scholarly journals Portunid crab predation on juvenile hard clams: effects of substrate type and prey density

1990 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Sponaugle ◽  
P Lawton
Keyword(s):  
Prey Density ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Portunid Crab ◽  
Hard Clams ◽  
Crab Predation

Crab Response to Prey Density Can Result in Density-Dependent Mortality of Clams

1984 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Boulding ◽  
T. K. Hay
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Acoustic Telemetry ◽  
Prey Density ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Density Dependent Mortality ◽  
Cancer Productus ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Protothaca Staminea ◽  
Crab Predation ◽  
Dependent Mortality

Field experiments involving recovery of marked clams showed that even adult native littleneck clams (Protothaca staminea) could suffer high mortality to cancrid crabs. The mortality rate increased with clam density, suggesting that these crabs preferentially forage in areas of higher prey density. Acoustic telemetry showed that at least one of the crabs, Cancer productus, is sufficiently mobile to search large areas while foraging. This is important for understanding the effects that these large, mobile predators have on the distribution and the abundance of their prey and may explain the high incidence of crab predation seen in mariculture operations where the density of clams is artificially raised.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Candidate Probiotic Bacteria to Control Vibriosis Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mulyati Mulyati ◽  
Suryati Suryati ◽  
Irfani Baga
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Challenge Test ◽  
Probiotic Bacteria ◽  
Pathogenicity Test ◽  
Inhibitory Ability ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Portunid Crab

The study aims to isolate, characterize, and examine probiotic bacteria's inhibitory ability against Vibrio harveyi bacteria, both in-vitro and in vivo. Methods used in the study consist of 1) An Isolation of Candidate Probiotic Bacteria, 2) An Antagonistic Test of Candidate Probiotic Bacteria in vitro, 3) An Identification of Bacteria, 4) A Pathogenicity Test of Candidate Probiotic Bacteria, 5) An Antagonistic Test of Candidate Probiotic Bacteria against V. harveyi in vivo. According to the isolation of candidate probiotic bacteria, there are 18 isolated candidate probiotic. After being tested for its inhibitory ability in vitro, there are 8 isolates with zone of inhibition as follows: isolate MM 7 from intestine (22 mm), isolate MM 6 from intestine (12 mm), isolate MM 10 from sea water (10 mm), isolate MM 5 from intestine (9 mm), isolate MM 4 from intestine (8 mm), isolate MM 3 from intestine (7 mm), isolate MM 2.2 from intestine (7 mm), isolate MM 2.1 from intestine (7 mm). Eight genera of the candidate probiotic bacteria is derived from Portunid crab, they are Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, bacillus, vibrio, Alcaligenes, Lactobacillus, micrococcus. Before proceeding the V. harveyi bacterial challenge test in vivo, three potential isolates consisting of MM6, MM7 and MM10 as the probiotic bacteria are pathogenicity-tested against V. harveyi. The survival rate of Portunid crab on pathogenicity test using MM6, MM7 and MM10 generates 91.11-100%, while the control generates 100% survival rate. Variance analysis result through post-hoc Tukey's Honest Significant Difference (HSD) test at 95% confidence interval indicates that isolate MM7 and MM10 are significantly able to increase hatchling Portunid crab's survival rate.

A survey of marine fungi on wood in South Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Sally C. Fryar ◽  
Kevin D. Hyde ◽  
David E. A. Catcheside
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
New Records ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Mangrove Wood ◽  
High Diversity

AbstractA survey of driftwood and mangrove wood in South Australia revealed a high diversity of marine fungi. Across eight sites there were 43 species of marine fungi, of which 42 are new records for South Australia, 11 new records for Australia and 12 taxa currently of uncertain status likely to be new species. Sites had distinctive species compositions with the largest difference attributable to substrate type (beach driftwood vs. mangrove wood). However, even between mangrove sites, species assemblages were distinctly different with only the more common species occurring at all mangrove sites. More intensive surveys across a broader range of habitats and geographic locations should reveal significantly more species.

scholarly journals Does substrate colour affect the visual appearance of gilded medieval sculptures? Part II: SEM–EDX observations on gold leaf samples taken from medieval wooden sculptures

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Wu ◽  
Max Döbeli ◽  
Tiziana Lombardo ◽  
Katharina Schmidt-Ott ◽  
Benjamin Watts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Surface Appearance ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Materials Analysis ◽  
Gold Leaf ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Peak Value

AbstractIn the previous paper (Part I), the colorimetry and interferometric microscopy measurements on modern gold leaf models have revealed that the visual appearance of a gilded surface, both burnished and unburnished, depends strongly on the substrate type, surface roughness and texture, but not on the colour of the substrate. In this second part, we investigate the materials compositions and technical specifications of medieval gold leaf through combining literature sources and materials analysis such as scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM–EDX) on samples taken from gilded wooden sculptures. Our study shows that the late medieval gold leaf has a high purity of about 23.7 carat and has an average thickness of 160 nm (with a peak value of 138 nm), purer and thicker than the modern gold leaves studies in Part I. Supportive Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) measurements on gilded models confirms the accuracy and reliability of the SEM–EDX observations on the medieval gold leaf samples. We additionally present observations of a rarely recorded special variant of medieval gold leaf—“fine reinforced gold leaf”. Combined with the findings from Part I, we conclude that light penetrating the medieval gold leaf and reflected from the gilding substrate could not be a significant, or even perceptible contribution to the visual appearance of the gilding. We argue that the misconception surrounding the correlation between the substrate colour and the gilded surface appearance can be attributed to the historical development of gilding and polychromy technologies.

Influence of the Substrate Type on the Surface Morphology of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin Films

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1077-1081
Author(s):  
S. M. Baraishuk ◽  
T. M. Tkachenko ◽  
A. V. Stanchik ◽  
V. F. Gremenok ◽  
S. A. Bashkirov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Surface Morphology ◽  
Substrate Type
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