Jellyfish (Chrysaora lactea, Cnidaria, Semaeostomeae) aggregations in southern Brazil and consequences of stings in humans

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Distribuição e validade taxonômica do gênero Chrysaora (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa) na América do Sul

Pós-graduação em Biociências - FCLAS

Levantamento de cnidários associados a acidentes humanos no Litoral Norte do Estado de São Paulo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

CLEANER SHRIMP (CARIDEA: PALAEMONIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SCYPHOZOAN JELLYFISH

Shrimp are found in association with many hosts (sponges, anthozoans, mollusks, echinoids, ascidians and fish). Shrimp are rarely observed in association with jellyfish. The interaction between the cleaner shrimp Periclimenes paivai and jellyfish is poorly known, with only one published report for Brazilian waters. We add new information about this association, based on field and laboratory observations. Shrimp were collected from three locations on the coast Of Sao Paulo State (Cananeia, Santos and Sao Sebastiao) and from two species of scyphozoan rnedusae: Chrysaora lactea and Lychnorhiza lucerna. We classify the association as facultative commensalism, since the shrimp gain protection and probably feed on mucus produced by the jelly fish. The maximum carapace length of the shrimp collected was 9.2 min. Medusa bel I diameter ranged between about 10 and 19 cm for C. lactea and between 4.5 and 25 cm for L. lucerna. We also provide a list of records of Periclimenes in association with different scyphornedUsae, and additional information on the size and coloration of P. paivai.

Chrysaora plocamia lesson, 1830 (cnidaria, scyphozoa), frente a Pisco, Perú

Observa una generalizada proliferación de medusas, que llegan a formar “blooms” o poblaciones de alta densidad que podrían reemplazar organismos tradicionalmente dominantes en la cadena trófica.

VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 h of observations with the 4-m VISTA telescope during 5 years (2010-2014), covering similar to 10(9) point sources across an area of 520 deg(2), including 33 known globular clusters and similar to 350 open clusters. The final product will be a deep near-IR atlas in five passbands (0.9-2.5 mu m) and a catalogue of more than 106 variable point sources. Unlike single-epoch surveys that, in most cases, only produce 2-D maps, the VVV variable star survey will enable the construction of a 3-D map of the surveyed region using well-understood distance indicators such as RR Lyrae stars, and Cepheids. It will yield important information on the ages of the populations. The observations will be combined with data from MACHO, OGLE, EROS, VST, Spitzer, HST, Chandra, INTEGRAL, WISE, Fermi LAT, XMM-Newton, GAIA and ALMA for a complete understanding of the variable sources in the inner Milky Way. This public survey will provide data available to the whole community and therefore will enable further studies of the history of the Milky Way, its globular cluster evolution, and the population census of the Galactic Bulge and center, as well as the investigations of the star forming regions in the disk. The combined variable star catalogues will have important implications for theoretical investigations of pulsation properties of stars. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Behavior at a nest of Amazilia lactea (Aves, Trochilidae)

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Filogeografia do complexo Ischnocnema lactea e Ischnocnema holti (Anura, Brachycephalidae), sudeste do Brasil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Via Lactea

Context. The ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to run for about five years. Aims. We describe the progress of the survey observations in the first observing season, the observing strategy, and quality of the data obtained. Methods. The observations are carried out on the 4-m VISTA telescope in the ZYJHK(s) filters. In addition to the multi-band imaging the variability monitoring campaign in the K-s filter has started. Data reduction is carried out using the pipeline at the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit. The photometric and astrometric calibration is performed via the numerous 2MASS sources observed in each pointing. Results. The first data release contains the aperture photometry and astrometric catalogues for 348 individual pointings in the ZYJHK(s) filters taken in the 2010 observing season. The typical image quality is similar to 0 ''.9-1 ''.0. The stringent photometric and image quality requirements of the survey are satisfied in 100% of the JHK(s) images in the disk area and 90% of the JHK(s) images in the bulge area. The completeness in the Z and Y images is 84% in the disk, and 40% in the bulge. The first season catalogues contain 1.28 x 10(8) stellar sources in the bulge and 1.68 x 10(8) in the disk area detected in at least one of the photometric bands. The combined, multi-band catalogues contain more than 1.63 x 10(8) stellar sources. About 10% of these are double detections because of overlapping adjacent pointings. These overlapping multiple detections are used to characterise the quality of the data. The images in the JHK(s) bands extend typically similar to 4 mag deeper than 2MASS. The magnitude limit and photometric quality depend strongly on crowding in the inner Galactic regions. The astrometry for K-s = 15-18 mag has rms similar to 35-175 mas. Conclusions. The VVV Survey data products offer a unique dataset to map the stellar populations in the Galactic bulge and the adjacent plane and provide an exciting new tool for the study of the structure, content, and star-formation history of our Galaxy, as well as for investigations of the newly discovered star clusters, star-forming regions in the disk, high proper motion stars, asteroids, planetary nebulae, and other interesting objects.

Ioannis Pecqueti Diepaei ... Experimenta nova anatomica : quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios Vasa Lactea deteguntur ; Dissertatio anatomica de circulatione sanguinis et chyli motu ...

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Via lactea sive Institutiones juris canonici : per quam et quas ... studiosi juvenes ... conducuntur /

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Ocurrencia de Staphilococcus patógenos en leche mamítica en el Departamento de Managua y prueba de sensibilidad a antibióticos

El presente trabajo se realizó en los labortarios de la Escuela Nacional de Agricultura y Ganadería, durante los meses comprendidos entre Junio y Noviembre de 1966. Se examinaron nueve fincas en el Departamento de Managua con un total de 926 vacas en producción lactea. Para la determinacion de mastitis, se uso la prueba de Kloz Gerber y para el aislamiento de staphilococcus patogeno los medios de Hanitol Salt, Agar Sangre, Caldo nutritivo y para la prueba de coagulase el plasma sanguineo. Para la prueba de sensibilidad se usaron los antibioticos siguientes: Oxitetraciclina, CLortetraciclina, Penicilina, Dihidroestreptomicina, Puradantina, Cloranfenicol. De 926 vacas examinadas, 49 (5.29%) presentaron mastitis producidas por staphilococcus patógeno. De las vacas que fueron disgnosticadas con mastitis, el 42.25% fue originada por staphilococcus patogeno. La raza que presento mayor susceptibilidad al staphilococcus patogeno fue la Pardo Suizo y la de menos susceptibilidad, la vaca criolla. La penicila, fue el antibiotico que mostro mayor promedio de zona de inhibicion al staphilococcus patogeno. Los staphilicoccus patogenos aislados de leches de vacas mamiticas, no presentaron en este trabajo, resistencia absoluta a los antibioticos usados.

A comunidade de anuros do folhiço da Serra das Torres, sul do Espírito Santo, no sudeste do Brasil: A sazonalidade afeta os parâmetros da comunidade?

O presente estudo trás informações acerca da comunidade de anfíbios anuros do folhiço nas florestas que compõem a região da Serra das Torres, sul do Espírito Santo, sudeste do Brasil. Foram utilizados métodos de parcelas 4 x 4 m para obter os primeiros dados de sazonalidade na composição, massa e densidade no estado do Espírito Santo. Amostragens de campo foram realizadas durante as estações seca e de chuvas, no período de junho de 2009 a dezembro de 2010. Foram registrados 348 indivíduos com média de 1,0 0,1 ind/parcela, em 14 espécies associadas ao folhiço do chão da floresta. As curvas de rarefação e do coletor apresentaram assíntotas tendendo a estabilizarem. A densidade de anuros na área estudada foi de 6,59 ind/100 m e a biomassa total 413,9 g. Brachycephalus didactylus foi a espécie com maior densidade (3,8 ind/100 m) e a maior abundância (100 indivíduos ou 40,6% da comunidade geral), entretanto, apresentou biomassa relativamente baixa (16,8 g) quando comparada às demais espécies como Haddadus binotatus (239,6 g ou 57,2% da biomassa total da comunidade). Não foi registrada nenhuma variação sazonal em relação à densidade ou biomassa na comunidade. A umidade relativa do ar e a profundidade do folhiço foram fatores ambientais significativos para a abundância de indivíduos, enquanto a temperatura e a presença de rochas ou árvores no interior das parcelas não foram importantes na estruturação da comunidade daquela área. Este estudo aumenta a distribuição geográfica de Brachycephalus didactylus, Zachaenus parvulus, Physalaemus crombiei, Ischnocnema cf. bolbodactyla, Ischnocnema gr. lactea e Leptodactylus cf. bokermanni.

Diving behaviour of jellyfish equipped with electronic tags

Jellyfish are one of the most abundant and conspicuous members of our coastal marine fauna and are now known to play major trophic roles in marine systems. However, little is known about the movements and behaviour of individuals. We equipped individual compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) (n = 15) off the Dingle coast, Ireland, with miniature time-depth recorders to log their depth over periods of a few hours. Vertical movements were extensive, with all jellyfish changing their depth during tracking. A range of vertical movements were seen including initial diving from the surface down to a maximum of 29.6 m after device attachment, some jellyfish remaining near the bottom, some moving up and down in mid-water and some moving back near the surface. These results show that jellyfish actively reposition themselves in the water column over small time-scales and open the way for more extensive studies equipping jellyfish with electronic tags.