Monthly length frequency data of banana shrimp, Penaeus merguiensis were collected from the coastal waters of North east Persian Gulf, from January 2012 to January 2013. Software package FiSAT was used to analyze the length frequency data. Growth parameters, mortalities, exploitation rate and recruitment pattern were estimated from the carapace length in the area. Based on length – weight relat...

Microplastics (MPs) have become ubiquitous in the marine environment, and are likely ingested by a broad cross-section of life. The extent to which organisms ingest MPs is uncertain due limitations analytical methods. Effective identification analysis precursor understand their impact on human consumers. This particularly challenging for crustaceans, chitin present exoskeleton digestive systems...

Current methods to detect hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) infection of penaeid shrimp depend on invasive techniques that require dissecting the organs infected by this virus. However, sacrificing valuable stocks in order to determine their HPV status can be a drawback in the case of breeding programs. A method was developed for HPV detection by applying a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay...

Three shrimps population (Penaeus semesulacatus, Penaeus japonicus,Meta Penaeus monoceros) were investigated for determination of the genetic structure by using (PCR-RAPD) and SDS-PAGE. The results obtained from RAPD technique showed the same percentages of similarity (100%) within the three studied population. On the other hand, the degrees of similarity detected by SDSPAGE were 90%, 87% and 8...