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Morphological and molecular characterization of a marine fish trypanosome from South Africa, including its development in a leech vector

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Trypanosomes are ubiquitous blood parasites of marine and freshwater fishes, typically transmitted by aquatic leeches. Phylogenetic studies have been dominated by examples derived from freshwater fishes, with few marine representatives ...
Polly M Hayes, Scott P Lawton, Nico J Smit, Wendy C Gibson, Angela J Davies   +4 more
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Presence and Concentration of Heavy Elements in Highly Consumed Marine and Farmed Fish Species in Mazandaran Province, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and purpose: Heavy metals are among the pollutants that can cause destructive and fatal effects on marine organisms, including fish, in aquatic environments.
Mohammad Ali Zazouli, Habib Nejati, Reza Dehbandi, Ali Asghar Nadi Ghara   +3 more
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Tripartite species interaction: eukaryotic hosts suffer more from phage susceptible than from phage resistant bacteria

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
Background Evolutionary shifts in bacterial virulence are often associated with a third biological player, for instance temperate phages, that can act as hyperparasites.
Carolin C. Wendling, Agnes Piecyk, Dominik Refardt, Cynthia Chibani, Robert Hertel, Heiko Liesegang, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann, Olivia Roth   +8 more
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Habitat loss due to dam development may affect the distribution of marine‐associated fishes in Gabon, Africa

Ecosphere, 2020
The planned construction of 38 hydropower dams will impact the fish species inhabiting freshwater ecosystems in the megadiverse African country of Gabon.
Joseph S. Cutler, J. Andrés Olivos, Brian Sidlauskas, Ivan Arismendi   +3 more
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Nutritional Composition of Marine Water Fishes of Bangladesh: A Review

International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management
Marine fishes have been recognized for high quality protein and essential fatty acids which play a vital role in human being for nutrition and disease prevention. This review focuses on the nutrient composition of marine fishes in Bangladesh.
Md. Hafizur Rahman, Mst. Sharmin Sultana, Nasrat Jahan Shelly, Md. Sajedur Rahman   +3 more
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Metals and Metalloid Concentrations in Fish, Its Spatial Distribution in PPC, Philippines and the Attributable Risks

Toxics, 2023
Fish is an important source of protein in human meals around the world. However, the fish that we are eating may be contaminated with toxicants such as metals and metalloids (MMs), which may pose health risks to consumers.
Delia B. Senoro, Maria Mojena G. Plasus, Alejandro Felipe B. Gorospe, Ronnel C. Nolos, Allaine T. Baaco, Chitsan Lin   +5 more
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Intestinal parasites associated with common marine fishes in Nigeria

Veterinary Research Notes, 2022
Objective: Fish is a valuable food source and employment in developing countries. However, par¬asitic infections pose a threat to fish cultivation and fish health.
Olajide Joseph Afolabi, Kafilat Oyenike Abass   +1 more
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Marine Fish Movement: home range sizes for commercially relevant species

Scientific Data
Estimates of home range sizes for marine fishes are essential for designing and assessing the effects of spatial wildlife conservation policies and management interventions.
Darcy Bradley, Alicia M. Caughman, Sandra A. Fogg, Reniel B. Cabral, Juan Mayorga, Whitney Goodell, Katherine D. Millage, Timothy D. White   +7 more
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A first sighting report of six fishes from the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, South Andaman, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
From the fish and fisheries point of view, the Andaman and Nicobar islands are the  most interesting and fascinating owing to a diversity of ichthyofauna occurring in the varied marine habitats, such as  mangroves, creeks, rocky beaches, extensive sandy ...
Kamla Devi, S. Kumaralingam
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A Comparison of Detour Behaviors in Some Marine and Freshwater Fish Species

Animals
Evidence of detour ability to reach a salient goal in marine fishes (Chromis viridis, Chrysiptera parasema, Dascyllus aruanus) and freshwater fishes (Xenotoca eiseni, Danio rerio) has been observed using a “four-compartment box task” with an opaque ...
Davide Potrich, Chiara Orsini, Gionata Stancher, Greta Baratti, Valeria Anna Sovrano   +4 more
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