Introduction. The nutritional status of the population Ukraine is characterized by imbalance, in particular composition lipid component. human diet deficient polyunsaturated fatty acids, source which are marine fish and crustaceans. Problem. has its own resources Black Sea shrimp P. adpersus Rathke, 1837, meat great demand, but inedible parts, as most crustaceans, range from 39 to 50 %. That wh...

The Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania is an area characterised by shallow waters and tidal flats with extensive seagrass beds. The aim of this study was to determine the role of the Banc d’Arguin tidal flats as a habitat and a nursery for shrimps. Shrimps were sampled in the Baie d’Aouatif in the intertidal (ponds, Zostera noltii seagrass beds and bare sediment) with a push net during high and low ti...

Bir yıllık süreyi kapsayan bu çalışmada, Kuzey Doğu Akdeniz’de dip trol balıkçılığında avlanan karides türlerinin aylar, bölgeler, sahilden uzaklık ve derinliklere göre av kompozisyonu ile verimliliklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma 200 km uzunluğundaki deniz alanında belirlenen beş farklı istasyonda 40 adet operasyonu gerçekleştirilmiş toplamda 153 saat 2 dakika aktif çekimi yapılmış...

Baltic prawn, Palaemon adspersus population from the Parila lagoon (SE Adriatic Sea, Croatia) was studied between 2010-2011. Specimens were collected monthly in order to determine population structure, growth, mortality and reproduction of this important decapods species. The von Bertalanffy growth function parameters were found L∞=58.98 mm, K=0.975 year and to=-0.0046 years for males and L∞=72...

Pyxicephalus currently contains three recognized species, viz. P. adspersus, P. edulis and P. obbianus, the former two of which have a long history of confusion. Parry (1982) described P. adspersus angusticeps from Beira, Mozambique, which was synonymized with P. edulis. We re-examine the taxonomic status of Pyxicephalus taxa from Mozambique, examining the types and contrasting them to congener...