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Seasonal patterns of [C]phytoplankton photosynthesis (PP) were examined in six warm monomictic lakes of coastal British Columbia. Four of our study lakes followed typical lake patterns with maximum PP occurring in the spring and minimal rates occurring during the winter. However, the spring maximum occurred several weeks earlier than lakes in other climatic regions. In addition, maximum rates o...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going d...

Currently, there is considerable debate surrounding the presence of some human language-specific characteristics in non-human animals, such as use compositional syntax (i.e. meaning a sequence determined both by its individual parts and way they are combined). Compositional has been investigated mobbing calls two closely related tit species, Japanese Tit Parus minor Great major, but with one co...

UNLABELLED Several studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be born in the winter and early spring than at any other time of the year. Furthermore, some studies have reported that winter-born patients differ from non-winter-born patients in terms of risk factors, symptoms, sensory abnormalities and brain morphology. Associations between season of birth and premorbi...

to regional environmental conditions. Bahiagrass is particularly tolerant of poor soil drainage, close continuous Fall and winter are periods of critical forage shortage in subtropical grazing, and marginal fertility. regions of the world, including the extreme southeastern USA. CoolBeginning in 1960, Burton (1974, 1982) used modified season herbage accumulation has not been documented for bahi...

cryptosporidium is an ubiqutous enteric protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts. in humans and many other mammals, cryptosporidium is recognized as a significant pathogen primarily as a cause of acute, severe diarrheal illness. at this investigation animal samples (stool) were collected from 708 heads of lambs (in the beginning of the birth to three months) and 713 head...

Heading time is a major determinant of the adaptation of wheat to different environments, and is critical in minimizing risks of frost, heat, and drought on reproductive development. Given that major developmental genes are known in wheat, a process-based model, APSIM, was modified to incorporate gene effects into estimation of heading time, while minimizing degradation in the predictive capabi...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest a possible role for low ultraviolet radiation exposure and low vitamin D status as a risk factor for food allergy. We hypothesized that children born in autumn/winter months (less sun exposure) might have higher food allergy rates than those born in spring/summer. METHODS We compared IgE-mediated food allergy rates by season of birth in 835 children aged 0-4 ...

The mirid bugs Adelphocoris suturalis (Jakovlev), Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) and Adelphocoris fasciaticollis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) are common pests of several agricultural crops. These three species have vastly different geographical distributions, phenologies and abundances, all of which are linked to their reliance on local plants. Previous work has shown notable differences in A...