Sci. Mar. 73(3): 2009

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Fluctuations in the biochemical composition of the Patagonian stone crab Platyxanthus patagonicus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 (Platyxanthidae: Brachyura) throughout its reproductive cycle Jimena B. Dima, Norma A. De Vido, Gustavo A. Leal and Pedro J. Barón Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 423-430

Spatial patterns in the population structure of the whelk Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1766) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Canarian Archipelago (eastern Atlantic) Rubén Ramírez, Fernando Tuya and Ricardo J. Haroun Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 431-437

Reproductive cycle and sexual maturation of the musky octopus Eledone moschata (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the northern and central Adriatic Sea Svjetlana Krstulović Šifner and Nedo Vrgoć Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 439-447

New insights into the early life ecology of Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) in the northern Iberian Atlantic Sandra Ramos, Pedro Ré and Adriano A. Bordalo Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 449-459

Zoogeographical patterns of flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) parasites in the Northeast Atlantic and the importance of the Portuguese coast as a transitional area Joana Ferreira Marques, Maria João Santos and Henrique Nogueira Cabral Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 461-471

Three new species of the genus Lepechinella (Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Lepechinellidae) collected from Campos Basin slope, RJ, Brazil Daniela J.P. Sittrop and Cristiana S. Serejo Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 473-485

Bacterial community structure of mangrove sediments in relation to environmental variables accessed by 16S rRNA gene-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting Yanying Zhang, Junde Dong, Bin Yang, Juan Ling, Youshao Wang and Si Zhang Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 487-498

Movement patterns of the spiny lobster Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) from a central western Mediterranean protected area Maria Cristina Follesa, Danila Cuccu, Rita Cannas, Andrea Sabatini, Anna Maria Deiana and Angelo Cau Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 499-506

Use of hierarchical designs to detect scales of heterogeneity in the invasive species Sargassum muticum Celia Olabarria, Francesca Rossi, Ivan F. Rodil, Patricia Quintas and Jesús S. Troncoso Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 507-514

Glycohistochemical study of the toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus (Scheider, 1801) stomach Salvatore Desantis, Franca Acone, Sara Zizza, Michele Deflorio, Josè Luis Palazón Fernández, Carmen Sarasquete and Gregorio De Metrio Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 515-525

Morphology of the female reproductive system of the red-clawed mangrove tree crab (Goniopsis cruentata Latreille, 1803) Leonardo Peres de Souza and José Roberto Feitosa Silva Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 527-539

Novel mode of postembryonic development in Ammothea genus (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from Antarctic waters Esperanza Cano and Pablo J. López-González Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 541-550

Complete larval development of the crab Ilia nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae) reared under laboratory conditions Cátia Bartilotti, Juan Ignacio González-Gordillo and Antonina Dos Santos Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 551-562

Application of a bioeconomic model for supporting the management process of the small pelagic fishery in the Veneto Region, northern Adriatic Sea, Italy Silvia Silvestri and Francesc Maynou Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 563-572

Holothuria (Cystipus) casoae a new species of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the central-eastern Pacific Ocean Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras and Francisco A. Solís-Marín Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 573-578

Genetic differentiation of Atlantic populations of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus brevicornis Françoise Denis, Rozenn Ravallec, Jean-François Pavillon and Alain Van Wormhoudt Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 579-587

Growth rates and age at adult size of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea, estimated through capture-mark-recapture records Paolo Casale, Antonios D. Mazaris, Daniela Freggi, Carola Vallini and Roberto Argano Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 589-595

Selectivity of commercial, larger mesh and square mesh trawl codends for deep water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) in the Aegean Sea Hakan Kaykaç, Adnan Tokaç and Hüseyin Özbilgin Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 597-604

Trace metals in populations of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) from Sado estuary: effect of body size on accumulation João Garcês and M. Helena Costa Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 605-616

OBITUARY

Manuel Gutiérrez-Rodríguez (1923-2009):A cytohistochemist from Cadiz Francisco Herrera–Rodriguez and Carmen Sarasquete Sci. Mar. 73(3) : 617-619