Vol 36 No 2 (2014) | Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences

Biotechnology

Structural features and assessment of zymosan-induced arthritis in rat temporomandibular joint model using sulfated polysaccharide

José Ariévilo Gurgel Rodrigues, Hellíada Vasconcelos Chaves, Kátia de Souza Alves, Adriano Aguiar Filgueira, Mirna Marques Bezerra, Norma Maria Barros Benevides (Author)

127-135
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Analysis of some chemical nutrients in four Brazilian tropical seaweeds

José Gerardo Carneiro, José Ariévilo Gurgel Rodrigues, Felipe Barros Teles, Antônio Belfort Dantas Cavalcante, Norma Maria Barros Benevides (Author)

137-145
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Ecology and Limnology

Community structure of periphytic algae in a floodplain lake: a long-term study

Luciana Carapunarla, Dirceu Baumgartner, Liliana Rodrigues (Author)

147-154
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Planktonic heterotrophic nanoflagellate abundance along a trophic gradient in subtropical reservoirs: influence of a bottom-up or top-down control mechanism

Danielle Goeldner Pereira, Luzia Cleide Rodrigues, Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho (Author)

155-163
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Influence of environmental integrity on the reproductive biology of Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 in the Ivinhema river basin

Lucilene Finoto Viana, Karina Keyla Tondato, Yzel Rondon Súarez, Sidnei Eduardo Lima-Junior (Author)

165-173
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Agricultural exploitation impact on the quality of natural waters in the trout-breeding region of the Mantiqueira ecological corridor

Gabriele Medeiros dos Santos, Maria Leonor Ribeiro Casimiro Lopes Assad, Marcos Ciccarini Hott, Marcelo Henrique Otenio (Author)

175-180
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Influence of environmental integrity on feeding, condition and reproduction of Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008 in the Tarumã stream micro-basin

Isabelle de Almeida Monaco, Yzel Rondon Súarez, Sidnei Eduardo Lima-Junior (Author)

181-188
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Nesting of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a riparianforestofriodas Mortes in southeasternBrazil

Marcos Magalhaes de Souza, Epifânio Porfiro Pires, Abner Elpino-Campos, Júlio Neil Cassa Louzada (Author)

189-196
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Limnology of a lateral lagoon system connected to a Neotropical reservoir (Rosana reservoir, São Paulo/Paraná, Brazil)

Mateus Ferrareze, Marcos Gomes Nogueira, Luciana Sartori (Author)

197-207
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Genetics

Intra-inflorescence pollen viability in accessions of Brachiaria ruziziensis

Cristina Maria Pinto de Paula, Vânia Helena Techio, Flavio Rodrigo Gandolfi Benites, Fausto de Souza Sobrinho (Author)

209-213
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Microbiology

Extracellular production of avicelase by the thermophilic soil bacterium Bacillus sp. SMIA-2

Luciana Ribeiro Coutinho Oliveira, João Batista Barbosa, Meire Lelis Leal Martins, Marco Antonio Martins (Author)

215-222
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Animal Morphology & Physiology

DHEA and non-alcoholic fat liver disease: increased gene expression of peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and fatty acid synthase (FAS)

Felipe Natali Almeida, Maynara Lucca Andrade, Gabriela Virginia Moreira, João Paulo Gabriel Camporez, Patricia Chimin, Carla Roberta de Oliveira Carvalho (Author)

223-229
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Spontaneous absence-like activity in Wistar rats: Behavioral and electrographic characteristics and the effects of antiepileptic drugs

Edison Sanfelice André, Rafael Bruno-Neto, José Marino-Neto, Angela Cristina do Valle, César Timo-Iaria (Author)

231-239
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Diet of Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in two periurban areas in southern Brazil

Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, Eduardo Dias Forneck, Sérgio Augusto de Loretto Bordignon, Cristina Vargas Cademartori (Author)

241-247
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Parasitology

Ecology of parasites of Metynnis lippincottianus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the eastern Amazon region, Macapá, State of Amapá, Brazil

Maria Danielle Figueiredo Guimarães Hoshino, Marcos Tavares-Dias (Author)

249-255
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