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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…
Nicolas Spilmont
The use of benthic indicators has increased dramatically during the last decades. The number of articles published on the subject, as well as the number of citations, has been particularly increasing since the early 90’s, notably in relation with the implemen…
Marijke N. de Boer, Josephine Clark, Mardik F. Leopold, Mark P. Simmonds, Peter J. H. Reijnders
A photo-identification study on Risso’s dolphins was carried out off BardseyIslandinWales(July to September, 1997-2007). Their local abundance was estimated using two different analytical techniques: (1) mark-recapture of well-marked dolphins using a ‘closed-…
Christophe Luczak, Dominique Menu, Céline Rolet
To understand food webs functioning in intertidal soft-sediments, it is critical to assess the macrobenthic prey fraction accessible to waders. Here we describe a simple core sampler device allowing to directly relating the vertical distribu tion of macrozoob…
Matthew Brown, So Kawaguchi, Steven Candy, Toshihiro Yoshida, Patti Virtue, Steve Nicol
Antarctic krill is thought to undergo an annual cycle of biological processes to cope with seasonal changes in their environment. The question of whether, and to what degree, seasonal environmental parameters such as photoperiod, food availability and tempera…
Kristi A. Foster, Greg Foster, Suaad Al-Harthi
This study describes the coral communities near Qatarand Abu Dhabi (UAE) ten years after the recurrent elevated temperature anomalies of 1996, 1998 and 2002 which resulted in the mass mortality of Acropora spp. Data derived from photo transects taken over a f…
Itay Cohen, Gal Dishon, David Iluz, Zvy Dubinsky
Photoacclimation processes are crucial for the survival of all photosynthetic organisms in the photic zone. Changes in photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) are however simultaneous to changes in UV-B radiation. The influence of UV-B levels on bio-optical and…
Hiromasa Ohno, Yoshinari Endo, Waka Sato-Okoshi, Goh Nishitani
In recent years, several marine heterotrophic nanoflagellates have been reported to feed on diatoms much larger than themselves. However, very little is known about the grazer-prey relationships between heterotrophic nanoflagellates and diatoms in aquatic eco…
Laurent Seuront
Marine Biology: A Sub-Sample of a Vast Topic
Alessandra Campanelli, Marina Cabrini, Federica Grilli, Daniela Fornasaro, Pierluigi Penna, Zoran Kljajić, Mauro Marini
The Drini and ManfredoniaGulfswere investigated in May 2008 and April 2009, respectively. The gulfs are located in the South Eastern (GulfofDrini) and South Western (GulfofManfredonia)Adriatic Sea. The areas are partially influ enced by two main Adriatic surf…
Subhajit Das, Dipnarayan Ganguly, Tushar Kanti Maiti, Abhishek Mukherjee, Tapan Kumar Jana, Tarun Kuma De
Mangrove provides a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play various roles in nutrient recycling as well as various environmental activities. The highly productive and diverse microbial community living in mangrove ecosystems continuously tran…
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