Abstract. Widiyanti R, Nugroho HA, Megarani DV, Widiasih DA, Pakpahan S. 2023. Multiplex PCR detection of mackerel-based food adulteration with pleco and chicken in selected areas around Ciliwung River, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 1538-1543. Detecting fish product is crucial to ensure safety since meat was already reported carry several heavy metals that might harm human health. Pleco invasive...

This study intends to give recommendations to the management of Paraty fishery in Brazil through an interplay of local and scientific knowledge. In particular, the objectives are the following: 1) to describe the Paraty fishery; 2) to compare the fishermen's local ecological knowledge with recorded fish landings and previous studies in Paraty; 3) to combine the data on local fishing and on loca...

Museum specimens are often the only source of genetic material for many species of cetaceans. Most of the protocols that have been developed to extract DNA from teeth and bone samples involve mechanical or chemical disintegration of the material. An alternative method to the mechanical reduction process is presented here for 212 Commerson’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) samples collecte...

(2826) Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 348. Mar 1799 [Angiosp.: Nyctagin.], nom. cons. prop. Typus: [icon] “Buginvillaea” in Lamarck, Tab. Encycl. 1: t. 294 upper part. 30 Jul 1792. Epitypus (vide Lack Willdenowia 42: 124. 2012): Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, “in circa Rio-Jan. vicinis nemoribus”, 1767, Commerson 192 (P barcode P00169376!; isoepitypi: G barcodes G00341746! & G00341747!, ...