Chrysoperla Mohave (Banks) Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Two Familiar Species in an Unexpected Disguise by Charles S. Henry

“…Therefore, C. mohave is not a monophyletic taxon, but instead it is a color morph that has arisen independently at least twice in separate lineages of Chrysoperla. …”
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Les effets écologiques d’un programme de restauration hydrologique d’une rivière artificialisée by Sabine Mannes, Christopher-Thomas Robinson, Urs Uehlinger, Thomas Scheurer, Johannes Ortlepp, Uta Mürle, Peter Molinari

“…Periphyton biomass was reduced by the early floods and remained at low levels throughout the study period. Macroinvertebrate taxon richness, biomass and density were also significantly reduced and the macroinvertebrate assemblage shifted towards more disturbance-resistant taxa. …”
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Bryophyte Flora of AlUla County (Saudi Arabia)—Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation by Vincent Hugonnot, Florine Pépin, Jan Freedman

“…The ecology, taxonomy, and distribution of each taxon are provided and discussed in a systematic catalog. …”
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia) by Irina A. Kaygorodova, Nadezhda Mandzyak, Ekaterina Petryaeva, Nikolay M. Pronin

“…The validity of morphological identification of each taxon has been verified by phylogenetic approach with a molecular marker adopted for a DNA barcoding of most invertebrates.…”
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Cymbellonitzschia chilena sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), una nueva especie de diatomea recolectada en Laguna La Punta, Salar de Atacama, Altiplano Chileno by Patricio Rivera, Fabiola Cruces, Enrique Ascencio

“… Se describe a Cymbellonitzschia chilena como una especie nueva de diatomea. El taxón se caracteriza por poseer valvas angostas, arqueadas, con el lado dorsal fuertemente convexo, el ventral cóncavo a sub-linear, con extremos delgados, rostrado-redondeados. …”
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Smaller Fleas: Viruses of Microorganisms by Paul Hyman, Stephen T. Abedon

“…Such estimations, however, will vary with further discovery and taxon assignment and also are dependent upon what forms of life one includes among microorganisms.…”
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Ecological effects of a long-term flood program in a flow-regulated river by Sabine Mannes, Christopher-Thomas Robinson, Urs Uehlinger, Thomas Scheurer, Johannes Ortlepp, Uta Mürle, Peter Molinari

“…Periphyton biomass was reduced by the early floods and remained at low levels throughout the study period. Macroinvertebrate taxon richness, biomass and density were also significantly reduced and the macroinvertebrate assemblage shifted towards more disturbance-resistant taxa. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Atrato slider, Trachemys medemi (Testudines, Emydidae) by Sebastián Cuadrado-Ríos, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Christian Kehlmaier, Uwe Fritz

“…Furthermore, our results underline the impact of incomplete taxon sampling.…”
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Perikymata number and spacing on early modern human teeth: evidence from Qafzeh cave, Israel by Janet M. Monge, Anne-Marie Tillier, Alan Mann

“…The number of perikymata on complete and unworn teeth is within the range of variation of other hominins and does not provide specific evidence for attributing these specimens to one hominin taxon or another. Similarly, the pattern of perikymata compaction toward the cemento-enamel junction of the Qafzeh specimens is compared to published sources.…”
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Three thousand years of oyster fisheries: a view from Southeast Queensland, Australia by Tam Smith

“…Southeast Queensland is no exception, with oysters frequently the dominant taxon in midden deposits. It has been estimated the total number of oysters at Booral Shell Mound in the Great Sandy Strait to be more than 5.9 million individuals. …”
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Les oiseaux forestiers montrent-ils la même sensibilité à l’exploitation forestière aux échelles du peuplement et du paysage ? by Marc-André Villard, Jean-Sébastien Guénette

“…In forest ecosystems, birds represent a species-rich taxon which is relatively easy to survey over large spatial scales. …”
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Resistencia a cefalosporinas de tercera y cuarta generación en enterobacterias productoras de infecciones nosocomiales y caracterización preliminar de los plásmidos involucrados... by María del Carmen González Osorio, Aurelio Mendoza Medellín, Sergio Pavón Romero, Roberto Becerril Plata, Andrea Vilchis Quiroz

“…Casi todas las cepas resistentes a cefepima también lo fueron a las tres cefalosporinas de tercera generación ensayadas. El taxón con mayor frecuencia de cepas resistentes fue K. pneumoniae y la resistencia fue transferible in vitro en poco más del 50% de las cepas, pero en general no pasaron todos los marcadores de resistencia. …”
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Vertebral, rib, and osteoderm morphology and histology of Middle Triassic diapsid Eusaurosphargis by Nicole Klein, Torsten M. Scheyer

“…For comparison, μCT data of two neural arches tentatively identifiable as pertaining to the enigmatic Middle Triassic Saurosphargis voltzi (the holotype and only specimen of this taxon is considered lost) could be included. They share with Eusaurosphargis aff. dalsassoi the elongated transverse processes and a general similar microstructure, but also present an anteroposteriorly broadened bony sheath of the transverse process in ventral view, which is absent in Eusaurosphargis aff. dalsassoi.…”
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Revisiting the genus Nodularia (Bivalvia, Unionidae): Mitochondrial phylogenomics and the description of a new species by Kaiyu Hou, Xiaoyan Liu, Liping Zhang, Gaiping Li, Ruiwen Wu

“…The discovery of this new taxon further enhances the diversity level within the genus Nodularia in China and also highlights the necessity for comprehensive surveys of unexplored regions in order to potentially unveil additional new taxa in the future.…”
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Le mythe du microcèbe primitif by Fabien Génin, Judith C Masters

“…Cheirogaleids appear as paedomorphic dwarfs compared to their sister-taxon, the Lepilemuridae (Lepilemur). They probably experienced at least 3 independent events of dwarfing which lead to parallel changes in the proportions of the head and limbs (allometry). …”
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Intraspecific variation and new morphological characters revealed by multimodal imaging analysis on the Late Cretaceous coleoid Dorateuthis syriaca by Alison J. Rowe, Isabelle Kruta, Loïc Villier, Pierre Gueriau, Marie Radepont, Oulfa Belhadj, Katharina Müller, Romain Jattiot, Dirk Fuchs, Thomas Clements, Sylvain Charbonnier, Isabelle Rouget

“…Despite being the most abundant coleoid from these localities, the taxon lacks clear, unambiguous diagnostic characteristics of both the gladius, and soft tissue anatomy. …”
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Proximate Composition of Thai and Cambodian Ready-to-Eat Insects by N. T. Grabowski, T. Chhay, S. Keo, R. Lertpatarakomol, J. Kajaysri, K. Kang, P. Miech, M. Plötz, J. Mitchaothai

“…This was expected as the insect chemical composition varies strongly intra- and interspecifically due to taxon, feeding, instar, and processing, among others. …”
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Diversity of hydrozoans on artificial substrates in large commercial ports of the Sea of Marmara by Yüksel Esin, Isinibilir Melek, Martell Luis

“…Hydrozoans are among the most common invertebrates found in marine biofouling communities, making them a priority taxon for monitoring and identification in large ports. …”
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A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam by Anh Van Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham, Thao Ngoc Hoang, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le

“…In the phylogenetic analyses, the new species is recovered as an independent lineage with no clear sister taxon and at least 17.3% genetic divergence from other species in the genus based on a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene.…”
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Heads up-Four Giraffa species have distinct cranial morphology. by Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Anusuya Chinsamy, Bernard R Agwanda, Michael Butler Brown, Stephanie Fennessy, Sara Ferguson, Rigardt Hoffman, Fredrick Lala, Arthur Muneza, Ogeto Mwebi, Moses Otiende, Alice Petzold, Sven Winter, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Julian Fennessy

“…Our results highlight the importance of focusing future giraffe conservation efforts on each taxon to maintain their unique characteristics and biodiversity in the wild.…”
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