In Tunisia, mugilid and soleid fish species are among the most important resources of the Tunisian lagoons. These fish are of great economic value and they are highly valued for their flesh. Some species of mullet from Tunisian waters, especially Mugil cephalus and Liza ramada, have been found to be infected with several myxosporean species, all of which belonging to the genus Myxobolus Bütschl...

Pearl hunting is a traditional way of diving to retrieve pearl from pearl oysters or to hunt some other sea creatures. In some areas, hunters need to dive and search seafloor repeatedly at several meters depth for pearl oysters. In a search perspective, pearl hunting consists of repeated diversification (to surface and change target area) and intensification (to dive and find pearl oysters). A ...

Accurately assessing free ranging animals’ patterns of surface activity and refuge use is critical, yet fundamentally challenging for biologists and wildlife managers. We evaluate the accuracy of an automated technique temperature based activity estimation (TBAE) in estimating surface activity and refuge use patterns of two sympatric reptiles, the western diamond backed rattlesnake (Crotalus at...

Water quality information in the coastal region of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is of great concern to the local community. Due to great landuse-landcover (LULC) changes with rapid industrialization and urbanization in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, water quality in the PRE has worsened during the last 20 years. Frequent red tide and harmful algal blooms have occurred in the...

MARC C. OBONSAWIN*, ANNE ROBERTSON, JOHN R. CRAWFORD, CHRIS PERERA, SHONA WALKER, LOUISE BLACKMORE, DENIS M. PARKER and JOHN A. O. BESSON Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Department of Anaesthesiology, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, UK Department of Clinical Psychology, ...