Mediterranean deep-sea biology Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3): 2004

FOREWORD

Foreword Paul Tyler Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 1-3

RESEARCH ARTICLES

An introduction to Mediterranean deep-sea biology Francesc Sardŕ, Antoni Calafat, Mar Flexas, Anastasios Tselepides, Miquel Canals, Manuel Espino and Angelo Tursi Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 7-38

Distribution of meiobenthos at bathyal depths in the Mediterranean Sea. A comparison between sites of contrasting productivity Anastasios Tselepides, Nikolaos Lampadariou and Eleni Hatziyanni Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 39-51

Indications of low macrobenthic activity in the deep sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea D. Basso, J. Thomson and C. Corselli Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 53-62

The limit of the sea: the bathyal fauna of the Levantine Sea Bella S. Galil Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 63-72

Deep-sea decapod crustaceans in the western and central Mediterranean Sea: preliminary aspects of species distribution, biomass and population structure J.B. Company, A. Tselepides, P. Maiorano, F. Sardŕ, G. Rotllant and C.Y. Politou Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 73-86

Deep-water fish assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea Gianfranco d'Onghia, Chrissi-Yianna Politou, Anna Bozzano, Domingo Lloris, Guiomar Rotllant, Letizia Sion and Francesco Mastrototaro Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 87-99

Mediterranean and Atlantic deep-sea fish assemblages: differences in biomass composition and size-related structure Enric Massutí, John D.M. Gordon, Joan Moranta, Sarah C. Swan, Constantí Stefanescu and Nigel R. Merrett Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 101-115

Deep-sea distribution, biological and ecological aspects of Aristeus antennatus ( Risso, 1816) in the western and central Mediterranean Sea F.Sardŕ, G. D'Onghia, CY Politou, JB Company, P. Maiorano and K. Kapiris. Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 117-127

Deep-sea Mediterranean biology: the case of Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aristeidae) C.Y Politou, K. Kapiris, P. Maiorano, F. Capezzuto and J. Dokos Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 129-139

Body fish size tendencies within and among species in the deep-sea of the western Mediterranean J. Moranta, M. Palmer, E. Massutí, C. Stefanescu and B. Morales-Nin Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 141-152

Chondrichthyes species in deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea Letizia Sion, Anna Bozzano, Gianfranco d'Onghia, Francesca Capezzuto and Michele Panza Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 153-162

Observations on the distribution, population structure and biology of Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962 in three areas of the Mediterranean Sea Gianfranco d'Onghia, Domingo Lloris, Letizia Sion, Francesca Capezzuto and Mary Labropoulou Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 163-170

New records of deep-water teleost fish in the Balearic Sea and Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) Gianfranco d'Onghia, Domingo Lloris, Chrissi-Yianna Politou, Letizia Sion and John Dokos Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 171-183

Retinal specialisations in the dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis from the Mediterranean deep-sea A. Bozzano Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 185-195

INDEX

Subject index.Taxonomic index - Sci. Mar. 68(Suppl.3) : 197-200