background: present study was carried out in north of iran to investigate the concentration of mercury (hg) as one of the most toxic metals in tissues of two species of birds. methods: in this study, 15 birds from coot (fulica atra) and 18 birds from cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo) were hunted in anzali and gomishan wetlands. data-analyses carried out using spss software version 17 licenced by ...

Diving is believed to be very costly in cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) when compared with other avian divers because of their poor insulation and less-efficient foot propulsion. It was therefore suggested that cormorants might employ a behavioural strategy to reduce daily energy expenditure by minimizing the amount of time spent in water. However, European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) have...

Monitoring of Gharial Gavialis gangeticus in National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) since 1983 has resulted collection data on other ecological associates, located between 25.8474–26.4389 0N, 76.5645–79.2132 0E. One such beneficiary this long term monitoring program are the pelicans, locally called ‘Hawaseel’. Pelican species visiting from November to March include Dalmatian Pelecanus crispus, Great ...

The asymmetric unit of the polymeric title compound, {[Cd(NCS)2(C6H6N2S)]·2CH3OH} n , consists of one cadmium(II) cation that is located on a centre of inversion as well as one thio-cyanate anion, one pyridine-4-carbo-thio-amide ligand and one methanol mol-ecule in general positions. The Cd(II) cations are octa-hedrally coordinated by the pyridine N atom of two pyridine-4-carbo-thio-amide ligan...

Cycloaddition reactions of alkynes are elegant, atom-efficient transformations for the synthesis of carbo- and heterocycles, mostly aromatic, involving the construction of challenging skeletons of complex molecules. Therefore significant efforts have recently been devoted to the development of novel methodologies, efficient strategies and different catalytic systems to broaden the scope of thes...