Alligator

Animal aquaculture is concentrated on finfish, moUuscs, and cmstaceans. Sponges, echinoderms, tunicates, turtles, frogs, and alligators are being cultured, but production is insignificant in comparison with the three principal groups. Common and scientific names of many of the species of the finfish, moUuscs, and cmstaceans currently under culture are presented in Table 2. Included are examples of bait, recreational, and food animals. 

Unconformity-Related Deposits. Deposits of the unconformity-related type occur spatially close to significant unconformities. These deposits usually developed during the period about 1800—800 million years ago in intracratonic basins. Deposits also developed during Phanerozoic time. Examples of unconformity-related deposits include the ore bodies at Cluff Lake, Key Lake, and Rabbit Lake in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, and those in the Alligator Rivers area in northern AustraHa (12). 

G. Alliger and I. J. Sjothun, Uulcanicyation of Elastomers, Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1964. 

Evidence for chemically mediated disruption of thyroid function in wild reptile populations includes the finding of elevated thyroxine levels in male alligators from Lake Apopka, although a causal relationship with specific chemicals has not been established. ... 

If an elastic or insufficiently hard primer or paint has been applied under a less elastic top coat, or if the first coat (or set of coats) of oil-base paint has been second-coated before it is completely dry, not only will the paintwork remain soft for an unduly fong period, but cracking will also follow, as the upper layer cannot follow the movement. If the last coat is very thick this fault will frequently manifest itself in the form of alligatoring, i.e. the formation of cracks which do not penetrate all the films down to the substrate, and which may be present in the top layer only. 

Vonier PM, Crain DA, McLachlan JA, et al. 1996. Interaction of environmental chemicals with the estrogen and progesterone receptors from the oviduct of the American alligator. Environ Health Perspect 104(12) 1318-1322. 

Crain, D.A., Guillette, L.J., and Rooney, A.A. et al. (1997). Alterations in steroidogenesis in aUigators (Alligator mississippiensis) exposed naturally and experimentally to environmental contaminants. Environmental Health Perspectives 105, 528-533. 

GuiUette, Jr., L.J., Pickford, D.B., and Crain, D.A. et al. (1996). Reduction in penis size and plasma testosterone concentrations in juvenile alligators living in a contaminated environment. General and Comparative Endocrinology 101, 32-42. 

GuiUette, L.J., Jr., Gross, T.S., and Masson et al. (1994). Developmental abnormalities of the gonad and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators from contaminated and control lakes in Florida. Environmental Health Perspectives 102, 680-688. 

Heinz, G.H., Percival, H.F., and Jennings, M.L. (1991). Contaminants in American alligator eggs from Lake Apopka, Lake Griffin, and Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 16, 277-285. 

Matter, J.M., McMurry, C.S., and Anthony, A.B. et al. (1998). Development and implementation of endocrine biomarkers of exposure and effects in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Chemosphere 37, 1905-1914. 

Milnes, M.R., Bryan, T.A., and Katsu, Y. et al. (2008). Increased post hatching mortality and loss of sexually dimorphic gene expression in alligators Alligator mississippiensis) from a contaminated environment. Biology of Reproduction 1 07.064915. 

Other snare devices that potentially can be used for embolectomy include (1) the Alligator Retrieval Device, which is a retriever with grasping jaws attached to the tip of a flexible wire designed to be used in conjunction with 0.21-inch micro-catheter " and (2) the EnSnare device, which has a tulip-shaped, three-loop design that opens distally. These devices, which are approved for foreign body removal/coil retrieval, have not been reported in embolectomy for stroke treatment. 

Henkes H, Lowens S, Preiss H, Reinartz J, Miloslavski E, Kuhne D. A new device for endovascular coil retrieval from intracranial vessels alligator retrieval device. Am J... 

Patrone, L.. Palacin, S. and Bourgoin, J.P. (2003) Direct comparison of the electronic coupling efficiency of sulfur and selenium alligator dips for molecules adsorbed onto gold electrodes. Applied Surface Science, 212—213, 446—451. 

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