Abstract Lotic environments are subjected to the impacts of human activities in an intense way urban regions and one ways assist environmental diagnosis is through knowledge composition bioindicator organisms, including microalgae. The objective this work was qualitatively characterize Chlorophyceae Class Wille, providing descriptions meristic data specimens as well conditions which taxa were r...

snail transmitted diseases are one of the major group of helminth parasitic diseases which have been established by trematode parasites. the larvae of trematodes (cercariae) use the snails as host. the purpose of the present study was to identify of cercariae released from melanopsis spp. (m. doriae, m. costata, m. praemorsa, and m. nodosa) and evaluate their medical importance. accordingly, 2,...

In subtropical karst area, small wetlands are widely distributed owing to the well-developed and high degree of groundwater-surface water interaction. However, detailed plankton community composition, spatial-temporal dynamics, its assembly mechanism were rarely discussed. To address these, distribution patterns relationship with hydrological conditions environment gradients analyzed discover b...

khuzestan province in the south west of iran having several seasonal and permanent lagoons which are shelter for domestic and migratory birds including, fish-eating birds. this research study was carried out to find the intestinal helminth parasites of birds in this ecosystem and evaluation of their medically importance with emphasis on heterophyid trematodes. for these reasons, the total of 37...

BACKGROUND Ankober District has long been inhabited by people who have a long tradition of using medicinal plants to treat human ailments. Overexploitation of medicinal plants coupled with an ever-increasing population growth, deforestation and agricultural land expansion threatens plants in the area. Hence, this study aimed at documenting and analyzing the plant-based ethnomedicinal knowledge ...