The recruitment of leaping grey mullet, Liza saliens juveniles in the Neretva River estuary (middle eastern Adriatic Sea, Croatia) started in July, was highest in August, decreased in September, and was unobserved later. The juveniles firstly occupied mouths of rivers and channels and then started migrating to more freshwater habitats. By feeding investigation, the harpacticoid copepods were th...

The transmission of the transfusion-associated Chagas disease is an important mechanism of its dissemination in several Latin American countries. The transmission risk depends on five factors: prevalence of infection in blood donors, degree of serological coverage, sensibility of used tests, safety of obtained results and infection risk. The Southern Cone Iniciative set off by the Pan-American ...

High mortality among laboratory cultured Iberian toothcarp Aphanius iberus occurred in February 1997 in Valencia (Spain). The main signs of the disease were external haemorrhage and tail rot. Bacteria isolated from internal organs of infected fish were biochemically homogeneous and identified as Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The bacteria were haemolytic against erythrocytes from eel Anguilla anguill...

1 University of Dubrovnik, Department of aquaculture, Ćira Carića 4, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia 2 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Agios Kosmas, Hellinikon, 16604 Athens, Greece 3 Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Croatia 4University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, Kneza Damjana Jude 12, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia *Corresponding aut...

On the cover : Steers grazing strips of rhizoma peanut ( Arachis glabrata Benth) and bahiagrass Paspalum notatum Flüggé) at North Florida Research Education Center, Marianna, FL, USA. See article, “Nutrient excretion from cattle nitrogen‐fertilized grass or grass‐legume pastures”, by Garcia et al. in this issue Agronomy Journal . Photo Credit: Liza Garcia. image

this study is attempted to compare the number of rings and circular scales that are formed during various ages on liza saliens. sampling was carried out monthly during 2012-2013 using beach sine fishing nets. 102 specimens of different sizes were collected and transferred to the laboratory in boxes containing ice. the age of fish was determined by the number of annual rings as well as, the numb...