SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION OF THE POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DENSITY OF THE SHORE CRAB PACHYGRAPSUS GRACILIS (GRAPSIDAE) IN AN ESTUARY ON THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON COAST

Abstract The present study investigates the spatio-temporal variation in the density of the adults socksmith santa cruz and larvae of the shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis and identifies the reproductive period and the population structure of the species in the Marapanim estuary, in northern Brazil, in order to describe the biological characteristic

Objective: We report a case of a 37 year-old man who developed persistent hiccups after elective stapedectomy.Method and Results: The diagnostic approach is discussed as well as the non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatments and overall management.The aim is to stress that there is a variety of potential factors that can here induce hiccups per