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Embryonic development and nourishment in the viviparous fish Poecilia vivipara ...
Arcanjo, Rachel B.; Souza, Leonardo P. de; Rezende, Carla F.; Silva, José R. F.Embryonic development and nourishment in the viviparous fish Poecilia vivipara (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). — Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 95: 493–500. While viviparity confers protection to the embryos during gestation, it increases energetic costs for the mother, which acquires new relations to its offspring. Maternal–fetal transfer of nutrients can occur in different patterns: as lecithotrophy (nourished...
Plastic intake does not depend on fish eating habits: Identification of micropl...
Dantas, Natália Carla Fernandes de Medeiros; Duarte, Oscar S.; Ferreira, Wellington C.; Ayala, Alejandro P.; Rezende, Carla F.; Feitosa, Caroline V.This study aims to identify, classify, quantify the ingested microplastic by marine teleost fish, in order to analyze the relationship between microplastic and trophic guilds. Food items of 214 individuals of Opisthonema oglinum, Bagre marinus, Cathorops spixii, Sciades herzbergii, Chloroscombrus chrysurus, Conodon nobilis, Haemulopsis corvinaeformis were analyzed. The species were classified according to their...