Biology Sciences

• Comparative limnology of South American floodplain lakes and lagoons

  Priscila de Carvalho, Luis Mauricio Bini, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Leandro Gonçalves de Oliveira, Barbara Robertson, Washington Luiz Gomes Tavechio, Assad José Darwisch (Author)

  265-273

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• Chlorococcales of the periphytic community from the Corumbá reservoir, state of Goiás, Brazil, before and after damming

  Sirlene Aparecida Felisberto, Liliana Rodrigues, Josimeire Aparecida Leandrini (Author)

  275-282

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• Structure and dynamics of the phytoplankton community downstream and upstream Corumbá reservoir, Caldas Novas, state of Goiás, Brazil

  Claudineia Almeida da Silva, Sueli Train, Luzia Cleide Rodrigues (Author)

  283-290

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• Dynamics of the phytoplankton community and physical and chemical variables in experimental tanks with different organic manure

  Anna Christina Esper Amaro de Faria, Carmino Hayashi, Claudemir Martins Soares, Wilson Massamitu Furuya (Author)

  291-297

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• Assemblage of testate amoebae (Protozoa, Rhizopoda) associated to aquatic macrophytes stands in a marginal lake of the São Francisco river floodplain, Brazil

  Maria Beatriz Gomes e Souza Dabés, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho (Author)

  299-304

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• On the occurrence of testate amoebae (Protozoa, Amoebozoa, Rhizopoda) in Brazilian inland waters. III. Family Difflugiidae: Genus Difflugia

  Fabio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Maria Claudia Zimmermann-Callegari, Claudia Costa Bonecker, Erica Mayumi Takahashi (Author)

  305-321

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• On the occurrence of testate amoebae (Protozoa, Amoebozoa, Rhizopoda) in Brazilian inland waters. IV. Families Difflugiidae (genera Cucurbitella, Lagenodifflugia, Pentagonia, Pontigulasia, Protocucurbitella, Suiadifflugia) and Lesquereusiidae (ge

  Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Fabio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Claudia Costa Bonecker, Maria Claudia Zimmermann-Callegari, Anderson Setsuo Miyashiro Aoyagui (Author)

  323-332

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• On the occurrence of testate amoebae (Protozoa, Rhizopoda) in Brazilian inland waters. V. Families Hyalospheniidae, Plagiopyxidae, Microcoryciidae, Cryptodifflugiidae, Phryganelidae, Euglyphidae, Trinematiidae and Cyphoderiidae

  Fabio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Erica Mayumi Takahashi, Anderson Setsuo Miyashiro Aoyagui, Claudia Costa Bonecker (Author)

  333-347

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• Structure and dynamics of the cyclopoid copepod (Crustacea) assemblage associated with aquatic macrophytes in two lotic environments of the Upper Paraná river basin, Brazil

  Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Fabio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Alice Michyio Takeda, Janet Higuti, Gilza Maria de Souza Franco (Author)

  349-356

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• Influence of prey availability, visual contrast and size of dragonfly (Pantala sp.) larvae (Odonata, Insecta) on the predation of Simocephalus serrulatus (Cladocera, Crustacea)

  Claudemir Martins Soares, Carmino Hayashi, Anna Christina Esper Amaro de Faria (Author)

  357-362

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• Pseudocrepidobothrium eirasi (Rego and de Chambrier, 1995) gen. n. and comb. nov. (Cestoda, Proteocephalidea), parasite of a South American freshwater fish, and comparative cladistic analysis with Crepidobothrium spp.

  Amilcar Arandas Rego, Veronica Ivanov (Author)

  363-367

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• Fish assemblages in littoral areas of the upper Paraná river floodplain, Brazil

  Edson Fontes de Oliveira, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Evanilde Benedito Cecilio (Author)

  369-376

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• Early development of Auchenipterus osteomystax (Osteichthyes, Auchenipteridae) from the Paraná river basin, Brazil

  Andréa Bialetzki, Gilmar Baumgartner, Paulo Vanderlei Sanches, André Vieira Galuch, Marli Aparecida Luvisuto, Keshiyu Nakatani, Maristela Cavicchioli Makrakis, Marta Eliane Echeverria Borges (Author)

  377-382

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• Early development of Leporinus friderici (Osteichthyes, Anostomidae) from Paraná river basin, Brazil

  Paulo Vanderlei Sanches, Gilmar Baumgartner, Andréa Bialetzki, Mirian Rodrigues Suiberto, Fernando Duran Canedo Gomes, Keshiyu Nakatani, Norma Dulce de Campos Barbosa (Author)

  383-389

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• Effect of cumulative chemical and mutagenic pollutants during ontogenic development of Poecilia vivipara (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae)

  Eduardo José de Almeida Araujo, José Oscar Rodrigues de Morais, Paulo Roberto de Souza, Simone Maria Teixeira de Sabóia-Morais (Author)

  391-399

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• Trophic characterization of ichthyofauna from three lagoons of the Upper Paraná river floodplain, Brazil

  Karla Danielle Gaspar da Luz, Fabiane Abujanra, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Luiz Carlos Gomes (Author)

  401-407

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• Population structure of Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1860 (Pisces, Serrasalmidae) from the Extremoz Lake, state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

  Ricardo de Meiroz Grilo Raposo, Helio de Castro Bezerra Gurgel (Author)

  409-414

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• Growth and mortality of Leporinus friderici (Ostariophysi, Anostomidae) in the Volta Grande dam, Grande river, MG-SP

  Francisco Manoel de Souza Braga (Author)

  415-420

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• A new method for the analysis of fish stomach contents

  Sidnei Eduardo Lima Junior, Roberto Goitein (Author)

  421-424

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• Trophic plasticity in freshwater fishes

  Milza Celi Fedatto Abelha, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Erivelto Goulart (Author)

  425-434

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• Feeding of Astyanax bimaculatus (Characiformes, Characidae), in the influence area of the Corumbá Reservoir, state of Goiás, Brazil

  Izabel de Fatima Andrian, Heloisa Baleroni Rodrigues Silva, Danielle Peretti (Author)

  435-440

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• Reproductive and nutritional dynamics of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes, 1849 (Pisces, Characidae) at Mogi Guaçu river, state of São Paulo, Brazil

  Geraldo Barbieri, Fernando André Salles, Marcos Antonio Cestarolli (Author)

  441-444

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• Study of eight species of the Anostomidae family (Pisces, Characiformes) by RAPD analysis

  Lucimara Chiari, Leda Maria Koelblinger Sodré (Author)

  445-451

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• Growth and first sexual maturation size of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes, 1849 (Characiformes, Characidae), in Mogi Guaçu river, state of São Paulo, Brazil

  Geraldo Barbieri, Fernando André Salles, Marcos Antonio Cestarolli (Author)

  453-459

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• Selection of netted prey by piranhas, Serrasalmus spilopleura and S. marginatus (Pisces, Serrasalmidae)

  Carlos Sérgio Agostinho, Elineide Eugenio Marques (Author)

  461-464

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• Apparent digestibility coefficients of energy and nutrients of some ingredients for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) (Thai strain)

  Wilson Massamitu Furuya, Luiz Edivaldo Pezzato, Edma Carvalho de Miranda, Valeria Rossetto Barriviera Furuya, Margarida Maria Barros (Author)

  465-469

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• Effect of stocking density on laboratory rearing of mullet fingerlings, Mugil platanus (Günther, 1880)

  Luis André Sampaio, Ana Helena Ferreira, Marcelo Borges Tesser (Author)

  471-475

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• Influence of pH on eggs and larvae of silver catfish, Rhamdia quelen (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes)

  Arthur Augusto Ferreira, Alex Pires de Oliveira Nuñer, Juan Ramon Esquivel (Author)

  477-481

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• Different diets in the first feeding of the yellow mandi (Pimelodus maculates, Lacépéde)

  Ronald Kennedy Luz, Evoy Zaniboni-Filho (Author)

  483-489

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• Development of Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) juveniles at different stocking densities in net ponds

  Cristiane Vilela, Carmino Hayashi (Author)

  491-496

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• Predation of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus, Holmberg) larvae by cyclopoid copepods (Mesocyclops longisetus, Thiébaud) at different densities in environments with different visual contrast

  Anna Christina Esper Amaro de Faria, Carmino Hayashi, Claudemir Martins Soares (Author)

  497-502

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• Histopathologic lesions in the liver of Prochilodus lineatus (Pisces, Prochilodontidae) exposed to a sublethal concentration of the organophosphate insecticide Dipterex 500 ®(Trichlorfon)

  Edson de Lara Rodrigues, Maria José Tavares Ranzani-Paiva, Fabio Juliano Pacheco, Marcelo Leite da Veiga (Author)

  503-505

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• Histological and physiological biomarkers to assess fish health in Londrina streams, state of Paraná

  Elissandra Ulbricht Winkaler, Andressa das Graças Silva, Henrique Chaicoski Galindo, Claudia Bueno dos Reis Martinez (Author)

  507-514

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• Red blood cell parameters and osmotic fragility curve of Colossoma macropomum (Pisces, Osteichthyes, Mileinae) in captivity

  Carla Simone Seibert, Elvira Maria Guerra Shinnohara, Elianora Gomes de Carvalho, Elineide Eugenio Marques (Author)

  515-520

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• Effect of light green and dark brown colored tanks on survival rates and development of tambaqui larvae, Colossoma macropomum (Osteichthyes, Serrasalmidae)

  Marcelo Mattos Pedreira, Lucia Helena Sipauba-Tavares (Author)

  521-525

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• Association between the hematological characteristics and the biology of the “dourado” Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes, 1840 from Mogi-Guaçu River, state of São Paulo, Brazil

  Maria José Tavares Ranzani-Paiva, Edson de Lara Rodrigues, Marcelo Leite da Veiga, Augusta Cocuzza das Eiras (Author)

  527-533

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• Amateur fishery in the estuary-lagoon complex of Cananéia-Iguape, state of São Paulo, Brazil (1995-1996)

  Jocemar Tomasino Mendonça, Mario Katsuragawa (Author)

  535-547

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• Anatomical features of leaves, fruits and seeds of Sapindus saponaria L. (Sapindaceae)

  Adriana Lenita Meyer Albiero, Elfriede Marianne Bacchi, Kathia Socorro Mathias Mourão (Author)

  549-560

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• Biogeography of Philodendron section Calostigma (Schott) Pfeiffer (Araceae) in Brazil

  Cassia Monica Sakuragui (Author)

  561-569

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• Leaf anatomy of Polygonaceae (Angiospermae) from the upper Paraná river floodplain

  Melissa Graciotto Silva-Brambilha, Ismar Sebastião Moscheta (Author)

  571-585

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• Floral biology of a population of Mirabilis jalapa L. (Nyctaginaceae) from Southern Brazil

  Ausileide Alves Leal, Yoko Terada, Maria de Fatima Pires da Silva Machado (Author)

  587-591

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• Averrhoa carambola L., Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels and Cissus sicyoides L.: medicinal herbal tea effects on vegetal and animal test systems

  Veronica Elisa Pimenta Vicentini, Marjori Leiva Camparoto, Rosangela de Oliveira Teixeira, Mario Sergio Mantovani (Author)

  593-598

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• Production of amylases by Aspergillus tamari in solid state fermentation at high initial glucose concentrations

  Daniela Farani de Souza, Rosane Marina Peralta (Author)

  599-602

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• uvsH//uvsH diploid strain favors an efficient method to evaluate the recombinagenic effect of chemical and physical agents in Aspergillus nidulans (Ascomycetes)

  Cleverson Busso, Simone Jurema Ruggeri Chiuchetta, Francielle Baptista, Marialba Avezum Alves Castro Prado (Author)

  603-607

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• Callus culture of Aspidosperma ramiflorum Muell. Arg.: growth and alkaloid production

  Arildo José Braz de Oliveira, Luzia Koike, Francisco de Assis Machado Reis, Simone Liliane Kirszenzaft Shepherd (Author)

  609-612

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• Evaluation of antihyperglyicemic potential of Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen (Amaranthaceae)

  Neviton Rogerio Sanches, Ricardo Galleto, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira, Roberto Barbosa Bazotte, Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez (Author)

  613-617

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• Meiotic instability in invader plants of signal grass Brachiaria decumbens Stapf (Gramineae)

  Andréa Beatriz Mendes Bonato, Maria Suely Pagliarini, Neide da Silva, Cacilda Borges do Valle (Author)

  619-625

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• Theory and analysis of partial diallel crosses. Parents and F₂ generations

  José Marcelo Soriano Viana, Cosme Damião Cruz, Antonio Americo Cardoso (Author)

  627-634

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• Proposal of anatomical terminology to call the arteries of the base of the encephalon in the monkey (Cebus paella L., 1766)

  Jussara Rocha Ferreira, Irvênia Luiza de Santis Prada (Author)

  635-643

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• Effects of different autoclaving times on nutrition quality of diets for growing rats (Rattus norvegicus)

  Haroldo Garcia de Faria, Sandra Regina Stabille (Author)

  645-648

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