Sci. Mar. 74(1): 2010

RESEARCH ARTICLES

The larval development of Pilumnoides hassleri (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnoididae) reared in the laboratory, with a review of pilumnoidid systematics using larval characters Tomás A. Luppi, Nahuel Farías and Eduardo D. Spivak Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 7-24

Effects of environmental variability on recruitment and bioeconomic modelling in the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea) fishery from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico Juan Antonio de Anda-Montañez, Alejandro Ramos-Rodríguez and Susana Martínez-Aguilar Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 25-35

Body morphometrics, swimming diversity and niche in demersal sharks: a comparative case study from the Mediterranean Sea Umberto Scacco, Gabriele La Mesa and Marino Vacchi Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 37-53

Influence of the NAO on the northwestern Mediterranean wave climate Bartomeu Cañellas, Alejandro Orfila, Fernando Méndez, Alberto Álvarez and Joaquín Tintoré Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 55-64

Boat seines in Greece: Landings profiles and identification of potential métiers Stelios Katsanevakis, Christos D. Maravelias, Vassiliki Vassilopoulou and John Haralabous Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 65-76

Population identification of common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) inferred from genetic, morphometric and cuttlebone chemistry data in the NE Mediterranean Sea Cemal Turan and Deniz Yaglioglu Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 77-86

Rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities across a large-scale estuarine gradient Luis Giménez, Ana Inés Borthagaray, Marcel Rodríguez, Alejandro Brazeiro and Alvar Carranza Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 87-100

Effects of the invasive macroalga Lophocladia lallemandii on the diet and trophism of Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and its guests Pontonia pinnophylax and Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Crustacea: Decapoda) Miguel Cabanellas-Reboredo, Andreu Blanco, Salud Deudero and Silvia Tejada Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 101-110

Phylogenetic analysis of Petaloptoctus (Maldanidae: Polychaeta), with description of a new species from southeastern Brazil José Eriberto De Assis, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen and Paulo da Cunha Lana Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 111-120

Age, growth and mortality of the toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus (Schneider, 1801)(Pisces: Batrachoididae), in the Bay of Cádiz (southwestern Spain) José Luis Palazón-Fernandez, Jennifer C. Potts, Charles S. Manooch III and Carmen Sarasquete Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 121-130

Four new species of Thouarella (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) from Antarctic waters Rebeca Zapata-Guardiola and Pablo J. López-González Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 131-146

Hard-bottom succession of subtidal epibenthic communities colonizing hidden and exposed surfaces off northern Chile Aldo S. Pacheco, Jürgen Laudien, Martin Thiel, Olaf Heilmayer and Marcelo Oliva Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 147-154

On the performance of fish stock parameters derived from VIT pseudo-cohort analysis Hans-Joachim Rätz, Anna Cheilari and Jordi Lleonart Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 155-162

Ecology of megabenthic bivalve communities from sandy beaches on the south coast of Portugal Marta M. Rufino, Miguel B. Gaspar, Alexandre M. Pereira, Francesc Maynou and Carlos C. Monteiro Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 163-178

The El Masnou infralittoral sedimentary environment (Barcelona province, NW Mediterranean Sea): morphology and Holocene seismic stratigraphy Gemma Ercilla, Ferran Estrada, David Casas, Ruth Durán, Marta Nuez, Belén Alonso and Marcel·lí Farrán Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 179-196

OBITUARY

Obituary: Agustí Julià i Brugués (1940-2009) Jordi Salat Sci. Mar. 74(1) : 197-201