size at sexual maturity and patterns of somatic growth are important aspects of reproductive history of crab. the main purpose of this study is to provide an estimate for the onset of morphological sexual maturity in mangrove crab, opusia indica from a population located in korangi creek intertidal mud flat (karachi, pakistan) based on relative growth. the crabs were monthly collected through q...

—Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, supports a large mass nesting (arribada) aggregation of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). A large number of egg clutches is lost to egg harvest and to nest destruction by nesting females after every arribada. Accordingly, the purpose of our study was to generate estimates of the net number of clutches left incubating from clutch densities with the us...

The weeds are high adaptability plants after peatland fires. response of the dominant growing fire is an important factor in weed control efforts to increase yield oil palm plantations on post-fire peatlands. present study was conducted at Kurao plantation, Lubuk Basung, West Sumatra, Indonesia. were collected by using Quadrat method with random placement 20 plots and unburnt locations. leaf mo...

Abstract. The activity of small mammalian herbivores influences grassland ecosystem services in arid and semi-arid regions. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) was considered to be a focal organism investigate the effect on meadow alpine In this study, home-range scale used measure forage available livestock, water conservation, carbon sequestration soil nutrient maintenance (total nitrogen, phos...

Abstract Freshwater mussels are important functional components of aquatic ecosystems. Westralunio carteri is a threatened freshwater mussel species, endemic to south-western Australia, which has suffered recent, dramatic decline in range. The density, size structure and distribution adult this species within river reaches were investigated using quadrat searches modelled against range microhab...