Sci. Mar. 76(4): 2012

EDITORIAL

Editorial Antoni Lombarte, Francesc Peters and Dolors Vaqué Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 631-631 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03783.05A

RESEARCH ARTICLES

FEATURED ARTICLE Late Pleistocene to Holocene diversification and historical zoogeography of the Arabian killifish (Aphanius dispar) inferred from otolith morphology Azad Teimori, Laith Abd Jalil Jawad, Lubna Hamoud Al-Kharusi, Juma Mohamed Al-Mamry and Bettina Reichenbacher Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 637-645 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03635.26C

Preliminary indication of ontogenetic and spatial variations in the whole otolith isotopic and elemental signatures of Solea solea in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) Fabien Morat, Raymonde Lecomte-Finiger, Dominique Blamart, Michel Robert and Yves Letourneur Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 647-657 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03648.09B

On the intraspecific variation in morphometry and shape of sagittal otoliths of common sardine, Strangomera bentincki, off central-southern Chile Sandra Curin-Osorio, Luis A. Cubillos and Javier Chong Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 659-666 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03560.09A

Population connectivity among geographic variants within the Lutjanidae (Pisces) of the Mexican Pacific coast through fish scale shape recognition Ana L. Ibáñez, Elaine Espino-Barr and Manuel Gallardo-Cabello Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 667-675 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03675.09C

Assessing the effects of a trawling ban on diet and trophic level of hake, Merluccius merluccius, in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea Mauro Sinopoli, Emanuela Fanelli, Giovanni D’Anna, Fabio Badalamenti and Carlo Pipitone Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 677-690 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03564.29A

Discovering where bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, might go: using environmental and fishery data to map potential tuna habitat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea Dimitrios Damalas and Persefoni Megalofonou Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 691-704 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03679.26A

Composition of decapod crustacean assemblages in beds of Pinctada imbricata and Arca zebra (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in Cubagua Island, Venezuela: Effect of bed density Iván Hernández-Ávila, Alejandro Tagliafico, Néstor Rago and Jesús Marcano Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 705-712 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03401.28A

Latitudinal variation in the reproductive cycle of two bivalves with contrasting biogeographical origin along the Humboldt Current Upwelling Ecosystem Roberto A. Uribe, Marcelo E. Oliva, Silvia Aguilar, Carmen Yamashiro and José M. Riascos Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 713-720 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03480.26D

The molluscan assemblages inhabiting the leaves and rhizomes of a deep water Posidonia oceanica settlement in the central Tyrrhenian Sea Paolo G. Albano and Bruno Sabelli Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 721-732 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03396.02C

Spatial distribution patterns and population structure of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea), in the coastal fishery of western Sardinia: a geostatistical analysis Piero Addis, Marco Secci, Alberto Angioni and Angelo Cau Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 733-740 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03602.26B

Reproductive biology of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) Pablo G. Navarro, Sara García-Sanz and Fernando Tuya Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 741-752 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03543.15B

Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean: endobiotic fauna and new distributional information Laura Schejter, Ignacio L. Chiesa, Brenda L. Doti and Claudia Bremec Supplementary material Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 753-761 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03490.21A

Trophic model of the outer continental shelf and upper slope demersal community of the southeastern Brazilian Bight Marcela C. Nascimento, Gonzalo Velasco, Thomas A. Okey, Villy Christensen and A. Cecília Z. Amaral Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 763-779 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03359.26A

Benthic assemblages of rock pools in northern Portugal: seasonal and between-pool variability Iacopo Bertocci, Rita Araújo, Mónica Incera, Francisco Arenas, Rui Pereira, Helena Abreu, Kim Larsen and Isabel Sousa-Pinto Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 781-789 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03669.21A

Optimization of beach profile spacing: an applicable tool for coastal monitoring Juan José Muñoz-Perez, Andrés Payo, Jorge Roman-Sierra, Marina Navarro and Luís Moreno Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 791-798 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03417.15A

Contrasting effects of protection from harvesting in populations of two limpet species in a recently established marine protected area Cataisa López, Ainoa Poladura, José Carlos Hernández, Laura Martín, Laura Concepción, Carlos Sangil and Sabrina Clemente Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 799-807 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03601.15C

The carrying capacity and the effects of protection level in three marine protected areas in the Balearic Islands (NW Mediterranean) Josep Coll, Antoni Garcia-Rubies, Gabriel Morey and Antoni M. Grau Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 809-826 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03531.02H

BIOGRAPHY

Andrés Maldonado López Belen Alonso and José Ignacio Díaz Sci. Mar. 76(4) : 633-636 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03784.28A