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  1. In a nuclear-follower fish foraging association, the follower benefits from food uncovered or flushed out when the nuclear fish disturbs the bottom, while nuclear species generally do not seem to be benefiting...

    Authors: Maria L. F. Ternes, Vinicius J. Giglio, Thiago C. Mendes and Pedro H. C. Pereira
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2018 72:2
  2. Understanding the patterns of displacement and site fidelity in blue land crabs (Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825) has important implications for their conservation and management. The central objective of this...

    Authors: Denise Moraes-Costa and Ralf Schwamborn
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2018 72:1
  3. To understand the activity of marine viruses, experiments on viral production, viral decay and the percentage of lytic and lysogenic bacterial cells among the total number of bacterial cells were carried out s...

    Authors: Marin Ordulj, Nada Krstulović, Danijela Šantić, Slaven Jozić and Mladen Šolić
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:22
  4. Some benthic assemblages studies have tested the effects of different preservation procedures on biomass, but their influence on quantitative patterns (number of species and abundance) is still unclear. We eva...

    Authors: Gabriel Barros Gonçalves de Souza and Francisco Barros
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:21
  5. This study provides an updated catalogue of non-indigenous species (NIS) of polychaetes reported from the continental coasts of the Iberian Peninsula based on the available literature. A list of 23 introduced ...

    Authors: E. López and A. Richter
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:19
  6. We followed the dynamics of the population of the bivalve Limecola (Macoma) balthica in the westernmost part of the Wadden Sea by monitoring for 44 years (1973–2016) its numbers and age composition at 15 sites in...

    Authors: J. J. Beukema, R. Dekker and J. Drent
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:18
  7. In symbiotic crustaceans, host-use patterns vary broadly. Some species inhabit host individuals solitarily, other species live in heterosexual pairs, and even other species live in aggregations. This disparity...

    Authors: J. Antonio Baeza, Samara de Paiva Barros-Alves, Rudá Amorim Lucena, Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima and Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues Alves
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:17
  8. The species richness and community composition of the diatom communities were studied in the Baltic Sea, Northern Europe, to enhance knowledge about the diversity of these organisms in a brackish water ecosyst...

    Authors: Leena Virta and Janne Soininen
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:16
  9. The rhodophytes Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus occupy the lower intertidal zone of rocky shores along North Atlantic coastlines, with C. crispus generally occurring slightly deeper. Consequently, M. s...

    Authors: Kristina Koch, Wilhelm Hagen, Martin Graeve and Kai Bischof
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:15
  10. The ultrastructure of the ovary during development and yolk production is poorly known in Brachyura and Majoidea in particular. Here, we describe the histology, histochemistry and ultrastructure of the adult o...

    Authors: Michelle Mollemberg, Fernando José Zara and William Santana
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:14
  11. Atlantic Canada’s American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) beds, while economically and ecologically important, have been in decline over the past few decades. Predation by crabs, in particular by the European gr...

    Authors: Luke A. Poirier, Lynn A. Symington, Jeffrey Davidson, Sophie St-Hilaire and Pedro A. Quijón
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:13
  12. The lipid reserves and occurrence of the cold-stenothermic, omnivorous copepod Limnocalanus macrurus were studied in the Bothnian Sea (northern Baltic Sea) during spring and summer 2013–2014 with a special emphas...

    Authors: K. Mäkinen, M. Elfving, J. Hänninen, L. Laaksonen, M. Rajasilta, I. Vuorinen and J.-P. Suomela
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:11
  13. Eggcases of eight rajiform skates (Dipturus nidarosiensis, D. oxyrinchus, Leucoraja melitensis, Raja asterias, R. brachyura, R. clavata, R. miraletus and R. polystigma) present in the central-western Mediterranea...

    Authors: Cristina Porcu, Martina F. Marongiu, Andrea Bellodi, Rita Cannas, Alessandro Cau, Riccardo Melis, Antonello Mulas, Giuditta Soldovilla, Laura Vacca and Maria C. Follesa
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:10
  14. The growth and reproductive biology of the limpet Patella aspera were studied in the north-eastern Atlantic, Madeira archipelago, to enhance the knowledge concerning biological parameters and population dynamics ...

    Authors: Ricardo Sousa, João Delgado, Ana Rita Pinto and Paulo Henriques
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:8
  15. Age of fish at maturation depends on the species and environmental factors but, in general, investment in growth is prioritized until the first sexual maturity, after which a considerable and increasing propor...

    Authors: Timo Arula, Heli Shpilev, Tiit Raid, Markus Vetemaa and Anu Albert
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:7
  16. Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) are known to host three species of whale-lice, Cyamus gracilis, Cyamus ovalis and Cyamus erraticus. Such cyamids usually are generalists in toothed whales (Cetacea: Odo...

    Authors: Tammy Iwasa-Arai, Salvatore Siciliano, Cristiana S. Serejo and Ghennie T. Rodríguez-Rey
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:6
  17. The use of probiotics is a common practice of current shrimp aquaculture. Despite the immunophysiological responses that have been measured in shrimp exposed to probiotics, no information is currently availabl...

    Authors: Francisco Vargas-Albores, Marco A. Porchas-Cornejo, Marcel Martínez-Porchas, Enrique Villalpando-Canchola, Teresa Gollas-Galván and Luis R. Martínez-Córdova
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:5
  18. Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and small herring (Clupea harengus) are the dominant prey fish of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the Baltic Sea. If the fatty acid (FA) proportions of sprat and herring differ, the die...

    Authors: Marja Keinänen, Reijo Käkelä, Tiina Ritvanen, Timo Myllylä, Jukka Pönni and Pekka J. Vuorinen
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:4
  19. Intertidal corals have been under-studied yet they provide scope for understanding adaptation and acclimatisation of corals to marginal conditions. Corals in intertidal rock pools along the east coast of South...

    Authors: Kaylee Smit and David Glassom
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:3
  20. Standardised sampling methods are required to meet the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets to monitor trends in biodiversity. Currently the animals monitored in the marine environment are predomin...

    Authors: Laura E. McLeod and Mark J. Costello
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:2
  21. An undescribed species of tanaidacean belonging to the genus Hexapleomera, tribe Pancolini, Hexapleomera bultidactyla sp. nov. was found in fouling community samples from off-coast fish farms cages in the western...

    Authors: P. Esquete and V. Fernandez-Gonzalez
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:27
  22. Sacculina carcini is member of a highly-specialized group of parasitic cirripeds (Rhizocephala) that use crabs (Carcinus maenas) as hosts to carry out the reproductive phase of their life...

    Authors: Fabien Trédez, Nicolas Rabet, Laure Bellec and Fabienne Audebert
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:26
  23. It has been suggested that non-native species are more tolerant towards abiotic stress than ecologically comparable native species. Furthermore, non-native marine macroalgae should be under lower grazing press...

    Authors: Patrício Ramalhosa, Sarah-Lena Debus, Manfred Kaufmann and Mark Lenz
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:25
  24. Kinorhynchs are marine, microscopic ecdysozoan animals that are found throughout the world’s ocean. Cephalorhyncha flosculosa sp. nov. is described from the Aegean Coast of Turkey. Samples were collected from int...

    Authors: Nuran Özlem Yıldız, Martin Vinther Sørensen and Süphan Karaytuğ
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:24
  25. Caudofoveata is a class of vermiform molluscs with bilateral symmetry and circular transverse section. There are at least 135 described species of Caudofoveata. Fourteen species have been reported from the coa...

    Authors: M. P. Señarís, O. García-Álvarez and V. Urgorri
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:28
  26. Selected sea spider specimens of Antarctic Colossendeis species collected during the Italica XIX cruise and the Polarstern cruise ANT XXIII/8 were examined to provide new information about the external and intern...

    Authors: Esperanza Cano-Sánchez and Pablo J. López-González
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:22
  27. The transition from a planktonic to a benthic life is a critical phase in which sub-adults are particularly exposed to the risk of predation and dispersion into unsuitable habitats, and plays a crucial role in...

    Authors: Arturo Zenone, Fabio Badalamenti, Vincenzo M. Giacalone, Luigi Musco, Carlo Pipitone, Tomás Vega Fernández and Giovanni D’Anna
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:21
  28. The taxonomic status of Pomacentridae species can be difficult to determine, due to the high diversity, and in some cases, poorly understood characters, such as color patterns. Although Stegastes rocasensis, ende...

    Authors: Allyson Santos de Souza, Ricardo de Souza Rosa, Rodrigo Xavier Soares, Paulo Augusto de Lima-Filho, Claudio de Oliveira, Oscar Akio Shibatta and Wagner Franco Molina
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:20
  29. Polychaetes are important components of trophic webs in sandy beaches, mainly due to their abundance and diversity of feeding modes, acting as detritivores or primary/secondary consumers. We characterized diet...

    Authors: Helio Herminio Checon, Erica Veronica Pardo and Antonia Cecilia Zacagnini Amaral
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:19
  30. Taxonomic uncertainties in the morphological species identification and taxonomic revisions in individual groups are known for all echinoderm classes. These uncertainties in morphological species identificatio...

    Authors: Silke Laakmann, Karin Boos, Thomas Knebelsberger, Michael J. Raupach and Hermann Neumann
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:18
  31. Food-limited growth of larval fish, defined as growth rates lower than observed in other habitats or from laboratory experiments at a given temperature, is rarely reported in field studies. This would imply t...

    Authors: Matthias Paulsen, Catriona Clemmesen, Cornelius Hammer, Patrick Polte and Arne M. Malzahn
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:17
  32. Fish farms commonly support high abundances of invertebrates, especially amphipods, associated with fouling communities developed over nets, ropes and buoys. Protozoan epibiont ciliates of the genus Conidophrys w...

    Authors: Gregorio Fernandez-Leborans, Victoria Fernandez-Gonzalez, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez and Alvaro Roura
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:12
  33. Juvenile individuals of the crab Neohelice granulata (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae) were grown in laboratory using five artificial diets containing 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 % of crude protein and 3 % of lipids dur...

    Authors: Claudia Bas, Tomás Luppi and Eduardo Spivak
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:11
  34. Deep-sea reefs and coral banks are increasingly known as highly biodiverse ecosystems where sponges constitute a significant proportion of builders and inhabitants. Albeit smaller in dimensions, Campos Basin c...

    Authors: M. de S. Carvalho, D. A. Lopes, B. Cosme and E. Hajdu
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:10
  35. The deep-sea free-living nematode Halomonhystera hermesi, dominant in the sulphidic sediments of the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (1280 m, Barent sea slope), is part of the mainly estuarine Halomonhystera disjuncta sp...

    Authors: Jelle Van Campenhout and Ann Vanreusel
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:8

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:9

  36. Marine microbial biogeography has been studied intensively; however few studies address community variation across temporal and spatial scales simultaneously so far. Here we present a yearlong study investigat...

    Authors: Judith Lucas, Antje Wichels and Gunnar Gerdts
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:16
  37. Until very recently the Madeira Archipelago registered a total of eight Bugulidae species. In the present study we include descriptions of seven Bugulidae species, now with Scanning Electron Microscopy images,...

    Authors: Patrício Ramalhosa, Javier Souto and João Canning-Clode
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 71:1
  38. Gaimardia bahamondei is a small gonochoric bivalve which lives attached to subtidal algae. Females brood their embryos in the suprabranchial region of the pallial cavity, in close proximi...

    Authors: P. V. Andrade-Villagrán, O. R. Chaparro, L. M. Pardo, F. J. Paredes-Molina and R. J. Thompson
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:4
  39. Knowing fish reproductive strategy is essential for understanding population dynamics. This study intends to define the spawning season, length at first maturity, fecundity type, and estimate fecundity of fork...

    Authors: Ana Rita Vieira, Vera Sequeira, Ana Neves, Rafaela Barros Paiva and Leonel Serrano Gordo
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:3
  40. The present study tested the hypothesis that endosymbionts of the zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum show specific responses in cell density, size, and mitotic index (as proxy for cell population growth) under differe...

    Authors: Gleice S. Santos, Fernanda D. Amaral, Cristiane F. C. Sassi and Ralf Schwamborn
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:2
  41. The growth and reproductive biology of the sea star Astropecten aranciacus was investigated on the continental shelf of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Sea stars were captured monthly in two bathymetric range...

    Authors: Marc Baeta, Eve Galimany and Montserrat Ramón
    Citation: Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:1