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Density, size structure, shell orientation and epibiontic colonization of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis L. 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in three contrasting habitats in an estuarine area of Sardinia (W Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina, 2009
We investigated the spatial distribution, size structure, shell orientation and valve colonization by epibionts of the endangered Mediterranean bivalve Pinna nobilis in three continuous but different habitats in the Gulf of Oristano (Sardinia, western ...
Piero Addis, Marco Secci, Gianni Brundu, Andrea Manunza, Stefano Corrias, Angelo Cau   +5 more
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Spawning pattern and batch fecundity of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the western Mediterranean

Scientia Marina, 2008
The spawning cycle of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius, (Linnaeus, 1758)) was studied in two western Mediterranean areas, the Catalan Sea and the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, including observation of the monthly seasonal variation of the gonad ...
Laura Recasens, Velia Chiericoni, Paola Belcari   +2 more
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Effect of refuge supplement on Audouin's gull chick survival

Scientia Marina, 2003
One of the main threats to Audouin´s gull (Larus audouinii) at Chafarinas Islands is predation on eggs and chicks by the yellow-legged gull (Larus cachinnans).
Jordi Prieto, Lluís Jover, Xavier Ruiz
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Sardinia and the Byzantine West Paradigm Shifts and Changing Perceptions

Studia Ceranea
The paper focuses on Sardinia from the fall of Carthage (698) to the rise of its autonomous rulers, the iudikes, in the mid-9th c. During these centuries, the island managed to convey a sense of historical standing between different ‘worlds’: the Latin ...
Marco Muresu
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Geographic, bathymetric and inter-annual variability in the distribution of Liocarcinus depurator (Brachyura: Portunidae) along the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian peninsula

Scientia Marina, 2005
The patterns of occurrence and density of Liocarcinus depurator along the western Mediterranean coast (from Gibraltar to Cape Creus) were measured at depths between 25 and 800 m. Bottom trawl surveys were carried out from 1994 to 2003.
Marta M. Rufino, Pere Abello, Andrew B. Yule, Pedro Torres   +3 more
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Parasitism of dolfinfhishes, Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis, in the western Mediterranean (Balearic Islands) and central-eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands)

Scientia Marina, 1999
A total of 648 dolphinfishes were examined for internal and external parasites in western Mediterranean (Balearic Islands) and central-eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands) waters in order to make a comparative study between the two areas.
Enrique Carbonell, Enric Massutí, José Juan Castro, Rosa María García   +3 more
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Sublittoral meiobenthic assemblages from disturbed and non-disturbed sediments in the Balearics

Scientia Marina, 2000
Qualitative and quantitative differences in species composition of meiobenthic communities illustrate the differences among various taxonomic assemblages in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) analysed by means of multivariate analysis.
S. Deudero, M. Vincx
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Stochastic Patterns of Bitcoin Volatility: Evidence across Measures

Mathematics
This research conducted a thorough investigation of Bitcoin volatility patterns using three interrelated methodologies: R/S investigation, simple moving average (SMA), and the relative strength index (RSI). The paper jointly employes the above techniques
Georgia Zournatzidou, Dimitrios Farazakis, Ioannis Mallidis, Christos Floros   +3 more
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Ichtyofauna associated with drifting floating objects in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina, 1999
Species composition, size range and some behavioral notes about drifting flotsam associated fish of the Balearic Islands are presented, and more detailed observations on Seriola dumerili, Naucrates ductor, Coryphaena hippurus and Scomberesox saurus are ...
Francisco Riera, Amalia Grau, Antonio M. Grau, Elena Pastor, Antoni Quetglas, Sebastián Pou   +5 more
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Inter-annual variation of shoot density and biomass, nitrogen and phosphorus content of the leaves, and epiphyte load of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile off Mallorca, western Mediterranean

Scientia Marina, 2011
The epiphyte load, the ash content of the epiphytes, the leaf biomass, the nitrogen and phosphorus content of the leaves, and the density of shoots of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile were monitored yearly from 2003 to 2008 in ...
Jorge Terrados, Francisco Javier Medina-Pons   +1 more
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