Wernicke‐Korsakoff syndrome
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Wernicke‐Korsakoff syndrome The result of damage to the brain as a result of
vitamin B1 deficiency, commonly associated with alcohol abuse. Affected subjects show clear signs of neurological damage (Wernicke's encephalopathy) with psychiatric changes (
Korsakoff's psychosis) characterized by loss of recent memory and confabulation (the invention of fabulous stories). See also
beriberi.
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Spawning sound of the trunkfish, Ostracion meleagris (Ostraciidae).
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...underwater, revealed that some fishes also produce specific sounds synchronous with gamete release (1, 2). The spotted trunkfish, Ostracion meleagris, produces such a spawning sound. It also produces two other types of sounds: an adventitious "bump...
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A benthic juvenile scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) from the lower Hudson River estuary
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...characters. INTRODUCTION A trunkfish (Ostraciidae) was captured...the Hudson River, although trunkfishes have not been observed there...available descriptions of trunkfishes of similar size (Martin...benthic juvenile stage. Adult trunkfishes are often categorized to...
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Plenty of fish in the sea.(READ A CHART)
Magazine article from: WR News, Edition 3 (including Science Spin); 5/2/2008; 637 words
; ...Western Australia 3 bluetail 15 cm Indian Ocean harmless trunkfish 4 angular 7.5 cm the Philippines harmless flasher and Indonesia...species is 10 centimeters long? 2. Where can the bluetail trunkfish be found? 3. Which fish is poisonous? 4. The false moorish...
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ISLE BE THERE: Guadeloupe's Les Saintes: Tiny Destinations That Make a Big Impression
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...In addition to their daily harvestings of conch, lobster, crayfish, sea urchins, red snapper, carangue and coffre (trunkfish), the fishermen here enjoy a similar reputation for their courage and ability to net enormous winter catches of tuna, kingfish...
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Escape from the crowd on Cozumel.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 3/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...location. Just steps from the Presidente Hotel, I saw four-eyed butterfly fish, bluestripe grunts, parrotfish, smooth trunkfish, groupers, juvenile French angelfish, pork fish and pulsating tube worms. But be aware the tides drift quickly (you don...
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A walk on the Caribbean's Wild Side
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 9/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...others just steps offshore - are prime places for spotting stoplight parrotfish, yellowtail snapper, French angelfish, trunkfish, spotted drum, sea turtles, baby squid, and much more. The night brings out a creepier, crawlier set of sea creatures...
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Worlds apart
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...octopus, squeezed into a rocky nook. Silvery barracuda glide near the surface, above neon-blue tangs and the triangular trunkfish that motor through the water like wind-up toys. On the sea floor, stingrays scoot past pancake-thin flounders that blend...
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Are You My Mother.
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 4/1/2000; ; 321 words
; ...4. Hog snapper D. Wrasse 5. Largemouth bass E. Sunfish 6. Sheepshead F. Porgy 7. Goldfish G. Carp 8. Cowfish H. Trunkfish 9. Coney I. Grouper 10. Croaker J. Drum Answers: 1-C, 2-J, 3-A, 4-E, 5-D, 6-H, 7-F, 8-G, 9...
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Bonaire Marine Park
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 2/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...others just steps offshore -- are prime places for spotting stoplight parrotfish, yellowtail snapper, French angelfish, trunkfish, spotted drum, sea turtles, baby squid and much more. The night brings out a creepier, crawlier set of sea creatures...
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Decadence. (short story)
Magazine article from: TriQuarterly; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...below that perfect Giotto-blue surface, she was just in time to see some clown-lipped parrotfish, three brown spotted trunkfishes, and a school of royal gammas, their heads a tart orange, as orange as a hunting license pinned to a coat, their back...
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trunkfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
trunkfish any member of a family of...constricted gill openings. Many trunkfishes are patterned in bright...fishes, when disturbed. Trunkfishes are most abundant in tropical...cowfish, one of the larger trunkfish species, is up to 1 ft...
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cowfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cowfish see trunkfish .
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boxfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
boxfish see trunkfish .
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