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Fishing Vessels, Gear, and Methods
Fishermen throughout history have known about fluctuations in abundance of the stocks they sought. Times of poor fishing were explained by...
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An initial assessment of mangrove resources and human activities at Mahout Island, Arabian Sea, Oman
This study was initiated to provide information on mangrove structure, communities, wildlife, socio-economics and human impacts on one of the most...
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Mechanisms of Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Systems
The presence of persistent hydrophobic organic chemicals, e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and...
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An initial assessment of mangrove resources and human activities at Mahout Island, Arabian Sea, Oman
This study was initiated to provide information on mangrove structure, communities, wildlife, socio-economics and human impacts on one of the most...
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Some effects of shark nets in the Natal nearshore environment
Protective gillnets (shark nets) have been successful in reducing the frequency of shark attacks on the coast of Natal, South Africa. This is...
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Microhabitat use by marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary
We used a drop sampler to characterize use of the marsh-edge ecotone by small fishes along two transects running inland from the Gulf of Mexico for...
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Response of shoaling fish to the threat of aerial predation
Many species of shoaling fish are preyed upon by aerial predators. However, to date there has been no analysis of the evasive response of a group of...
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Endangered ecosystems: a review of the conservation status of tropical Asian rivers
Tropical Asian rivers are characterized by their flow seasonality. One (sometimes two) peaks in discharge cause temporary declines in phytoplankton,...
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Nonfood Species
We include in this chapter species of plants and animals from a wide range of phyla that are cultured either as foods for aquacultural species, for...
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Selenium
Selenium, with an average crustal abundance of 0.1 mg/kg, occurs in most types of rock, but is enriched in shale (approx. 0.6 mg/kg). Geochemically,...
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The St. Johns River System
The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida and is unique among the larger rivers of the United States in its northward flow. It is a coastal...
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Monogeneans of the families Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 and Heteraxinidae Price, 1962 from Western Australia, including the description of Polylabris sandarsae n. sp. (Microcotylidae)
Twelve species of monogeneans of the family Microcotylidae and one species of the family Heteraxinidae were collected from fishes of the Swan River...
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Foodborne Toxins of Marine Origin: Ciguatera
Knowledge that the consumption of a variety of fish and shellfish is associated with human disease has been available for centuries. These diseases...
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The relationship of ocular morphology to feeding modes and activity periods in shallow marine teleosts from New Zealand
Thirty one species of shallow water teleosts were captured from the NE coast of New Zealand. Ocular morphology was assessed in terms of eye size,...
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Some monogenean parasites of the generaCalceostoma van Beneden, 1852 andDiplectanum Diesing, 1858 fromArgyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1802) (Sciaenidae: Teleostei) in Western Australia
The taxonomy of three species of monogeneans from the gills of Argyrosomus hololepidotus is detailed. Calceostoma glandulosum is redescribed and...
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A revision of the family Zoogonidae Odhner, 1902 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea): Introduction and subfamily Zoogoninae
The 28 major morphological characters of members of the family Zoogonidae are discussed. A key to the subfamilies is given and a detailed revision of...
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Fish
Monthly trawl samples of fishes were taken in Chesapeake Bay in the vicinity of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant from 1969 through 1981....
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Mechanisms of Circannual Organization
The present chapter is concerned with some aspects of the mechanisms that may be involved both in the generation of circannual rhythms and in the...
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Class Osteichthyes
The technical name “osteichthyes” means “bony fishes”, and denotes the preponderance of bone in the skeleton of most species of this class. Most bony...
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Mechanisms to initiate a Heterosigma akashiwo red tide in Osaka bay
The ecological role of diel vertical migration of Heterosigma akashiwo Hada to initiate red tide was investigated in Tanigawa Fishing Port and Sano...