Gill monogenean communities on three commercially important sparid fish in Omani waters

Commercially Important Catadromous Fish

Gill structural change in response to turbidity has no effect on the oxygen uptake of a juvenile sparid fish

Turbidity as a result of increased suspended sediments in coastal waters is an environmental stress of worldwide concern. Recent research on fish suggests that detrimental changes to gill structure can occur in turbid waters, with speculation that these alterations diminish fitness variables, such as growth and development, by negatively impacting the O2 uptake capacity (respiration) of fish. S...

Monogenean Parasites of Fish 1

2. Peggy Reed, director, All Florida Veterinary Laboratory, Alachua, FL; Ruth Francis-Floyd, professor, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine); RuthEllen Klinger, biological scientist, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine); and Denise Petty, clinical assistant professo...

Halfway up the trophic chain: development of parasite communities in the sparid fish Boops boops.

We examined the patterns of composition and structure of parasite communities in the Mediterranean sparid fish Boops boops along a gradient of fish sizes, using a large sample from a single population. We tested the hypothesis that species forming the core of the bogue parasite fauna (i.e. species which have a wide geographical range and are responsible for recognizable community structure) app...

Fatty Acid Composition of Commercially Important Fish from Brazil

Total fat and fatty acid composition of seven fresh-water and nine marine fish commercially important in Brazil were determined. Palmitic acid was the predominant saturated fatty acid in both freshwater and marine fish. In the fat from freshwater fish the total C-16 fatty acids were higher than in marine fish. Oleic acid was the most abundant monounsaturated fatty acid and it was found in highe...