Sci. Mar. 73(1): 2009

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Warming and salting in the western Mediterranean during the second half of the 20th century: inconsistencies, unknowns and the effect of data processing Manuel Vargas-Yáñez, Francina Moya, Elena Tel, M. Carmen García-Martínez, Etienne Guerber and Maxime Bourgeon Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 7-28

Chaetognath spatial distribution and how egg-carrying affects the vertical distribution of Sagitta tasmanica off southern Chile Francisco Villenas, Sergio Palma and Daniela Soto Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 29-38

Patterns of juvenile habitat use by the spider crab Maja brachydactyla as revealed by stable isotope analyses Juan Freire, Sirka Carabel, Patricia Verísimo, Cristina Bernárdez and Luis Fernández Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 39-49

Effect of copper exposure on growth, condition indices and biomarker response in juvenile sole Solea senegalensis Vanessa Fonseca, Ângela Serafim, Rui Company, Maria João Bebianno and Henrique Cabral Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 51-58

Variability in oocyte size and batch fecundity in anchoveta (Engraulis ringens, Jenyns 1842) from two spawning areas off the Chilean coast Elson M. Leal, Leonardo R. Castro and Gabriel Claramunt Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 59-66

Reproductive biology of the vulnerable species Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces: Sciaenidae) Amàlia Grau, Marta Linde and Antoni Mª Grau Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 67-81

The influence of organic matter and phytoplankton pigments on the distribution of bacteria in sediments of Kastela Bay (Adriatic Sea) Sestanovic Stefanija, Solic Mladen and Krstulovic Nada Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 83-94

Characterisation of environmental forcing on Zostera marina L. plastochrone interval dynamics in the Punta Banda Estuary, B.C. Mexico: an empirical modelling approach Elena Solana-Arellano, Hector Echavarría-Heras and Cecilia Leal-Ramírez Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 95-103

Spatial analysis of metal concentrations in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) from the southern North Sea Kristine Jung, Vanessa Stelzenmüller and Gerd-Peter Zauke Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 105-115

Reproductive traits of an estuarine crab, Neohelice (= Chasmagnathus) granulata (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae), in two contrasting habitats Paola V. Silva, Tomás A. Luppi, Eduardo D. Spivak and Klaus Anger Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 117-127

Associated fauna of the fan shell Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the northern and eastern Tunisian coasts Lotfi Rabaoui, Sabiha Tlig-Zouari, Andrea Cosentino and Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 129-141

Density, size structure, shell orientation and epibiontic colonization of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis L. 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in three contrasting habitats in an estuarine area of Sardinia (W Mediterranean) Piero Addis, Marco Secci, Gianni Brundu, Andrea Manunza, Stefano Corrias and Angelo Cau Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 143-152

Diversity and distribution of the Gastropoda Opisthobranchia from the Atlantic Ocean: A global biogeographic approach Francisco J. García and Hans Bertsch Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 153-160

Space utilisation patterns of bryozoans on the Patagonian scallop Psychrochlamys patagonica Juan López Gappa and Néstor A. Landoni Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 161-171

Otolith growth of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) larvae fed with constant or varying food levels Belén Aguilera, Ignacio A. Catalán, Isabel Palomera and M. Pilar Olivar Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 173-182

Short spatio-temporal variations in the population dynamics and biology of the deep-water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Decapoda: Crustacea) in the western Mediterranean Beatriz Guijarro, Enric Massutí, Joan Moranta and Joan E. Cartes Sci. Mar. 73(1) : 183-197

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