The bryoflora of the Azores has about 430 species of mosses and hepatics of which nine are endemic to the archipelago and 18 to Macaronesia. In the 1990's a further 49 species were added to the bryoflora and the presence ...

The Antarctic Percomorph family Nototheniidae is represented in pelagic waters by a very few fish genera. The two of these considered here attain weight loss of bone and muscle, and with large deposits of lipids, are buoyant ...

Anatomo-histological characteristics of the alimentary tract of Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937, have been described. Total length of the alimentary tract and relative lengths of its different parts, ...

In this study we present data based on inventories of the bryoflora of Pico Branco in Porto Santo Island. A total of 62 taxa have been identified, 31 liverworts, 30 mosses and 1 hornwort. Of the total of the inventoried ...

Difficulties involved in understanding the dynamics of diversity are discussed, aiming to show that it has not been possible to find any diversity index capable to express the dynamics of mixed populations, exhibiting ...

Professor Luiz Saldanha was one of those people whose contribution to science extends well beyond the papers he wrote. Indeed, his way of thinking marine biology inspired a whole generation of researchers and contributed ...

The distributional gradient of macrobenthic communities was analysed in seven stations along the Arrábida / Espichel Coast (Portugal). Winter and summer samples were taken in each station using scuba diving and nondestructive ...

Declining of marine fish populations worldwide have rekindled the interest in marine fish enhancement. Recent technological advances in marine fish culture, provide a basis for stocking hatchery-reared fry, in order to ...

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The scales of Ctenochaetus striatus (Acanthuridae) have been studied with SEM and photonic microscope. They show a structural organization relatively similar to that of elasmoid scales. There are two main layers: 1) the ...