(1) Po2 and Pco2 of arterial and venous blood are studied in three skink lizards: the bean skink, Mabui quinquetaeniata, inhabiting the cultivated areas, and the two burrowing desert lizards; the ocellated skink, Chalcides ...

The influences of these different vegetable plant hosts on the biological response of Brevicoryne brassicae (L) and Aphis gossypii (Glover) were studied. The results obtained for B. brassicae (L) indicated that the lowest ...

The area cultivated with vegetable crops in the State of Qatar reached, during 1979 and 1980, a percentage of about 42.9 % of the total cultivated (or suitable to be cultivated) area. Vegetable crops selected for collecting ...

The distribution of cartilaginous and ossification rudiments were described in the live-bearing lizards, Chalcides ocellatus, at birth, one-month-old, and 12-month-old. The skeletal elements investigated are: neurocranium, ...

Changes in total acidity, total carbohydrates, reducing sugars, starch, total protein, ether soluble fraction, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, total phosphorus, ash, dry and wet gluten, crude fibres and specific ...

Diurnal sampling of epigeal Arthropoda from different desert habitats in Qatar was carried out at the end of the summer season (October) and in spring (April) of 1995, 1996 and 1997. Dominance values of the species collected ...

1) One light trap of Robinson type fitted with a mercury vapour bulb was operated for two consecutive years. Eighty - three species were identified and counted. The most abundant species was Tachys fumigatus of which over ...

The effects of 3 gamma doses on the sex vitality of the mosquito Culex pipiens L. were studied after irradiation of the larvae, pupae or newly emerged adults. No significant effect on the sex attraction was obseived when ...

During studying of Protozoa in the slow sand filter beds in Ashford Common Water Treatment Work (London, U.K.), it was found necessary to study the interstitial and attached bacterial populations involved with sand particles, ...

The results revealed that a temperature of 10°C was the most effective temperature on pupal mortality of Culex pipiens complex L. followed by 32°C then 20 and 26°C. There was a gradual increase in pupal mortality with ...