Scale patterns of diel distribution of the copepod Cyclops abyssorum Sars in a regulated lake: the relative importance of physical and biological factors

A. Ludovisi; C. Todini; P. Pandolfi; M. I. Taticchi

doi:10.1093/plankt/fbn017

Scale patterns of diel distribution of the copepod Cyclops abyssorum Sars in a regulated lake: the relative importance of physical and biological factors

Journal of Plankton Research ◽

10.1093/plankt/fbn017 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 495-509 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

A. Ludovisi ◽

C. Todini ◽

P. Pandolfi ◽

M. I. Taticchi

Keyword(s):

Relative Importance ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Regulated Lake

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Chaetognath assemblages along the Pacific Coast and adjacent inland waters of the Philippines: relative importance of oceanographic and biological factors

ICES Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.1093/icesjms/fsr209 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 410-420 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mary Mar P. Noblezada ◽

Wilfredo L. Campos

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Pacific Coast ◽

Mass Movement ◽

The Philippines ◽

Inland Waters ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Comprehensive Information ◽

The Pacific ◽

Plankton Distribution

Abstract Noblezada, M. M. P., and Campos, W. L. 2012. Chaetognath assemblages along the Pacific Coast and adjacent inland waters of the Philippines: relative importance of oceanographic and biological factors. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 410–420. When studying plankton distribution, it is necessary to investigate the biology of the target organisms and the surrounding physical environment. Station and species groupings are only useful if they provide insight into the environmental associations of the species in the group. The study covers two geographic regions: the Pacific Coast (Bicol Shelf) and inland waters (San Bernardino Strait, Ticao Pass, Sibuyan, and Visayan Seas) of the Philippines. Comprehensive information is provided on chaetognath assemblages and distribution within the regions. The findings are integrated with oceanographic conditions and phenomena that define the characteristics of the subareas and consideration given to how these conditions affect chaetognath ecology. A comparison is also provided of the community structure of the two regions, and the possible use of chaetognaths as indicator species of water mass movement and oceanographic phenomena explored. In all, 28 284 specimens were examined, and 33 species from 17 genera were identified. Chaetognath distributions, abundance, and community structure were analysed using dissimilarity indices and multiple regression. The results show that the distribution of chaetognaths agrees well with the movement of oceanic water from the Pacific into the central part of the archipelago.

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Physical and biological factors contributing to changes in the relative importance of recruitment to population dynamics in open populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps08712 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 412 ◽

pp. 151-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

DM Munroe ◽

T Noda

Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Open Populations

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Bioavailability of Sediment-Associated PCDD/Fs and PCDEs: Relative Importance of Contaminant and Sediment Characteristics and Biological Factors

Environmental Science & Technology ◽

10.1021/es034151o ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 37 (17) ◽

pp. 3926-3934 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Merja Lyytikäinen ◽

Pipsa Hirva ◽

Pentti Minkkinen ◽

Heikki Hämäläinen ◽

Anna-Lea Rantalainen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Relative Importance ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Sediment Characteristics

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Anorexia Nervosa in Identical Triplets

CNS Spectrums ◽

10.1017/s1092852900020137 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 156-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mae S. Sokol ◽

Anna K. Carroll ◽

Denise M. Heebink ◽

Kristina M. Hoffman-Rieken ◽

Christine S. Goudge ◽

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Keyword(s):

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Case Report ◽

Shared Environment ◽

Treatment Goals ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Parent Counseling ◽

Insight Into

ABSTRACTThe cause of anorexia nervosa (AN) is unclear, but is likely multifactorial, including psychological, familial, environmental, societal, genetic, and other biological factors. This case report of identical 12-year-old female triplets simultaneously concordant for AN illustrates the importance of addressing all these components in evaluation and treatment, and the difficulty of determining the relative importance of each factor in the cause of an individual's eating disorder. An overly close relationship and competitiveness between the girls, treated at times as a triplet group rather than as individuals, as well as stressful family dynamics, were probably important antecedents to the girls' AN. The girls encouraged each other and competed to lose weight. Brief individual and family psychotherapy, parent counseling, nutritional counseling, and psychoeducation led to successful treatment. The triplets were encouraged in treatment to compete with and encourage each other to obtain treatment goals, including eating more healthily and achieving healthy weights. A literature review of AN twins studies is also presented, as these studies add to our understanding of the relative importance of shared genes and shared environment in the development of AN. These studies also add insight into treating individuals from families with multiple affected relatives.

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Gregarious larval settlement within a restricted intertidal zone and sex differences in subsequent mortality in the polygynous saltmarsh isopod Paragnathia formica (Crustacea: Isopoda)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400027375 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 67 (3) ◽

pp. 663-678 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

N. P. D. Upton

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Intertidal Zone ◽

Rocky Shore ◽

Larval Settlement ◽

Rocky Shores ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Confounding Variable ◽

Biological Factors ◽

Intertidal Invertebrates ◽

Rocky Shore Communities

The highly restricted ranges of many intertidal invertebrates, and the relative importance of physical and biological factors on settlement and subsequent mortality, have attracted much attention from ecologists. Most workers have concentrated on rocky shore communities, where patterns of zonation are often very clear (for reviews, see Stephenson & Stephenson, 1949, 1972; Southward, 1958; Lewis, 1955, 1961, 1964), whilst few have looked for such effects within saltmarshes (for reviews, see Long & Mason, 1983; Foster, In Press). Since most saltmarsh invertebrates are infaunal, patterns of zonation are not immediately obvious, but may be of particular interest; the influence of tidal regimes on invertebrate ranges may be more precise in sheltered saltmarsh habitats than on rocky shores, where exposure to wave action is a major confounding variable.

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