This study aimed to analyse the environmental quality based on opportunistic taxa and dominant of macrobenthic assemblages, comparing sediment under IMTA-aquaculture reference site, Karimunjawa National Park. Sediments were sampled between May October 2019, in two sampling times at IMTA cages which star pomfret (Trachinotus blochii) tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) farmed with 3 statio...

It has long been known that the early optic vesicle and cup are much concerned with the growth and differentiation of the lens in the vertebrate eye. Le Cron"2 first demonstrated this fact when he isolated the lens-forming cells in Amblystoma embryos at various early stages in development by merely removing the underlying optic anlage. His experiments showed that the longer the lens epithelium ...

In suction feeding, a volume of water is drawn into the mouth of a predator. Previous studies of suction feeding in fishes have shown that significant fluid velocities are confined to a region within one mouth width from the mouth. Therefore, the predator must be relatively close to the prey to ensure capture success. Here, theoretical modelling is combined with empirical data to unravel the me...

This review addresses an often overlooked aspect of elasmobranch osmoregulation, i.e., control of body fluid volume. More specifically the review addresses the impact of changes in blood volume in elasmobranchs exposed to different environmental salinities. Measurement of blood volume in the European lesser-spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula, following acute and chronic exposure to 80% and ...