— Small scale rearing of scleractinian coral larvae for experimental purposes has been practised for decades, but it is only in recent years that large scale larval rearing has been used as a means of providing corals for reef rehabilitation. This study aimed to develop optimal methods for rearing sexually propagated scleractinian corals from the broadcast spawning species Acropora hyacinthus a...

Refined fuels have considerable share of pollution of marine ecosystems. Gasoline is one of the most consumed fuel worldwide, but its effects on marine benthic primary producers are poorly investigated. In this study, Ulva lactuca was chosen as a biological model due to its cosmopolitan nature and tolerance to high levels and wide range of xenobiotics and our goal was to evaluate the effects of...

The aim of this study was to explore the efficiency of a mechano-enzymatic deconstruction of two macroalgae species for sugars and bioethanol production, by using a new enzymatic cocktail (Haliatase) and two types of milling modes (vibro-ball: VBM and centrifugal milling: CM). By increasing the enzymatic concentration from 3.4 to 30 g/L, the total sugars released after 72 h of hydrolysis increa...

Entire phenolic and flavonoid content are the basis for evolution of the preventive role of plant material as compensating factor to oxidative damage caused by free radicals which is a critical etiological aspect responsible for several chronic human ailments, the maximum content of phenol was found in Capsicum annum and the richest source of flavonoid in Lactuca sativa. However the highest fla...

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus P23 is a plant growth-promoting bacterium that was isolated from the surface of duckweed (Lemna aoukikusa). The bacterium was observed to colonize on the plant surfaces and increase the chlorophyll content of not only the monocotyledon Lemna minor but also the dicotyledon Lactuca sativa in a hydroponic culture. This effect on the Lactuca sativa was significant in nut...

Darwin's naturalization hypothesis (DNH) proposes that colonization is less likely when the colonizing species is related to members of the invaded community, because evolutionary closeness intensifies competition among species that share similar resources. Studies that have evaluated DNH from correlational evidence have yielded controversial results with respect to its occurrence and generalit...