Truss analysis and length measurements were made on 168 striped red mullet Mullus surmuletus. Multivariate statistical analyses with principal component analysis and partial redundancy analysis (pRDA) were used on these measurements to evaluate the influence of maturity, sex and geographical area distribution on body shape. Truss measurements were important to quantify and discriminate changing...

Genetic caste determination has been described in two populations of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants, each comprising a pair of interbreeding lineages. Queens mate with males of their own and of the alternate lineage and produce two types of diploid offspring, those fertilized by males of the queens' lineage which develop into queens and those fertilized by males of the other lineage which develop ...

Heavy metal accumulation in aquatic organisms has been an important issue due to environmental pollution resulting from anthropogenic activities. In this study, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Zn in the selected fish species (Mullus barbatus, Solea solea, and Siganus rivulatus) from three consecutive bays (İskenderun, Mersin, and Antalya from North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea) were considered to provide some...

The article highlights data on the first sighting of bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus territory Ustyurt State Nature Reserve (Kazakhstan) after 2013. It has been suggested that is periodically visiting from Great Balkan Range (Western Turkmenistan) and subspecies bird encountered.

Trunk trails, used by Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus during foraging and homing, have the effect of avoiding aggressive confrontations between neighboring colonies of the same species. They channel the mass of foragers of hostile neighboring nests into diverging directions, before each ant pursues its individual foraging exploration. This channeling subtly partitions the foraging grounds ...

Introduction The medicinal potential of plant is due to the presence of active principles, capable of producing several pharmacological effects such as analgesic, antiseptic agents, diuretics, expectorants, tranquilizers, digestive healing, emollients, anti-diarrhoeal, among others [1]. The deep cultural roots of the Brazilian population facilitated the permanence of the use of herbal medicine ...