(1) The relative importance of migrating eels and suspended particulate material (biotic and abiotic) as transporters of mirex from Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence River Estuary is evaluated in the context of a possible adverse impact on the St. Lawrence beluga population.
(2) General cytological and ultrastructural features of cells found in the peripheral blood of three captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are described.
(3) Bovine thyroid stimulating hormone administered to three beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, was effective in producing an increase in circulating levels of triiodothyronine and thyroxine.
(4) Normal values and ranges for 31 clinical hematology and serum chemistry tests are reported for the beluga or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas).
(5) The resulting audiogram showed hearing sensitivities below 64 kHz similar to those of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
(6) One day a fellow expat's son, on seeing us pile sparkling mounds of tiny black eggs onto blinis, asked "Is that the beluga or the sevruga, cos I only like the sevruga."
(7) The guests order from the bar menu – beef sliders for £21, £770 for a 50g portion of beluga caviar.
(8) The discovery of Toxoplasma gondii in the marine mammals has led researchers to issue a public health warning to Inuit populations who eat beluga whalemeat in dried strips and stews.
(9) The pattern of PCB congeners found in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale tissues is similar to the PCB pattern found in the St. Lawrence estuary MTZ biota.
(10) The heart of the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is described from the dissection of seven specimens.
(11) times per year, the most frequent being caribou (145, mean), beluga whale (74), hares (35), muskrat (26), whitefish (52), cisco (39), burbot (38), inconnu (37), Arctic charr (31), geese (44) ducks (19), ptamigan (18), cloudberries (22), cranberries (20) and blueberries (18).
(12) A similar decrease in sensitivity occurs at 32 kHz in the killer whale, at 50 kHz in the Amazon River dolphin, at 120 kHz in the beluga, at 140 kHz in the bottlenosed dolphin, and at 140 kHz in the harbor porpoise.
(13) During an echolocation-in-noise experiment we suspected that a beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) was using a surface-reflected path to maximize detection performance.
(14) Angela Kim, via GuardianWitness Serves 2 as a main dish, or 4 as a starter 200g black beluga lentils, rinsed 480ml water ¾ tsp salt 60g watercress 5 mint leaves, shredded 1 avocado, sliced For the dressing: Zest of ½ orange, plus 60ml orange juice (about 1 orange) Juice of 1 pink grapefruit (about 120ml) 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp maple syrup or honey ½ garlic clove, germ (sprout) removed 80ml fruity olive oil 1 tsp salt 1 Combine the lentils, water and salt in a medium pan.
(15) Like the zoo, though, it has an enormous number of animals who don't belong anywhere near Illinois: a giant octopus, frogfish , beluga whales , a blue iguana , and, of course, sharks .
(16) The statement outlines how marine mammals are also found in abundance in the region including polar bears, narwhals, beluga whales and blowhead whales while migratory birds include snow geese, rough-legged hawks and gyro-falcons.
(17) The arteries and veins of the heart of the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) are described from the dissection of nine specimens.
(18) Masked tonal thresholds were measured for a beluga whale at one noise level and 32 frequencies between 40 Hz and 115 kHz.
(19) Normal values such as these provide an important data base from which to detect diagnostically important changes in health status for belugas in a zoological setting.
(20) In beluga the relative duration of the period between the insemination and the appearance of the 1st cleavage furrow on the egg surface and the relative duration of the second half of embryogenesis (from the formation of heart rudiment till the hatching of single larvae) are somewhat less.
Caviar
Definition:
(n.) The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
Example Sentences:
(1) 'Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn't fall for its caviar diplomacy' Read more The crowded courtroom was growing increasing stifling as the air-conditioner could not cope with mid-August heat.
(2) By the time the guests have their fill of caviar-stuffed potatoes and get in their limos to the Vanity Fair party across town, most are sufficiently well lubricated to deal with one another: I walk in to see Benedict Cumberbatch standing by the bar with Joan Collins, while Patrick Stewart and Jared Leto are expressing mutual admiration for one another nearby.
(3) As for potatoes, we're supposed to treat them with a reverence previously reserved for fine wine and caviar.
(4) The madreporic ("caviar") prosthesis is a hinged knee prosthesis that can be inserted without the use of cement.
(5) But before he can leave the store he meets Doug, the husband of the producer who has promised to read his script, wheeling a shopping cart with his child and "a four-figure avalanche of shellfish, cheeses, meats, and caviars".
(6) Palmer also appeared on Channel Nine's Today show, where he launched an angry tirade against Murdoch and Thomas, describing Thomas as "like Black Caviar with a broken leg".
(7) (And if I'm being honest, I might sneak in a few mouthfuls of foie gras and caviar, too.)
(8) The guests order from the bar menu – beef sliders for £21, £770 for a 50g portion of beluga caviar.
(9) "It was celebrated with champagne and Iranian caviar at MHL's Mayfair offices and was widely reported in the financial press as a groundbreaking event," writes David Lascelles in his recently published biography of Zombanakis.
(11) Twitter users are mocking the DWP’s latest misstep with the inevitable hashtag #fakedwpstories (“since the jobcentre sanctioned me I only eat caviar”; “I save so much on trousers now all that money isn’t burning holes in my pockets”), and rightly so.
(12) Allegations of “caviar diplomacy” have swirled around the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly for years, with Azerbaijan accused of offering cash and luxury gifts in exchange for favourable votes.
(13) David died in the early hours of 22 May 1992, having enjoyed a good bottle of chablis and some caviar brought to her bedside by friends.
(14) The rest of the team helped, but he was the Black Caviar who got us here, but the point is that in terms of thinking about the future it’s not a change of personality; it is what does that bring; how does that improve our situation.
(15) One night, eating with her parents at a caviar house off the Champs Elysées, she was introduced to the television star Jacques Martin.
(16) The French president "eats everything" except caviar, truffles and lobster, and doesn't like cabbage, artichokes or asparagus much, according to a former chef who spent 40 years cooking for six French heads of state from Georges Pompidou to the incumbent, François Hollande .
(17) With 50 film premieres, a caviar-and-blinis-studded conference and lavish digs at the Hotel Astoria (which claims Rasputin, Thatcher and Bush are former guests), it has attracted Russian oligarchs, US heavyweights HBO and Showtime, and the French director François Ozon.
(18) I often exchanged grubby dollars or packets of Marlboro for tins of caviar from slightly sinister gold-toothed charmers.
(19) Out of 399 human faeces examined during the first eight months (1975) for the presence of NCV vibrios, one vibrio parahaemolyticus strains has been isolated from a man with acute gastro-enteritis (gastric and abdominal pains, nausea, diarrhoea, headache, general weakness), after having a meal with salted caviar.
(20) Be adventurous… It's time for parma ham, mozzarella and caviar lunchboxes.