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On the Consumer Value of Environmental Diversity [PDF]

This paper develops a methodology for the valuation of the taste for diversity. The concerns about the contribution of diversity in the valuation of consumer goods typically arise when it is believed that the total value is The methodology we propose ...
Jean-Paul Chavas, Michele Baggio
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Length-weight relationships for some important forage crustaceans from South Africa [PDF]

, 2000
The diet of marine animals is usually determined by stomach content analysis. Although partially digested prey fragments can often be identified to species level, it is difficult to estimate the original mass of the prey organism.
Gibbons, M.J., Isaacs, G., Lamberts, C., Moloney, C.L., Richardson, A.J.   +4 more
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The best defense is a good offense: Anti‐predator behavior of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) against conger eel attacks

Ecology and Evolution
We present the description of defensive behavior in wild Octopus vulgaris against conger eel (Conger conger) attacks based on three video sequences recorded by recreational SCUBA divers in the eastern Atlantic off the coast of Galicia (NW Spain) and in ...
Beatriz Salvador, Miguel Cabanellas‐Reboredo, Manuel E. Garci, Ángel F. González, Jorge Hernández‐Urcera   +4 more
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Towards an Integrated Study of Camouflage and Cognition in Cephalopods

Psychological Topics
The coleoid cephalopods (i.e., octopus, squid, and cuttlefish) are notable for their complex cognition and dynamic camouflage, but the two processes have rarely been considered in conjunction.
Willa M. Lane, Nicola S. Clayton
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A review of data on abundance, trends in abundance, habitat use and diet of ice-breeding seals in the Southern Ocean [PDF]

, 2012
The development of models of marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean is becoming increasingly important as a means of understanding and managing impacts such as exploitation and climate change.
Bengston, J., Bester, M., Blix, A.S., Bornemann, H., Boveng, P., Cameron, M., Forcada, J., Laake, J., Nordøy, E., Plötz, J., Rogers, T., Southwell, C., Southwell, D., Steinhage, D., Stewart, B.S., Trathan, P.   +15 more
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Gray Seal Cannibalism at the Largest Colony in the World, Sable Island

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2026.
Izzy Langley, Damian Lidgard, Priyanka Varkey, Milagros Sanchez, Michelle Rivard, Cornelia E. den Heyer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Length-weight relationships of commercially important marine fishes and shellfishes of the southern coast of Karnataka, India [PDF]

The parameters of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aLb are presented for 51 species of commercially important marine fishes and shellfishes caught along the southern coast of Karnataka, India.
Abdulrahiman, K.P., Harishnayak, T., Mohamed, K.S., Zacharia, P.U.   +3 more
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The early Ludfordian leintwardinensis graptolite event and the Gorstian-Ludfordian boundary in Bohemia (Silurian, Czech Republic) [PDF]

, 2014
Loydell, David K., Manda, Štěpán, Štorch, Petr   +2 more
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Corrigendum: Short and Long-Term Effects of Anesthesia in Octopus maya (Cephalopoda, Octopodidae) Juveniles

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Katina Roumbedakis, Marina N. Alexandre, José A. Puch, Maurício L. Martins, Cristina Pascual, Carlos Rosas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Exposure from the Consumption of Cephalopods and Crustaceans in Peninsular Malaysia. [PDF]

Toxics
Azmi WNFW, Ahmad NI, Mohammad Sham N, Mustar S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source