The objective of this study was to investigate influence meso-scale eddies in the western South China Sea on species composition and spatial patterns fish larvae juveniles based data collected during summer autumn 2012. Nintyeight belonging 38 families were collected, including 78 41 autumn. dominant Vinciguerria sp. (39.70%), Stephanolepis cirrhifer (11.21%), Caranx (5.45%) Benthosema pterotum...

For many mesopelagic fishes, even basic knowledge regarding their biology is missing, greatly impeding effective management. Here we present length–weight relations for 16 fishes sampled during research surveys in the Greek seas (eastern Mediterranean). The following species were studied: Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837); Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839); Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918; ...

The Benguela upwelling system is one of the most productive marine ecosystems in world; however, little known about community structure mesopelagic fishes its northern (nBUS) and southern (sBUS) subsystems. We analyzed around 1900 specimens from 13 stations nBUS 11 sBUS during austral summer found 88 species 24 families fishes. Seven distinct assemblages characterized by water mass, oxygen conc...

Basal metabolic rates in mammals are mainly determined by body mass, but also by ecological factors. Some mammalian species inhabiting hot, dry environments were found to have lower metabolic rates compared to temperate species. We studied energy metabolism in Phillip's dikdik (Madoqua saltiana phillipsi), a small antelope inhabiting xeric shrubland habitats in the Eastern 'horn' of Africa, and...

An emerging problem in marine environment is represented by the plastic presence in the water column (THOMPSON et al., 2004) and the risk of their input and accumulation in the trophic web (TEUTEN et al., 2009; GALGANI et al., 2013a). Plastics are worldwide distributed, from surface to deep waters, include particles less than 20 mm of several polymers such as polyester, nylon, polyethylene, pol...

From April to December 2007, experimental trawls (n = 44, 4 to 22 m depth) were made off the mouth of the Rio Baluarte ecosystem (MRB) and compared to experimental trawls (n = 54, 7 to 40 m) in the adjacent offshore region (AOR) from 2002 to 2007. For both ecosystems, a total of 143 species belonging to 5 phyla were collected. Fishes comprised ca. 80% of the bycatch biomass, while molluscs and ...

Assessing the impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DWHOS) on deep-sea fish assemblages Gulf Mexico (GOM) has been hindered by an absence baseline (pre-spill) data concerning population genetic dynamics these fishes. The lanternfishes (Myctophidae) are a speciose, yet understudied, taxonomic group, that comprise significant portion global biomass, making them integral members meso- and bathy-...