Sci. Mar. 72(2): 2008

RESEARCH ARTICLES

A new species of Curidia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ochlesidae) from northeastern Brazil Jesser Fidelis de Souza-Filho and Cristiana S. Serejo Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 213-220

Developing a size indicator for fish populations Yong Chen, Xinjun Chen and Liuxiong Xu Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 221-229

Morphological characteristics of five bycatch sharks caught by southern Chilean demersal longline fisheries Andrea Valenzuela, Carlos Bustamante and Julio Lamilla Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 231-237

Spatial and seasonal variations of Cyanobacteria and their nitrogen fixation rates in Sanya Bay, South China Sea Junde Dong, Yanying Zhang, Youshao Wang, Si Zhang and Hankui Wang Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 239-251

Selectivity of gill nets for Solea solea (Osteichthyes: Soleidae) in the Adriatic Sea Gianna Fabi and Fabio Grati Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 253-263

Spatial and temporal characteristics of benthic invertebrate communities at Culbin Sands lagoon, Moray Firth, NE Scotland, and impacts of the disturbance of cockle harvesting Vanda Mariyam Mendonça, David George Raffaelli, Peter Boyle and Steve Hoskins Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 265-278

Recent brachiopods from the Persian Gulf and their biogeographical significance Maria Aleksandra Bitner, Alan Logan and Eberhard Gischler Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 279-285

The artisanal fishery for muricid gastropods (banded murex and purple dye murex) in the Ria Formosa lagoon (Algarve coast, southern Portugal) Paulo Vasconcelos, Susana Carvalho, Margarida Castro and Miguel B. Gaspar Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 287-298

Distribution and abundance of early life stages of Sardina pilchardus in the Gulf of Tunis (Central Mediterranean Sea) in relation to environmental and biological factors Rafik Zarrad, Hechmi Missaoui, Francisco Alemany, Asma Hamza, Mohamed Salah Romdhane, Alberto García, Othman Jarboui and Ridha M’rabet Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 299-309

Ontogenetic dietary shift and feeding strategy of Raja undulata Lacepède, 1802 (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) on the Portuguese continental shelf Teresa Moura, Ivone Figueiredo, Inês Farias, Bárbara Serra-Pereira, Ana Neves, Maria de Fátima Borges and Leonel Serrano Gordo Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 311-318

Population biology and habitat associations of benthic fish species in the shallow areas of a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (SE Iberian Peninsula) David Verdiell Cubedo, Francisco J. Oliva Paterna, Andrés Egea Serrano and Mar Torralva Forero Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 319-328

The use of a semi-empirical emissivity model for a rough estimation of sea surface salinity from an airborne microwave radiometer Carolina Gabarró, Jordi Font, Jerry Miller, Adriano Camps, Derek Burrage, Joe Wesson and Alberto R. Piola Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 329-336

Incidental capture of sea turtles by longlines in the Gulf of Gabès (South Tunisia): A comparative study between bottom and surface longlines Imed Jribi, Khaled Echwikhi, Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai and Abderrhmen Bouain Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 337-342

Identification and characterisation of the dominant Pseudo-nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) along the NE Spanish coast (Catalonia, NW Mediterranean) Sonia Quijano-Scheggia, Esther Garcés, Nagore Sampedro, Kees van Lenning, Eva Flo, Karl Andree, José-Manuel Fortuño and Jordi Camp Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 343-359

On some frenulate species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Siboglinidae) from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) Ana Hilário and Marina R. Cunha Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 361-371

Reproduction and spawning habitat of white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the Azores, central north Atlantic Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Telmo Morato, Kim N. Holland and Ricardo S. Santos Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 373-381

The genus Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of B. maerli n. sp. Margherita Licciano and Adriana Giangrande Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 383-391

The feeding ecology of Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) in the lagoonal system of Messolongi (western Greece) Ioannis Leonardos Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 393-401

Fatty acid trophic markers and trophic links among seston, crustacean zooplankton and the siphonophore Nanomia cara in Georges Basin and Oceanographer Canyon (NW Atlantic) Sergio Rossi, Marsh J. Youngbluth, Charles A. Jacoby, Francesc Pagès and Xènia Garrofé Sci. Mar. 72(2) : 403-416