scholarly journals The Ecology of the Tropical Compound Ascidian Trididemnum solidum. I. Reproductive Strategy and Larval Behaviour

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
FC Duyl ◽  
RPM van Bak ◽  
J Sybesma
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Larval Behaviour ◽  
Trididemnum Solidum

Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Type of Behavior and Reproductive Strategy

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Kruger ◽  
Maryanne Fisher ◽  
Sarah L. Strout ◽  
Carey Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Type Of Behavior

Extraction and characterization of sea anemones compound and its Anti bacterial and hemolytic studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar A ◽  
Raja Sheker K ◽  
Naveen B ◽  
Abhilash G ◽  
Akila CR
Keyword(s):  
Antibacterial Activity ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Haemolytic Activity ◽  
Klebsiella Pneumonia ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
Marine Plants ◽  
Heteractis Magnifica ◽  
Trididemnum Solidum

Seas assets that give us a variety of characteristic items to control bacterial, contagious and viral ailment and mostly utilized for malignancy chemotherapy practically from spineless creatures, for example, bryozoans, wipes, delicate corals, coelenterates, ocean fans, ocean bunnies, molluscs and echinoderms. In the previous 30 - 40 years, marine plants and creatures have been the focal point of overall endeavours to characterize the regular results of the marine condition. Numerous marine characteristic items have been effectively exceptional to the last phases of clinical preliminaries, including dolastatin-10, a group of peptides disengaged from Indian ocean rabbit, Dollabella auricularia. Ecteinascidin-743 from mangrove tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata, Didemnins was isolated from Caribbean tunicate Trididemnum solidum and Conopeptides from cone snails (Conus sp.), and a developing number of up-and-comers have been chosen as promising leads for expanded pre-clinical appraisals. Sea anemones possess numerous tentacles containing stinging cells or cnidocytes. The stinging cells are equipped with small organelles known as nematocysts. The two species of sea anemones namely, Heteractis magnificaandStichodactyla haddoni, were collected from Mandapam coastal waters of Ramanathapuram district, Tamilnadu, India. The Nematocyst was collected and centrifuged, and the supernatant was lyophilized and stored for further analysis. The amount of protein from Heteractis Magnifica and Stichodactyla haddoni was estimated. The crude extract has shown haemolytic activity on chicken blood and goat blood. In the antibacterial activity of the sea anemone against six bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhii, Salmonella paratyphii, Klebsiella pneumonia, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibacterial activity of H. Magnifica and S.haddoni was measured as the radius of the zone of inhibition.

The Five Finger Discount: Shoplifting as a Reproductive Strategy for Increasing Mate Value

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Bourgeois ◽  
Geneva Reid ◽  
Maryanne L. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Mate Value

Delayed mortality of males in Thylamys bruchi, a semelparous marsupial from the Monte Desert, Argentina

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Soledad Albanese ◽  
Ricardo A Ojeda ◽  
Andrea A Astié
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Life History Strategy ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Monte Desert ◽  
Nest Boxes ◽  
Energetic Balance ◽  
Delayed Mortality ◽  
Favorable Period ◽  
Capture Techniques

Abstract Male-only obligate semelparity is a well-studied reproductive strategy in some Australian marsupials. This strategy has not been documented in South American species, although semelparity in both sexes occurs in some Neotropical didelphids. The fat-tailed mouse opossum, Thylamys bruchi, is an endemic species of the temperate Monte Desert, in Argentina. Seasonality and predictability of resources are two of the attributes associated with habitats where marsupial semelparity has evolved, and both are characteristic of the Monte Desert. We aimed to characterize the life-history strategy of T. bruchi to explore if it can be considered a semelparous species. We studied a fat-tailed mouse opossum population for 7 years with two different capture techniques (Sherman traps and nest boxes). Thylamys bruchi showed strong seasonality in abundance, with the highest captures during summer and autumn. Reproduction and weaning coincided with the most favorable period of the year with respect to climate and resource availability. Every year we observed a single cohort with little overlap until weaning of young. After breeding, all adults disappeared from the population; however, unlike any other didelphids, males showed delayed mortality and died, along with females, after weaning. We found no evidence of survival to a second breeding season for either sex. We therefore propose T. bruchi as a desert-dwelling marsupial with a semelparous reproductive strategy. Because the severity of winters may be acting as an important constraint on the energetic balance of adults in this population, we propose that challenging climatic conditions, coupled with the seasonality and high predictability of food resources, may have contributed to the evolution of the extreme reproductive strategy in this didelphid marsupial.

scholarly journals Perspectives on Larval Behaviour in Biophysical Modelling of Larval Dispersal in Marine, Demersal Fishes

Oceans ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Leis
Keyword(s):  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Larval Fishes ◽  
Larval Behaviour ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Modelling Effort ◽  
Validation Research ◽  
Vertical Positioning ◽  
Study Species ◽  
Demersal Fishes

Biophysical dispersal models for marine fish larvae are widely used by marine ecologists and managers of fisheries and marine protected areas to predict movement of larval fishes during their pelagic larval duration (PLD). Over the past 25 years, it has become obvious that behaviour—primarily vertical positioning, horizontal swimming and orientation—of larvae during their PLD can strongly influence dispersal outcomes. Yet, most published models do not include even one of these behaviours, and only a tiny fraction include all three. Furthermore, there is no clarity on how behaviours should be incorporated into models, nor on how to obtain the quantitative, empirical data needed to parameterize models. The PLD is a period of morphological, physiological and behavioural change, which presents challenges for modelling. The present paper aims to encourage the inclusion of larval behaviour in biophysical dispersal models for larvae of marine demersal fishes by providing practical suggestions, advice and insights about obtaining and incorporating behaviour of larval fishes into such models based on experience. Key issues are features of different behavioural metrics, incorporation of ontogenetic, temporal, spatial and among-individual variation, and model validation. Research on behaviour of larvae of study species should be part of any modelling effort.

scholarly journals Reproductive strategy and fecundity of meagre Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801 (Pisces: Sciaenidae): implications for restocking programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Del Mar Gil ◽  
Amalia Grau ◽  
Gualtiero Basilone ◽  
Rosalia Ferreri ◽  
Miguel Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Argyrosomus Regius
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