Sci. Mar. 78(4): 2014

RESEARCH ARTICLES

FEATURED ARTICLE Spatial assessment of artisanal fisheries and their potential impact on the seabed: the Cap de Creus regional case study (northwestern Mediterranean Sea) Ariadna Purroy, Susana Requena, Josep-Maria Gili, Antonio Canepa and Rafael Sardá Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 449-459 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04000.21A

Genetic support for the morphological identification of larvae of Myctophidae, Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae and Phosichthyidae (Pisces) from the western Mediterranean Ainhoa Bernal, Jordi Viñas and M. Pilar Olivar Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 461-471 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04072.27A

Ontogeny and functional histochemistry of the digestive and visual systems and other organs during the larval development of the thick-lipped grey mullet, Chelon labrosus Carmen Sarasquete, Juan B. Ortiz-Delgado, J. Antonio Martos-Sitcha, Verónica de las Heras, Manuel Yúfera and Gonzalo Martínez-Rodríguez Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 473-491 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04091.27B

Fitness difference between cryptic salinity-related phenotypes of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Bruno Guinand, Nolwenn Quéré, Frédérique Cerqueira, Erick Desmarais and François Bonhomme Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 493-503 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03992.02C

Artificial marine habitats favour a single fish species on a long-term scale: the dominance of Boops boops around off-shore fish cages Rodrigo Riera, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez, Myriam Rodriguez and Oscar Monterroso Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 505-510 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04083.08A

Spawning pattern of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) around the Hawaiian Islands Dharmamony Vijai, Mitsuo Sakai, Yoshihiko Kamei and Yasunori Sakurai Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 511-519 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04112.27B

Octopus tetricus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) as an ecosystem engineer David Scheel, Peter Godfrey-Smith and Matthew Lawrence Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 521-528 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04073.15A

Food manipulation and selection in the omnivorous grapsoid crab Neohelice granulata (Decapoda: Varunidae) Juan Pablo Lancia, Claudia Bas and Eduardo Spivak Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 529-536 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04036.02B

Mollusca from a species-rich deep-water Leptometra community in the Alboran Sea Serge Gofas, Carmen Salas, José Luis Rueda, Jesús Canoura, Carlos Farias and Juan Gil Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 537-553 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04097.27A

Habitat use by a large population of Pinna nobilis in shallow waters Patricia Prado, Nuno Caiola and Carles Ibáñez Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 555-565 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04087.03A

Habitat use, relative growth and size at maturity of the purple stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus (Decapoda: Brachyura), calculated under different models Nahuel E. Farias, Tomas A. Luppi and Eduardo D. Spivak Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 567-578 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04108.10A

The nematode assemblage of a coastal lagoon (Lake Varano, southern Italy): ecology and biodiversity patterns Federica Semprucci, Maria Balsamo and Fabrizio Frontalini Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 579-588 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04018.02A

Toxicity of the purple mucus of the polychaete Halla parthenopeia (Oenonidae) revealed by a battery of ecotoxicological bioassays Dario Iori, Luca Forti, Gloria Massamba-N’Siala, Daniela Prevedelli and Roberto Simonini Sci. Mar. 78(4) : 589-595 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04080.21B