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Article Reference Economie et milieu dans les plaines intérieures de Mauritanie occidentale à l’Holocène moyen (Nouadhfat, Aouker occidental)
En Mauritanie occidentale, le site de Nouadhfat, au nord-est de Nouakchott, est essentiel, tant pour la connaissance des paléoenvironnements holocènes que pour celle du Néolithique. Le site se trouve à proximité d’un important paléoréseau hydrographique et sur le rivage d’un vaste paléolac marqué par des diatomites, des gastéropodes d’eau douce et des pistes animales imprimées dans la boue. L’habitat fut occupé par des chasseurs-cueilleurs, des pêcheurs (présence de harpons) et des éleveurs, qui profitèrent d’un milieu évoluant progressivement vers moins d’humidité : une première fois au Néolithique moyen (autour de 6400 cal. BP), puis plus récemment (3900 – 3300 cal. BP), après une crise aride très marquée. Nouadhfat, qui est le site le mieux daté de la région, s’inscrit dans un ensemble d’une grande richesse sur au moins quatre millénaires. La caractéristique principale de ce groupe est sans doute l’existence de nombreuses cultures, qui se sont succédé ou ont cohabité, avant que la limite septentrionale du Sahel ne se décale nettement vers le sud.
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Article Reference Ecophysiology of dorsal versus ventral cuticle in flattened sawfly larvae.
Platycampus larvae are highly cryptic leaf feeders characterised by a dorso-ventrally flattened body, the dorsal integument resembling a shield. Dorsal and ventral cuticles from Platycampus luridiventris were compared by histology and gel electrophoresis. By Azan-staining, a red and a blue layer were distinguished in the dorsal cuticle, while the ventral cuticle showed one, almost uniform blue layer, as in both cuticles of control species. The two cuticles from P. luridiventris had similar amounts and sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis profiles of soluble proteins, but not insoluble proteins. One insoluble protein (MW approximately 41 kDa) was visible as a large band in the ventral cuticle only. It is likely that this protein renders the cuticle elastic, and that the dorsal, red layer is the exocuticle, mainly composed of insoluble proteins. We discuss eco-physiological implications of the exocuticle in insects. Further, data from the literature indicate that the defence strategy in P. luridiventris larvae relies on being visually cryptic towards avian predators and tactically cryptic towards arthropod predators and parasitoids. Crypsis in both senses is favoured by the shield effect, itself based on an abnormally thick dorsal exocuticle. Although the larvae are external feeders, they may be considered as hidden from an ecological perspective.
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Inbook Reference Ectoparasitic Nematodes
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Article Reference Editorial
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Article Reference Editorial - Launch of the Freshwater Metadata Journal (FMJ)
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Article Reference Editorial. Citizen scientists as effective collaborators in different disciplines of environmental sciences
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Article Reference Editorial. DNA-barcoding and authorship in taxonomy
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Article Reference Editorial. Happy birthday Hydrobiologia!  70 years young and still growing…
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Article Reference Editorial. The International Year of Biodiversity
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Article Reference Editorial. Two urgent topics: climate change and biodiversity loss
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