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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7515002.v1
title: Aspects of the reproductive biology of the freshwater/brackish amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from an unstable coastal lagoon of southeastern Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi (Shoemaker, 1933) (Maeridae) inhabits the coastal lagoons of southeastern Brazil, which are highly unstable environments. Drastic reduction in the abundance and distribution of this amphipod on these lagoons has been observed. The constant recovery of its populations suggests that this species may show a reproductive strategy that helps it to persist on these environments. Therefore, our aim was to study the reproductive biology of this species in Carapebus lagoon and to answer the question if its reproductive strategy contributes to a rapid population recovery. The size-range at sexual maturity was determined by the relative growth of the gnathopods and by the number of articles in antennal flagella. Brood size, egg diameter, size at first maturity and other relative reproductive parameters were obtained, which were compared to other species using a multivariate Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Females reach maturity at smaller size-range (2.9-3.9 mm body length (BL) than males (4.9 -5.9 mm BL). Mean egg diameter was small (0.35 ± 0.08 mm) and fecundity was high (20.2 ± 9.2 eggs/female; maximum 48 eggs). The relative reproductive parameters observed in Q. lutzi suggest it as iteroparous species. The PCA situated Q. lutzi within the species of high reproductive potential, characterized by small female size at first maturity, small egg diameter, large brood size and iteroparity, which have been largely considered adaptations that allow rapid recovery of population sizes. Therefore, we concluded that the reproductive strategy of this species contributes to its survival in the highly unstable Carapebus lagoon at southeastern Brazil.
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1v58mpokwp9927bf6s36osb5k
title: E Coli simulations JR

description: Simulations of E Coli WCM
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7509983
title: A review of the Leptostraca of the British Isles with discussion of the genus Sarsinebalia Dahl

description: Abstract A survey of the Leptostracan fauna of the British Isles collected from routine environmental monitoring samples revealed six species of Nebaliidae to be present in shallow waters. These species were identified as Nebalia herbstii Leach, 1814, Nebalia strausi Risso, 1826, Nebalia borealis Dahl, 1985, Nebalia kocatasi Moreira, Koçak and Katagan, 2007, Nebalia reboredae Moreira and Urgorri, 2009 in Moreira et al., 2009a and Sarsinebalia urgorrii Moreira, Gestoso and Troncoso, 2003. The presence of N. strausi , N. kocatasi , N. reboredae and S. urgorrii is reported from the British Isles for the first time. Three further species have been previously reported from the waters surrounding Britain and Ireland but were not recorded in the current study. Thus, the number of species recorded in the British Isles now stands at nine and the range of several species is extended northwards from previous records in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. The diagnostic characters of Sarsinebalia Dahl, 1985 are discussed and it is suggested that a formal reappraisal of the genus be conducted. A key to European Leptostraca is provided based on adult females.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7509983.v1
title: A review of the Leptostraca of the British Isles with discussion of the genus Sarsinebalia Dahl

description: Abstract A survey of the Leptostracan fauna of the British Isles collected from routine environmental monitoring samples revealed six species of Nebaliidae to be present in shallow waters. These species were identified as Nebalia herbstii Leach, 1814, Nebalia strausi Risso, 1826, Nebalia borealis Dahl, 1985, Nebalia kocatasi Moreira, Koçak and Katagan, 2007, Nebalia reboredae Moreira and Urgorri, 2009 in Moreira et al., 2009a and Sarsinebalia urgorrii Moreira, Gestoso and Troncoso, 2003. The presence of N. strausi , N. kocatasi , N. reboredae and S. urgorrii is reported from the British Isles for the first time. Three further species have been previously reported from the waters surrounding Britain and Ireland but were not recorded in the current study. Thus, the number of species recorded in the British Isles now stands at nine and the range of several species is extended northwards from previous records in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. The diagnostic characters of Sarsinebalia Dahl, 1985 are discussed and it is suggested that a formal reappraisal of the genus be conducted. A key to European Leptostraca is provided based on adult females.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7509989
title: A tribute to Michael Türkay (3 April 1948 - 9 September 2015): contributions and legacy of a lifelong study on New World decapods, and personal impressions

description: Abstract Prof. Dr. Michael Türkay, curator of Crustacea in the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, unexpectedly passed away on 9th September 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Brazilian Crustacean Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia ˗ SBC, in Portuguese), taking into account Michael's outstanding contribution to carcinology, his strong interest in New World decapods (Neotropical freshwater crabs in particular), and his ties with Brazilian colleagues, decided to honor his memory and legacy with a special series of publications in Nauplius, the Society's scientific journal. In the present opening article to the SBC tribute, his contributions to the study of New World decapods, particularly freshwater ones, are reviewed, and some reminiscences of the scientific partnership and friendship with the author are presented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7509989.v1
title: A tribute to Michael Türkay (3 April 1948 - 9 September 2015): contributions and legacy of a lifelong study on New World decapods, and personal impressions

description: Abstract Prof. Dr. Michael Türkay, curator of Crustacea in the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, unexpectedly passed away on 9th September 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Brazilian Crustacean Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia ˗ SBC, in Portuguese), taking into account Michael's outstanding contribution to carcinology, his strong interest in New World decapods (Neotropical freshwater crabs in particular), and his ties with Brazilian colleagues, decided to honor his memory and legacy with a special series of publications in Nauplius, the Society's scientific journal. In the present opening article to the SBC tribute, his contributions to the study of New World decapods, particularly freshwater ones, are reviewed, and some reminiscences of the scientific partnership and friendship with the author are presented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7516400
title: Distribution pattern of juveniles of the pink shrimps Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) and F. paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) on the southeastern Brazilian coast

description: Abstract The spatio-temporal distribution of juveniles of the pink shrimps Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) and Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) in the Ubatuba region (SP) was investigated. Sampling was performed in the bays of Ubatumirim (UBM), Ubatuba (UBA) and Mar Virado (MV). A total of 2,018 F. brasiliensis and F. paulensis were collected. The largest catch of juveniles of both species occurred in UBA (N = 867), followed by UBM (N = 729) and MV (N= 422). The bottom sediment in MV had the highest silt and clay content, which explains the negative correlation of the substrate with the abundance of both species. Temperature was positively correlated with the abundance of both species. Juveniles were highly abundant in shallower areas in the summer of 1998. The high rainfall in this El Niño period may have lowered the salinity in estuarine waters and led the shrimps to move to coastal areas in search of higher salinities such as in bays. With this unusually early reduction in salinity, individuals migrated to the bay before the closed season began and thus became more exposed to fishing. We confirmed that monitoring environmental variations, especially in El Niño years, is essential for understanding the distribution patterns of juveniles of both species.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7516400.v1
title: Distribution pattern of juveniles of the pink shrimps Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) and F. paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) on the southeastern Brazilian coast

description: Abstract The spatio-temporal distribution of juveniles of the pink shrimps Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) and Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) in the Ubatuba region (SP) was investigated. Sampling was performed in the bays of Ubatumirim (UBM), Ubatuba (UBA) and Mar Virado (MV). A total of 2,018 F. brasiliensis and F. paulensis were collected. The largest catch of juveniles of both species occurred in UBA (N = 867), followed by UBM (N = 729) and MV (N= 422). The bottom sediment in MV had the highest silt and clay content, which explains the negative correlation of the substrate with the abundance of both species. Temperature was positively correlated with the abundance of both species. Juveniles were highly abundant in shallower areas in the summer of 1998. The high rainfall in this El Niño period may have lowered the salinity in estuarine waters and led the shrimps to move to coastal areas in search of higher salinities such as in bays. With this unusually early reduction in salinity, individuals migrated to the bay before the closed season began and thus became more exposed to fishing. We confirmed that monitoring environmental variations, especially in El Niño years, is essential for understanding the distribution patterns of juveniles of both species.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507646
title: New primers for amplification of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcode region designed for species of Decapoda (Crustacea)

description: Abstract We designed 14 new primers for amplification of the COI barcode region of decapod crustacean species. We tested, with high level of success, the generation of ~ 640 ± 49 base-pair sequences in selected groups of decapods (hermit crabs, squat lobsters, marine and freshwater crabs and shrimps), encompassing representatives of 27 genera of 15 families, 11 of Pleocyemata (Anomura, Brachyura, and Caridea) and 4 of Dendrobranchiata. Based on the results we expect the applicability of these primers for several studies with different taxa within Decapoda.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7507646.v1
title: New primers for amplification of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcode region designed for species of Decapoda (Crustacea)

description: Abstract We designed 14 new primers for amplification of the COI barcode region of decapod crustacean species. We tested, with high level of success, the generation of ~ 640 ± 49 base-pair sequences in selected groups of decapods (hermit crabs, squat lobsters, marine and freshwater crabs and shrimps), encompassing representatives of 27 genera of 15 families, 11 of Pleocyemata (Anomura, Brachyura, and Caridea) and 4 of Dendrobranchiata. Based on the results we expect the applicability of these primers for several studies with different taxa within Decapoda.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14319840.v1
title: Risk assessment model in inventory management using the AHP method

description: Abstract: Identification and hierarchy of risks in inventory management allow mapping and generating a plan of actions in order to control them, diminish them or even extinguish them. This research aims to identify and measure the degree of importance of the main problems encountered in the sector of a metal production chain. The method used to develop this research is the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), in order to hierarchize and thus defines the best way to manage risks. The main results of this study reveal that each area of the organization presents a risk that stands out in the management of inventories, allowing the company to control its expenses better, aligning itself with the companies' strategy of producing at the lowest cost. Excess consumption (demand), supplier delay (supply), and stock divergence (material handling) were highlighted as the major risks in their categories. This study revealed that in the category of demand risks, excess consumption was identified as the most critical risk, in the supply category, the supplier delay was identified at the highest risk and finally in the material handling category, the risk divergence of inventory obtained the highest percentage in relation to the other problems.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14319827.v1
title: Hedonic price index for apartments: an analysis of data from Belo Horizonte (Brazil), from 1995 to 2012

description: Abstract This paper presents the more commonly used methods of hedonic estimation and applies them to a fiscal data base from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1995-2012. The results of the price indexes from the various estimations suggest a pronounced real estate appreciation from 2005 to 2012. Increasing real estate financing (after the statutory lien legislation of 2004), falling interest rates and growth in real family income contributed to the positive performance of the real estate market in the period. Results also indicate that real estate prices continued to increase despite the world financial crisis of 2008/2009 possibly due to countercyclical policies implemented by the Brazilian Government. These results help to shed light on the potential use of hedonic price models and a fiscal database to construct an official housing price index for Brazil in the future.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7518986
title: Allometry and sexual dimorphism of the Neotropical freshwater anomuran Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994 (Crustacea, Anomura, Aeglidae)

description: Abstract This study analyzes ontogenetic allometry in Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994, a freshwater crustacean, in order to evaluate the growth pattern and the presence of sexual dimorphism, using a multivariate approach. The specimens were sampled from streams in Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil. For each specimen, we measured the following structures: carapace length and width, chelae height and length, and abdomen length. Allometry was evaluated using Jolicoeur’s multivariate allometric coefficient. Our results showed that for females, ABL (abdomen length) and LCH (left chelae heigh) presented positive allometry; LCL (left chelae length) and RCH (right chelae heigh) isometry; and CL (carapace length), CW (carapace width), and RCL (right chelae length) negative allometry. For males, RCH, LCH, and LCL presented positive allometry; RCL (right chelae length) isometry; and CL, CW, and ABL negative allometry. In addition, sexual dimorphism was amplified with body size.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14319825.v1
title: Immigrants and farmers at the dawn of São Paulo's industry: the formation of the Cia. Mecânica e Importadora de São Paulo (1882-1892)

description: Abstract Despite the recent growth in the field of corporate history in Brazil, there are still gaps regarding how and who constituted some of the major national firms present at the beginning of the industrial advance of São Paulo, such as the Cia. Mecânica e Importadora de São Paulo, created in 1890 in the state’s capital. Thus, the article seeks to show that in the formation of the largest goods company in São Paulo’s capital from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the Cia. Mecânica e Importadora de São Paulo - from the incorporation of Lacerda, Camargo & Cia. and of Engelberg, Siciliano & Cia. - competed with both national and foreign firms, who led the companies that were incorporated. To do so, we will use financial statements, reports, contracts and minutes from the following companies: J. Arbenz & Cia.; Lacerda, Camargo & Arbenz; Lacerda, Camargo & Cia; Cia. Mecânica e Importadora de São Paulo, as well as newspaper reports from the Correio Paulistano in the period 1882-1893.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14319824.v1
title: Bunge Brasil (1956 to 1994): the consolidation of an economic group

description: Abstract This paper aims to show that Bunge Brazil consolidated itself as an economic group in the second half of the twentieth century. Founded in Amsterdam in 1818, the company has operated in Brazil since 1905, arriving from Argentina where it had been present since the end of the 19th century under the name of Bunge and Born. In the 1990s, the Bunge Brazil group had 127 independent firms. For this study we selected four of them, representing several sectors: wheat and milling (Moinho Fluminense); paints, varnishes and derivatives (Coral Paints); agribusiness and exports (Sanbra); textile and clothing industry (Santista Têxtil). Theoretically the text analyzes the authors who discuss the formation of economic groups in peripheral economies. The primary data were collected from the Bunge Memory Center in São Paulo and through interviews. As a preliminary conclusion, it can be said that Bunge has consolidated itself as an economic group while diversifying its activities and transforming some of its 127 companies into industrial conglomerates by having their own affiliates, and in turn forming other economic groups.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7518992
title: Population dynamics of the mud crab Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983 (Brachyura: Panopeidae) associated with a mussel farm at the southeastern Brazilian coast

description: Abstract Mussel farms are one of the most important modalities of aquaculture and constitute almost 80% of the total bivalve production in Brazil, representing about 5% of the national production. Brachyuran crabs are common inhabitants of these environments and represent an important link in coastal marine food chains. The aim of this investigation is to describe the population structure of Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983 in a Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) farm located at the southeastern Brazilian coast. The samplings were carried out in the northeastern coast of São Paulo State. From May 2002 to April 2003, one mussel net was recovered monthly, and all individuals of P. austrobesus were collected. Population size-frequency analysis indicated a unimodal and non-normal distribution. Males were significantly larger than females, and the overall sex ratio significantly skewed from 1:1, female-biased. Recruitment occurred during the entire period, and ovigerous females were found in 11 months. The onset of sexual maturity was estimated around 5 mm cephalothorax width. Mussel farms represent an anthropogenic intervention in the sea landscape, causing environmental changes. However, these structures must allow species introduction, increasing their ecological and geographical distribution, and provide available space and food to establish new populations. This is particularly important for species with small populations, such as P. austrobesus. The results of this study attest the environmental counterpart role of the mussel farms. Once they can support populations, they may also help to reintroduce them into the area and could therefore be used in a consortium generating economic profits and acting as bioremediation tool, assuring the maintenance of the genetic patrimony.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7518992.v1
title: Population dynamics of the mud crab Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983 (Brachyura: Panopeidae) associated with a mussel farm at the southeastern Brazilian coast

description: Abstract Mussel farms are one of the most important modalities of aquaculture and constitute almost 80% of the total bivalve production in Brazil, representing about 5% of the national production. Brachyuran crabs are common inhabitants of these environments and represent an important link in coastal marine food chains. The aim of this investigation is to describe the population structure of Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983 in a Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) farm located at the southeastern Brazilian coast. The samplings were carried out in the northeastern coast of São Paulo State. From May 2002 to April 2003, one mussel net was recovered monthly, and all individuals of P. austrobesus were collected. Population size-frequency analysis indicated a unimodal and non-normal distribution. Males were significantly larger than females, and the overall sex ratio significantly skewed from 1:1, female-biased. Recruitment occurred during the entire period, and ovigerous females were found in 11 months. The onset of sexual maturity was estimated around 5 mm cephalothorax width. Mussel farms represent an anthropogenic intervention in the sea landscape, causing environmental changes. However, these structures must allow species introduction, increasing their ecological and geographical distribution, and provide available space and food to establish new populations. This is particularly important for species with small populations, such as P. austrobesus. The results of this study attest the environmental counterpart role of the mussel farms. Once they can support populations, they may also help to reintroduce them into the area and could therefore be used in a consortium generating economic profits and acting as bioremediation tool, assuring the maintenance of the genetic patrimony.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14319815.v1
title: Fiscal laxity or inflection? Fiscal policy in Roussef’s government and the economic crisis

description: Abstract Fiscal policy played a leading role in the debate on the trajectory of the Brazilian economy in the first half of 2010 to explain the economic slowdown and subsequent recession, both in orthodox and heterodox contributions. Orthodox economics points to uncontrolled public spending as being responsible for the fiscal deterioration, which would have led to worsening agents' expectations and falling investments. Heterodox economics, in a roughly opposite interpretation, points to an inflection of fiscal policy that, reducing spending, particularly investment, at the beginning of the decade, would have compromised the policy-inducing capacity in a demand-led growth model. This article aims to empirically evaluate these explanations. In addition to a descriptive analysis of the data, we propose a vector autoregression (VAR) model to examine how the fiscal policy elements pointed out by each of the perspectives discussed here have affected economic growth. In particular, we aim to investigate whether they are able to explain the downturn and the recession in the period analyzed. The results indicate, contrarily to the orthodox view, that spending did not skyrocket compared to previous governments, and that movements in output tend to precede changes in the fiscal outcome. They also point to the importance of public investment in determining the pace of activity, confirming a central element of the heterodox approach. However, by revealing that up to 2014 public spending continued to grow, indicates the insufficiency of the heterodox thesis to explain the slowdown in previous years and the depth of the subsequent recession. Given this, we present additional explanatory elements to understand the period.