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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS
Sep 03, 2009; ... SOUTHEASTERN FISHES COUNCIL THE Southeastern Fishes Council (SFC) is a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to the study and conservation of freshwater and coastal fishes of the southeastern United States. The council was formed in 1975 by a group of scientists concerned with the ...
Anatole Petrovich Andriashev (1910-2009)
Sep 03, 2009; ... ANATOLE Petrovich Andriashev, the preeminent Russian ichthyologist of our day, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and Professor of Ichthyology in the Zoological Institute of St. Petersburg, died on 4 January 2009 at the age of ...
The Effects of Fluorescent Tracking Powder on Oxygen Consumption in Salamanders Using Either Cutaneous or Bimodal Respiration
Sep 03, 2009; ... Fluorescent powder is gaining attention as an effective method for tracking terrestrial amphibian movements, particularly for species that are too small for conventional tracking equipment. The technique requires coating portions of an animal with fluorescent powder, releasing the animal, and ...
Cutaneous Resistance to Evaporative Water Loss in Brazilian Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Contrasting Environments
Sep 03, 2009; ... In anurans, cutaneous resistance (R^sub s^) to evaporative water loss (EWL) correlates with ecological features and is influenced by taxonomic position. For example, bufonids are regarded as exhibiting a permeable skin that seems typical for terrestrial anurans. However, this assumption is ...
The Aglomerular Kidney of the Deep-sea Fish, Ateleopus japonicus (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae): Evidence of Wider Occurrence of the Aglomerular Condition in Teleostei
Sep 03, 2009; ... Hitherto, aglomerular kidneys have been found in some species within three groups of teleosts: Elopomorpha, Paracanthopterygii, and Percomorpha. Here we report the presence of an aglomerular kidney in the benthopelagic deep-sea fish Ateleopus japonicus (Ateleopodidae: Jellynose fish). The kidney ...