The starvation effects on the fatty acids composition of the digestive gland of the scallop Flexopecten glaber were underwent in this study. Results show that food deprivation induces a diminution of the amounts of the EPA (C20:5n-3) and the DHA (C22:6n-3) as well as the n-3/n-6 ratio. Meanwhile, a selective retention, in terms of increase of percentage, of the AA (C20:4n-6) in unfed specimens ...

Abstract Long-lived anticyclonic eddies (ACs) have been repeatedly observed over several North Atlantic basins characterized by bowl-like topographic depressions. Motivated these previous findings, the authors conduct numerical simulations of spindown initialized in idealized bowls. In experiments with one or two isopycnal layers, it is found that a bowl-trapped AC an emergent circulation patte...

This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of different vegetable oil types on broiler energy expenditure, abdominal fat deposition and fatty acid profile of breast and thigh. A total number of 300 un-sexed day-old cobb 500 broiler chickens were used in a completely randomized design, consisted of five treatments (five different vegetable oil sources including soy, flaxseed, canola, ...

The influence of pH (6.0-9.0), natural organic matter (NOM) (0-10 mg C/L) and ionic strength (IS) (1.7-40 mM) on 14 nm CeO₂ NP aggregation and ecotoxicity towards the alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata was assessed following a central composite design. Mean NP aggregate sizes ranged between 200 and 10000 nm. Increasing pH and IS enhanced aggregation, while increasing NOM decreased mean aggreg...

It has been brought to our attention that there were a number of typographical errors in one section of our recent article [1] published in December 2005. All corrections apply to the section entitled, 'Biochemical rationale; Eicosanoids: cyclo-oxygenase pathway'. The second paragraph should read: The usual substrate for the COX isozymes is the n6 LC PUFA arachidonic acid (AA; C20:4n-6). Eicosa...