scholarly journals Are Fragrance Encapsulates Taken Up by Aquatic and Terrestrial Invertebrate Species?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kuehr ◽  
H. Windisch ◽  
C. Schlechtriem ◽  
G. Leon ◽  
G. Gasparini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species

scholarly journals Does Botanical Diversity in Sewage Treatment Reed-Bed Sites Enhance Invertebrate Biodiversity?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Alan Feest ◽  
Ian Merrill ◽  
Philippa Aukett
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Reed Beds ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Invertebrate Biodiversity ◽  
Botanical Diversity ◽  
Reed Bed

(1) This study examines the effect of increasing botanical diversity, through reed-bed planting and maintenance regimes, on sewage treatment reed-bed invertebrate biodiversity and the possible enrichment of overall catchment biodiversity. (2) Reed-bed invertebrates were identified as a good indicator group of overall site biodiversity quality and were sampled at a range of sewage treatment reed-bed sites in the same geographical area between May and August 2006 (plus one natural reed-bed control site). Standardised water trapping and pitfall trapping techniques were employed throughout this sampling period. (3) Statistical analysis of the sampling results revealed that the number of plant species recorded was inversely related to terrestrial invertebrate species richness, species conservation value index and biomass within the study sites. For example, the natural reed-bed sampled had the highest botanical diversity but the lowest terrestrial invertebrate species richness. (4) This study has demonstrated that sewage treatment reed-beds support a diverse range of invertebrate species, some of them being of national conservation value. This suggests that sewage treatment reed-beds may be at least as biodiverse as naturally occurring reed-beds and will add to the overall biodiversity and ecohydrology of a catchment whilst saving energy.

A preliminary prioritized list of Italian alien terrestrial invertebrate species

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 2385-2399
Author(s):  
M. Molfini ◽  
M. Zapparoli ◽  
P. Genovesi ◽  
L. Carnevali ◽  
P. Audisio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species

Part III. The fauna of the Tristan da Cunha Islands

1965 ◽  
Vol 249 (759) ◽  
pp. 361-402 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Biogeographical Province ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha Islands

1. Introduction Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough Islands are similar in climate, physiography and vegetation, and form a single biogeographical province. Many animal species, including some endemics, occur on all of them, and the faunas of the four islands have the same general characteristics and show a common relationship to stocks in temperate South America. Any discussion of the fauna of the group must therefore consider all four main islands. Such a general evaluation is rendered difficult by variations in the intensity of study of the different islands and of different taxonomic groups. It is probably true today that the native land fauna of the archipelago is adequately known in outline, and that no native vertebrate or abundant large terrestrial invertebrate species awaits discovery. However, the smallei and less conspicuous land invertebrates and the majority of the shallow-water marine organisms are undoubtedly underworked, and much remains to be discovered about the detailed distribution, ecology and interrelationships of the island faunas. The present paper is no more than an interim review of the extent and deficiency of current knowledge.

The Larvae of Mass Benthic Invertebrate Species in the Plankton of Sevastopol Bay

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
V. V. Murina ◽  
Ye. V. Lisitskaya ◽  
V. K. Shalyapin
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Sevastopol Bay

The Effect of Invertebrate Infestation on Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nests on Kazanlı Beach, Mersın, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 245-256
Author(s):  
Cemil Aymak ◽  
Aşkın Hasan Uçar ◽  
Yusuf Katılmış ◽  
Eyup Başkale ◽  
Serap Ergene
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Faunal Composition ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nesting Season

In this study invertebrate infestation in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests were recorded for the first time for Kazanlı beach, Mersin, Turkey. For this aim, in 2006 nesting season, 294 natural intact green turtle nests were sampled to examine their contents and invertebrate infestation was found in 76 (25.85% of the total sampling green turtle nests). These infested nests were examined in terms of the invertebrate faunal composition. The specimens found in the green sea turtle nests were identified to order, family or genus levels and they were represented in 5 orders. These invertebrate groups are Elater sp. larvae (Elateridae; Coleoptera), Pimelia sp. larvae (Tenebrionidae; Coleoptera), Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta), Cyrptostigmata (Acari), Oniscidae (Isopoda), Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Elater sp. was the most common invertebrate group in the green turtle nests. According to student t test, we found statistically significant differences between 7 independent variables and invertebrate species presence. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis explained that there is a negative relationship between hatching success rate and invertebrate species presence.

scholarly journals Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Cristina Popescu ◽  
Mihaela Oprina-Pavelescu ◽  
Valentin Dinu ◽  
Constantin Cazacu ◽  
Francis J. Burdon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Riparian Buffers ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Invertebrate Community ◽  
Invertebrate Communities ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Diversity

Stream and terrestrial ecosystems are intimately connected by riparian zones that support high biodiversity but are also vulnerable to human impacts. Landscape disturbances, overgrazing, and diffuse pollution of agrochemicals threaten riparian biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. We assessed how terrestrial invertebrate communities respond to changes in riparian vegetation in Romanian agricultural catchments, with a focus on the role of forested riparian buffers. Riparian invertebrates were sampled in 10 paired sites, with each pair consisting of an unbuffered upstream reach and a downstream reach buffered with woody riparian vegetation. Our results revealed distinct invertebrate community structures in the two site types. Out of 33 invertebrate families, 13 were unique to either forested (6) or unbuffered (7) sites. Thomisidae, Clubionidae, Tetragnathidae, Curculionidae, Culicidae, and Cicadidae were associated with forested buffers, while Lycosidae, Chrysomelidae, Staphylinidae, Coccinellidae, Tettigoniidae, Formicidae, and Eutichuridae were more abundant in unbuffered sites. Despite statistically equivocal results, invertebrate diversity was generally higher in forested riparian buffers. Local riparian attributes significantly influenced patterns in invertebrate community composition. Our findings highlight the importance of local woody riparian buffers in maintaining terrestrial invertebrate diversity and their potential contribution as a multifunctional management tool in agricultural landscapes.

scholarly journals GENETIC LOAD IN NATURAL POPULATIONS: IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE HYPOTHESIS THAT MANY POLYMORPHISMS ARE MAINTAINED BY NATURAL SELECTION?

Genetics ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-589
Author(s):  
Martin L Tracey ◽  
Francisco J Ayala
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Natural Population ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Genetic Load ◽  
Structural Genes ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
Average Proportion ◽  
Mean Fitness ◽  
The Mean

ABSTRACT Recent studies of genetically controlled enzyme variation lead to an estimation that at least 30 to 60% of the structural genes are polymorphic in natural populations of many vertebrate and invertebrate species. Some authors have argued that a substantial proportion of these polymorphisms cannot be maintained by natural selection because this would result in an unbearable genetic load. If many polymorphisms are maintained by heterotic natural selection, individuals with much greater than average proportion of homozygous loci should have very low fitness. We have measured in Drosophila melanogaster the fitness of flies homozygous for a complete chromosome relative to normal wild flies. A total of 37 chromosomes from a natural population have been tested using 92 experimental populations. The mean fitness of homozygous flies is 0.12 for second chromosomes, and 0.13 for third chromosomes. These estimates are compatible with the hypothesis that many (more than one thousand) loci are maintained by heterotic selection in natural populations of D. melanogaster.

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