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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:14
Published on: 21 July 2017
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:13
Published on: 1 July 2017
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Climate change and species introductions strongly changed macrobenthic community composition in the North Sea during past decades. To find out whether there was a similar change in meiofauna, I re-examined a s...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:12
Published on: 30 June 2017
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:11
Published on: 26 June 2017
Original Article
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:10
Published on: 24 June 2017
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New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) is a commercially important deep-water lobster species that is caught by bottom trawling on areas of muddy seafloor on the continental shelf below 300 m. Efforts are ...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:9
Published on: 20 April 2017
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:7
Published on: 17 April 2017
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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 ...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:8
Published on: 17 April 2017
Short Communication
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:6
Published on: 8 April 2017
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:5
Published on: 8 April 2017
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:4
Published on: 20 March 2017
Short Communication
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:3
Published on: 8 February 2017
Review
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2017 71:2
Published on: 8 February 2017
Original Article
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:27
Published on: 23 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:26
Published on: 22 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:25
Published on: 21 December 2016
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Razor clams (Pharidae and Solenidae) are deep-burrowing bivalves that inhabit shallow waters of the tropical, subtropical, and temperate seas. Using ‘maximum entropy’, a species distribution modelling software...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:23
Published on: 20 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:24
Published on: 19 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:28
Published on: 16 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:22
Published on: 15 December 2016
Short Communication
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:21
Published on: 14 December 2016
Original Article
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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:20
Published on: 13 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:19
Published on: 12 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:18
Published on: 9 December 2016
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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...
Helgoland Marine Research 2016 70:17
Published on: 8 December 2016
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