Chemical Engineering of Enzymes: Altered Catalytic Activity, Predictable Selectivity and Exceptional Stability of the Semisynthetic Peroxidase Seleno-Subtilisin Dietmar HäringPeter Schreier REVIEW ARTICLES Pages: 307 - 312
Floods and Other Possible Adverse Environmental Effects of Meadowland Area Decline in Former West Germany Rienk R. van der PloegWilfried EhlersFriedhelm Sieker REVIEW ARTICLES Pages: 313 - 319
Megafauna Can Control the Quality of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments B. J. SmallwoodG. A. WolffA. Patience SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 320 - 324
How to eat a carrot? Convergence in the feeding behavior of subterranean rodents Hynek BurdaSabine BegallKarel Průcha SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 325 - 327
Unique Asymmetric Protrusion of Nerve Cord in the Amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri Masumi NozakiKiyoshi TerakadoKaoru Kubokawa SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 328 - 330
Osmotic Adaptation of the Endemic Fauna to the Ancient Freshwater Lake Baikal I. Zerbst-Boroffka SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 330 - 333
Precision of a Mammalian Circadian Clock Vijay Kumar SharmaMaroli K. Chandrashekaran SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 333 - 335
Free Energy Reduction by Molecular Interface Crossing: Novel Mechanism for the Transport of Material Across the Interface of Nanoscale Droplets Induced by Competing Intermolecular Forces for Application in Perfluorocarbon Blood Substitutes Andrei P. SommerWolfgang RöhlkeRalf P. Franke SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 335 - 339
Sex Ratios at Birth and Environmental Temperatures Alexander Lerchl SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 340 - 342
Smaller Brains and Optic Lobes in Reproductive Workers of the Ant Harpegnathos Wulfila GronenbergJürgen Liebig SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 343 - 345
Effects of Visual and Leg Proprioceptor Inputs on Recovery of Eyestalk Posture Following Unilateral Statolith Removal in the Crayfish T. SakurabaM. Takahata SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 346 - 349
Whale Meat from Protected Species Is Still Being Sold on Japanese Markets Lutz GrohmannIngo BokermannAxel Brennicke SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 350 - 351
The Gravikinetic Response of Paramecium is Based on Orientation-Dependent Mechanotransduction Manuel GebauerDaniela WatzkeHans Machemer SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Pages: 352 - 356
Internationale Gutachter-Kommission hat deutsche Universitäten, DFG und MPG kritisch untersucht NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN AKTUELL Pages: 358 - 360