beginning of the season before declining steadily. In 2018, over 21,000 vessels or 82,398 individuals participated in the fishery, generating approximately $1.8 million in revenue but also resulting in a high fishing mortality rate of 57-72% of the population. The exploitation rate of the fishery exceeded the sustainable threshold of 0.4, indicating that the fishery is at risk of being unable to sustain itself under current conditions. Regular monitoring of effort in this zone and possibly statewide is recommended to prevent the extirpation of the bay scallop population.
MARINE AND COASTAL FISHERIES
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Agostina Gorga, Gustavo Marcelo Rindone, Cecilia Lucia Centola, Cristian M. Sobarzo, Eliana Herminia Pellizzari, Maria del Carmen Camberos, Clara Isabel Marin-Briggiler, Debora J. Cohen, Maria Fernanda Riera, Maria Noel Galardo, Silvina Beatriz Meroni
Summary: The study found that continuous exposure to low doses of glyphosate or Roundup alters blood-testis barrier permeability in juvenile rats, but this impairment may be reversible in adulthood. No differences in daily sperm production were observed in adult animals treated during the juvenile stage.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Ferdous Ahamed, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed, Jun Ohtomi
Summary: This study estimated key population parameters of Penaeus indicus in the Andharmanik River, southern Bangladesh, and found that the population is almost optimally exploited.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuriy Pichugin, Arne Traulsen
Summary: Multiple modes of asexual reproduction are observed in microbial organisms, and the transition between these modes, such as from unicellularity to multicellularity, can directly affect population growth rates. Mass conservation can limit the number of possible reproduction modes, while the interplay between cell shape and growth kinetics explains the characteristics of cell size and shape, as well as the evolution of reproductive strategies in multicellular species.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Lauren S. Pile Knapp, Rebecca Snell, Lance A. Vickers, Todd Hutchinson, John Kabrick, Michael A. Jenkins, Brad Graham, Joanne Rebbeck
Summary: The study found that hickories may have a conservative root-centered growth strategy that exceeds that of oaks, with highly plastic physiology. This allows for long-term persistence of hickories in the mid and understory while being responsive to favorable increases in available light. The reproduction dynamics of hickories suggest a gradual and consistent recruitment to the mid and overstory in contrast to the single, unimodal age distribution of oaks following historic disturbance.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Masako Nakamura, Keiichi Nomura, Isao Hirabayashi, Yuichi Nakajima, Takumi Nakajima, Satoshi Mitarai, Hiroyuki Yokochi
Summary: In the temperate non-reefal area of Kushimoto, Japan, coral settlement was monitored over 12 years, with a low number of recruits observed, especially for acroporid species. Despite the low recruitment, the relatively high coral cover in the area may be sufficient for the persistence of acroporid communities. Genetic analysis revealed differences in population structure between the long-term resident species Acropora hyacinthus and the recently arrived species A. muricata, suggesting that conservation efforts should prioritize the established corals for the persistence of coral assemblages in the region.
Article
Ecology
Julia Fernandes Perroca, Caio Santos Nogueira, Abner Carvalho-Batista, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: There is a clear gender difference between males and females of Macrobrachium amazonicum, with males more commonly found in larger size classes; males have a higher growth rate but shorter lifespan and higher mortality rate. Environmental changes and anthropic influences lead to system instability, resulting in shorter lifespan, faster growth rates, and smaller asymptotic sizes for both sexes.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, S. P. Barros-Alves, A. C. Almeida, R. C. Costa
Summary: This study confirmed the strict protandric hermaphroditism adopted by M. rhizophorae and described the size at which sex change occurs, supporting predictions of sex allocation theory. The reproductive output of M. rhizophorae was found to increase linearly with shrimp body size, while evidence of possible trade-offs between size at sex change and reproductive strategy was also discovered.
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
(2021)
Article
Zoology
A. R. da Silva, G. F. B. Rodrigues, A. Borthagaray, R. C. Costa, A. L. Castilho
Summary: Researchers have observed a modular pattern in the relationship between hermit crabs and gastropod shells, where the network can be divided into compartments with species interacting more within their own compartment. Different morphometric traits in hermit crabs influence their specialization levels, as hermit crabs of different sizes may require different types of shells for optimal interaction.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Caio Santos Nogueira, Gabriel Vieira Martins Rezende Gois, Regis Augusto Pescinelli, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: This study analyzed the sexual dimorphism in Macrobrachium pantanalense and Macrobrachium iheringi, two freshwater prawn species with different mating systems. The results showed species-specific differences in sexual dimorphism, suggesting a relationship between mating system and sexual behavior.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Gabriel L. Bochini, Rafael C. Santos, Fernando J. Zara, Rogerio C. Costa, Fernando L. Mantelatto
Summary: The morphology of the first zoea stage of Tetraxanthus rathbunae, a member of the Pseudorhombilidae family, was described and compared with other species. The results showed differences in the number and type of setae in certain body parts, but similarities in other aspects. This study provides important information for the identification of this species and for the phylogenetic study of the Pseudorhombilidae family.
Article
Ecology
Amanda Thais Godoy, Alexandre de Oliveira Marques, Gustavo Monteiro Teixeira, Fulvio Aurelio de Morais Freire, Rogerio Caetano Costa, Adilson Fransozo
Summary: This study investigates the temporal and spatial variation of a benthic brachyuran assemblage in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and explores the possible explanations for the patterns observed. The results show that environmental factors such as water temperature, salinity, organic matter, and sediment texture play a role in shaping the composition and abundance of the brachyuran community. The study provides valuable information on the modulating variables in benthic brachyuran communities.
REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Reproductive Biology
Milena Silva Jaconis, Caio Santos Nogueira, Gabriel Vieira Martins Rezende-Gois, Julia Fernandes Perroca, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: This study estimated the morphological sexual maturity (MSM) of Hepatus pudibundus and analyzed its relative growth. The research found that males reach MSM at 44.71 mm CW while females reach MSM at 41.87 mm CW. Furthermore, males and females showed higher growth rates in gonopodium length and abdomen width, respectively, during the juvenile stage.
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Reproductive Biology
Mateus Pereira Santos, Vivian Fransozo, Geslaine R. L. Goncalves, Rogerio Caetano da Costa, Maria Lucia Negreiros-Fransozo
Summary: We studied the growth and sexual maturity of Libinia spinosa. The males were divided into juveniles, adolescents, and adults based on their size and cheliped propod length. Females were classified into juveniles and adults based on abdomen width. The study found that there is a prepuberal phase where adolescent males have mature gonads and can mate with females.
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Caio S. Nogueira, Nicholas F. Camargo, Joao A. F. Pantaleao, Rogerio C. Costa
Summary: Through geometric morphometrics analyses, this study revealed that Macrobrachium amazonicum and Macrobrachium pantanalense, two closely related freshwater prawn species, can be distinguished by the carapace and telson structures.
ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER
(2023)
Review
Zoology
Andrea Santos E. Almeida, Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Samara De Paiva Barros-alves, Regis Augusto Pescinelli, Rogerio Caetano Da Costa
Summary: The early larval stages of Lysmata ankeri and L. bahia were described, compared, and illustrated, providing valuable insights into their post-embryonic development and evolutionary history. Ovigerous specimens from the coast of southeastern and northeastern Brazil were used for this study. Unique features were observed in the larvae of L. ankeri and L. bahia, which were not found in other analyzed species, such as a pair of simple setae on the third pleonal somite in zoea I and more than 11 setae on the uropod exopod. Similar characteristics were found in species from different clades of the Lysmata-Exhippolysmata complex, allowing for the identification of early stages of Lysmata larvae. Further research is needed to confirm phylogenetic patterns and the significance of other larval characters for a better understanding of the evolutionary history of this group.
Article
Ecology
Regis Augusto Pescinelli, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: The morphology of the first post-embryonic stages of Alpheus petronioi, a snapping shrimp, was described and compared with other species of the genus. Distinct morphological characteristics were found, allowing for the differentiation of A. petronioi from other species. This study provides new information on the species' life history and contributes to its biology after its initial description.
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Joao Alberto Farinelli Pantaleao, Regis Augusto Pescinell, Fernando Luis Mantelatto, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: This study describes the early larval stages of Sicyonia dorsalis and S. typica obtained under laboratory conditions, and compares their morphology with other species in the same genus. The results show that the larval and PZI stages of these two species are similar, suggesting that morphological differences may arise later during development. More data on different species is needed for generalizations and conclusions to be made.
Article
Ecology
Daphine Ramiro Herrera, Rogerio Caetano da Costa
Summary: This study investigated the distribution and abundance of blue crabs Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus in the South-west Atlantic subtropical shelf and related it to environmental factors. The study found that temperature was the main factor affecting the distribution of blue crabs and that their distribution showed spatial and temporal variations.
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Joao Alberto Farinelli Pantaleao, Fernando Luis Mantelatto, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: A detailed description of the first zoeal stage of Ogyrides occidentalis is provided in this study, and compared with the close related species O. alphaerostris. Despite some similarities, substantial differences were found between the two species. These differences must be interpreted carefully as the larval description of O. alphaerostris was conducted before the proposed standardization for decapod larval morphology descriptions. The present larval description furnishes additional information to corroborate the recent resurrection of O. occidentalis and will be useful for future comparative and ecological research.
Article
Fisheries
Caio Santos Nogueira, Joao Alberto Farinelli Pantaleao, Rogerio Caetano Costa
Summary: The study revealed that populations of Macrobrachium pantanalense and M. amazonicum may not copulate, which aligns with the proposition of recent speciation.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2021)
