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Int Sch Res Notices ; 2014: 742387, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27433523

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This study evaluated the natural prey preferences and spatial variability of predation pressure (PP = proportion of colonies with snails and/or clear predation signs) by the gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum on octocoral communities off the La Parguera Natural Reserve, Puerto Rico. All octocoral colonies were checked for presence of C. gibbosum and/or clear predation signs in four permanent band-transects (2 × 10 m), along three depth intervals (0-5, 7-12, >15 m deep) in each of six reefs along an inshore offshore gradient. Results indicate that C. gibbosum preys on at least 16 species, six of which (Briareum asbestinum, Gorgonia ventalina, Pseudoterogorgia americana, P. acerosa, Plexaura flexuosa, and Pseudoplexaura porosa) consistently showed significantly higher (K-W, P < 0.05) (17-37%) PP compared to all other species. Plexaura flexuosa, P. americana, and P. porosa had significantly higher PP (11-38%) among inner and mid-shelf reefs, and G. ventalina had higher PP in shelf-edge reefs (16-20%). A combination of differential spatial distributions and octocoral species abundances seems to explain the observed patterns of predation by C. gibbosum. Prey preference and higher abundances of 3-dimensional octocorals providing increased refuge or microhabitats utilized for mating or egg-deposition could be driving the spatial distribution of C. gibbosum and the observed differential predation pressure.

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Rev. méd. Hosp. Gen. Méx ; 62(4): 240-4, oct.-dic. 1999. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-276266

ABSTRACT

El tumor de células gigantes de hueso es uno de los tumores menos frecuentes, más controversial y menos predecible en su comportamiento. Los casos de esta serie tuvieron un franco predominio en el sexo femenino (75 por ciento). Con excepción de un caso que afectó a los huesos cortos del pie, el resto se localizó en los extremos dístales de los huesos largos de extremidades superiores e inferiores a partes iguales. Todas fueron lesiones grandes y sintomáticas, con pérdida parcial o total de la función. En ocho pacientes se realizó resección en bloque, uno con amputación y en dos con legrado óseo, más crioterapia en uno de ellos. Tres pacientes recibieron radioterapia adyuvante y uno quimioterapia. Dos lesiones recurrieron siete y nueve meses después de la cirugía; uno de éstos tratado con legrado y crioterapia. Ninguno desarrolló metástasis


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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Bone Neoplasms , Water , Giant Cell Tumors
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