Orientador: Angelo Pires do Prado / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T06:19:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goulart_ThaisMarchi_M.pdf: 2829371 bytes, checksum: dfa29045423465c507fdca66a095307f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este trabalho objetivou o levantamento e a complementação das poucas informações sobre as espécies de ácaros associados à Zenaida auriculata na região de Campinas, SP [(Campinas (22°49'11''S, 47°4'12''O, alt.604m), Valinhos (22°58'14"S, 47°59'45"O, alt. 660m), Jaguariúna (22° 42' 20''S, 46° 59' 09''O, alt. 584m), Santa Bárbara D'oeste (22°45'13"S, 47°24'49"O, alt. 565m)] e em outras localidades como Ourinhos (22°58'44"S, 49°52'14"O, alt. 483m). No total foram analisadas 54 amostras, sendo que em 10 delas, não foram encontrados ácaros. Como resultado, obtivemos representantes das seguintes subordens: Astigmata: Falculiferidae - Falculifer isodontus Gaud & Barré, 1992; Byersalges talpacoti Cerný, 1975; Pterophagus spilosikyus Gaud & Barré, 1992; Dermoglyphidae - Dermoglyphus columbae Sugimoto, 1941; Analgidae: Diplaegidia columbae Buchholz, 1869; Diplaegidia columbigallinae Cerný, 1975; Epidermoptidae não identificado; Pyroglyphidae não identificado; Hypoderatidae: Hypodectes propus (Nitzch, 1861); Prostigmata - Cheyletiellidae: Ornithocheyletia columbigallinae Fain & Bochkov, 2002; Cheyletidae não identificado; Syringophilidae: Meitingsunes zenadourae Clark 1964; Mesostigmata - Macronyssidae: Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888); Rhinonyssidae: Tinaminyssus zenaidurae (Crossley, 1952). As ocorrências de H. propus (deutoninfas parasitas subcutâneas), B. talpacoti, T. zenaidurae, P. spilosikyus, O. columbigallinae, O. bursa, Dermoglyphus columbae são relatadas pela primeira vez nos adultos deste hospedeiro. Foram encontradas 14 spp. de ácaros, distribuídas em: Astigmata 9, Prostigmata 3 e Mesostigmata 2. Sendo 1 sp.do aparelho respiratório; 4 spp. da pele; 2 spp nidícolas, uma delas hematófaga; 2 spp. calamícolas; 5 spp. plumícolas. O material testemunho foi depositado na coleção do Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, UNICAMP, além das fotografias dos ninhos, das aves e dos ácaros (coleção virtual) / Abstract: This study aimed to add information on the species of mites associated with Zenaida auriculata in the region of Campinas, SP. [(Campinas (22°49'11''S, 47°4'12''W, alt.604m), Valinhos (22°58'14"S, 47°59'45"W, alt. 660m), Jaguariúna (22° 42' 20''S, 46° 59' 09''W, alt. 584m), Santa Bárbara D'oeste (22°45'13"S, 47°24'49"W, alt. 565m)] and in Ourinhos (22°58'44"S, 49°52'14"O, alt. 483m). A total of 54 samples were examined, and mites were found on 44 of them. We found representatives from the following taxa: Astigmata: Falculiferidae - Falculifer isodontus Gaud & Barré, 1992, Byersalges talpacoti Cerný, 1975; Pterophagus spilosikyus Gaud & Barré, 1992; Dermoglyphidae - Dermoglyphus columbae Sugimoto, 1941; Analgidae: Diplaegidia columbae Buchholz, 1869; Diplaegidia columbigallinae Cerný, 1975; an unidentified Epidermoptidae; an unidentified Pyroglyphidae; Hypoderatidae: Hypodectes propus (Nitzch, 1861); Prostigmata - Cheyletiellidae: Ornithocheyletia columbigallinae Fain & Bochkov 2002; an unidentified Cheyletidae; Syringophilidae Meitingsunes zenadourae (Clark, 1964); Mesostigmata - Macronyssidae: Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888); Rhinonyssidae: Tinaminyssus zenaidurae (Crossley, 1952). The occurrence of Hypodectes propus (subcutaneous deutonymphs parasites), B. talpacoti, T. zenaidurae, P. spilosikyus, O. columbigallinae, O. bursa and Dermoglyphus columbae are reported for the first time in the adult form of this host. Fourteen species of mites were found, distributed as follow: Astigmata 9, Prostigmata 3 e Mesostigmata 2. One species was of respiratory system; four of skin; two was nidiculous, but only one was hematophagous; two of quill mites; five were feather mites. Voucher specimens were deposited at a collection of Department of Animal Biology, Biology Institute, UNICAMP, in addition to photographs of nests, birds and mites (virtual collection) / Mestrado / Parasitologia / Mestre em Parasitologia

In this project, an investigation of a neural network based system is used to examine the following: a) the possibility and practicability of analysing and recognising parasites/sealworms on a parasite/sealworm infested cod fish images, b) the most efficient but robust way of presenting data to the neural network for efficient training and generalisation. The basic problem is to automate the sorting of sealworm infested cod fish from good normal cod fish using a neural network based system. The generalised back propagation supervised learning algorithm is used and both steepest descent and conjugate gradient methods are investigated. Various data representation schemes in unprocessed and processed formats before presentation for training of the neural network, are also examined. Finally the level of recognition achieved by the neural network when presented with the cod fish images is computed. Thus in this project an attempt is made to analyse and find the best components for solving the basic problem and then use this information to develop a neural network based system to recognise, detect and locate parasite/sealworms on cod fish images. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1985 M33 / Master of Science

Orientador: Maria de Lourdes Boeno Trindade Galo / Banca: Nilton Nobuhiro Imai / Banca: Francisco Antônio Dupas / Resumo: Nos últimos anos, infestações de plantas aquáticas em reservatórios estão sendo estudadas como um efeito do desequilíbrio causado pela poluição e represamento dos rios. A quantidade excessiva de plantas, conseqüente desse desequilíbrio, dificulta tanto a navegação como a produção de energia elétrica. Esse tipo de ocorrência, assim como a presença de algumas substâncias na água, provocam mudanças na radiância da mesma, registradas por sensores orbitais. Nesse sentido, técnicas de processamento e análise de dados de sensoriamento remoto podem se constituir em uma fonte complementar de dados e fornecer informações relacionadas ao grau de infestação de reservatórios. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a influência da resolução espacial de imagens multiespectrais na detecção e mapeamento de áreas infestadas por plantas aquáticas emersas em um reservatório de pequeno porte, através de utilização de procedimentos de análise multiescala e classificação supervisionada usando redes neurais artificiais. Para isso foram utilizadas imagens IKONOS multiespectrais (4 metros de resolução espacial) do reservatório de Salto Grande localizado na cidade de Americana- SP. Assim, foram geradas imagens multiescala, resultando em imagens de 8, 16 e 32 metros de resolução espacial. Na classificação das imagens, utilizando Redes Neurais Artificiais, os dados de entrada constituíram-se de imagens multiespectrais IKONOS (bandas 1, 2, 3 e 4), imagem de textura (banda do IVP), e uma imagem de índice de vegetação (NDVI). O procedimento metodológico adotado mostrou-se adequado para o mapeamento das variações espectrais da água e detecção das infestações por plantas aquáticas, nos vários níveis de resolução da imagem. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a classificação pela rede neural, com os parâmetros...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In past few years, great infestations of aquatic plants in reservoirs have been studied as an effect of the environmental unbalance caused by pollution and damming of rivers. The excessive amount of plants, deriving from this unbalance, makes navigation and the production of electricity difficult. This kind of occurrence, as well as the appearance of some substances in the water, cause changes in the water radiance detected by satellite sensors. Thus, processing techniques and data analysis may be used as a complementary data source to give information related to the degree of infestation of these plants in reservoirs. So, the present dissertation aimed at verifying the influence of the spatial resolution of multispectral images in the detection and mapping of areas infested by aquatic plants in a small reservoir , through the use of multiscale analysis procedures and supervised classification using artificial neural networks. Multiespectral imagens IKONOS (spatial resolution of 4 meters) of the reservoir of Salto Grande, in the city of Americana-SP were used. So, multiscale images were generated, resulting in images of 8, 16 and 32 meters of spatial resolution. In the classification of these images, using Artificial Neural Networks, the input data was constituted of multispectral images IKONOS (bands 1, 2, 3 and 4), image of texture (band of NIR), and one image of vegetation index (NDVI). The method used was adequate to map the spectral variation of the water and to detect infested areas of aquatic plants in the various levels of resolution of the image. The results obtained showed that the classification by the parameters defined for the original image and applied in the training of the scheme adopted for the different resolution levels was satisfactory. Furthermore, an analysis was made comparing multiscale images classified through crossed comparison, which permits comparing...(Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:09:43Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cruz_nc_me_prud.pdf: 1504734 bytes, checksum: 24dad2fab48cdca8018cdd5f1df08e04 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nos últimos anos, infestações de plantas aquáticas em reservatórios estão sendo estudadas como um efeito do desequilíbrio causado pela poluição e represamento dos rios. A quantidade excessiva de plantas, conseqüente desse desequilíbrio, dificulta tanto a navegação como a produção de energia elétrica. Esse tipo de ocorrência, assim como a presença de algumas substâncias na água, provocam mudanças na radiância da mesma, registradas por sensores orbitais. Nesse sentido, técnicas de processamento e análise de dados de sensoriamento remoto podem se constituir em uma fonte complementar de dados e fornecer informações relacionadas ao grau de infestação de reservatórios. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a influência da resolução espacial de imagens multiespectrais na detecção e mapeamento de áreas infestadas por plantas aquáticas emersas em um reservatório de pequeno porte, através de utilização de procedimentos de análise multiescala e classificação supervisionada usando redes neurais artificiais. Para isso foram utilizadas imagens IKONOS multiespectrais (4 metros de resolução espacial) do reservatório de Salto Grande localizado na cidade de Americana- SP. Assim, foram geradas imagens multiescala, resultando em imagens de 8, 16 e 32 metros de resolução espacial. Na classificação das imagens, utilizando Redes Neurais Artificiais, os dados de entrada constituíram-se de imagens multiespectrais IKONOS (bandas 1, 2, 3 e 4), imagem de textura (banda do IVP), e uma imagem de índice de vegetação (NDVI). O procedimento metodológico adotado mostrou-se adequado para o mapeamento das variações espectrais da água e detecção das infestações por plantas aquáticas, nos vários níveis de resolução da imagem. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a classificação pela rede neural, com os parâmetros... / In past few years, great infestations of aquatic plants in reservoirs have been studied as an effect of the environmental unbalance caused by pollution and damming of rivers. The excessive amount of plants, deriving from this unbalance, makes navigation and the production of electricity difficult. This kind of occurrence, as well as the appearance of some substances in the water, cause changes in the water radiance detected by satellite sensors. Thus, processing techniques and data analysis may be used as a complementary data source to give information related to the degree of infestation of these plants in reservoirs. So, the present dissertation aimed at verifying the influence of the spatial resolution of multispectral images in the detection and mapping of areas infested by aquatic plants in a small reservoir , through the use of multiscale analysis procedures and supervised classification using artificial neural networks. Multiespectral imagens IKONOS (spatial resolution of 4 meters) of the reservoir of Salto Grande, in the city of Americana-SP were used. So, multiscale images were generated, resulting in images of 8, 16 and 32 meters of spatial resolution. In the classification of these images, using Artificial Neural Networks, the input data was constituted of multispectral images IKONOS (bands 1, 2, 3 and 4), image of texture (band of NIR), and one image of vegetation index (NDVI). The method used was adequate to map the spectral variation of the water and to detect infested areas of aquatic plants in the various levels of resolution of the image. The results obtained showed that the classification by the parameters defined for the original image and applied in the training of the scheme adopted for the different resolution levels was satisfactory. Furthermore, an analysis was made comparing multiscale images classified through crossed comparison, which permits comparing...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) specimens naturally infected by three monogenean species were captured and maintained in marine aquaria to promote a continuous parasite load. Monogenean eggs recovered from aquaria provided larvae for descriptions and life history experiments. I describe the adult, larva and post-larval development of a new species of hexabothriid, Branchotenthes octohamatus, from the gills. This is the first monogenean larva described with only eight hooklets. This character may be useful to help resolve problematic relationships within the Hexabothriidae and offers insight into more general hypotheses about relationships within the Monogenea. I also redescribe the adult of Calicotyle australis (Monocotylidae) from the cloaca and describe the larva. The number and arrangement of larval ciliated epidermal cells and sensilla was revealed using silver nitrate. I redescribe Pseudoleptobothrium aptychotremae (Microbothriidae) adults from the skin of T. fasciata, representing a new host and locality record. Larval anatomy and post-larval development are also documented. The presence of six needle-like spicules in the larval haptor is confirmed, supporting an earlier theory that spicules are ancestral vestiges. My studies revealed three different egg hatching, host finding strategies and larval ‘types’. Branchotenthes octohamatus has a ‘sit-and-wait’ strategy, entirely dependent on mechanical disturbance to stimulate eggs to hatch. Larvae are unciliated, cannot swim, lack pigmented eyespots and show no photo-response but may survive for more than two days after hatching at 22ºC. In contrast, eggs of C. australis hatch spontaneously with a strong diurnal rhythm in the first few hours of daylight when exposed to a LD12:12 illumination regime. Larvae are ciliated and can swim, have pigmented eyespots, are photo-positive and can remain active and survive for up to 24 h after hatching at 22ºC. Eggs of P. aptychotremae may have a ‘bet-hedging’ strategy. Some eggs hatch spontaneously and rhythmically in an LD12:12 regime during the last few hours of daylight but their low hatching success rate suggests that other eggs may require a different cue provided by the host. Larvae are ciliated, can swim, lack pigmented eyespots, show no photo-response and remain active for only a few hours at 22ºC. Experiments using the fluorescent dye, 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate N-succinimidyl ester (CFSE) revealed B. octohamatus on gills of T. fasciata within 30 min of exposure to the host. This provides strong evidence that larvae invade the gills directly via the host’s inhalant respiratory current and do not migrate after initial attachment elsewhere. Five rhinobatid species (Aptychotrema vincentiana, T. fasciata, Trygonorrhina sp. A, A. rostrata and Rhinobatos typus), with overlapping distributions spanning west, south and east Australian coastal waters were surveyed for monogeneans at four locations between Fremantle, Western Australia and Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Genetic homogeneity, using the mitochrondrial gene Cytochrome b (cytb) and the nuclear marker, Elongation factor-1 alpha (EF1a), was observed for all Branchotenthes and Calicotyle specimens irrespective of collection locality or rhinobatid species. Genetic homogeneity was observed for Pseudoleptobothrium specimens collected in western and southern Australia. However, local genetic heterogeneity was apparent among Pseudoleptobothrium specimens collected from two sympatric host species in New South Wales. Analyses revealed a highly divergent clade, indicating a morphologically cryptic, ancestral species. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1323070 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2008

Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) specimens naturally infected by three monogenean species were captured and maintained in marine aquaria to promote a continuous parasite load. Monogenean eggs recovered from aquaria provided larvae for descriptions and life history experiments. I describe the adult, larva and post-larval development of a new species of hexabothriid, Branchotenthes octohamatus, from the gills. This is the first monogenean larva described with only eight hooklets. This character may be useful to help resolve problematic relationships within the Hexabothriidae and offers insight into more general hypotheses about relationships within the Monogenea. I also redescribe the adult of Calicotyle australis (Monocotylidae) from the cloaca and describe the larva. The number and arrangement of larval ciliated epidermal cells and sensilla was revealed using silver nitrate. I redescribe Pseudoleptobothrium aptychotremae (Microbothriidae) adults from the skin of T. fasciata, representing a new host and locality record. Larval anatomy and post-larval development are also documented. The presence of six needle-like spicules in the larval haptor is confirmed, supporting an earlier theory that spicules are ancestral vestiges. My studies revealed three different egg hatching, host finding strategies and larval ‘types’. Branchotenthes octohamatus has a ‘sit-and-wait’ strategy, entirely dependent on mechanical disturbance to stimulate eggs to hatch. Larvae are unciliated, cannot swim, lack pigmented eyespots and show no photo-response but may survive for more than two days after hatching at 22ºC. In contrast, eggs of C. australis hatch spontaneously with a strong diurnal rhythm in the first few hours of daylight when exposed to a LD12:12 illumination regime. Larvae are ciliated and can swim, have pigmented eyespots, are photo-positive and can remain active and survive for up to 24 h after hatching at 22ºC. Eggs of P. aptychotremae may have a ‘bet-hedging’ strategy. Some eggs hatch spontaneously and rhythmically in an LD12:12 regime during the last few hours of daylight but their low hatching success rate suggests that other eggs may require a different cue provided by the host. Larvae are ciliated, can swim, lack pigmented eyespots, show no photo-response and remain active for only a few hours at 22ºC. Experiments using the fluorescent dye, 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate N-succinimidyl ester (CFSE) revealed B. octohamatus on gills of T. fasciata within 30 min of exposure to the host. This provides strong evidence that larvae invade the gills directly via the host’s inhalant respiratory current and do not migrate after initial attachment elsewhere. Five rhinobatid species (Aptychotrema vincentiana, T. fasciata, Trygonorrhina sp. A, A. rostrata and Rhinobatos typus), with overlapping distributions spanning west, south and east Australian coastal waters were surveyed for monogeneans at four locations between Fremantle, Western Australia and Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Genetic homogeneity, using the mitochrondrial gene Cytochrome b (cytb) and the nuclear marker, Elongation factor-1 alpha (EF1a), was observed for all Branchotenthes and Calicotyle specimens irrespective of collection locality or rhinobatid species. Genetic homogeneity was observed for Pseudoleptobothrium specimens collected in western and southern Australia. However, local genetic heterogeneity was apparent among Pseudoleptobothrium specimens collected from two sympatric host species in New South Wales. Analyses revealed a highly divergent clade, indicating a morphologically cryptic, ancestral species. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1323070 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2008

Identifier les leviers permettant de stimuler la régulation naturelle des bioagresseurs tout en préservant la biodiversité est indispensable pour concevoir des paysages agricoles fonctionnels. A partir d’une méta-analyse et d’une étude empirique reposant sur 42 parcelles viticoles localisées dans Nouvelle Aquitaine (France), nous avons cherché à évaluer l’impact du déploiement de l’agriculture biologique à de large échelles spatiales sur 1) les communautés d’ennemis naturels, 2) les services de régulation naturelle, 3) les taux d’infestation par les bioagresseurs. Dans ce travail, nous avons montré que la proportion d’agriculture biologique est un facteur structurant plus les communautés d’ennemis naturels que la proportion d’habitats semi-naturels dans le paysage. De plus, nous avons montré que les communautés de bioagresseurs rencontrées dans les vignes ne sont pas influencées par la proportion d’agriculture biologique alors qu’elles répondent plutôt négativement à la proportion d’habitats semi-naturels. Par ailleurs, nous avons montré que l’agriculture biologique, à l’échelle globale et indépendamment du type de culture considérée est un système de culture stimulant la régulation naturelle des bioagresseurs. En viticulture, elle permet de réduire l’utilisation des produits phytosanitaires, comparé à l’agriculture conventionnelle. Enfin, nos analyses ont révélé qu’au-delà de la différence de systèmes de culture, un certain nombre de facteurs locaux (e.g., âge des parcelles, fréquence de traitements, productivité) permettent d’expliquer la structure des communautés d’ennemis naturels et des services de régulation naturelle des bioagresseurs. Tout en produisant des connaissances sur les processus permettant d’expliquer les assemblages des communautés d’ennemis naturels et les niveaux de services de régulation rendus, notre travail suggère des pistes pour l’aménagement des paysages viticoles permettant de concilier préservation de la biodiversité et maximisation des régulations naturelles. / Identifying landscape context and farming systems that enhance natural pest control while maintaining biodiversity is crucial to design functional agricultural landscapes. Using a meta-analysis and an empiric study based on 42 vineyards in Nouvelle Aquitaine (France), we investigated the effect of the deployment of organic farming at a landscape scale on 1) natural enemy communities, 2) natural pest control and 3) pest infestation levels. Here, we showed that the proportion of organic farming structured more natural enemy communities than the proportion of semi-natural habitats. On the opposite, pest and pathogen infestations were never influenced by the proportion of organic farming while they were negatively influenced by the proportion of semi-natural habitats. Furthermore, at a global scale and for every crop types, organic farming, per se, enhances natural pest control. In viticulture, it is less dependent of synthetic agrochemicals than conventional farming. Moreover, local factors such as the treatment frequency index, the field age and the crop productivity had important effects on natural enemy communities and natural pest control. Finally, we yielded knowledge on processes that impact natural enemy assembly and natural pest control in agrosystems. For vineyards-dominated landscapes, our work suggests some tracks for landscape planning that support biodiversity conservation and natural pest control.