Despite their frequent occurrence and strong impacts on native biota, biological invasions can long remain undetected. One reason for this is that an invasive species can be morphologically similar to either native species or introduced species previously established in...

Abstract The presented investigation focuses on the correlation between concrete physical quantities and resulting modifications. The idea is that not the different manufacturing processes itself produce the modifications but the generated physical and chemical loads. T...

Abstract Diptera is one of the biggest insect orders and displays a large diversity of visual adaptations. Similarly to other animals, the dipteran visual process is mediated by opsin genes. Although the diversity and function of these genes are well studied in key mode...

Three Ecopath models were built to reproduce 3 experimental treatments carried out in earthen ponds located in Olhao, southern Portugal, to understand the energy transferred and the ecosystem state in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). These earthen ponds beha...

Abstract Despite one SINE retrotransposon insertion polymorphism (sRTIP) in the vertebrae development-associated (VRTN) gene was identified in pigs, the structural variations (SVs) in VRTN gene and its proximal flank regions were largely unknown. VRTN genic and flanking...

Advanced optical materials 10, (2021). doi:10.1002/adom.202101116

Abstract Sedimentary stratigraphy and facies analysis along with seismostratigraphic and multibeam bathymetry data are used to reconstruct the last glacial impact on the Arliss Plateau (AP) and attendant sedimentation in the adjacent Chukchi Basin (CB) in the western Ar...

Ansell's mole-rats (Fukomys anselli) are subterranean, long-lived rodents, which live in eusocial families, where the maximum lifespan of breeders is twice as long as that of non-breeders. Their metabolic rate is significantly lower than expected based on allometry, and...

The occurrence of microplastics throughout marine environments worldwide, from pelagic to benthic habitats, has become serious cause for concern. Hadal zones were recently described as the “trash bins of the oceans” and ultimate sink for marine plastic debris. The Kuril...