Biodiversity and community structure of macrofauna of the intertidal sandy beach at Chabahar Bay were studied for a period of ten months in 2007. A total of 32 species were observed and identified in this study so that polychaete with 16 species was numerically dominant. The results showed changing densities were influenced by monsoon season so that maximum density (1935.47 ind/m2) was observed...

BRIAN M. WEIGEL*, LIZHU WANG*, PAUL W. RASMUSSEN*, JASON T. BUTCHER , PAUL M. STEWART , THOMAS P. SIMON § AND MICHAEL J. WILEY *Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Monona, WI, U.S.A. †U.S. Forest Service, Superior National Forest, Duluth, MN, U.S.A. ‡Troy State University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy, AL, U.S.A. §U.S. F...

a Geological Sciences Department, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, USA b Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20015, USA c The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, USA d Environmental Science Department, Lancaster Univers...

Laura S. Van Winkle, Michelle V. Fanucchi, Lisa A. Miller, Gregory L. Baker, Laurel J. Gershwin, Edward S. Schelegle, Dallas M. Hyde, Michael J. Evans, and Charles G. Plopper Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine and the California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, ...

based on the morphology and corallites structures, seventeen species of scleractinian corals in seven families were described from the chabahar bay, fourteen species of which are being reported for the first time from this bay. the identified species include  acropora valida dana, 1846,  acropora clathrata brook, 1891 and  acropora nausta dana, 1846 belonging to acroporidae, favia matthai vaugh...

temporal and spatial variation of zooplankton abundance, composition and biomass were examined on the chabahar bay, oman sea. the chabahar bay, a subtropical and semi-enclosed bay, provides an ideal breeding ground for many fish and shellfish. five stations were investigated along the bay. this area is under the influence of the indian ocean seasonal monsoons. zooplankton was collected with ver...

Due to increased life spans and senescence in society, there is a growing need for supplements that enable healthy aging. Aging accompanied by changes body composition such as loss of bone muscle mass increase/redistribution adipose tissue. These may, at least part, be alleviated exercise, adequate diet possibly some natural adjuvants. Laurel (L. nobilis L.) leaves are rich secondary metabolite...

In recent years, outbreaks of nonnative invasive insects and pathogens have caused significant levels tree mortality disturbance in various forest ecosystems throughout the United States. Laurel wilt, by pathogen Raffaelea lauricola (T.C. Harr., Fraedrich Aghayeva) primary vector, redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff), is a pest-disease complex first reported southeastern States...

Adam D. Feenstra, Liza E. Alexander, Zhihong Song, Andrew R. Korte, Marna D. Yandeau-Nelson, Basil J. Nikolau, and Young Jin Lee Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Ames Laboratory-United States Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa 50011 Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Center for Metabo...