Sci. Mar. 77(1): 2013

EDITORIAL

Editorial Esther Garcés and Dolors Vaqué Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 7-7 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03839.06A

RESEARCH ARTICLES

FEATURED ARTICLE Paralytic shellfish toxins in the Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) over a bloom of Gymnodinium catenatum: the prevalence of decarbamoylsaxitoxin in the marine food web Sandra Lage and Pedro Reis Costa Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 13-17 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03701.28C

Recent improvements in mesoscale characterization of the western Mediterranean Sea: synergy between satellite altimetry and other observational approaches Ananda Pascual, Jérôme Bouffard, Simón Ruiz, Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli, Enrique Vidal-Vijande, Romain Escudier, Juan Manuel Sayol and Alejandro Orfila Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 19-36 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03740.15A

Salinity as the main factor structuring small-bodied fish assemblages in hydrologically altered Mediterranean coastal lagoons Sílvia Rodríguez-Climent, Nuno Caiola and Carles Ibáñez Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 37-45 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03698.26B

Looking for patterns in the phytoplankton community of the Mediterranean microtidal Venice Lagoon: evidence from ten years of observations Fabrizio Bernardi Aubry, Francesco Acri, Franco Bianchi and Alessandra Pugnetti Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 47-60 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03638.21A

Endoparasites of Trachurus picturatus (Pisces: Carangidae) from the Madeira and Canary Islands: Selecting parasites for use as tags Graça Costa, Maria Teresa Garcia Santamaria, Joana Vasconcelos, Clara Borges Perera and Egberto Melo-Moreira Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 61-68 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03707.07A

Catch of pelagic hauls in Mediterranean acoustic surveys: Is it the same between day and night? Athanassios Machias, Myrto M. Pyrounaki, Iole Leonori, Gualtiero Basilone, Magdalena Iglesias, Andrea De Felice, Angelo Bonanno and Marianna Giannoulaki Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 69-79 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03656.21D

An analysis of fishing gear competition. Catalan fisheries as case studies Jordi Lleonart, Francesc Maynou and Jordi Salat Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 81-93 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03691.04A

Age, growth and mortality of Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) in the Gorringe, Ampère, Unicorn and Lion seamounts Rafaela Barros Paiva, Ana Neves, Vera Sequeira, Ana Rita Vieira, Maria José Costa, Isabel Domingos and Leonel Serrano Gordo Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 95-104 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03632.28B

Reproductive strategy and fecundity of meagre Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801 (Pisces: Sciaenidae): implications for restocking programs María del Mar Gil, Amalia Grau, Gualtiero Basilone, Rosalia Ferreri and Miguel Palmer Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 105-118 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03688.28A

Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off the Tuscany coasts (NW Mediterranean) from 50 years of catch data Alessandro Ligas, Giacomo C. Osio, Paolo Sartor, Mario Sbrana and Stefano De Ranieri Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 119-127 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03654.21C

Effect of environmental salinity and dopamine injections on key digestive enzymes in hepatopancreas of the euryhaline crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) María Soledad Michiels, Juana Cristina del Valle and Alejandra Antonia López Mañanes Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 129-136 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03687.09D

Fishery and life history of spot-tail mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), in the Gulf of Cadiz (eastern central Atlantic) Yolanda Vila, Ignacio Sobrino and Mª Paz Jiménez Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 137-148 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03744.07B

Larval stages of crustacean species of interest for conservation and fishing exploitation in the western Mediterranean Asvin P. Torres, Antonina Dos Santos, Francisco Alemany and Enric Massutí Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 149-160 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03749.26D

The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Paracaprella Ignacio Winfield and Manuel Ortiz Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 161-168 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03753.26C

Seasonal fluctuations of some biological traits of the invader Caprella scaura (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy) Ermelinda Prato, Isabella Parlapiano and Francesca Biandolino Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 169-178 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03631.21B

Distribution of intertidal macrobenthic assemblages in relation to environmental factors in theTagus estuary, western Portugal Anxo Conde, Júlio M. Novais and Jorge Domínguez Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 179-188 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03628.21E

Meio- and macrofauna in the marine area of the Monte St. Bartolo Natural Park (Central Adriatic Sea, Italy) Federica Semprucci, Fabrizio Frontalini, Anabella Covazzi-Harriague, Rodolfo Coccioni and Maria Balsamo Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 189-199 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03647.26A

BIOGRAPHY

Enrique Macpherson Mayol (Biography) M. Pilar Olivar and Pere Abelló Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 9-12 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03831.19A

OBITUARY

Carlo Heip (1945-2013) Peter Herman Sci. Mar. 77(1) : 201-202 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03840.05A