Sci. Mar. 72(4): 2008

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Geostatistical tools for assessing sampling designs applied to a Portuguese bottom trawl survey field experience Ernesto Jardim and Paulo J. Ribeiro Jr. Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 623-630

Spatial and temporal patterns in size and maturation of Loligo plei and Loligo sanpaulensis (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in southeastern Brazilian waters, between 23°S and 27°S Amanda R. Rodrigues and Maria A. Gasalla Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 631-643

Differences between epiphytic assemblages on introduced Caulerpa taxifolia and coexisting eelgrass (Zostera capricorni) in Botany Bay (NSW, Australia) Patricia Prado and Thierry Thibaut Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 645-654

Distribution of Polychaeta in soft-bottoms of a Galician Ria (NW Spain) Eva Cacabelos, Juan Moreira and Jesús S. Troncoso Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 655-667

Differences in demersal community structure and biomass size spectra within and outside the Maltese Fishery Management Zone (FMZ) Mark Dimech, Mattew Camilleri, Jan G. Hiddink, Michel J. Kaiser, Sergio Ragonese and Patrick J. Schembri Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 669-682

Leucon (Crymoleucon) rossi, a new species (Crustacea: Cumacea: Leuconidae) from the shelf waters of the Ross Sea (Antarctica), with a key to the genus Leucon south of 60°S Peter Rehm and Richard W. Heard Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 683-691

How to assign a catch value to fishing grounds when fisheries statistics are not spatially explicit Pablo Pita, Juan Freire and Antonio García-Allut Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 693-699

Food habits of the broad nose skate, Bathyraja brachyurops (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae), in the south-west Atlantic Mauro Belleggia, Ezequiel Mabragaña, Daniel E. Figueroa, Lorena B. Scenna, Santiago A. Barbini and Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 701-710

Does developmental mode influence distribution patterns of megabenthic gastropods from the Uruguayan shelf? Alvar Carranza, Fabrizio Scarabino and Leonardo Ortega Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 711-719

Spawning pattern and batch fecundity of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the western Mediterranean Laura Recasens, Velia Chiericone and Paola Belcari Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 721-732

Setting up interpretation criteria for ageing juvenile european anchovy otoliths Pablo Cermeño, Andrés Uriarte, Beatriz Morales-Nin, Unai Cotano and Paula Álvarez Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 733-742

First release of hatchery juveniles of the dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Serranidae: Teleostei) at artificial reefs in the Mediterranean: results from a pilot study Gabriele La Mesa, Alessandro Longobardi, Francesco Sacco and Giovanna Marino Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 743-756

Spatio-temporal patterns in the north-western Mediterranean from MERIS derived chlorophyll a concentration Ana Gordoa, Xenia Illas, Antonio Cruzado and Zoila Velásquez Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 757-767

Comparison of the life cycles of two populations of the polychaete Pereinereis cf. cultrifera from the Bay of Algiers (Mediterranean Sea) Leila Rouabah, Abdelkader Rouabah, Sana Ferroudj and Patrick Scaps Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 769-778

XBT profilers for operational purposes: application and validation in real exercises Francisco Machín, Mikhail Emelianov, Pablo Rodríguez, Emilio García-Ladona, Javier Menéndez and Jordi Salat Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 779-799

Bycatch of crustacean and fish bottom trawl fisheries from southern Portugal (Algarve) Maria Esmeralda Costa, Karim Erzini and Teresa Cerveira Borges Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 801-814

OBITUARY

Obituary: Pedro Suau Abraham (1928-2008) Jordi Lleonart Sci. Mar. 72(4) : 815-818