The olfactory organ of turtle consists of the upper chamber epithelium (UCE) and the lower chamber epithelium (LCE), detecting air-borne odorants and water-borne odorants, respectively. In this study, we investigated the number of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in the UCE and LCE of soft-shelled turtle in order to find their possible differences among terrestrial, semi-aquatic and highly-aqu...

The diatom frustule provides partial protection against copepod grazing. Whether the defense is due to cells being de-selected or handled for so long that grazers lose time foraging unknown. mechanism has implications population dynamics of both defended and co-occurring, undefended nutrient competitors. We use video-observations demonstrate thick-shelled diatoms captured by Temora longicornis ...

Shelled pteropods are cosmopolitan, free-swimming organisms of biogeochemical and commercial importance. They widely used as sentinel species for the overall response marine ecosystems to environmental stressors associated with climate change changes in ocean chemistry. However, currently we unable project effects on shelled at population level, due missing spatio-temporal characterization stre...