The unprecedented level of diversity recorded among the clones of self-fertilizing
gynogenetic unisexuals and self-fertilizing simultaneous hermaphrodites challenges current …

Protection inside marine reserves and the desired 'reserve effect'depend directly on the
home range and sedentary behaviour of fishes throughout their lives. Benthic territorial …

Sexual systems are highly diverse and have profound consequences for population
dynamics and resilience. Yet, little is known about how they evolved. Using phylogenetic …

Monthly analysis of the maturity stages distribution revealed that the gadidae fish Merluccius
merluccius has a long spawning period extending from early January to early June. All the …

Of all vertebrates, fish exhibit unparalleled diversity of sexual plasticity and flexibility, ranging
from gonochorism to unisexualism, and exceptional patterns of functional hermaphroditism …

Details of the reproductive biology, size and age compositions and growth of the breaksea
cod Epinephelides armatus, the sole representative of Epinephelides, were obtained by …

Studies on life history and stock structure of marine species have evolved in the Azores
region during the last 40 years. This information is essential to feed fishery stock assessment …

The population biology of painted comber Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) of the Canary
Islands coast was studied to estimate gonad morphology, sexuality, age and growth …

The objective of this study was to study whether the metal concentrations in Sparisoma
cretense and Serranus atricauda differ between different coastal areas around the island of …

Extrusion technology is known to enhance feed quality by controlling feed processing
conditions. Although extrusion technology has been extensively used to improve livestock …