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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…
Ebtesam A. Yousef
The benthic ostracods of Red Sea of Egypt have received little attention in ecological studies. Temperature, depth, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, and other environmental variables all have an impact on benthic ostracods. This study aimed to de…
Jesús Eduardo Contreras Romero, Emelio Barjau González, Juan Manuel López-Vivas, José Ángel Armenta Quintana, Javier Aguilar Parra, Elvia Esthela Aispuro Felix, Bruma Rachel Castillo-Rosas
The coastal areas of the Baja California peninsula are characterized mainly by rocky areas, where rock pools dominate as important coastal habitats because of the tide cycle, when the water is trapped during the low tide, forming the pools. Environmental para…
Mark Ariel Diamsim Malto, Antonino Baconawa Mendoza Jr.
Marine microplastic pollution is becoming more visible and pervasive in various aquatic environments and species, including those intended for human consumption. The present study evaluated the occurrence of suspended microplastics in surface waters, the wate…
K. K. Dil Baseer Sabith, V. Shivashankar, G. Narshimulu, P. M. Mohan
Fire-worms from the family Amphinomidae Lamark, 1818, act as a predator, scavenger and sedimentivores, in nearshore waters. This family has 146 valid species among them 18 numbers reported from Indian marine environment and 11 reported from the Andaman waters…
Laura E. Cota-Ortega, Emelio Barjau-Gonzalez, Juan Manuel López-Vivas, José Ángel Armenta-Quintana, Javier Aguilar-Parra, Elvia Esthela Aispuro-Felix, Abril Karim Romo Piñera
The intertidal zone (also known as seashore) are transition areas between land and sea, that are greatly influenced by the tide cycle, therefore, environmental parameters, such as temperature and salinity, oscillate according to the periods in which these are…
Brock Christopher Ramshaw, Evgeny Alexandrovich Pakhomov, 1 1, 1 1
Stable isotope analysis was used to determine the relative dietary importance of kelp-derived detritus to plankton and benthic organisms along a gradient of kelp abundance driven by recovering sea otter populations along the west coast of Vancouver Island (WC…
Bruma Rachel Castillo Rosas, Emelio Barjau González, Juan Manuel López Vivas, José Ángel Armenta Quintana, Javier Aguilar Parra, Rodolfo Daniel Acosta Guerrero, Rogelio Esquivel Tiscareño
An analysis of the variation of the density and biomass of the fish communities of the lagoon of La Paz, Mexico was carried out from November 2016 to September 2017. A total of 2763 organisms were collected with a total biomass of 211,422.93 g in an area of 5…
Juhong Tao, Yongyan Pei, Jianyi Zhu, Qinqin Lu, Hongxia Jiang, Tao Zhang, 1 1
The cytological characteristics of major green-tide-forming green algae Ulva prolifera collected from Yellow Sea were studied th r ough cutting segments, long time low temperature or dark treatments. After being dried in the shade and preserved at - 20 ° C fo…
Felix Besack, Ebonji Seth Rodrigue, Ajonina Gordon Nwutih, Edikin Roland Dieudonné, Sone Essoh Willy, Nguekeu Brice, Mbang Essome Junior, Hamadou Toume Michel-Remi, Onguene Raphael, Tomedi Eyango Minette, 1 1, 1 1
This study aimed to provide relevant knowledge about the dynamics of the hydrological parameters in the river-estuary continuum of the Wouri-Nkam river estuary for a sustainable management program. The hydrological parameters were recorded in eleven stations…
Theivasigamani Mohanraj, Maxwalt Sheeba, Siluvai Regi Thomas Sherly Cross, Thangaraj Jebarani Rajathy
Heavy metals are considered to be the most common environmental pollutants in waters and biota; that indicate presence of effluents associated with industrial and domestic sources. The present study aimed to evaluate the trace metal accumulation (Fe, Mn, Zn,…
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