Spatial ecology of the Giant Sea Bass, , in a southern California kelp forest as determined by acoustic telemetry.

The fisheries history of the Giant Sea Bass, (Telostei: Polyprionidae), is closely linked to its spatial ecology. Its overharvest is directly associated with formation of spatially distinct spawning aggregations during summer, while its subsequent recovery is hypothesized to be the result of spatially explicit gear restrictions. Understanding the spatial ecology of Giant Sea Bass is a key part of efforts to assess contemporary threats such as commercial harvest and incidental catch by recreational fisheries.

Assessing Children's Dental Age with Panoramic Radiographs.

(1) Background: The aim of the study was to assess the dental age of the subjects and compare it to their chronological age; to assess the dominant tooth for evaluation of dental age; and to investigate possible individual differences between the left and right side of the dental arch. (2) Methods: This study involved evaluating panoramic radiographs of patients aged 7-13 years. A separate assessment was performed for each tooth according to the degree of germ development.

Putting the Pacific marine heatwave into perspective: The response of larval fish off southern California to unprecedented warming in 2014-2016 relative to the previous 65 years.

The 2014-2016 Northeast Pacific marine heatwave (MHW) induced the warmest 3-year period on record in the California Current Ecosystem. We tested whether larval fish assemblage structure, phenology, and diversity dynamics were comparable to past warming events from 1951 to 2013. First, we hypothesized, based on past observations of biological effect of warming, that mesopelagic species with southern distributions relative to southern California and Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax (a coastal pelagic species) would increase during the MHW while northern mesopelagics and northern anchovy Engraulis mordax (coastal pelagic) abundances would decline.

Control of prostaglandin induced uterine hyperactivity with intravenous ritodrine.

The prostaglandins, F2 alpha and E2, are in extensive local use for the induction of labor. The main concern with oral and vaginal administration is the difficulty in controlling rapidly progressing labor and uterine hyperactivity. Herein we present a case where intravenous ritodrine was given as soon as hyperactivity and fetal heart rate decelerations were detected.