Sea Change Strategy with the support of the Marine Institute and the Marine Research Sub Programme of the National Development Plan 2007-2013, and funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bonamiosis, favoured by change of temperature and stress, causes mortalities in the adult flat oyster Ostrea edulis in the majority of European oyster farmers. The life cycle of this Haplosporidia protozoan Bonamia ostreae is unknown, it is not dttectable during the fiv...

In this work, we compared some observations on some green herrings from the south of the North Sea and the English Channel. The comparison between their size, age and growth enabled us to define some of the main characters defining the herring populations cruising these...

Innovative fish diets made of terrestrial plants supplemented with sustainable protein sources free of fish-derived proteins could contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the farmed fish industry. However, such alternative diets may influence fish gut microbi...

<jats:p>Abstract. The evolution of the thickness and area of two large Southern Ocean icebergs that have drifted in open water for more than a year is estimated through the combined analysis of altimeter data and visible satellite images. The observed thickness evolutio...

Many ejaculate traits show remarkable variation in relation to male social status. Males in disfavoured (subordinate) mating positions often invest heavily on sperm motility but may have less available resources on traits (e.g., secondary sexual ornaments) that improve ...

We present 2 cases of chromosomal abnormalities. The first patient was 47, XX, +del (18), (pter ®q12:). She had delayed development, bilateral club feet and minimal dysmorphic facies. The second case was prenatally diagnosed to paternal derived 46, XY, inv(Y) (p11.2q11....

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RET encodes the tyrosine kinase receptor of growth factors belonging to the glial-derived neurotrophic factor family. Recently, RET gene rearrangements with N-terminal of KIF5B gene were identified in lung adenocarcinomas from large-scale sequencing. We investigated RET...

Abstract Fossil cold-water corals can be used to reconstruct physical, chemical, and biological changes in the ocean because their skeleton often preserves ambient seawater signatures. Furthermore, patterns in the geographic and temporal extent of cold-water corals have...