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Handling technique to increase the hyacinth macaw population (Anodorhynchus...

Kuniy, A. A.; Figueiredo, I. C. S.; Guedes, N. M. R.;

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Occurrence of helminths in bristle-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus)...

Kuniy, A. A.; Brasileiro, M. T. R.;

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Capybaras in an anthropogenic habitat in Southeastern Brazil

Verdade, L. M.; Ferraz, K. M. P. M. B.; Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are widely distributed in the Neotropics, living in both natural and anthropogenic habitats. In the present study, we...

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Galls and gall makers in plants from the Pé-de-Gigante Cerrado Reserve, Santa...

Urso-Guimarães, M. V.; Scareli-Santos, C.; Thirty-six morphologically different types of galls were obtained in leaves, leaflets, veins, petioles, stems, tendrils and flower buds from twenty-five...

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Microhabitat use by two rocky shore gastropods in an intertidal sandy...

Turra, A.; Denadai, M. R.; Sandy beaches in some areas of the São Sebastião Channel in southeastern Brazil have unremittingly undergone a variety of impacts, including the deposition of rock fragments...

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Zooplankton biomass of reservoirs in different trophic conditions in the...

Sendacz, S.; Caleffi, S.; Santos-Soares, J.; This paper reports on a study involving an estimate of the biomass of rotifers, cladocerans, and cyclopoid and calanoid copepods found in reservoirs in...

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Physiological rates in different classes of sizes of Perna perna (Linnaeus,...

Resgalla Jr., C.; Brasil, E. S.; Salomão, L. C.; Physiological studies of the mussel Perna perna in Brazil are almost 30 years behind those of other, more exhaustively investigated species, such as...

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First gonadal maturation of Pinirampus pirinampu (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)...

Peixer, J.; Mateus, L. A. F.; Resende, E. K.; Information regarding the reproductive cycle of commercially exploited fish species is extremely important for their appropriate management. The...

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Ultrastructural aspects of the intercellular bridges between female bee germ...

Patrício, K.; Cruz-Landim, C.; The germline cells in the ovary of the female bee are interconnected by intercellular bridges kept open by cytoskeletal reinforcements in the plasmic membrane. These...

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Colleters in Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae) ontogenesis, ultrastructure...

Paiva, E. A. S.; Machado, S. R.; Colleters are widely distributed and have been reported in several taxa. However, the only report of colleters in the Caryocaraceae family is in Caryocar brasiliense....

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First record of the bat Mimon crenulatum (E. Geoffroy, 1801) (Mammalia:...

Mello, M. A. R.; Pol, A.; The present study reports an extension of the geographic range of the phyllostomid bat Mimon crenulatum. This is the first record of this species in the state of Rio de...

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Reproductive relationships and degree of synapsis in the polytene chromosomes...

Machado, L. P. B.; Madi-Ravazzi, L.; Tadei, W. J.; The process of speciation occurs through the evolution of any of several forms of reproductive isolation between taxa, including inviability of...

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Stock assessment and fishery management of the pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus...

Leite Jr., N. O.; Petrere Jr., M.; Quantitative analyses of the pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and Farfantepenaeus paulensis) fisheries were carried out using data collected from July 1999...

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Annual and short-term variability in primary productivity by phytoplankton...

Henry, R.; Nogueira, M. G.; Pompeo, M. L. M.; Moschini-Carlos, V.; The annual variability of the photosynthetic production (PP) by phytoplankton in the lacustrine zone of the Jurumirim Reservoir (São...

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Social isolation and aggressiveness in the Amazonian juvenile fish Astronotus...

Gonçalves-De-Freitas, E.; Mariguela, T. C.; We tested the effect of social isolation on the aggressiveness of an Amazonian fish: Astronotus ocellatus. Ten juvenile fishes were transferred from a group...

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Seasonal dynamics of microzooplankton in the São Sebastião Channel (SP, Brazil)

Eskinazi-Sant’anna, E. M.; Björnberg, T. K. S.; The qualitative composition, numerical abundance and seasonal distribution of microzooplankton in the São Sebastião Channel were studied in different...

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Occurrence of toxin-producing cyanobacteria blooms in a Brazilian semiarid...

Costa, I. A. S.; Azevedo, S. M. F. O; Senna, P. A. C.; Bernardo, R. R.; Costa, S. M.; Chellappa, N. T.; We report the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms and the presence of cyanotoxins in water...

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A new sympatric region for distinct karyotypic forms of Hoplias malabaricus...

Born, G. G.; Bertollo, L. A. C.; Specimens of Hoplias malabaricus from Lagoa Carioca, an isolated lake of the Rio Doce State Park (state of Minas Gerais, Brazil), were cytogenetically studied. The...

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Behavior of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in planorbids

Banevicius, N. M. S.; Zanotti-Magalhães, E. M.; Magalhães, L. A.; Linhares, A. X.; Some terrestrial mollusks are natural hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. In the laboratory, this nematode can be...

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Cytogenetics of two sympatric Corydoras species (pisces, siluriformes,...

Artoni, R. F.; Terêncio, M. L.; Vicari, M. R.; Matiello, M. C. A.; Cestari, M. M.; Bertollo, L. A. C.; Karyotypic data are presented for two sympatric Corydoras species of the Lagoa Dourada, namely, C....

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