Suspension feeding is one of the most widespread feeding strategies among benthic organisms.However, natural feeding ecology and energetics of benthic suspension feeders are poorly known.The scarcity of field methods, apparatus and protocols that facilitate obtention of reliable in situ data has contributed to this lack of knowledge.A detailed desc
Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA is a relatively recent adaptation of long-standing wastewater surveillance for infectious and other harmful agents.Individuals infected with COVID-19 were found to shed SARS-CoV-2 in their faeces.Researchers around the world confirmed that SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragments could be detected and quantified in commun
The rapid expansion of biomedical literature has provoked an increased development of advanced text mining tools to rapidly extract relevant events from the continuously increasing amount of knowledge published periodically in PubMed.However, bioinvestigators are still reluctant to use these tools for two reasons: i) a large volume of events is oft
Carnivore populations are declining globally due to range contraction, persecution and prey depletion.One consequence of these patterns is increased range and niche overlap with other carnivores, and thus an elevated potential for BIRD competitive exclusion.Here, we document competition between an endangered canid, the Ethiopian wolf (EW), and the
The ability to accurately and reliably estimate body mass of extinct taxa is a vital tool for interpreting the physiology and even behavior of long-dead animals.For this reason, paleontologists have developed many possible methods of estimating the body mass of extinct animals, with varying degrees of success.These methods can be divided into two m