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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…
Jill M. Voorhees, Nathan Huysman, Eric Krebs, Michael E. Barnes
This experiment evaluated the use of an exercise routine and vertically-sus - pended structure during juvenile landlocked fall Chinook salmon ( Oncor hynchus tshawytscha ; mean ± SE, initial weight 1.47 ± 0.03 g, total length 56.4 ± 0.4 mm) rearing. Four trea…
Yuchen Sheng
Wind load is a control load that affects the safety of structures in the design of ocean platforms. It has not only direct and powerful effects that may cause structure resonance but also has indirect effects causing waves or currents in the ocean. By analyzi…
Andrew Bloch, Layla Al-Shaer, Brandon Baumann, Matthew Draud, M. Itzkowitz
Although Caribbean mixed-species herbivorous fish groups are an important component to the reef community by helping to crop algae that often overgrow and kill corals, little is known of how they organize their foraging groups. In spite of a highly flexible m…
Amilcar E. Calzada, Iván Delgado, Carlos Ramos, Frank Pérez, Dailín Reyes, Dayana Carracedo, Alejandro Rodríguez, Dayron Chang, Javier Cabrales, Alexander Lobaina
The version 2.1 of PETROMAR-3D model, created in the Center for Marine Meteorology of the Meteorology Institute of Cuba, is presented. This Lagrangian model has been designed to describe the physical processes of marine oil spills in the face of multiple scen…
Zhilu Fu, Shin-Ichi Uye
Blooms of the scyphozoan jellyfish Aurelia aurita are greatly regulated by the survival rate of planktonic ephyrae. The ecophysiology of ephyrae is poorly studied compared with polyps and medusae. As extremely strong starvation resistance and recovery capabil…
C. Jeeva, P. M. Mohan, P. Ragavan, V. Muruganantham
Kinorhyncha is exclusively marine, holobenthic, free-living, meiofaunal species found in all marine habitats in the world. However, information on geographical distribution and taxonomical distributional status of Kinorhyncha are needed further understanding.…
Achille Njomoue Pandong, Bruno Thierry Nyatchouba Nsangue, Ekmon Mbangue, N’Souvi Kodjo, Maurice Vanlie Kontchou, Asser Yoke, Léopold Tcham, Dieudonné Essola, Micah Adekunle David
The Lom Pangar hydroelectric dam project located in the eastern region of Cameroon was implemented by Electricity Development Corporation (EDC). The impoundment of the Lom Pangar dam created a large reservoir with an area ~590 km2 and a useful storage capacit…
Hernandez-Villasana Carlos Samuel, Barjau-González Emelio, López-Vivas Juan Manuel, Armenta-Quintana José Angel, Suárez-Villavicencio Jaime
There has been an increase of community studies that incorporate the use of functional diversity indices. The incorporation of these indices in the analysis of marine communities is recent, however, could contribute with relevant information about the health…
P. M. Mohan, V. Swathi
As per the Essential Climate Variables (ESV) of World Meterological Organisation (WMO), the physical, chemical and biological variables critically contribute to the earth’s climate. Among them, the variables such as temperature and pH in the marine environmen…
Aroloye O. Numbere
Fiddler crabs are described as ecosystem engineers because of their burrow constructing ability. It was hypothesized that human activity will impact crab burrows. The study area was delineated into lowly, medium and highly impacted plots. Crab holes were rand…
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