the black scorpionfish, Scorpaena porcus (Linnaeus, 1758), is one of the most common species of Scorpaenidae family in the Mediterranean and the adriatic Sea. apart from the adriatic, it is distributed in the whole Mediterranean, including the Black Sea, and along the eastern atlantic coast, from the British isles to the azores and the Canary islands (HUreaU & LitViNeNko, 1986). S. porcus is an...

10 Observational analyses reveal that variations in sea surface temperatures (SST) in the 11 Kuroshio-Oyashio extension (KOE) region of the North Pacific are associated with two dis12 tinct and robust patterns of atmospheric variability: 1) a pattern that peaks in amplitude 13 approximately 2 3 weeks prior to large KOE SST anomalies, and is consistent with atmo14 spheric forcing of the SST fiel...

Disseminated neoplasia, also called leukemia or hemic neoplasia, has been detected in 15 species of marine bivalve mollusks worldwide. The disease is characterized by the presence of single anaplastic cells with enlarged nuclei and sometimes frequent mitosis, in hemolymph vessels and sinuses. The neoplastic cells gradually replace normal hemocytes leading to the increased mortality of animals. ...

Abstract Future climate simulations indicate that the Mediterranean Basin will experience large low-level circulation changes during winter, characterized by a strong anomalous ridge drives regional precipitation decline. Previous research highlighted how shifts in stationary wave structure and atmospheric response to reduced warming of Sea relative land could explain development this pressure ...

The Mediterranean and Black Seas are semi-enclosed basins characterized by high environmental variability and growing anthropogenic pressure. This has led to an increasing need for a bioregionalization of the oceanic environment at local and regional scales that can be used for managerial applications as a geographical reference. We aim to identify biogeochemical subprovinces within this domain...

the main aim of the current paper is to discuss the important effective variables, particularly synoptic patterns, in creating flood in masoule basin using flood discharge data in komadoul station during 20 year period (1984-2003). to achieve the aim, daily average and instantaneous maximum of discharge in mentioned station were used. data accuracy was done using the data for chomesghal station...

The phylogeography of thornback rays (Raja clavata) was assessed from European waters, using five nuclear microsatellite loci and mitochondrial cytochome b sequences. Strong regional differentiation was found between the Mediterranean basin, the Azores and the European continental shelf. Allelic and haplotype diversities were high in Portuguese populations, consistent with the existence of a re...