Sci. Mar. 69(1): 2005

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Quantifying RNA and DNA in planktonic organisms with SYBR Green II and nucleases. Part A. Optimisation of the assay Elisa Berdalet, Cristina Roldán, M. Pilar Olivar and Kristine Lysnes Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 1-16

Quantifying RNA and DNA in planktonic organisms with SYBR Green II and nucleases. Part B. Quantification in natural samples Berdalet, Elisa, Cristina Roldán and M.Pilar Olivar Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 17-30

Phytoplankton functional groups and harmful algae species in anthropogenically impacted waters of the NW Mediterranean Sea Magda Vila and Mercedes Masó Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 31-45

Nanoplankton protists from the western Mediterranean Sea. II. Cryptomonads (Cryptophyceae = Crptomonadea) Gianfranco Novarino Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 47-74

Cnidae variability in Balanophyllia europaea and B. regia (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea Alejandro Terrón-Singler and Pablo J. López-González Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 75-86

Histological study of the gonadal development of Ruditapes decussatus (L.) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and its relationship with available food Marina Delgado and Alejandro Pérez Camacho Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 87-97

Infestation of Polydora rickettsi (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in shells of Crepidula fecunda (Mollusca: Calyptraeidae) in relation to intertidal exposure at Yaldad Bay, Chiloe, Chile Carlos Bertrán, Luis Vargas and Pedro Quijón Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 99-103

Population structure of the seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea: Penaeoidea) in the littoral of São Paulo, Brazil Rodrigo H. Castro, Rogerio C. Costa, Adilson Fransozo and Fernando L. Mantelatto Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 105-112

Annual growth and age composition of the squat lobster Cervimunida johni off northern-central Chile (1996-97) Hugo Arancibia, Luis A. Cubillos and Enzo Acuña Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 113-122

Does pleopod setation provide a measure of maturity in female southern rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii? Caleb Gardner David Mills and Stewart Frusher Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 123-131

Taxonomic aggregation and redundancy in a tropical macroinfaunal assemblage of the southern Caribbean in the detection of temporal patterns Angela Inés Guzmán-Alvis and Franklin Carrasco Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 133-141

Environmental influences on fish assemblage distribution of an estuarine coastal lagoon, Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) L. Pombo, M. Elliott and J.E. Rebelo Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 143-159

Bycatch of the pelagic ray Dasyatis violacea in Uruguayan longline fisheries and aspects of distribution in the southwestern Atlantic Andrés Domingo, Roberto C. Menni and Rodrigo Forselledo Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 161-166

Demersal resource assemblages in the trawl fishing grounds off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean) Enric Massutí and Olga Reñones Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 167-181

BOOK REVIEWS

Borja, A. and M. Collins (eds.). 2004. Oceanography and Marine Environment of the Basque Country Mikel Latasa Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 183-186

Van Duzer, C. 2004. Floating islands: A global bibliography [with an edition and translation of G.C. Munz's Exercitatio academica de insulis natantibus (1711)] Miquel Alcaraz Sci. Mar. 69(1) : 186-186