The effect of macroalgal blooms and predation by wading on benthic macroinvertebrates was examined in the Mondego estuary, Portugal, during spring 1997. Introduced macroalgal cover and exclusion of predators were used to examine changes in density of macroinvertebrates using univariate and multivariate analyses. There was no evidence of changes in numbers of macroinvertebrates due to predation....

A recent examination of newly obtained specimens of philometrid nematodes (Philometridae) parasitising carangid and serranid fishes off New Caledonia, South Pacific, revealed the presence of several nematodes of the genus Philometra Costa, 1845, including three new species: P. austropacifica n. sp. (males and females) from the ovary of Alepes vari (Carangidae), P. piscaria n. sp. (males) from t...

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Li, S., Monroig, Ó., Navarro, J. C., Yuan, Y., Xu, W., Mai, K., Tocher, D. R. and Ai, Q. (2017), Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a putative Elovl4 gene and its expression in response to dietary fatty acid profiles in orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides. Aquac Res, 48: 537–552, which has been published in fi...

Interferon gamma (IFNγ) is a Th1 cytokine that is critical for innate and adaptive immunity. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) signaling pathways are critical in early host defense against invading pathogens. miR-146a has been reported to participate in the regulation of host immunity. The known mechanisms of integrations between the IFNγ and TLR signaling pathways are incompletely understood, especia...

Ann-Chang Cheng, Chia-Yung Chen, Chyng-Hwa Liou, and Ching-Fong Chang (2006) Effects of dietary protein and lipids on blood parameters and superoxide anion production in the grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Serranidae: Epinephelinae). Zoological Studies 45(4): xxx-xxx. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of dietary lipid and protein levels on blood parameters, body compos...