Analysis of marine turtle strandings (Reptilia: Testudine) occurring on coast of Bahia State, Brazil

Aline Lopes-Souza; Alexandre Schiavetti; Martín Roberto Álvarez

doi:10.3856/vol43-issue4-fulltext-6

Analysis of marine turtle strandings (Reptilia: Testudine) occurring on coast of Bahia State, Brazil

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research ◽

10.3856/vol43-issue4-fulltext-6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 675-683

Author(s):

Aline Lopes-Souza ◽

Alexandre Schiavetti ◽

Martín Roberto Álvarez

Keyword(s):

Temporal Distribution ◽

Chelonia Mydas ◽

Marine Turtle ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Age Group ◽

Spatial Analyses ◽

Southern Coast ◽

History Of ◽

Educational Campaigns

This study provides an analysis of the occurrence and the spatial and temporal distribution of marine turtle strandings found in the south of the State of Bahia. Data was collected between January 2006 and June 2008. This study covers an area of 220 km of the southern coast of Bahia State (northeastern Brazil), and spatial analyses were made considering data collected in three bases suported by Petrobras-Petróleo Brasileiro S/A distributed in the area. The records were sorted according to month and year, species, age group and sex. A total of 260 stranding were reported: 183 of Chelonia mydas (74.1%), the most frequent species. The highest number of strandings was recorded in Gamboa do Morro Base. Juveniles presented the highest densities, but no differences between adults and small juveniles were detected. Males were more frequently stranded in Gamboa do Morro Base, while females were more frequent in Ilhéus Base. An increase in the number of stranding between 2006 and 2008 was noted; moreover, the months with more records were January, February, March, October and December. The number of stranding events was discontinuously distributed in the study area. This study also demonstrated the usefulness of implement different strategies of recording marine turtle strandings: direct monitoring efforts (patrol) in remote beaches and educational campaigns applied on beaches frequented by tourists. This study demonstrated that, despite spatial nearby, the three bases attend independent biological systems and show different stranding dynamics, thus different conservancy actions should be implemented in order to improve the knowledge on natural history of sea-turtles in the southern coast of Bahia State.

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Spatial and temporal distribution in two anuran communities in the Chapada do Araripe, Northeastern Brasil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2014-0166 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Cristiana Ferreira-Silva ◽

Deivid Batista de Oliveira ◽

Herivelto Faustino de Oliveira ◽

Robson Waldemar Ávila

Keyword(s):

Leaf Litter ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Temporal Distribution ◽

Water Bodies ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Microhabitat Use ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Humid Forest ◽

Temporal Occurrence ◽

Chapada Do Araripe

In this study, we report the temporal occurrence and habitat and microhabitat use by anurans in two areas located in one highland marsh (brejo-de-altitude) in northeastern Brazil. Fieldwork was carried out between September 2011 and September 2012. The recorded anurans belong to 14 species distributed in five families: Hylidae (six), Leptodactylidae (five), Bufonidae, Odontophrynidae and Pipidae (one each). Vocalization activity was seasonal and concentrated in the wetter and warmer months, but correlated to rainfall only in the top in the Chapada do Araripe. Richness and abundance of calling anurans were lower in the humid forest of the slope than in Cerradão area in the top of the Chapada do Araripe. Scinax x-signatus vocalized during nine months, and along with Dendropsophus soaresi, Phyllomedusa nordestina and Physalaemus cuvieri presented the longest periods of vocalization with the highest number of species vocalizing in at the height of the rainy season. Males were recorded vocalizing in nine different microhabitats, Adenomera sp. uses leaf litter and P. cuvieri the edge of water bodies as calling site both two sampled areas. Differences in richness and abundance of anurans between the two habitats are probably due to physical characteristics, such as presence of lentic environments.

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COCCIDIOSIS IN GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN AUSTRALIA: PATHOGENESIS, SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION, AND CLIMATE-RELATED DETERMINANTS OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS

Journal of Wildlife Diseases ◽

10.7589/2019-05-115 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 359

Author(s):

Silvia Ban de Gouvea Pedroso ◽

David N. Phalen ◽

Michael Terkildsen ◽

David Blyde ◽

Duane T. March ◽

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Keyword(s):

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Temporal Distribution ◽

Chelonia Mydas ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Green Turtles

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Use of Baculovirus-Expressed Glycoprotein H in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Developed To Assess Exposure to Chelonid Fibropapillomatosis-Associated Herpesvirus and Its Relationship to the Prevalence of Fibropapillomatosis in Sea Turtles

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology ◽

10.1128/cvi.00438-07 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 843-851 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Lawrence H. Herbst ◽

Shefali Lemaire ◽

Ada R. Ene ◽

David J. Heslin ◽

Llewellyn M. Ehrhart ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Immunosorbent Assay ◽

Recombinant Baculovirus ◽

Chelonia Mydas ◽

Sea Turtle ◽

Marine Turtle ◽

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽

Green Turtles ◽

Glycoprotein H ◽

History Of ◽

Experimentally Induced

ABSTRACT Chelonid fibropapillomatosis-associated herpesvirus (CFPHV) is an alphaherpesvirus believed to cause marine turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP). A serodiagnostic assay was developed for monitoring sea turtle populations for CFPHV exposure. CFPHV glycoprotein H (gH) expressed in recombinant baculovirus was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect virus-specific 7S turtle antibodies. Using captive-reared green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with no history of virus exposure as “known negatives” and others with experimentally induced FP as “known positives,” the assay had 100% specificity but low sensitivity, as seroconversion was detected in only half of the turtles bearing experimentally induced tumors. Antibodies were detected only in samples collected after cutaneous fibropapillomas appeared, consistent with observations that tumors are significant sites of virion production and antigen expression and the possibility that prolonged/repeated virus shedding may be required for adequate stimulation of 7S antibody responses to gH. Natural routes of infection, however, may produce higher seroconversion rates. High gH antibody seroprevalences (∼80%) were found among wild green turtles in three Florida localities with different FP prevalences, including one site with no history of FP. In addition, all eight loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) tested were seropositive despite FP being uncommon in this species. The possibility that CFPHV infection may be common relative to disease suggests roles for environmental and host factors as modulators of disease expression. Alternatively, the possibility of other antigenically similar herpesviruses present in wild populations cannot be excluded, although antibody cross-reactivity with the lung/eye/trachea disease-associated herpesvirus was ruled out in this study.

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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Rodents During Active and Quiescent Periods in the Plague Focus in Exu, Northeastern Brazil

10.20944/preprints202109.0022.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Diego Leandro Reis da Silva Fernandes ◽

Matheus Filgueira Bezerra ◽

Bruna Mendes Duarte ◽

Mayara Paes de França Silva ◽

Hadassa de Almeida Souza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rattus Rattus ◽

Temporal Distribution ◽

Rodent Species ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Wild Rodent ◽

Epidemic Period ◽

In The Wild ◽

Rodent Populations

The plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium is primarily a flea-transmitted zoonosis of rodents that can also be conveyed to humans and other mammals. In this work, we analyzed the spatial and temporal distribution of rodents’ populations during active and quiescent periods of the plague in the municipality of Exu, northeastern Brazil. The geospatial analyses had shown that all rodent species occurred through the whole territory of the municipality with different hotspots for the risk of occurrence of the different species. Important fluctuation in the rodent populations was observed with a reduction in the wild rodent fauna following the end of a plague epidemic period, mostly represented by Necromys lasiurus and increase of the commensally species Rattus rattus. A higher abundance of rats might lead to an increased exposure of humans populations, favoring spillovers of plague and other rodent-borne diseases. Our analysis contributed to further highlight the role of the wild rodent species as the amplifier hosts and of the commensally rats (Rattus rattus) as the preserver hosts on the quiescent period on that transmission infection area.

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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Rodents during the Epizootic and Enzootic Periods of Plague, with a Focus on Exu, Northeastern Brazil

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease ◽

10.3390/tropicalmed6040195 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 195

Author(s):

Diego Leandro Reis da Silva Fernandes ◽

Matheus Filgueira Bezerra ◽

Bruna Mendes Duarte ◽

Mayara Paes de França Silva ◽

Hadassa de Almeida Souza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rattus Rattus ◽

Temporal Distribution ◽

Rodent Species ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Human Populations ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Wild Rodent ◽

In The Wild ◽

Rodent Populations

The plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium is primarily a flea-transmitted zoonosis of rodents that can also be conveyed to humans and other mammals. In this work, we analyzed the spatial and temporal distribution of rodent populations during epizootic and enzootic periods of the plague in the municipality of Exu, northeastern Brazil. The geospatial analyses showed that all the rodent species appeared through the whole territory of the municipality, with different occurrence hotspots for the different species. Important fluctuations in the rodent populations were observed, with a reduction in the wild rodent fauna following the end of a plague epizootic period, mostly represented by Necromys lasiurus and an increase in the commensal species Rattus rattus. A higher abundance of rats might lead to an increased exposure of human populations, favoring spillovers of plague and other rodent-borne diseases. Our analysis highlights the role of wild rodent species as amplifier hosts and of commensal rats (R. rattus) as preserver hosts in the enzootic period of a specific transmission infection area.

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Watching Where You're Going: An Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Attention During Walking

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e577982012-030 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Jason S. Augustyn ◽

Caroline R. Mahoney ◽

M. R. Fletcher ◽

Edward Hirsch

Keyword(s):

Temporal Distribution ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution

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Hereditary Heparin Cofactor II Deficiency and the Risk of Development of Thrombosis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1651093 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 57 (02) ◽

pp. 196-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 74

Author(s):

R M Bertina ◽

I K van der Linden ◽

L Engesser ◽

H P Muller ◽

E J P Brommer

Keyword(s):

Liver Disease ◽

Venous Thrombosis ◽

Healthy Volunteers ◽

Mean Value ◽

Age Group ◽

Normal Range ◽

Heparin Cofactor Ii ◽

History Of ◽

Group 2 ◽

Hereditary Nature

SummaryHeparin cofactor II (HC II) levels were measured by electroimmunoassay in healthy volunteers, and patients with liver disease, DIC, proteinuria or a history of venous thrombosis. Analysis of the data in 107 healthy volunteers revealed that plasma HC II increases with age (at least between 20 and 50 years). HC II was found to be decreased in most patients with liver disease (mean value: 43%) and only in some patients with DIC. Elevated levels were found in patients with proteinuria (mean value 145%). In 277 patients with a history of unexplained venous thrombosis three patients were identified with a HC II below the lower limit of the normal range (60%). Family studies demonstrated hereditary HC II deficiency in two cases. Among the 9 heterozygotes for HC II deficiency only one patient had a well documented history of unexplained thrombosis. Therefore the question was raised whether heterozygotes for HC II deficiency can also be found among healthy volunteers. When defining a group of individuals suspected of HC II deficiency as those who have a 90% probability that their plasma HC II is below the 95% tolerance limits of the normal distribution in the relevant age group, 2 suspected HC II deficiencies were identified among the healthy volunteers. In one case the hereditary nature of the defect could be established.It is concluded that hereditary HC II deficiency is as prevalent among healthy volunteers as in patients with thrombotic disease. Further it is unlikely that heterozygosity for HC II deficiency in itself is a risk factor for the development of venous thrombosis.

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