The effect of stocking density on production of Mugil platanus fingerlings in laboratory was analyzed. Five stocking densities were evaluated: 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 mullet/L. After 28 days, the highest growth rate was ...

An international multi-disciplinary group of 24 researchers met to discuss ocean acidification (OA) during the Brazilian OA Network/Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (BrOA/SOLAS) Workshop. Fifteen members of the ...

Nas últimas décadas, a ecologia de paisagem vem sendo usada como ferramenta para gestão ambiental e as suas aplicações vão se potencializando a medida que geotecnologias vão surgindo. Esta dinâmica abre um leque de ...

The effects of NaCl supplementation (0.0%, 2.5%,5.0%, 7.5% and 10.0% dry weight of a basal diet) ongrowth, gill histological alterations and osmoregula-tion of juvenile cobia reared in low-salinity water(5 g L1) were ...

The current study aimed to evaluate the influence of lipoic acid (LA) supplementation (439.84 ± 6.71 mg LA/kg feed) on antioxidants responses throughout the time in intestine, liver and muscle of juvenile common carp Cyprinus ...

A Lagoa Verde compreende uma pequena mancha de conservação, cercada de usos e pressões diversas. Associado ao espaço urbano de Rio Grande o sistema da Lagoa Verde sofre ameaças constantes, por conta do crescimento acelerado ...

Millimetre-sized plastics are numerically abundant and widespread across the world’s ocean surface. These buoyant macroscopic particles can be mixed within the upper water column by turbulent transport. Models indicate ...

Feeding ecology of green turtles was investigated between January 2005 and April 2008 at Arvoredo Reserve, Brazil (27°17′S, 48°18′W). Data were obtained through the performance of observational sessions, georeferenced counts, ...

Hybridization between hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) breeding groups is unusually common in Bahia state, Brazil. Such hybridization is possible because hawksbill and loggerhead nesting ...

O estuário da Lagoa dos Patos é considerado um local adequado para a aquacultura por ser um ecossistema protegido, favorecendo a criação em tanques-rede e cercados. A viabilidade da produção da corvina (Micropogonias ...

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) are two infectious agents associated to economic losses in shrimp aquaculture. As virus spread occurs through vectors ...

Sertoli cell tumours are primary neoplasms of the testis which arise from the supporting cells within the seminiferous tubules. This report describes a case of tumour of the Sertoli cells in carp. The diagnosis of ...

The trawler fishery for the Xiphopenaeus kroyeri in south Brazil, affects populations of some benthic species, such as the Hepatus pudibundus. The goal of this study is to investigate the influence of environmental factors ...

This study was conducted in two estuarine inlets (Saco da Mangueira and Saco do Arraial) at the Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil. The changes in relative abundance and size of post-larvae and juvenile shrimp Farf ...

The purpose of this paper is to present the first data concerning the diet of Aristaeopsis edwardsiana, an abundant deep-water predator off Southeastern and Southern Brazilian coast. The diet of A. edwardsiana is composed ...

As a marine carnivore exhibiting exceptionally high growth rates, cobia are considered a species for which fish oil (FO) replacement may be difficult. However, partial, if not complete, FO replacement is necessary to ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate neuropeptide Y (NPY) and sea bream gonadotropin-release hormone (sbGnRH) gene expression in juvenile and adult males of Brazilian flounder. Hypothalamuses from fish were ...