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Convergence of Aquatic Feeding Modes in the Sauropsida (Crocodiles, Birds, Lizards, Snakes and, Turtles)
The Sauropsida includes the extant crocodiles, birds, turtles, lizards and snakes. With roughly 30,000 described species, it is not only the largest...
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Consistent but Delayed Timing of Precipitation Affects Community Composition of Prairie Pothole Birds and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, but not Wetland Plants
The hydroperiod (i.e., the length of time ponded water is present) of prairie potholes is sensitive to climate change. Because snowmelt runoff is the...
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Aquatic bird predation by antarctic and subantarctic pinnipeds vagrants off argentina
Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic pinnipeds are well-known seasonal visitors of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. According to the literature, at their...
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Linking metacercariae and adults of Microphallus basodactylophallus (Digenea: Microphallidae), based on larval stages from ctenophores and adult parasites from aquatic birds found in Mexico
Members of the genus Microphallus Ward, 1901, are endoparasites mainly of birds and mammals distributed worldwide. Unencysted metacercariae of Microphallus...
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The Baobab and Birds
Birds, with their exquisite adaptations to land, water, and air, are among the most abundant vertebrates on earth. One of the many benefits of the...
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Ecological and Geographical Structure and Dynamics of Spring Migration of Water and Semiaquatic Birds on the Putorana Plateau
AbstractThe ecological and geographical differentiation and dynamics of the spring migration of water and semiaquatic birds of the Putorana Plateau...
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Waterfowl and Wetland Birds
The future of wetland bird habitat and populations is intrinsically connected with the conservation of rangelands in North America. Many rangeland...
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Origin and Evolution of Birds
Archaeopteryx lived about 155 million years ago and was a descendent of a long line of dinosaur and theropod ancestors. In this chapter, I review...
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Marine Birds
Mexico’s marine ornithofauna is species-rich and contributes significantly to the country’s biodiversity. Mexico occupies the fifth place in the...
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Aquatic Feeding in Lissamphibia
Modern amphibians are referred to as Lissamphibia and comprise the three extant groups: Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata (salamanders and newts) and...
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Functional morphology of the forelimb musculature reflects flight and foraging styles in aquatic birds
Aquatic birds show a great diversity of locomotion styles and wing morphologies, from penguins that are fully specialized for an aquatic life to...
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Factors Structuring Aquatic Macrophytes
Aquatic macrophytes are a key component of freshwater ecosystems, providing habitats for aquatic organisms, and play an integral role in food webs...
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Aquatic animal diseases with awareness and perception of freshwater fish farmers on aquatic animal health management practices in tropical archipelago of India
This paper highlights the aquatic animal diseases and stakeholders perception towards aquatic animal health management for better governance and...
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Convergent Evolution of Secondarily Aquatic Feeding in Mammals
Several mammalian lineages, most notably cetaceans, sirenians, and pinnipeds, have independently reverted to the marine environment of their...
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Effect of Flocks of Anseriform Birds on Seston and Phytoplankton in Lakes of the Taimyr Peninsula
AbstractThe effect of molting anseriform birds on the structure and elemental composition of phytoplankton (seston) has been assessed in 20 Arctic...
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Sand Mining as a Contemporary threat to Sandbar Nesting Birds: a Review
AbstractUrbanization requires enormous amounts of material inputs especially sand to fulfilling the demands of the increasing human population...
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Wading In: Introduction to Fish-Birds
In this introductory chapter, we explain why the first Europeans to encounter penguins at sea, back in the 1500s, were not all that far off in their...
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Birds and plastic pollution: recent advances
Plastic waste and debris have caused substantial environmental pollution globally in the past decades, and they have been accumulated in hundreds of...
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Fish as a Sustainable Biomonitoring Tool in Aquatic Environments
Biomonitoring involves the use of biological organisms to detect or measure the presence of various toxic substances rather on land or in water. Fish...
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Planktons as a Sustainable Biomonitoring Tool of Aquatic Ecosystem
The aquatic ecology is essential for human survival. Plankton may be prokaryotic or eukaryotic and unicellular, filamentous, or colonial. Plankton...