Sci. Mar. 69(3): 2005

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Microplankton composition, production and upwelling dynamics in Sagres (SW Portugal) during summer of 2001 S. Loureiro, A. Newton and J.D. Icely Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 323-341

First report of a species of Prasiola (Chlorophyta: Prasiolacea) from the Mediterranean Sea (Lagoon of Venice) Ch. Miotti, D. Curiel, A. Rismondo, G. Bellemo, Ch. Dri, E. Checchin and M. Marzocchi Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 343-346

Effects of changing seawater temperature on photosynthesis and calcification in the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis, measured with O2, Ca2+ and pH microsensors Fuad A. Al-Horani Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 347-354

The complete larval development of Eurypanopeus canalensis Abele and Kim, 1989 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Panopeidae) described from laboratory reared material Marcelo U. García-Guerrero, Antonio Rodríguez, José A. Cuesta and Michel E. Hendrickx Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 355-368

Temporal modification in cardiac rhythmicity of Nephrops norvegicus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in relation to trawl capture stress Jacopo Aguzzi, Juan Chiesa, Pere Abelló and Antoni Diez-Noguera Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 369-374

Burying behaviour of two sympatric crab species: Cancer magister and Cancer productus Iain J. McGaw Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 375-381

Aspects of female reproductive biology of the orange-back squid, Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstup) (Oegopsina: Ommastrephidae) in the eastern tropical Atlantic Vladimir V. Laptikhovsky and Chingis M. Nigmatullin Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 383-390

Age, growth, mortality, reproduction and feeding habits of the striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Pisces: Sparidae) in the coastal waters of the Thracian Sea, Greece Argyris Kallianiotis, Michele Torre and Anna Argyri Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 391-404

Feeding ecology of Bathyraja macloviana (Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae): a polychaete-feeding skate from the South-west Atlantic E. Mabragaña, D. A. Giberto and C. S. Bremec Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 405-413

Observations and trends on the intra-annual variation of the fish assemblages on two artificial reefs in Algarve coastal waters (southern Portugal) Miguel Neves dos Santos, Carlos C. Monteiro and Gerard Lasserre Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 415-426

NEWS & COMMENTS

Do all ecosystems maximise their distance with respect to thermodynamic equilibrium? A comment on the "Ecological Law of Thermodynamics" (ELT), proposed by Sven Erik Jørgensen Rutger de Wit Sci. Mar. 69(3) : 427-434