The lateral line canals and the neuromasts situated inside their lumina are described in two fishes differing in their feeding habits. There are 20 canal neuromasts in the bottom feeder Cyprinus carpio, while in the surface ...

1. This comparative study examines 0^ dissociation curves of blood of two colobrine snakes: an aquatic snake, Natrix tesselluta, and a desert snake, Eryx colubrinus. 2. In the case of the whole blood of the aquatic snake, ...

Palaemon pacificus is common in the Red Sea coast and the sexes are separate. Potential sexual dimorphism in 38 morphological parameters was investigated in a population of Palaemon pacificus collected from the Red Sea ...

Ten monitors, Varanus griseus collected from various localities in Egypt were examined for protozoan blood parasites. A new species of the genus Haemogregarina senso lato is reported from six of these monitors. Blood forms ...

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 ...

(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 ...