Fabrizio Guerra , and Denise Corridore, and Marta Mazur, and Francesca Rinaldo, and Francesca Mergè, and Debora Pasqualotto, and Maurizio Vichi, and Antonello Maruotti, and Gianna Maria Nardi, and Livia Ottolenghi

Caries is one of the most common chronic diseases and the main cause of tooth loss. Early detection provides a better evaluation of the disease and improves the chances to succeed of prevention strategies. This pilot study aims to compare the effectiveness of ICDAS-II system (International Caries Detection and Assessment System) and the fluorescence terminal (Proof) of VistaCam iX intraoral camera, in the early diagnosis and assessment of caries in permanent teeth. Results shows a fair correlati...

Jennifer A. Rasch, and Raymond T. Bauer

ABSTRACTCaridean shrimps are often infested by ectoparasites from the isopod family Bopyridae. Urobopyrus processae is a widespread species of bopyrid parasitizing the branchial (gill) chambers of members of the caridean family Processidae, including Ambidexter symmetricus. We examined hypotheses on differential infestation based on gender, castration of the host by the parasite, correlation between host and parasite size, and the fecundity of female parasites. Infestation rates varied from 1.3 ...

Mateusz Hämmerling, and Tomasz Kałuża, and Natalia Walczak

The article presents results of a field study of the fish pass located within the Skórka barrage on the Głomia river. The aim of the study was to identify water flow conditions in particular chambers of the fish pass. On the basis of results of the field study, the hydraulic conditions of water flow through the fish pass were determined and referred to the optimum performance parameters of the construction. The results obtained make a basis for discussion of possible problems related to construc...

Young Jieh-Shian, and Lin Cheng-Yan

This paper aims at the pilot study of the object following for automated guided vehicle (AGV).The proposed approach utilizes the laser range finder (LRF) to detect the distances of all obstacles surrounded in a specified angle range. The AGV can autonomously follow the assigned object according to the rational reflection intensity and range of the object sensed from LRF. The cruise speed control for a moving object depending on the distance between AGV and this object is considered since it is o...

Felipe Pinto Gonçalves

The article analyzes the distribution of population in the coastal districts of the municipality of Linhares-ES. At first, the coastal quota is contextualized in relation to the total population. Then, a retrospective of the peopling of the districts is presented. Finally, from the analysis of orthophotos, field observations and statistical data, are characterized forms of organization of housing and areas of population distribution. It is observed that most of the population is located in th...

Domingo Rodriguez Fernandez, and Angelo Antonio Agostinho, and Luis Mauricio Bini, and Fernando Mayer Pelicice

In this study, we evaluated the fish ascent in the experimental ladder at Itaipu Reservoir (Paraná State, Brazil), in relation to diel variation, fish size, reproductive stages and species composition. The study was carried out from October, 1995 to February, 1996 and from November, 1996 to January, 1997 at two points on the ladder (boxes at heights of 10 and 27 m). Twenty-two species were recorded, and Prochilodus lineatus, Pimelodus maculatus, Leporinus obtusidens, Schizodon borellii and Lepor...

Augustin M, and Goepel L, and Jacobi A, and Bosse B, and Mueller S, and Hopp M

Matthias Augustin,1 Lisa Goepel,2 Arnd Jacobi,2 Bjoern Bosse,3 Stefan Mueller,3 Michael Hopp3 1Department of Dermatology, University-Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, 2Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 3Mundipharma Research GmbH & Co.KG, Limburg (Lahn), Germany Abstract: Infection is common in many chronic, inflammatory skin conditions but is often difficult to treat, in part due t...

A D Nageswari, and M G Rajanandh, and R Kamala Priyanka, and P Rajasekhar

Background: Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the bronchial airways. Well defined treatment options for asthma are very few. The role of vitamin D 3 on asthma is still baffling. Aim: We have examined the effect of vitamin D 3 supplementation in mild to moderate persistent asthma patients. Materials and Methods: We conducted an open labeled, randomized comparative trial in 48 asthma patients. The study duration was about 90 days. The study had a run-in-period of 2 weeks. At the e...

Moravec František, and Barton Diane P.

Two different gonad-infecting species of Philometra Costa, 1845 were collected from the ovary of marine perciform fishes, the blackspotted croaker Protonibea diacanthus (Sciaenidae) and the John’s snapper Lutjanus johnii (Lutjanidae), from off the northern coast of Australia. Nematodes (males and females) from P. diacanthus represent a new taxon, Philometra protonibeae n. sp., which is mainly characterized by the body length of the males (3.37–3. 90 mm), broad, equally long spicules (length 126–...

C. Passadore, and L. Giménez, and A. Acuña

We studied the temporal patterns of macroinfaunal distribution in the estuarine portion of Pando Stream, Uruguay. We found a very low number of species and a high dominance of the polychaete Heteromastus similis. There were clear seasonal patterns in abundance with almost all species peaking in autumn, coinciding with the periods of higher salinity. Minimal values were found in winter and spring when salinity was at a minimum. We suggest that the seasonal pattern is a consequence of the combined...

Miller LE, and Sode M, and Fuerst T, and Block JE

Larry E Miller,1,2 Miki Sode,3 Thomas Fuerst,3 Jon E Block2 1Miller Scientific Consulting, Inc., Asheville, NC, USA; 2The Jon Block Group, San Francisco, CA, USA; 3Bioclinica, Newark, CA, USA Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is largely attributable to chronic excessive and aberrant joint loading. The purpose of this pilot study was to quantify radiographic changes in subchondral bone after treatment with a minimally invasive joint unloading implant (KineSpring® Knee Implant System).Met...

JC. Garavello, and JP. Garavello, and AK. Oliveira

This article concerns an inventory of the ichthyofauna from the main channel of the mid-Tocantins River and studies on fisheries in this region including an evaluation of activities from Colônia de Pesca Z-35 of Estreito and Carolina in Tocantins and Maranhão States, Brazil, during 1999 and 2000. This study includes taxonomy and fishery data obtained from field collections and from interviews with the fishermen, carried out in March and July of 2001. The systematic record and fishery data were o...

S.S. Assem, and R.F. Ismail, and A.F. Fahmy, and H.S. El-Sayed, and M.A. Al-Absawey, and N.M. Abou Shabana

The present study focuses on reproductive biology parameters and histological and fine structure investigations of testes maturation, in respect to steroid hormones and fatty acids’ profile. All males over 30 cm in length were found to be mature. Gonadosomatic index (GSI) of males increased progressively to reach a peak value in May and June. In Dentex dentex, the spermatogonia were detected throughout the year in the peripheral zone of the testes. Spermatocytes are characterized by large nuclei...

Oto Hanuš, and Pavel Hering, and Václava Genčurová, and Zdeněk Motyčka, Jr., and Radoslava Jedelská, and Jaroslav Kopecký

Essential part of raw milk component measurement is indirect infraanalyse. The checking of time measurement stability is important there. The preparation of pilot samples was described. Information about deep frozen milk pilot sample stability are sporadic. Aim of this work was to verify the stability of long-term stored and deep frozen pilot samples (FPSs). Pilot samples were frozen in liquid nitrogen bath −196 °C and after that stored at −21 °C for one month (A) and more months (B) till analys...

Hülya Turan, and Yalçın Kaya, and Gülşah Sönmez

Davies Olabisi Flora, and Adeleye Isaac Adeyemi, and Wang Peng George

Objective: To isolate and screen Actinomycetes from Lagos Lagoon soil sediments for production of bioactive metabolites. Methods: Sediment samples were collected from four different locations of Lagos Lagoon and were dried for 2 weeks after which the Actinomycetes were isolated by serial dilution using the spread plate method on starch casein and Kuster's agar supplemented with 80 μg/mL cycloheximide to prevent fungal growth. The plates were incubated at 28 °C for 1–2 weeks. Isolates were select...

Anusree V. Nair, and Neetha Joseph, and Kiran Krishna, and K. G. Sneha, and Neenu Tom, and Kamlesh Jangid, and Shanta Nair

<p><italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> is a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacterium having a versatile metabolic potential and great ecological and clinical significance. The geographical distribution of <italic>P. aeruginosa</italic>has revealed the existence of an unbiased genetic arrangement in terrestrial isolates. In contrast, there are very few reports about <italic>P. aeruginosa</italic> strains from marine environments. The present work was aimed at studying the distribution of <italic>P....

Edmir Daniel Carvalho, and Ana Paula Vidotto-Magnoni

The aim of this study is to characterize some population biology parameters of P. squamosissimus, A. altiparanae and S. maculatus, the dominant fish species of the Santa Bárbara river, a tributary of the Nova Avanhandava reservoir, low Tietê river. Fish samplings were performed monthly between September/2002 and August/2003, using gillnets with different mesh sizes. Females of all species have larger standard lengths than males (Mann-Whitney, p < 0.0001), and are more frequent in superior size c...

Fay Warnock, and Kevin McElwee, and Rubo J Seo, and et al

Fay Warnock1, Kevin McElwee2, Rubo J Seo3, Sean McIsaac3, Danielle Seim3, Tatiana Ramirez-Aponte3, Karine AN Macritchie3, Allan H Young31Developmental Neuroscience and Child Health, BC Children&amp;rsquo;s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, 3Institute of Mental Health-Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Purpose: Abnormalities in both cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) have been reported in psychiatric ...

Paris L. Lavín, and Sergio O. Lourenço

Methods of extraction, changes in concentrations with growth, and effects of culture conditions on intracellular inorganic nitrogen pools (IIN - ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate) were studied in nine species of marine microalgae in batch cultures. The microalgae were analysed to compare three methods of extraction of IIN, one of them developed in this study. The extraction of IIN occurs efficient by with all three methods for four out of the nine species tested. However, for five species significan...

Eleonora Francesca Orena, and Dario Caldiroli, and Paolo Cortellazzi

Background: Chronic stress is a common condition among health-care operators, anesthetists in particular. It is known to cause cognitive weakening and pathological outcomes, as the Burnout syndrome. Nevertheless, the impact of clinicians′ health on their performance has received limited attention thus far. Our pilot study, aims at evaluating the influence of burnout on the cognitive performance in a population of anesthesia practitioners. Methods: In 18 practitioners we assessed attention by mea...

Patrick White, and Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone

Ecosystems have real thresholds and limits which, when exceeded, can affect major system restructuring. Once thresholds and limits have been exceeded, changes can be irreversible. Diversity is important to ecosystem functioning. The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. The application of the ecosystem approach will help to reach a balance of the three main objectives...

Reza M Robati, and Parviz Toossi, and Mona Karimi, and Azin Ayatollahi, and Mitra Esmaeli

Background: Early detection of skin cancers by screening could be very beneficial to decrease their morbidity or mortality. There is limited study about skin cancer screening in Iran. Aim: This essay was planned as a pilot skin cancer screening campaign in Tehran, Iran to evaluate its profit and failure and further design large-scale screening program more definitely. Materials and Methods: Thirty one public health centers of Shahid Beheshti Medical University were selected in different areas of...

Chaithra Kalkur, and Atul Prahlad Sattur, and Kruthika Satyabodh Guttal

Context: Lichen planus is a psychosomatic disease. Higher frequency of psychiatric symptoms, poor quality of life, higher level of anxiety and neuroendocrine and immune dysregulations, all these factors, will enhance the exacerbation of the disease. Aims: The present study was to assess depression, anxiety and stress levels in patients with oral lichen planus. Methods: The psychometric evaluation using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-42 questionnaire was carried out, by the same inves...

B. Noël, and X. Fettweis, and W. J. van de Berg, and M. R. van den Broeke, and M. Erpicum

During recent summers (2007–2012), several surface melt records were broken over the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). The extreme summer melt resulted in part from a persistent negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), favoring warmer atmospheric conditions than normal over the GrIS. Simultaneously, large anomalies in sea ice cover (SIC) and sea surface temperature (SST) were observed in the North Atlantic, suggesting a possible connection. To assess the direct impact of 2007–2012 SIC a...

Byongjun Hwang, and Jinchang Ren, and Samuel McCormack, and Craig Berry, and Ismail Ben Ayed, and Hans C. Graber, and Erchan Aptoula

In this study, we present an algorithm for summer sea ice conditions that semi-automatically produces the floe size distribution of Arctic sea ice from high-resolution satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar data. Currently, floe size distribution data from satellite images are very rare in the literature, mainly due to the lack of a reliable algorithm to produce such data. Here, we developed the algorithm by combining various image analysis methods, including Kernel Graph Cuts, distance transformati...

Lucy M. Turner, and Ramachandra Bhatta, and Louise Eriander, and Lena Gipperth, and Kerstin Johannesson, and Alin Kadfak, and Iddya Karunasagar, and Indrani Karunasagar, and Per Knutsson, and Kristjan Laas, and Per-Olav Moksnes, and Anna Godhe

The oceans comprise 70% of the surface area of our planet, contain some of the world’s richest natural resources and are one of the most significant drivers of global climate patterns. As the marine environment continues to increase in importance as both an essential resource reservoir and facilitator of global change, it is apparent that to find long-term sustainable solutions for our use of the sea and its resources and thus to engage in a sustainable blue economy, an integrated interdisciplin...

J. K. Pinnegar, and N. Goñi, and V. M. Trenkel, and H. Arrizabalaga, and W. Melle, and J. Keating, and G. Óskarsson

There is increasing demand for information on predator–prey interactions in the ocean as a result of legislative commitments aimed at achieving sustainable exploitation. However, comprehensive data sets are lacking for many fish species and this has hampered development of multispecies fisheries models and the formulation of effective food-web indicators. This work describes a new compilation of stomach content data for five pelagic fish species (herring, blue whiting, mackerel, albacore and blu...

Lara Riguccio, and Laura Carullo, and Patrizia Russo, and Giovanna Tomaselli

Many rural coastal Mediterranean areas suffer from great anthropomorphic pressure. This is due to intensive agriculture, and construction for residential, tourism and industrial uses. The present work investigates the idea of using a landscape project in the Gulf of Gela in South Sicily to recover the dunes and the area behind them. The method used is based on the literature and will evaluate and interpret the dynamics of the landscape, so as to draw up a landscape plan, which can be used to hel...

Rudy Agung Nugroho, and Hetty Manurung, and Dewi Saraswati, and Deasy Ladyescha, and Firman Muhammad Nur

<p>This research aimed to determine the phytochemicals content of <em>Terminalia catappa</em> leaves extract (TCL) and its effects on the survival and blood profiles of ornamental fish (<em>Betta</em> sp) Ninety fish were randomly assigned into six triplicates groups and reared in various concentration of TCL: 0 (control), 125, 250, 375, 500, 625 ppm for 30 days. Temperature, Dissolve oxygen (DO), and pH were monitored during the trial. After 30 days, survival, Red Blood Cells (RBC), White Blood...

S. Schroeter, and W. Hobbs, and N. L. Bindoff

The response of Antarctic sea ice to large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability varies according to sea ice sector and season. In this study, interannual atmosphere–sea ice interactions were explored using observations and reanalysis data, and compared with simulated interactions by models in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Simulated relationships between atmospheric variability and sea ice variability generally reproduced the observed relationships, though more c...

Vladimir Laptikhovsky

The potential fecundity of histioteuthid squid ranges from 3,000 to 275,000 oocytes. During maturation a significant oocyte resorption occurs in many species; therefore only advanced maturing females can be taken into account for fecundity estimation.

CERNIȘENCU Irina, and NĂVODARU Ion , and NASTASE Aurel, and COCIAS Stefan

The Razim Lake is a great part of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR), with a surface of 54,000 ha. Fish fauna from Razim lake include pike-perch (Sander lucioperca) as one of the main top predators of fish community, however ecological significance indicates accessory species, recedent as dominance, sometimes been subrecedent species like in 2011 and 2012 sampling, but constant species regarding frequency in sampling. Otherwise, pike-perch is an important value DDBR fishery species with ...

Jaylene Flint, and Mark Flint, and Colin James Limpus, and Paul Mills

Rehabilitation of marine turtles in Queensland has multifaceted objectives. It treats individual animals, serves to educate the public, and contributes to conservation. We examined the outcome from rehabilitation, time in rehabilitation, and subsequent recapture and restranding rates of stranded marine turtles between 1996 and 2013 to determine if the benefits associated with this practice are cost-effective as a conservation tool. Of 13,854 marine turtles reported as stranded during this 18-yea...

Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel, and Sancia E.T. van der Meij

Abstract Infrequently studied coral species are seldom mentioned as host organisms of associated fauna. Here we report on the stony coralAgaricia tenuifoliaDana, 1848 hosting a gall crab (Cryptochiridae) for the first time. This coral-dwelling crab was observed at the southern coast of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean. Based on the shape of the dwelling, and the host specificity of cryptochirids, the crab is tentatively identified asOpecarcinus hypostegus(Shaw & Hopkins, 1977).

DOROFTEI Mihai, and MIERLA Marian, and TRIFANOV Cristian, and MARIN Eugenia, and ENE Liliana, and SELA Florentina, and COVALIOV Silviu, and NANU Cristina, and LUPU Gabriel

On the coastal areas, the pressure of touristic development upon natural areas is increasing and interfering with main purposes of Natura 2000 sites designation. Therefore the habitats tendency, adequate for species development, is in regression as far as areas size and homogeneity are concerned. In this respect, a case study is presented for the Black Sea’s north-western littoral, in Sulina locality, Romania. The present paper was elaborated in conformity with Ministry Order 19/2010 for the Me...

J.-E. Tesdal, and E. D. Galbraith, and M. Kienast

The stable isotopes of nitrogen offer a unique perspective on changes in the nitrogen cycle, past and present. However, the presence of multiple forms of nitrogen in marine sediments can complicate the interpretation of bulk nitrogen isotope measurements. Although the large-scale global patterns of seafloor δ¹⁵N have been shown to match process-based expectations, small-scale heterogeneity on the seafloor, or alterations of isotopic signals during translation into the subseafloor reco...

Marina U. Goroganina

In this article a main place is devoted to coverage of major components spiritual culture of the Black Sea Cossacks and Linear Cossacks. The author points out the factors that influenced the development of this culture. Identified as common features so and specifics. It is proposed periodization of the development of spiritual culture of the Kuban Cossacks.

Danko Jovanović

U radu su navedeni osnovni zadaci komande operativnog nivoa, kao i organa logističke podrške u pripremi operacije. Istaknut je značaj procene situacije, poznavanje snaga neprijatelja, mogući uticaj dejstva neprijatelja na sopstvene snage, snage za logističku podršku i infrastrukturu. Prikazan je praktičan podsetnik za rad, sa proračunom vremena za podnošenje predloga, pri sektorskom metodu rada komande korpusa. / The study presents basic tasks of a command at the operating level and logistic sup...

Yun-cheng LI, and Guan-song WANG, and Zheng-hua WEI, and Guo-ming WU, and Gui-sheng QIAN

Objective To investigate the regulatory effect of Rab1 on the expression of β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) in rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (RPMVECs). Methods Primary cultured RPMVECs served as the study object. Three experiments were designed to detect: 1) the effect of sea water on β-ARs expression, for which a control group and sea-water treatment group were set up; 2) the effect of Rab1 WT (wild-type rat lentivirus Rab1 expression vector) and Rab1 N124 I transfer on the expre...

M. C. Nash, and U. Troitzsch, and B. N. Opdyke, and J. M. Trafford, and B. D. Russell, and D. I. Kline

Dolomite is a magnesium-rich carbonate mineral abundant in fossil carbonate reef platforms but surprisingly rare in modern sedimentary environments, a conundrum known as the "Dolomite Problem". Marine sedimentary dolomite has been interpreted to form by an unconfirmed, post-depositional diagenetic process, despite minimal experimental success at replicating this. Here we show that dolomite, accompanied by magnesite, forms within living crustose coralline alga, <i>Hydrolithon onkodes</i>, a proli...

G. Le Cozannet, and M. Garcin, and T. Bulteau, and C. Mirgon, and M. L. Yates, and M. Méndez, and A. Baills, and D. Idier, and C. Oliveros

Assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change at regional scales is now mandatory in France since the adoption of recent laws to support adaptation to climate change. However, there is presently no commonly recognised method to assess accurately how sea level rise will modify coastal processes in the coming decades. Therefore, many assessments of the physical component of coastal vulnerability are presently based on a combined use of data (e.g. digital elevation models, historical shoreline ...

Dominik Tomczyk

Barbara J. MacGregor

The genome sequences of several giant marine sulfur-oxidizing bacteria present evidence of a possible post-transcriptional regulatory network that may have been transmitted to or from two distantly related bacteria lineages. The draft genome of a Cand. Maribeggiatoa filament from the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California, Mexico) seafloor contains 169 sets of TAACTGA direct repeats and one indirect repeat, with two to six copies per set. Related heptamers are rarely or never found as direct repeats....

Sudeep D. Ghate, and Kandikere R. Sridhar

Aquatic hyphomycete conidial trapping efficiency by the banyan (F. benghalensis L.) latex-coated glass slides was tested diurnally (3 h intervals) in the Western Ghats (Sampaje) and west coast (Konaje) streams in relation to abiotic factors (humidity, air temperature and water temperature). The conidial trapping efficiency of latex-coated slides was compared with plain glass slides and drift conidia in water. Three methods of assessment showed higher species richness, conidial richness and diver...

Chiara Volpato, and Sami Schiff, and Silvia Facchini, and Stefano Silvoni, and Marianna Cavinato, and Francesco Piccione, and Angelo Antonini, and Niels Birbaumer, and Niels Birbaumer

Dopamine systems mediate key aspects of reward learning. Parkinson’s disease (PD) represents a valuable model to study reward mechanisms because both the disease process and the anti-Parkinson medications influence dopamine neurotransmission. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether the level of levodopa differently modulates learning from positive and negative feedback and its electrophysiological correlate, the error related negativity (ERN), in PD. Ten PD patients and ten health...

Madlen Gerke, and Daniel Cob Chaves, and Marc Richter, and Daniela Mewes, and Jörg Schneider, and Dirk Hübner, and Carola Winkelmann

Benthic grazing strongly controls periphyton biomass. The question therefore arises whether benthic grazing could be used as a tool to reduce excessive growth of periphyton in nutrient-enriched rivers. Although benthic invertebrate grazers reduce the growth of periphyton, this is highly context dependent. Here we assessed whether the only obligate herbivorous fish in European rivers, the common nase (Chondrostoma nasus L.), is able to reduce periphyton biomass in a eutrophic river. We conducted ...

Mohsen Soleimani , and Ali Shakib-Khankandi , and Farahnaz Ghahremanfard , and Majid Mirmohammadkhani

Background: Nausea and vomiting is one of the most important complications in chemotherapy. Serotonin and dopamine are important neurotransmitters in nausea and vomiting. It seems that oxygen therapy and increase oxygen saturation can cause decrease these neurotransmitters. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) of patients and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Methods: A descriptive-analytical study was performed in Koosar Ho...

M. SALOMIDI, and S. GIAKOUMI, and V. GERAKARIS, and Y. ISSARIS, and M. SINI, and K. TSIAMIS

Since 2010, a bottom-up initiative has been launched in Santorini Island (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean) for the establishment of the first fully-protected marine protected area in the Cyclades, aiming at improving fisheries and enhancing responsible recreational uses at sea. Following discussions with local small-scale fishers and divers, two sites along the southern and southeastern coasts of the island were suggested as suitable to this end. In 2012, a baseline study was conducted at thes...

A. HATTOUR, and W. KOCHED

The present study analysis size and weight-frequency composition of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) fattened in Tunisian farms for the period 2005-2010 and compare these morphometric parameters with those from wild bluefin tuna landed on 2001 at Sfax port (Tunisia). A total of 6,757 wild and fattened bluefin tuna were measured as straight-line fork length and 49,962 were weighted. Average value of K for wild BFT was 1.59 and respectively 2.43, 2.32, 2.15, 1.61, 1.79 and 1.90 for ...