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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_EfeitoCaracteristicasAmbientais.pdf: 1424534 bytes, checksum: 90b0a9ccb4539c1936ab56dfa68d26b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Fundação Gordon e Betty Moore / O estuário de Curuçá é parte de uma Unidade de Conservação (RESEX Mãe Grande de Curuçá) desde 2002 e tem como principais cursos d’agua o Rio Curuçá e do Furo Muriá. O presente estudo objetivou analisar o efeito de características ambientais no uso dos canais-de-maré pelas espécies bentófagas Colomesus psittacus, Sciades herzbergii e Genyatremus luteus. A análise envolveu a relação de dados ambientais (salinidade, área de inundação e cobertura arbórea) com dados bióticos das três espécies estudadas (densidade, biomassa, intensidade alimentar e distribuição dos comprimentos totais). A primeira expedição ocorreu em julho de 2008 a fim de coletar a ictiofauna e a segunda em outubro de 2008 para realizar o inventário arbóreo, sendo que cada campanha teve a duração de três dias. Por todo o estuário de Curuçá, mais precisamente, ao longo do Rio Curuçá e do Furo Muriá, foram distribuídos um total de seis sítios de coleta, onde no interior de cada sítio foram amostrados dois canais-de-maré, perfazendo um total de doze canais-de-maré amostrados. As espécies C. psittacus, S. herzbergii e G. luteus estiveram entre as cinco mais abundantes e ocorreram em todos os sítios, com exceção do S. herzbergii, o qual foi capturado somente em cinco dos seis sítios. As três espécies estudadas apresentaram, entre os sítios, diferenças altamente significativas para as variações de suas médias de densidade, biomassa, índice de plenitude e comprimento total, com exceção de G. luteus que não apresentou diferenças estatísticas em suas médias de comprimento total. Todas as variações das médias das características ambientais referentes à cobertura arbórea (densidade, altura e diâmetro), assim como, a área de inundação dos canais-de-maré apresentaram significativas diferenças entre os sítios. Neste trabalho foi possível verificar: a influência do gradiente de salinidade na distribuição das espécies estudadas no interior do estuário; as relações espaciais entre a área de inundação e disponibilidade de recurso alimentar, onde os canais com maior área inundada mostraram-se mais favoráveis ao forrageio da ictiofauna bentófaga; que provavelmente, existe um melhor rendimento alimentar quando as espécies bentófagas frequentam os canais-de-maré cercados por vegetação desenvolvida. / The Curuçá estuary is part of a Conservation Unit (RESEX Great Mother of Curuçá) since 2002 and has as main water courses the Curuçá River and Muriá bore. This study aimed to analyze the effect of environmental characteristics in the use of the creek on the benthophagous species Colomesus psittacus, Sciades herzbergii and Genyatremus luteus. The analysis involved the relationship of environmental data (salinity, submergence area and tree cover) and biotic data from the three species studied (density, biomass, feeding intensity and distribution of total length). The first expedition took place in July 2008 to collect the fish fauna and the second in October 2008 to conduct the tree inventory, and each campaign lasted for three days. For all the estuary of Curuçá, more precisely, along the Curuçá River and Muriá bore were allotted a total of six study sites, where within each site were sampled two creeks, making a total of twelve creeks sampled. The species C. psittacus, S. herzbergii and G. luteus were among the five most abundant and occurred in all sites, except for S. herzbergii, which was captured only in five of the six sites. The three species showed, among sites, highly significant differences for changes in their average density, biomass, index of fullness and length, except for G. luteus which did not show statistical differences in their average total length. All variations of the average environmental characteristics related to tree cover (density, height and diameter), as well as, the area of flood creek showed significant differences between sites. This study has showed: the influence of salinity gradient in the distribution of species within the estuary; spatial relations between the flooded area and availability of food resources, where the creek with larger flooded area were more conducive to forage fish fauna benthophagous; likely, there is a better yield when feeding species benthophagous occurs in creek surrounded by vegetation developed.

[Truncated abstract] The hydraulic properties of the roots of three crop species important to Western Australia were examined: wheat (Triticum aestivum), narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) and yellow lupin (L. luteus). Generally, the hydraulic conductivity (Lpr) of root systems differs between species and can change in response to adverse conditions. To determine the significance of root anatomy and aquaporin activity on the pathway of water flow through roots, water flow was measured across cell membranes, individual roots and whole root systems. The combination of measurements identified that wheat and lupin roots have contrasting hydraulic properties. Wheat roots absorb water preferentially in the apical region, whereas lupin roots appear to absorb water more evenly along the entire root length. Lupin roots have a greater axial hydraulic conductance than wheat, due to more abundant xylem vessels and axial conductance increases with root length, in conjunction with xylem vessel development. However, water flow through the radial pathway is the limiting factor in whole root hydraulic conductance, in all species. Modelling and the inhibition of aquaporin activity with mercuric chloride demonstrated that radial water flow in wheat roots occurs by a combination of the cell-to-cell and apoplastic pathways, but in lupins, water flow appears to be predominantly apoplastic. Despite the presence of aquaporins in root cell membranes of all species, their role in regulating bulk water flow across roots is not clear in lupins, because of the significance of the apoplastic pathway ... After draining the chambers, the root systems of yellow lupin resumed growth, but there was no subsequent recovery in narrow-leafed lupin root systems. The growth and survival strategies of wheat and lupin root systems are disparate. Wheat root systems are comprised of numerous fine, highly branched, individual roots that extract water near the root tips and have the ability to regulate flow. These attributes may be advantageous in non-uniform or variable environments. Moreover, the ability of wheat roots to regulate flow may not only support survival during waterlogging, but also enhance recovery. In comparison, lupin root systems are designed like conduits, for the rapid uptake and transport of water when conditions are favourable. However, their thick taproots and lack of regulation of water transport or anatomical changes make them unsuitable for very wet soils.

Cannabis is the only plant which contains cannabinoids and thanks to these compounds it has enormous potential. This thesis deals with the analysis of technical hemp. Effects of cannabinoids and methods used for cannabis analysis are discussed in the theoretical part. The experimental part includes spectrophotometric characterization of cannabis, it´s antimicrobial effects and thin layer chromatography analysis. Three sorts of Cannabis sativa L. were analyzed, namely Finola, Fedora and Kompolti. Firstly, the content of polyphenols, flavonoids and antioxidant activity in prepared tinctures were determined. Moreover, antimicrobial test were performed using disk test and turbidity determination. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeast organism were tested. It was found that cannabis tinctures possess good antimicrobial effects. Some of them are comparable with synthetic antibiotics. Finally, thin layer chromatography enabled visualization of cannabinoids in prepared tinctures.