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In Mediterranean subtidal rocky reefs, Cystoseira spp. (Phaeophyceae) form dense canopies up to 1 m high. Such habitats, called ‘Cystoseira forests’, are regressing across the entire Mediterranean Sea due to multiple anthropogenic stressors, as are other large brown algae forests worldwide. Cystoseira ...
Background Adaptive radiation involving a colonizing phenotype that rapidly evolves into at least one other ecological variant, or ecotype, has been observed in a variety of freshwater fishes in post-glacial environments. However, few studies consider how phenotypic traits vary with regard to neutral ...
As zebrafish emerge as a species of choice for the investigation of biological processes, a number of experimental protocols are being developed to study their social behaviour. While live stimuli may elicit varying response in focal subjects owing to idiosyncrasies, tiredness and circadian rhythms, ...
Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences of this decline remain poorly understood. Here we provide an analysis showing that bushmeat hunting for mostly food and medicinal ...
Coral endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium are known to impact host physiology and have led to the evolution of reef-building, but less is known about how symbiotic communities in early life-history stages and their interactions with host parental identity shape the structure of coral ...
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are highly conserved molecular chaperones that play critical roles in both innate and adaptive immunity. However, little information about HSPs from marbled eel Anguilla marmorata is known. In this study, the full-length Amhsp90 (2527 bp), Amhsp70 (2443 bp) and Amhsc70 (2247 bp) ...
A technique that combines the spatial resolution of a 3D structured-light (SL) imaging system with the spectral analysis of a hyperspectral short-wave near infrared system was developed for freshness predictions of gilthead sea bream on the first storage days (Days 0–6). This novel approach allows the ...
In the practical farming of Litopenaeus vannamei, the intensive culture system and environmental pollution usually results in a high concentration of ammonia, which usually brings large detrimental effects to shrimp, such as increasing the susceptibility to pathogens, reducing growth, decreasing osmoregulatory ...
The abundance and diversity of bacteria in two types of ponds were investigated by quantitative PCR and Illumina MiSeq sequencing. The results revealed that the abundance of bacterial 16S rRNA genes in D ponds (with grass carp fed sudan grass) was significantly lower than that in E ponds (with grass ...
Seaweed is receiving an increasing amount of attention as a “sea vegetable”. The microbiota of coastal populations may acquire seaweed associated enzymes through marine food. Several agarases have been found in non-marine environments; however, their origin is unknown. In this study, a hypothetical ...
Disclosed are compositions including powdered green tea extract and a powdered preparation comprising polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compositions and using the compositions in food products, as well as food products containing or that are prepared from the c...
The present invention shows for the first time that lactic acid bacteria and/or their produced antimicrobial compounds can significantly reduce the survival of C. jejuni at low temperatures. Lactobacillus salivarius VH02 and Lactobacillus salivarius VHO7, isolated from chicken caeca, produce anti-Campylobacter ...
La presente invenzione si riferisce a un processo di imballaggio di un prodotto che si presenta come porzioni di pesce nella forma di filetti o bistecche (di salmone, tonno, spigola), in cui sono riconoscibili fasci muscolari intatti. In particolare, riguarda il campo dei prodotti a base di pesce pronto ...
The present invention relates to edible batter compositions which reduce fat uptake by absorption during cooking whilst maintaining characteristics of taste and texture, and to precursor compositions, methods of preparing food products and food products comprising the batter compositions of the present ...
The present invention relates to microalgal food products with acceptable sensory characteristics and methods of producing the food products. The flour can be produced by cultivating microalgal cells of a strain of Chlorella protothecoides under conditions of acceptable pH and dissolved oxygen to produce ...
One of the most valuable aquaculture fish in Europe is the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, but the profitability of trout production is threatened by a highly lethal infectious disease, viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), caused by the VHS virus (VHSV). For the past few decades, the subgenogroup ...
An angling lure includes a rigid head having a rear surface. A body is provided, the front end of which is configured to come into contact with the aforementioned rear face, so as to form a lure having the shape of a fishing bait. A hook is provided which includes a grommet and a tip. The lure also ...
A casting distance recorder (1) for measuring a length of fishing line (16), the recorder comprising a reel (2) for receiving a length of fishing line, means (7) for rotating the reel and a counter (3) arranged to be incremented upon rotation of the reel, so that the reading on the counter is related ...
The invention relates to a bait dispensing device (1) for use in fishing, in particular during carp fishing, adapted to be cast with a line (3) and to open in the water, to allow dispensing of bait (2), comprising a container (4), adapted to house therein said bait (2) during casting, divided into two ...
The present invention concerns the use of lufenuron for controlling sea lice in a fish population, which comprises feeding lufenuron to the fish population according to a specific regime as outlined in the specification and claims. The process is especially suited for the treatment of salmon and provides ...