Vol. 76 No. 3 (2012)

Editorial

• [en] Editorial

  Jordi Font, Dolors Vaqué

  423

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Biographies

• [en] Carles Bas i Peired

  Francesc Sardà

  425-428

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Articles

• [en] Comparison of satellite altimetry sea level anomalies and hydrographic observations in the Mediterranean Sea

  Francisco Mir Calafat, Marta Marcos Moreno

  429-439

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• [en] Monitoring the Northern Current in the Gulf of Lions with an observing system simulation experiment

  Aurélie Duchez, Jacques Verron, Jean-Michel Brankart, Yann Ourmières, Philippe Fraunié

  441-453

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• [en] The effect of coral polyp sizes and coral exudates on picoeukaryote dynamics in a controlled environment

  Ying-Pin Wang, Kwee Siong Tew, Jimmy Kuo, Fung-Chi Ko, Pei-Jie Meng

  455-461

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• [en] Development of the hectocotylus in Illex coindetii (Verany 1837) (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)

  Fulvio Zecchini, Michael Vecchione, Paola Belcari, Clyde F.E. Roper

  463-472

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• [en] Species identification of Ommastrephes bartramii, Dosidicus gigas, Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis and Illex argentinus (Ommastrephidae) using beak morphological variables

  Xinjun Chen, Huajie Lu, Bilin Liu, Yong Chen, Siliang Li, Ma Jin

  473-481

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• [en] Developmental and moult cycle related biochemical changes in larvae of the spider crab, Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura: Majidae)

  Guiomar Rotllant, Guillermo Guerao, Marta Sastre, Klaus Anger

  483-488

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• [en] A new species of Pagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), new records and a redescription of hermit crabs from the Mexican Pacific

  Manuel Ayón-Parente, Michel E. Hendrickx

  489-506

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• [en] Life history traits of the invasive estuarine shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus (Caridea: Palaemonidae) in a marine environment (Mar del Plata, Argentina)

  María Guadalupe Vázquez, Claudia C. Ba, Eduardo D. Spivak

  507-516

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• [en] Description of a new genus of Cryptochiridae (Decapoda: Brachyura) associated with Siderastrea (Anthozoa: Scleractinia), with notes on feeding habits

  Marcelle F.S. Badaro, Elizabeth G. Neves, Peter Castro, Rodrigo Johnsson

  517-526

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• [en] Effects of algal diets and starvation on growth, survival and fatty acid composition of Solen marginatus (Bivalvia: Solenidae) larvae

  Fiz Da Costa, Susana Nóvoa, Justa Ojea, Dorotea Martínez-Patiño

  527-537

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• [en] Particular features of gonadal maturation and size at first maturity in Atrina maura (Bivalvia: Pinnidae)

  Marian A. Camacho-Mondragón, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Bertha P. Ceballos-Vázquez

  539-548

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• [en] The effect of organic and conventional production methods on sea bream growth, health and body composition: a field experiment

  Eleni Mente, Alexandros Stratakos, Ioannis S. Boziaris, Konstantinos A. Kormas, Vasileios Karalazos, Ioannis T. Karapanagiotidis, Vassiliki A. Catsiki, Leondios Leondiadis

  549-560

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• [en] Discards of the purse seine fishery targeting small pelagic fish in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

  Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Vassiliki Vassilopoulou, Argyris Kallianiotis, Athanassios Machias

  561-572

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• [en] The fate of eggs and larvae of three pelagic species, mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) and sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in relation to prevailing currents in the Bay of Biscay: Could they affect larval survival?

  Paula Alvarez, Marina Chifflet

  573-586

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• [en] Age, growth and utility of otolith morphometrics as a predictor of age in the wrasse Coris julis (Labridae) from the eastern Adriatic Sea

  Frane Škeljo, Josipa Ferri, Jure Brčić, Mirela Petrić, Ivan Jardas

  587-595

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• [en] A bio-economic evaluation of the potential for establishing a commercial fishery on two newly developed stocks: The Ionian red shrimp fishery

  Jordi Guillen, Francesc Maynou, Christos Floros, David Sampson, Alexis Conides, Kostas Kapiris

  597-605

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• [en] A small-scale fishery near a rocky littoral marine reserve in the northwestern Mediterranean (Medes Islands) after two decades of fishing prohibition

  Paloma Martín, Francesc Maynou, Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Miquel Sacanell

  607-618

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• [en] Miquel Massutí Oliver (1930-2012)

  Pere Oliver

  619-620

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