THE OLD AND THE NEW PLANKTON: ECOLOGICAL REPLACEMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS OF MOLLUSC PLANKTON AND GIANT FILTER FEEDERS AFTER THE CRETACEOUS?

The old and the new plankton: ecological replacement of associations of mollusc plankton and giant filter feeders after the Cretaceous?

Owing to their great diversity and abundance, ammonites and belemnites represented key elements in Mesozoic food webs.Because of their extreme ontogenetic size increase by up to three orders of magnitude, their position in the food webs likely changed during ontogeny.Here, we reconstruct the number of eggs laid by large adult females of these cepha

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Recurrent cerebellar ischemic infarctions and stereotyped peri-ictal sympathetic responses in a near-SUDEP patient with cardiovascular risk factors

We report a 60-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department after experiencing a witnessed unknown onset bilateral tonic clonic seizure (GTCS) that culminated in cardiac arrest.A neurology consultant Leaf dish uncovered a years-long history of frequent episodic staring followed by confusion and expressive aphasia, which strongly suggest

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Genetics and shell morphometrics of assimineids (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

The Assimineidae are a family of amphibious microgastropods that can be mostly found in estuaries Hyacinth and mangroves in South Africa.These snails often occur in great numbers and are ecologically important to the St Lucia Estuary, which forms a crucial part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Genetic and shell morphom

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