This study was conducted in Dardanelles between October 2007 and August 2009 when
condition index, meat yield, biochemical compositions and environmental parameters of …

For marine animals living in estuarine, coastal, and intertidal areas, salinity changes and
periodic hypoxia are typical stressors; however, how the varying salinity and dissolved …

We describe a model designed to simulate the shell carbonate budget of an oyster reef. We
identify five parameters descriptive of basic characteristics of the shell carbonate budget of a …

Postmenopausal osteoporosis has seriously affected the life quality of elderly women. A
natural polymer, chitin, obtained from shells of crab and shrimp, has been widely used in the …

The condition index (CI) is an economically important tool for assessing the quality of
oysters, such as the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. However, little is known about the …

This study described seasonal differences in the histopathological and hemolymph
chemistry changes in different family lines of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, in response …

Estuarine organisms were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which released∼ 5
million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico in the spring and summer of 2010 …

ABSTRACT Guerra-Santos, JJ and Kahl, JDW, 2018. Redefining the seasons in the
Términos Lagoon region of southeastern México: May is a transition month, not a dry month …

The oyster fishery is 1 of the most important coastal fisheries in Mexico. Management is
based on a minimum legal size of 80 mm and several seasonal bans that vary along the …

This study evaluated the effect of pH on the activity of antioxidant and immune enzymes in
the sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus exposed to different temperatures. The …