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Open Journal of Marine Science (OJMS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in marine science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of marine…
Hiromi Kakizaki, Mana Ikeda, Hideto Fukushima, Masahiro Matsumiya
Chitinolytic activities were measured in two fish species having different feeding habits, chub mackerel ( Scomber japonicus ) and silver croaker ( Pennahia argentata ). Chitinase (an endo-type chitinolytic enzyme) activity was measured using pNP-(GlcNAc) n (…
Mohd Safuan, Wee Hin Boo, Hii Yi Siang, Liew Hock Chark, Zainudin Bachok
Variety in video sampling protocol for coral reef survey worldwide has prompted this study to create an optimized protocol for Coral Video Transect (CVT) technique for coral reef survey in Malaysia. The effect of different vertical distance of the camera abov…
Alaa M. Younis, Hesham F. Amin, Ali Alkaladi, Yahia Y. I. Mosleh
Concentration of Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Zinc and Mercury were determined in the muscles, gills and liver of ten fish species ( Epinephelus areolatus , Epinephelus radiates , Anthias squamipinnis , Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides , Snubnose emperor , Dicentrarch…
Giovanni Moreno-Díaz, Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera, Juan Violante-González, Justiniano González-González, José Luis Rosas Acevedo, Sergio García Ibáñez
Phytoplankton samples were collected in Acapulco Bay during 2011 (January-April and September) and 2012 (April-July, October, and November) with the objective of determining the abundance and species composition. Samples were collected in two stations located…
Nardi Cribb, Cara Miller, Laurent Seuront
The understanding of what habitat means for an organism as well as the underlying factors driving patterns of habitat use is still unknown for many species. Cetacean habitat has been described using a range of methodologies and variables measured over various…
Manel Châari, Mariam Feki, Lassâd Neifar
The aim of the present study was to provide a current survey of metazoan parasites of the Mediterranean garfish Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839 off Tunisian coast and their potential use as biological tags for discriminate stocks. Parasitological analysis o…
Nurul Rabitah Daud, Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir
This paper explores the dynamic of meteorological forcing on current circulation pattern in the vicinity of Bidong using an unstructured flexible mesh hydrodynamic model. The forcings were wind, tides, temperature and salinity. The seasonal wind monsoon, mixe…
Youki Fukasawa, Haruna Kobayashi-Iwatani, Masaru Kawato, Hideki Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Jun-Ichi Miyazaki
Since organic falls are ephemeral and distributed sporadically, organisms in organic-fall communities must acquire high dispersal ability to migrate from one organic fall to another. However, the dispersal ability of obligate organic-fall organisms has not be…
S. V. Isay, N. G. Busarova, L. A. Zemnuhova
The crystal substance has been isolated from chloroform-ethanol extract of sea organism Halocynthia aurantium . A set of spectrometry methods was used to describe a structure of this compound. It was appeared that element analysis showed ≈60% chlorine, less s…
Hans Ulrik Riisgård, Kim Lundgreen, Daniel Pleissner
Mussel larval densities may fluctuate considerably on both small spatial and short temporal scales. So far, only few and scattered data on the occurrence of mussel larvae have been reported from Danish waters. However, seasonal variation in density of blue mu…
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