scholarly journals Temporal and spatial distributions of animal and human rabies cases during 2012 and 2018, in Tunisia

Author(s):  
Sana Kalthoum ◽  
Kaouther Guesmi ◽  
Raja Gharbi ◽  
Mohamed Naceur Baccar ◽  
Chedia Seghaier ◽  
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Marine Drugs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Ashwood ◽  
Raymond S. Norton ◽  
Eivind A. B. Undheim ◽  
David A. Hurwood ◽  
Peter J. Prentis

This review examines the current state of knowledge regarding toxins from anthozoans (sea anemones, coral, zoanthids, corallimorphs, sea pens and tube anemones). We provide an overview of venom from phylum Cnidaria and review the diversity of venom composition between the two major clades (Medusozoa and Anthozoa). We highlight that the functional and ecological context of venom has implications for the temporal and spatial expression of protein and peptide toxins within class Anthozoa. Understanding the nuances in the regulation of venom arsenals has been made possible by recent advances in analytical technologies that allow characterisation of the spatial distributions of toxins. Furthermore, anthozoans are unique in that ecological roles can be assigned using tissue expression data, thereby circumventing some of the challenges related to pharmacological screening.


1970 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
JS Lucas ◽  
EP Hodgkin

Larvae of Halicarcinus australis (Haswell) were collected in vertical plankton samples from eight stations in the Swan estuary during two summers. The majority of samples included live and dead larvae; the high proportion of dead larvae shows that there are other important causes of mortality besides predation. Third stage zoeae (the final larval stage) occur over more restricted salinity and temperature ranges than earlier zoeal stages, and their temporal and spatial distributions in the estuary are also more restricted. Laboratory rearing of H. australis larvae at 16 chlorinity-temperature combinations shows that larvae are less tolerant of extremes of these parameters than crabs. Hydrological conditions unfavourable for larval development occur throughout the estuary in winter and in upstream regions in summer. However, during much of these periods ovigerous females are present in crab populations and larvae are released, thus accounting for some of the mortality apparent from the plankton samples. Third stage zoeae are found progressively further up stream in summer associated with the advance of favourable salinities and with a zone of plankton abundance. Recruitment into crab populations reflects the time of completion of larval development at each locality.


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