M. Najdek, and P. Paliaga, and T. Šilović, and M. Batistić, and R. Garić, and N. Supić, and I. Ivančić, and S. Ljubimir, and M. Korlević, and N. Jasprica, and E. Hrustić, and I. Dupčić-Radić, and M. Blažina, and S. Orlić

This paper documents the picoplankton community's response to changes in oceanographic conditions in the period between October 2011 and September 2012 at two stations belonging to the South Adriatic Pit (SAP). The recorded data include the community's abundance, composition, prokaryotic production rates and bacterial metabolic capacity. The sampling period included an intense sea cooling with formation of exceptional, record-breaking dense water. We documented an especially intense winter conve...

Hans von Storch, and Kay Emeis, and Insa Meinke, and Andreas Kannen, and Volker Matthias, and Beate M.W. Ratter, and Emil Stanev, and Ralf Weisse, and Kai Wirtz

Coastal research deals with that part of the sea, which is significantly affected by the land, and the part of the land, which is significantly affected by the sea. Coasts are in most cases densely populated, and the activities of people are shaping and changing the land/seascape of the coast. Thus, coast encompasses the coastal sea, the coastal land, coastal flora and fauna, and people. Since peoples’ economic and political preferences change and compete, the human impact on the coast changes i...

Philippa Fibert, and Clare Relton, and Tessa Peasgood, and David Daley

Abstract Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and growing problem and a leading cause of child referrals to Child and Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS). It is a drain on resources across nationally funded support agencies and associated with negative outcomes such as early criminality, school disruption and antisocial behaviour. Mainstream interventions (pharmacological and behavioural) demonstrate effectiveness whilst implemented, but are costly, often have ...

C Angelini, and B Baccetti, and P Piomboni, and S Trombino, and MG Aluigi, and S Stringara, and L Gallus, and C Falugi

Cholinergic neurotransmitter system molecules were found to play a role during fertilisation and early cell cycles of a large number of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms. In this study, we investigated the presence and possible function of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT, the biosynthetic enzyme of acetylcholine) in gametes of the sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, through localisation and functional studies. ChAT-like molecules were detected in oocytes, mature eggs and zygotes with indirect...

Rusu Eugen, and Onea Florin

The objective of the proposed work is to assess the possible effects on the shoreline dynamics of the marine energy farms. Three different coastal environments have been considered as case studies. The first area is located in the Portuguese continental nearshore at the European western coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The second in the Mediterranean Sea in the coastal environment of Sardinia Island and the third on the western side of the Black Sea in the Romanian nearshore. Besides the fact that, ...

Power Deborah M, and Teodósio Helena R, and Condeça João B, and Singh Pratap B, and Pinto Patrícia, and Canário Adelino

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>ICI 182,780 (ICI) belongs to a new class of antiestrogens developed to be pure estrogen antagonists and, in addition to its therapeutic use, it has been used to knock-out estrogen and estrogen receptor (ER) actions in several mammalian species. In the present study, the effects and mechanism of action of ICI were investigated in the teleost fish, sea bream (Sparus auratus).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Three independent in vivo experiments were performed in which ma...

Carbonell Dalia, and Milanés-Virelles María T, and Valdés-Quintana Magalys, and Fernández-Olivera Norma, and García-García Idrian, and Suárez-Méndez Roberto, and Machado-Molina Delfina, and Valenzuela-Silva Carmen M, and López-Saura Pedro A

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tuberculosis (TB) is increasing in the world and drug-resistant (DR) disease beckons new treatments.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>To evaluate the action of interferon (IFN) gamma as immunoadjuvant to chemotherapy on pulmonary DR-TB patients, a pilot, open label clinical trial was carried out in the Cuban reference ward for the management of this disease. The eight subjects existing in the country at the moment received, as in-patients, 1 × 10⁶IU of recom...

Roseboom MG, and de Milliano I, and Tabbers MM, and Benninga MA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Probiotics are increasingly used in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Studies in constipated adults with a Bifidus yoghurt (containing <it>Bifidobacterium breve</it>, <it>Bifidobacterium bifidum </it>and <it>Lactobacillus acidophilus</it>) showed a significant increase in defecation frequency. The aim of this pilot study was to determine if <it>Bifidobacterium breve </it>is effective in the treatment of childhood constipation.</p> <p>Met...

Schlarb AA, and Faber J, and Hautzinger M

Angelika Anita Schlarb,1 Jasmin Faber,1 Martin Hautzinger2 1Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; 2Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Science, Eberhard Karls University T&uuml;bingen, T&uuml;bingen, Germany Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a combined cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and hy...

Georgina Cordone, and Tomás I. Marina, and Vanesa Salinas, and Santiago R. Doyle, and Leonardo A. Saravia, and Fernando R. Momo

Antarctica is seriously affected by climate change, particularly at the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) where a rapid regional warming is observed. Potter Cove is a WAP fjord at Shetland Islands that constitutes a biodiversity hotspot where over the last years, Potter Cove annual air temperatures averages increased by 0.66 °C, coastal glaciers declined, and suspended particulate matter increased due to ice melting. Macroalgae are the main energy source for all consumers and detritivores of Pot...

Dennis Gilfillan, and Timothy A. Joyner, and Phillip Scheuerman

Background The leading cause of surface water impairment in United States’ rivers and streams is pathogen contamination. Although use of fecal indicators has reduced human health risk, current approaches to identify and reduce exposure can be improved. One important knowledge gap within exposure assessment is characterization of complex fate and transport processes of fecal pollution. Novel modeling processes can inform watershed decision-making to improve exposure assessment. Methods We used th...

Arturas Razinkovas-Baziukas, and Rūta Barisevičiūtė, and Dalia Baziukė, and Renata Pilkaitytė, and Tomas Ruginis

<p>Physical and chemical parameters were measured in a mostly freshwater estuarine lagoon in the SE Baltic. Present paper demonstrates an attempt to trace the sources and analyse the seasonal and spatial patterns of distribution of   POC, DIC and DOC in the Curonian lagoon mostly by the isotopic content in different forms of carbon. Samples were collected in 2012-2014 in 9 stations in the Curonian lagoon including riverine and marine input/output stations. Riverine inputs and summarizing outflow...

Hussain SA, and Marouf BH, and Ali ZS, and Ahmmad RS

Saad Abdulrahman Hussain,1 Bushra Hassan Marouf,2 Ziyad Serdar Ali,3 Runj Simko Ahmmad1 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Al-Rafidain, Baghdad, Iraq; 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq; 3Department of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Shar Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq Background and aim: Resveratrol shows remarkable anti-inflammatory acti...

J. D. Hartman, and F. Sangiorgi, and A. Salabarnada, and F. Peterse, and A. J. P. Houben, and S. Schouten, and H. Brinkhuis, and H. Brinkhuis, and C. Escutia, and P. K. Bijl

<p>The volume of the Antarctic continental ice sheet(s) varied substantially during the Oligocene and Miocene ( ∼ 34–5&thinsp;Ma) from smaller to substantially larger than today, both on million-year and on orbital timescales. However, reproduction through physical modeling of a dynamic response of the ice sheets to climate forcing remains problematic, suggesting the existence of complex feedback mechanisms between the cryosphere, ocean, and atmosphere systems. There is therefore an urgent...

Jayanta Kumar Patra, and Se-Weon Lee, and Yong-Suk Kwon, and Jae Gyu Park, and Kwang-Hyun Baek

Abstract Background Porphyra tenera (Kjellman, 1897) is the most common eatable red seaweed in Asia. In the present study, P. tenera volatile oil (PTVO) was extracted from dried P. tenera sheets that were used as food by the microwave hydrodistillation procedure, after which the characterization of its chemical constituents was done by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy and its antioxidant potential was evaluated by a number of in vitro biochemical assays such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydra...

Pathiyil Ravi Shankar

I. INTRODUCTION A. Why This is an Issue of Global Importance Offshore Caribbean medical schools (OCMS) were first established in the late 1970s. In 2013 more than three-quarters of the United States (US) International Medical Graduates (IMGs) graduated from OCMS (Eckhert & van Zanten, 2015). Many also admit students from Asia (predominantly from South Asia) with many graduates returning home to practice medicine (Morgan, 2017). Students from the Middle East and West Africa, especially Nigeria ...

Marianne Heins, and François Schellevis, and Mirjam Schotman, and Bart van Bezooijen, and Ismene Tchaoussoglou, and Mirjam van der Waart, and Lilan Veldhuis, and Sandra van Dulmen, and Gé Donker, and Joke Korevaar

Background: The number of patients with prostate cancer is increasing, which puts additional pressure on health care. GP-led follow up may help reduce costs, travel time for patients, and workload for urologists and improve continuity of care. Aim: To test the feasibility and acceptability of a new clinical pathway for GP-led prostate cancer follow-up. Design & setting: A feasibility pilot study was performed in cooperation with six GP practices in the Dutch region of Amersfoort. Method: The stu...

Mariana Murea, and Randolph L. Geary, and Matthew S. Edwards, and Shahriar Moossavi, and Ross P. Davis, and Matthew P. Goldman, and Justin Hurie, and Timothy K. Williams, and Gabriela Velazquez-Ramirez, and Todd W. Robinson, and Benjamin Bagwell, and Audrey B. Tuttle, and Kathryn E. Callahan, and Michael V. Rocco, and Denise K. Houston, and Nicholas M. Pajewski, and Jasmin Divers, and Barry I. Freedman, and Jeff D. Williamson

Timely placement of an arteriovenous (AV) vascular access (native AV fistula [AVF] or prosthetic AV graft [AVG]) is necessary to limit the use of tunneled central venous catheters (TCVC) in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated with hemodialysis (HD). National guidelines recommend placement of AVF as the AV access of first choice in all patients to improve patient survival. The benefits of AVF over AVG are less certain in the older adults, as age-related biological changes indepe...

A. Rădoi, and M.A. Poca, and V. Cañas, and J.M. Cevallos, and L. Membrado, and M.C. Saavedra, and M. Vidal, and F. Martínez-Ricarte, and J. Sahuquillo

Introduction: Mild traumatic brain injury brain injury (mTBI) has traditionally been considered to cause no significant brain damage since symptoms spontaneously remit after a few days. However, this idea is facing increasing scrutiny. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the presence of early cognitive alterations in a series of patients with mTBI and to link these findings to different markers of brain damage. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of a consecutive series of patients...

H. van Aswegen, and J. Patterson

Objective: A pilot study was conducted to determine the current scope of practice of South African physiotherapists working in intensive care units in the government and the private sectors. These findings were compared to the findings from a European survey with regard to the role of the physiotherapist in European intensive care units. Methodology: Ninety questionnaires were distributed nationwide to secondary and tertiary government hospitals as well as to private practitioners involved in c...

Yenisey Revilla Góngora, and Abel Almarales Castro, and Miguel Ángel Castell Puchades1, and Rosa María Brooks Laverdeza1, and Jainer Costa Acosta, and Luz Margarita Figueredo Cardona, and Josefina Blanco Ojeda

The fire represents one of the most severe disturbance agents altering the communities’ characteristics. The objectives of the research are to determine the magnitude of the change of plants species diversity generated by a fire at the microphyll semideciduos forest of the natural reserve El Retiro, as well as their recovery capacity through the time. Forthat, two 20 x 20 m plots were established at the conserved and burned area, spaced at a distance of 20 m each other. The plots of the burned a...

A. Kissinger, and V. Noack, and S. Knopf, and W. Konrad, and D. Scheer, and H. Class

Saltwater intrusion into potential drinking water aquifers due to the injection of CO₂ into deep saline aquifers is one of the hazards associated with the geological storage of CO₂. Thus, in a site-specific risk assessment, models for predicting the fate of the displaced brine are required. Practical simulation of brine displacement involves decisions regarding the complexity of the model. The choice of an appropriate level of model complexity depends on multiple crit...

C. Prados-Roman, and C. A. Cuevas, and R. P. Fernandez, and D. E. Kinnison, and J-F. Lamarque, and A. Saiz-Lopez

Naturally emitted from the oceans, iodine compounds efficiently destroy atmospheric ozone and reduce its positive radiative forcing effects in the troposphere. Emissions of inorganic iodine have been experimentally shown to depend on the deposition to the oceans of tropospheric ozone, whose concentrations have significantly increased since 1850 as a result of human activities. A chemistry–climate model is used herein to quantify the current ocean emissions of inorganic iodine and assess the impa...

M. Aslam Mirza, and M.Y. Khuhawar, and R. Arain, and M. Aziz Ch

In this study an MEKC method has been developed and applied for the analysis of thorium and uranium from environmental samples. Copper, nickel, cobalt, and iron present in the matrix were analyzed concurrently. The method is based on pre-capillary chelation of analyte with bis(salicylaldehyde) ethylenediimine (H2SA2en) chelating agent. The analysis was completed within 4 min with uncoated fused silica capillary under the following optimized conditions: borate buffer 60 mM restraining 13 mM SDS (...

Silvio Daffara, and Valeria Brazzelli, and Giorgia Ronzi, and Nadia Vicari, and Daniela Barbarini, and Dario Pistone, and Massimo Pajoro, and Massimo Fabbi, and Claudio Bandi, and Piero Marone

A 50-year-old man, pentathlete and fond of salmon fishing, after returning from Alaska was referred to our Division for an erythematous and indolent lesion on the right thigh gradually enlarging from the right knee to the right rear and the buttock.The patient was clinically diagnosed with figurate erythema. Laboratory analysis demonstrated a moderate leukocytosis and hypergammaglobulinemia, accompanied by serological markers of past contact with noted EBV and CMV.A “punch” biopsy of the edge of...

Fernando Antunes Magalhães, and Sthelio Braga Fonseca, and Luís Filipe Ferreira Pereira, and Laura Ribeiro, and Kanokwan Sansuwan Green

<p align="justify"p>Vegetable oil (VO) has gained importance in nutrition of aquatics organisms by being a strong substitute to fish oil in aquaculture diets. It is unknown, however, any VO blend that present a profile of long chain of fatty acids (PUFA-n3 e n-6) similar to those found in fish oil. On the other hand, there are vegetable oils that present a high proportion of fatty acids n-3, like linseed oil, and n-6, for example the rapeseed oil or soybean. The combination of these oils can be ...

Qisheng TANG

In this study two main management strategies are discussed: one is to develop resource conservation-based capture fisheries, and the other is to develop environmentally friendly aquaculture. During the resource recovery period, the development of environmentally friendly aquaculture should be encouraged, especially in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, which is adaptive, efficient and sustainable. For future development and better understanding the ecosystem, it is necessary to further streng...

Sean P. Jungbluth, and Tijana Glavina del Rio, and Susannah G. Tringe, and Ramunas Stepanauskas, and Michael S. Rappé

It is generally accepted that diverse, poorly characterized microorganisms reside deep within Earth’s crust. One such lineage of deep subsurface-dwelling bacteria is an uncultivated member of the Firmicutes phylum that can dominate molecular surveys from both marine and continental rock fracture fluids, sometimes forming the sole member of a single-species microbiome. Here, we reconstructed a genome from basalt-hosted fluids of the deep subseafloor along the eastern Juan de Fuca Ridge flank and ...

Sreethar Swaathy, and Varadharajan Kavitha, and Arokiasamy Sahaya Pravin, and Asit Baran Mandal, and Arumugam Gnanamani

The present study emphasizes the biosurfactant mediated anthracene degradation by a marine alkaliphile Bacillus licheniformis (MTCC 5514). The isolate, MTCC 5514 degraded >95% of 300 ppm anthracene in an aqueous medium within 22 days and the degradation percentage reduced significantly when the concentration of anthracene increased to above 500 ppm. Naphthalene, naphthalene 2-methyl, phthalic acid and benzene acetic acid are the products of degradation identified based on thin layer chromatograp...

Kurniasih Setia Devi, and Soesilo Tri Edhi Budhi, and Soemantojo Roekmijati W.

This study investigated waste minimization opportunities and implementation strategy at the fish processing industry. This study used quantitative approach with field observation and open list of questionnare method to identify resources saving. The result of this study showed that fish processing industry (Company XYZ) was not implemented a waste minimization approach. The water resources saving reached 89.76 m3 or 27.2% from fresh water per a week of the production process and water consumptio...

Notohamijoyo Andre, and Huseini Martani, and Fauzi Syafril

Tuna (Thunnus sp) is the highest economic value and the most popular fish in the world. Exploitation of tuna fisheries was feared to threaten environment and social welfare for the people of the countries related to that resources. Many international organizations encourage countries involved in tuna trade to follow certain fisheries ecolabel standards. Nonetheless, driven ecolabel schemes do not yet reflect optimal sustainable tuna management. Tuna is a highly migratory species across the sea r...

Roderick Corner

Ka-Lai Pang, and Raymond K.K. Chow, and Chi-Wong Chan, and Lilian L.P. Vrijmoed

Information on the diversity of marine fungi in polar environments is lacking, especially marine fungi colonizing wood. During visits to Troms&#x00F8; and Longyearbyen, Norway, drift and trapped wood was collected to provide a preliminary account of lignicolous marine fungi in Arctic waters. Six marine fungi were recorded from 24 and 27 samples of wood from Troms&#x00F8; and Longyearbyen, respectively. Among these, four marine fungi new to science were identified from wood collected at Longyearb...

Ruiz-Ariza Alberto, and de la Torre-Cruz Manuel, and López-Serrano Sebastián, and Martínez-López Emilio J.

This study examined the relationships between parental support for physical activity, weekly Physical Activity (PA) practice frequency, and self-efficacy expectations to overcome barriers to participation. A total of 335 adolescents took part in this pilot cross-sectional study. The results show that boys and girls who attribute parents to a high level of instrumental support, modeling and behavioral limitation are allocated to higher number of days per week to perform the physical-sport activit...

Emili A., and Carrasco L., and Acquavita A., and Covelli S.

Mercury (Hg) mobility at the sediment-water interface was investigated during a laboratory incubation experiment on highly contaminated sediments (up to 23 μg g−1) of the Gulf of Trieste. Undisturbed sediment was collected in front of the Isonzo River mouth, which inflows Hg-rich suspended material originating from the Idrija (NW Slovenia) mining district. Since hypoxic and anoxic conditions at the bottom are frequently observed, a redox oscillation was simulated in the laboratory at in situ tem...

Sutimin, and Siti Khabibah, and Dita Anies Munawwaroh

A model of prey and predator species is discussed to study the effects of the limited prey density and presence of toxicity. The model is studied for sustainable optimal harvesting. The existence of equilibrium points is analyzed to find the stability of coexistence equilibrium, and use Pontryagin’s maximal method to obtain the sustainable optimal harvesting. The results show that the optimal harvesting is obtained from the solution of optimal equilibrium. The toxicity factor decreases the susta...

Lury N García, and Clara L Sierra, and Jeiver Perez, and Frank Esquivel, and Frank A Chapman

Background: goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) is an economically valuable marine species and an excellent candidate for domestication for aquaculture purposes. If this grouper can osmoregulate in lowsalinity water, its cultivation can provide socio-economic benefits, for both coastal communities and the mainland agricultural sector. Objective: to evaluate the osmoregulatory capacity of juvenile goliath grouper when exposed to low-salinity water. Methods: juvenile goliath grouper (Epinephelus...

Monica Puyana, and Julián Prato

Los afloramientos de cianobacterias marinas bentónicas parecen ser recurrentes en varias localidades arrecifales del Caribe colombiano. Sin embargo, su efecto sobre las comunidades locales aún no se han dimensionado. En esta nota documentamos algunas interacciones entre cianobacterias y organismos arrecifales

Luke Helmer, and Paul Farrell, and Ian Hendy, and Simon Harding, and Morven Robertson, and Joanne Preston

The decline of the European oyster Ostrea edulis across its biogeographic range has been driven largely by over-fishing and anthropogenic habitat destruction, often to the point of functional extinction. However, other negatively interacting factors attributing to this catastrophic decline include disease, invasive species and pollution. In addition, a relatively complex life history characterized by sporadic spawning renders O. edulis biologically vulnerable to overexploitation. As a viviparous...

Roca Marta, and Hames Dominic, and Gouldby Ben, and Zve Eleni S., and Rowlands Olwen, and Barter Peter, and Grew Jo

The section of railway which runs along the coastline of south Devon in United Kingdom, from Exeter to Newton Abbot, is one of the most photographed sections of railway in the world. It was opened in 1846 with embankments and seawalls protecting and supporting the railway, providing the route of an atmospheric railway. Despite regular maintenance however, there has been a history of storm damage, one of the most severe occurring in February 2014. This resulted in the collapse of the line, interr...

Thaís Dalzochio, and Gabriela Zimmermann Prado Rodrigues, and Ismael Evandro Petry, and Günther Gehlen, and Luciano Basso da Silva

Abstract Organisms in polluted environments are typically exposed to a complex mixture of chemical contaminants. The great concern about the health of aquatic ecosystems has led to the increased use of biomarkers over the past years. The aim of this work was to review the papers published from 2000 to 2015, which used biomarkers to assess the health of aquatic ecosystems in Brazil. A research resulted in 99 eligible papers. More than 80% of studies were conducted in the states of São Paulo and R...

Y. Gryb, and V. Sondak, and O. Volkoshovetz, and D. Voityshyna

Purpose. To detect the sources of the appearance of risks in water basins and consequences from their formation for environment and fish fauna. Development of conceptual foundations of environmental-economic and social science “riskology”. Methodology. During the work, we used general ichthyological studies and results of monitoring fish surveys in wintering grounds of the hydrographic network of the lowland part of Ukranian territory including Dnieper River basin in the middle part: Trubizh,...

Merna G Abdelfatah, and Ahmed T.I Mahmoud, and Abdelrahman G Salman, and Marwa E Elsebaay

Purpose The aim was to compare the short-term effectiveness of overminus spectacles versus part-time occlusion (PTO) in improving control of intermittent exotropia [X(T)]. Patients and methods A total of 60 children with X(T), from 2 to 10 years of age, were included in the study. Their distance office control score started from 2 or worse. This is a clinical, randomized, prospective, pilot study. Children were randomly assigned to overminus spectacles, PTO therapy, and observation for 4 months ...

J. Rohács, and G. Simongáti

Sustainable development has become a guiding principle of human activities nowadays. Sustainable transport can take a great part in future development. Today this is not the case, and road transport contributes to this above all. For sustainable transport development the necessity of modal shift is inevitable and the inland waterway navigation should get the higher share of the total transport where there is an alternative. This presentation shows the reasons why the inland waterway navigation c...

A. Hashemian; H. Khoshbavar rostmi; H. Talishan

Feeding habits of different genera of 354 sturgeon specimens (Acipenser persicus, Acipenser nudiventris, and Acipenser stellatus) were compared over the years 1999-2000 caught in the coastal waters less than 20 meters deep of Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, southern Caspian Sea. The caught specimens ranged 30-18cm in length. Overall, 16 families of food items were identified in the digestive system of the sturgeon specimens, of which 11 belonged to macro-benthos. The sturgeon fishes preyed ...

K. Rohani1; M. Hosseini2

This study was performed to investigating distribution and biomass of two species of brown algae (Colpomenia sinuosa and Iyengaria stellata) in coastal waters of Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran. We sampled the algae over the years 2001 to 2002 in low tide periods using random 0.5 * 0.5 quadrats along a transect passing through six sampling stations. The highest distribution extent of the two brown algae species during winter and spring seasons observed which coincided with the highest fluctu...

K. Abbasi1; M. Salavatian1; H. Abdolah porbiria2

The fish diversity and distribution investigated in the Mahabad-Chai river of the Lake Urmia basin, over the years 1998-1999. Gillnet, beach seine, cast net and electro-shocker used to catch fishes seasonally in 16 stations within 5 regions of the river. We identified 18 species of fish belonging to four families of the bony fishes. The family Cyprinidae with 15 species was the most abundant comprising 98.2 % of the catch, present in all the stations. Families Balitoridae, Siluridae and Poecilii...

Miguel Neves dos Santos, and Carlos C. Monteiro, and Gerard Lasserre

In 1990 two artificial reefs were deployed in southern Portuguese coastal waters, off Faro (FPR) and Olhão (OPR) respectively. In order to investigate the fish assemblages and their intra-annual variability, the two artificial reefs were monitored monthly by means of visual censuses from March 1994 to February 1995. Due to the complexity of the reefs, three strata were considered for fish counts. The two artificial reefs showed similar patterns in terms of residence status and spatial occupation...

Antonio Punzón, and Alberto Serrano, and José Castro, and Esther Abad, and Juan Gil, and Pilar Pereda

The classification and identification of all the Spanish fishing activity targeting deep-sea species was conducted using a non-hierarchical classification technique designed for large matrices (CLARA). Otter trawl and set longlines were the main gears used in deep-sea ecosystems. The otter trawl fleet conducted 3 deep-sea fishing tactics. The only otter trawl fishing tactic targeting deep-sea species was that working in the VI ICES Division and targeting Alepocephalus baiirdi. The other 2 otter ...

Lee-Lueng eFu

The variability of the trend of the global mean sea level (GMSL) on decadal scales is of great importance to understand the long-term evolution of the GMSL. Trend determination is affected by the temporally correlated processes in the record, which have often not been properly accounted for in previous studies. The problem is treated here as one of optimal estimation weighted by the auto-covariance of the time series, which takes into account the various underlying time scales affecting trend ...