Consumption to biomass (Q/B) ratio and estimates of Q/B-predictor parameters for Caribbean fishes

Estimates of the Q/B ratio and parameters of equations to 'predict' Q/B values for 116 fish stocks in the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia are presented. A compilation of these estimates available for Caribbean Sea fishes (264 stocks) is also provided for comparison purposes. General trends in the value of Q/B resulting from differences in the equation and parameter values used are briefly discussed

PARÂMETROS MORFOMÉTRICOS DE DRENAGEM NA BACIA DO RIO MACAÉ (RJ): CONTRIBUIÇÃO PARA ABORDAGEM MORFOTECTÔNICA.

A aplicação de parâmetros morfométricos em bacias de drenagem é uma importante ferramenta na compreensão do sistema fluvial. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar os índices RDE, FABD, FSTT e Perfil Longitudinal nos rios Sana e Dantas. No rio Sana há migração preferencial do canal em direção à margem esquerda e no rio Dantas o canal se mantém próximo ao eixo central da bacia. Necessita-se de investigação detalhada na bacia aplicando metodologias voltadas a questão da morfotectônica regional

Length-weight relationships of demersal fishes from the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia: [part 2]

The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for 37 fish species, belonging to 17 families, caught during a demersal trawl survey over the period December 1995 to March 1998 in the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombi

The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator

An overview is presented of the design of a 10 GeV laser plasma accelerator (LPA) that will be driven by a PW-class laser system and of the BELLA Project, which has as its primary goal to build and install the required Ti:sapphire laser system for the acceleration experiments. The basic design of the 10 GeV stage aims at operation in the quasi-linear regime, where the laser excited wakes are largely sinusoidal and offer the possibility of accelerating both electrons and positrons. Simulations show that a 10 GeV electron beam can be generated in a meter scale plasma channel guided LPA operating at a density of about 1017 cm-3 and powered by laser pulses containing 30-40 J of energy in a 50- 200 fs duration pulse, focused to a spotsize of 50-100 micron. The lay-out of the facility and laser system will be presented as well as the progress on building the facility