The Goraori acetylthiocholine technique was used to investigate the distribution of cholinesterase in fourth instar larvae of Culiseta inornate (Nilliston). Fixed and especially prepared larvae were incubated in the substrate solution for the required . . .

Zebrafish is an important model species to study vertebrate development. One particularly interesting aspect of fish ontogeny, which zebrafish larvae exhibit, is the high tail beat frequency up to 10 times higher than that of adult fish. Larvae theref . . .

Gregarines are parasitic protozoa belonging to the sporozoan subclass Telosporidia. They occur most often in invertebrate groups with a metameric level of development. Some, however, have been described from mollusks which do not have a metameric leve . . .

The Endangered Species Recovery Program (ESRP) is supervising land restoration in southwest Fresno County through the federally funded Land Retirement Project. The reclaimed land is adjacent to currently farmed land, and there is grower concern that n . . .

As California continues to persist in a state of severe drought, residents of the Fresno Clovis Metropolitan Area (FCMA) are slowly making changes to reduce their water usage and to be conscious of how this resource is utilized in their landscape. Sin . . .

The purpose of the present study is to gain some insight into the complex of factors that create the canopy effect with emphasis on the microenvironment that is associated with the vegetative differences. Data recorded weekly included the measurement . . .

In the present study, we studied the growth characteristics of two species of green algae; Dunliella primolecta and Botryococcus braunii, in fruit industry wastewater and also studied the COD removal from wastewater by these species. We found that bot . . .

The general stress response principally results in the release of cortisol, with the overall effect of mobilizing metabolic energy and redirecting it towards homeostatic maintenance. Consequently, an important factor altered by stress is food intake. . . .