During the Spanish colonial era, ships frequently transported mercury across Atlantic to New World be used in gold mining. As many of those eventually sank, shipwrecks may represent a local source contamination marine environment. In this context, evaluating coastal sediments and magnification food webs is crucial for understanding dynamics estimating exposure life locations where occurred. Thi...

Animal personality has been widely documented across a range of species. The concept of personality is composed of individual behavioural consistency across time and between situations, and also behavioural trait correlations known as behavioural syndromes. Whilst many studies have now investigated the stability of individual personality traits, few have analysed the stability over time of enti...

The organisation of the statocyst hair cells and auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) generated by the afferents in three body size classes of prawn (Palaemon serratus) have been studied using a combination of anatomical, electron microscopic and electrophysiological approaches. The statistical examination of the relationship between the sensory setae and body size showed an increase in both the l...

This study analyzed the reproduction and growth of freshwater prawn, Palaemon paucidens De Haan 1844 from Suk-dang lake(Korea). The analysis of the sex ratio showed a higher proportion of males than that of females. The average size of the eggs was 6.12 (+/-0.55) mm3 in the non-eyed stage (stageA) and 7.20 (+/-0.86)mm3 in the eyed stage (stage B). The reproductive output (RO) calculated with th...

Including description of two new species, ten Phoxinellus species are reported from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Phoxinellus krbavensis, new species, and Phoxinellus jadovensis, new species, together with P. adspersus and P. ghetaldii, constitute a group which is characterized by an irregular spotted color pattern, an elongate caudal peduncle, a large postcleithrum, an increased number of pr...