Abstract Aquatic animals have been maintained by humans in confined spaces since very ancient times. In the last century both, need to implement seafood productions and popularity of aquatic exhibits, facilitated professional scientific development live fish management techniques. this context, animal welfare has therefore become an important standpoint guarantee good safe quality sustainable a...

We evaluated the impact of predation from carnivores settling onto suspended culture enclosures on the production of scallops, Euvola ziczac, in the Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela. Seven potential predator species were found on 70 pearl nets which were immersed from mid-February to mid-April 1994. The crabs Mythrax forceps and Pilumnus caribbaeus and the gastropod Cymatium poulseni, were found on ...

Citrobacter freundii is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen associated with many infectious conditions including septicemia in humans and animals. Here, we announce the draft genome sequences of two multidrug-resistant C. freundii strains (CF04 and A41) isolated from septicemic giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) collected from aquaria in Sri Lanka.

The deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus has been the subject of several studies aimed at understanding the physiological adaptations that vent animals have developed in order to cope with the particular physical and chemical conditions of hydrothermal environments. In spite of reports describing successful procedures to maintain vent mussels under laboratory conditions at a...

Reintroduction projects may fail because captive-reared animals do not possess the behavioural skills required for survival in the wild. Rearing captive-bred animals in semi-natural enclosures prior to release has been used to improve the survival of reintroduced endangered species, but it is unclear how rearing environment influences the development of behaviour. This study examined the effect...

Filter-feeding invertebrates such as bivalves have been shown to improve the health of aquatic systems by reducing concentrations bacteria and other harmful suspended organisms, but it remains unknown if microphagous suspension-feeding fishes can provide similar ecosystem services for water quality. Here, we tested whether presence filter-feeding larval ammocoete life-stage Pacific lamprey (Ent...