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A Feeding‐Ecology‐Based Approach to Evaluating Nursery Potential of Estuaries for Black Rockfish

open access: yesMarine and Coastal Fisheries, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 124-141, April 2020., 2020
Abstract Previous work suggests that Oregon estuaries function as nursery habitat and may play an important role in settlement of Black Rockfish Sebastes melanops. No research, however, has been conducted on juvenile Black Rockfish feeding ecology in estuarine habitats, which is necessary to evaluate habitat use and quality.
Brittany D. Schwartzkopf   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feeding ecology of juvenile dog snapper Lutjanus jocu (Bloch and Shneider, 1801) (Lutjanidae) in intertidal mangrove creeks in Curuçá estuary (Northern Brazil)

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
The diet and feeding ecology of juvenile dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu) were investigated in 92 specimens collected in four intertidal mangrove creeks of Curuçá estuary, Northern Brazil, between September 2003 and July 2004.
Dijane Pantoja Monteiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kelp Forest Zooplankton, Forage Fishes, and Juvenile Salmonids of the Northeast Pacific Nearshore

open access: yesMarine and Coastal Fisheries, Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 4-20, February 2020., 2020
Abstract Kelp forests are an important ecological component of temperate coastal systems that are sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance and are in decline in many locations globally. In the northeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington, USA, bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana forests are seasonally used by juvenile salmonids and forage fishes ...
J. Anne Shaffer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Composition and abundance of porcellanid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from rocky bottoms off Vitória Island, southeast coast of Brazil

open access: yesZoologia (Curitiba), 2011
This study aimed to describe the species composition and abundance of the porcellanid crabs inhabiting the consolidated sublittoral off an island on the southeastern coast of Brazil.
Douglas F. R. Alves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae) [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
To assess whether closely related host species harbour similar symbiotic communities, we studied two polychaetes, Chaetopterus sp. (n = 11) and Chaetopterus cf.
Temir A. Britayev   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A revised name and new insights into the Middle Jurassic sauropod trackways from Portugal. A correction of Santos et al. 2009 [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica
The Galinha dinosaur tracksite (Portugal) was declared a Natural Monument in 1996 and is currently designated as Ourém/Torres Novas Dinosaur Footprints Natural Monument. This tracksite yields a completely new and unique morphology of sauropod tracks from
Vanda F. Santos   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden in plain sight: two new species of decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae and Porcellanidae) discovered in the Red Sea on a university campus in Saudi Arabia

open access: yes, 2023
Anker, Arthur, Benzoni, Francesca (2023): Hidden in plain sight: two new species of decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae and Porcellanidae) discovered in the Red Sea on a university campus in Saudi Arabia.
FRANCESCA BENZONI   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Restauración y actualización taxonómica de la colección de crustáceos (Arthropoda: Crustacea) de Juan C. Gundlach

open access: yesNovitates Caribaea, 2011
Se presentan los resultados obtenidos al restaurar y actualizar la taxonomía de la colección de crustáceos cubanos realizada en el siglo XIX por el naturalista alemán, radicado en Cuba, Juan C. Gundlach.
Manuel Ortiz, Marco A. Olcha
doaj   +1 more source

Importance of Sample Gear in the Identification of Trophic Guilds and Forage Species in a Large Lagoonal Estuary

open access: yesMarine and Coastal Fisheries, Volume 11, Issue 6, Page 393-413, December 2019., 2019
Abstract Food habits in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, are poorly described despite the estuary's large size and importance as nursery and fisheries habitat. We conducted the first multi‐year, multispecies food habits study in Pamlico Sound, sampling the stomach contents of 16,913 predators representing 25 species. Predators were sampled from fisheries‐
Samantha M. Binion‐Rock   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A localized PCR inhibitor in a porcelain crab suggests a protective role [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2014
A number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) inhibitors have been identified from biological and environmental samples. By and large, such substances are treated as random nuisances and contaminants with alternate functions; their inhibitory effects on ...
Mahmoud A. El-Maklizi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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