Many teleost fishes use acoustic and visual signalling during courtship. Such displays may convey information about body condition. Here we experimentally altered condition of sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) males to examine effects on courtship subsequent spawning decisions. Over two weeks, fed in excess were daily, whereas food-deprived once a week. Females only spawned with that produced ...

The global marine ornamental fish trade is dominated by wild collected fishes, and the contribution from hatchery production less than 10% of total. Hatchery considered to be only long-term sustainable option reduce fishing pressure on population also safeguard delicate coral reef ecosystem, which houses most species. Among hatchery-produced fishes that are being traded, clown form a dominant g...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobials are used to directly control bacterial infections in pet (ornamental) fish and are routinely added to the water these fish are shipped in to suppress the growth of potential pathogens during transport. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To assess the potential effects of this sustained selection pressure, 127 Aeromonas spp. isolated from warm and cold water ornamental fi...

Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) methods for evaluating invasiveness in plants have evolved rapidly in the last two decades. Many WRA tools exist, but none were specifically designed to screen ornamental plants prior to being released into the environment. To be accepted as a tool to evaluate ornamental plants for the nursery industry, it is critical that a WRA tool accurately predicts non-invasivene...

Many animal displays involve colorful ornamental traits that signal an individual's quality as a mate or rival. Brilliant iridescent ornaments are common, but little is currently known about their production cost and signaling value. One potential cost of colorful ornaments is the acquisition of limited dietary resources that may be involved, directly or indirectly, in their production. Protein...

We correlated maximum lengths of freshwater fishes captured during 10 years with standard gears (i.e., gill nets, boat electrofishers and trap nets) and angling from Nebraska water bodies to determine which methodology provided better estimates of maximum size of fishes produced within a given water body. In general, maximum length of fishes captured with standard gears was smaller than maximum...

Veterinary practice is a private business that provides professional health care to many species of animals. There is now an increasing division of the veterinary profession into specialist niches, and exotic pet medicine is currently an expanding area. Many veterinarians are becoming speciesspecific treating only horses or poultry, or food-fish. Some are discipline-specific such as dermatologi...

1. I ntroduction 2. P artitioning of O2 and CO2 Exchange Across the Respiratory Surfaces 2.1. P rimitive Ray‐Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) 2.2. L obe‐Finned Fishes (Sarcopterygii) 2.3. J awless Fishes (Agnatha) 3. B lood O2 Transport 3.1. G eneral Principles of Hb Function 3.2. F actors AVecting the ArterioVenous O2 DiVerence 3.3. S urvey of Extant Primitive Fishes 4. T ransport and Eliminatio...

Research on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions has mainly focused on native species in natural ecosystems. However, much of the ozone and aerosol formation occurs in city atmospheres due to BVOC emissions by local urban vegetation. Plant composition of urban habitats is often dominated by non-native ornamental plant species, for which only limited data on BVOC emissions are ava...

Developing new ornamental cultivars with improved floral attributes is a major goal in floriculture. Biotechnological approach together with classical breeding methods has been used to modify floral color, appearance as well as for increasing disease resistance. Transgenic strategies possess immense potential to produce novel flower phenotypes that are not found in nature. Adoption of Genetic e...