Advances in early life history study of fish Sci. Mar. 73S1: 2009

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Small scale distribution patterns and vertical migration of North Sea herring larvae (Clupea harengus, Teleostei: Clupeidea) in relation to abiotic and biotic factors Holger Haslob, Norbert Rohlf and Dietrich Schnack Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 13-22

Inter-annual and inter-specific differences in the drift of fish eggs and yolksac larvae in the North Sea: A biophysical modeling approach Myron A. Peck, Wilfried Kühn, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen and Thomas Pohlmann Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 23-36

Comparing observed and modelled growth of larval herring (Clupea harengus): Testing individual-based model parameterisations Helena M. Hauss and Myron A. Peck Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 37-45

Effects of salinity on specific gravity and viability of eggs of a North American minnow (Cyprinidae) David E. Cowley, Janelle C. Alleman, Rossana Sallenave, Ryan R. McShane and Patrick D. Shirey Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 47-58

The influence of different salinity conditions on egg buoyancy and development and yolk sac larval survival and morphometric traits of Baltic Sea sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus Schneider) Christoph Petereit, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen, Rüdiger Voss, Gerd Kraus, Marko Freese and Catriona Clemmesen Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 59-72

Relative importance of water column vs zooplankton variables in the determination of late-stage larval fish assemblage structure in coastal waters of a coral reef lagoon Laure Carassou and Dominique Ponton Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 73-84

Temporal and along-shelf distribution of the larval fish assemblage at Gran Canaria, Canary Islands Marta Moyano and Santiago Hernández-León Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 85-96

Physiological study of larval fishes: challenges and opportunities Warren Burggren and Tara Blank Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 99-110

Effects of cortisol and salinity acclimation on Na+/K+/2Cl–- cotransporter gene expression and Na+, K+-ATPase activity in the gill of Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus, fry Saber Khodabandeh, Saeedeh Mosafer and Zahra Khoshnood Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 111-116

What can size distributions within cohorts tell us about ecological processes in fish larvae? Arild Folkvord, Řyvind Fiksen, Hans Hřie, Arne Johannessen, Erling Otterlei and Knut Wiik Vollset Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 119-130

Trophic flexibility in larvae of two fish species (lesser sandeel, Ammodytes marinus and dab, Limanda limanda) Arne M. Malzahn and Maarten Boersma Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 131-139

Co-occurrence of European sardine (Sardina pilchardus), anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) larvae in southern North Sea habitats: Abundance, distribution and biochemical-based condition Philipp Kanstinger and Myron A. Peck Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 141-152

Recolonisation of spawning grounds in a recovering fish stock: recent changes in North Sea herring Jörn O. Schmidt, Cindy J.G. van Damme, Christine Röckmann and Mark Dickey-Collas Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 153-157

Use of biochemical indices for analysis of growth in juvenile two-spotted gobies (Gobiusculus flavescens) of the Baltic Sea Andrea Frommel and Catriona Clemmesen Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 159-170

Tissue effect on RNA:DNA ratios of marine fish larvae M. Pilar Olivar, Marina V. Diaz and M. Alexandra Chícharo Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 171-182

Development and allometric growth patterns during early larval stages of the spotted sand bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Percoidei: Serranidae) Renato Peńa and Silvie Dumas Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 183-189

Spatial distribution and dietary overlap between Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus and moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan Jun Shoji, Ken-Ichiro Mizuno, Masayuki Yamamoto, Todd William Miller, Hideki Hamaoka and Koji Omori Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 191-198

Rearing larvae of dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834), (Pisces: Serranidae) in a semi-extensive mesocosm Maria Emília Cunha, Hugo Quental, Ana Barradas, Pedro Pousăo-Ferreira, Elsa Cabrita and Sofia Engrola Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 201-212

Salt incorporated diets for enhancing growth performance and survival in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L. juveniles reared in low saline brackish water Samuel Appelbaum and Antonysiluvai Jesuarockiaraj Sci. Mar. 73S1 : 213-217