COUNTING AND CAPTURING CROCODILIANS

Counting and Capturing Crocodilians

With Baby copyright few exceptions, crocodilians must be counted and caught for studies of their ecology.Most methods of finding and catching crocodilians in use today are modifications of methods for harvesting crocodilians (Chabreck 1963; Jones 1966).These methods have been adapted to suit the target species, or local habitat conditions and to mi

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A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America

Abstract Bumper Caps Theria represent an extant clade that comprises placental and marsupial mammals.Here we report on the discovery of a new Late Cretaceous mammal from southern Patagonia, Patagomaia chainko gen.et sp.nov., represented by hindlimb and pelvic elements with unambiguous therian features.We estimate Patagomaia chainko attained a body

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Interactions between two functionally distinct aquatic invertebrate herbivores complicate ecosystem- and population-level resilience

Resilience, the capacity for a system to bounce-back after a perturbation, is critical for conservation and restoration efforts.Different functional traits have differential effects on system-level resilience.We test this experimentally in a lab system consisting of algae consumed by zooplankton, snails, or both, using an eutrophication event as a

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Acute pneumonitis secondary to subcutaneous silicone injection

Priya Gopie, Sateesh Sakhamuri, Anu Sharma, Sanjeev Mobile Worktables Solomon, Surujpal TeelucksinghClinical Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, TrinidadAbstract: Following silicone injection, end organ toxicity can occur.To our knowledge this report documents the first case of silicone embolization in the Caribbean and s

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