Although within their own disciplines, the statistical, social science, medical, and terrestrial
ecology literatures are replete with accounts of the widespread misapplication and misuse of …

This is the second volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the
original FAO Catalogue of Cephalopods of the World (1984). The present Volume is a …

Linear regression is a frequently-used statistical technique in marine ecology, either to
model simple relationships or as a component of more complex models. The apparent …

Growth of crabs involves moulting through a series of instars. Most brachyurans have
indirect development, involving a planktonic dispersal phase followed by a benthic phase …

While gradual allometric changes of shells are intrinsically driven by genotype,
morphometrical shifts can also be modulated by local environmental conditions …

采用实验生态学方法研究了鲈鲤(Percocypris pingi pingi) 仔鱼(0~ 57 日龄) 的异速生长模式.
结果显示: 鲈鲤仔鱼全长由慢速生长到快速生长的转折点为25 日龄; 其多数外部器官均具有异速 …

Intraspecific or ontogenetic analyses of mass-metabolism relationships do not often conform
to the same allometric correlations as those seen in interspecific analyses. A commonly cited …

The variability in absolute and relative growth of Pinna nobilis along the Tunisian coastline
was investigated. Five populations of P. nobilis were sampled, three from northern and two …

Pinna nobilis is an endemic bivalve of the Mediterranean Sea. In the last decades P. nobilis
populations have declined drastically due to increasing anthropogenic pressure and it has …

The spatial distributions of gelatinous organism were studied during three cruises in 2006–
2007. These were the first such studies conducted in the southern Black Sea for last decade …