9 research outputs found
Vibration transmission through the walking legs of the fiddler crab,Uca pugilator (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) as measured by Laser Doppler Vibrometry
Responses of a bimodal neuron (chemo- and vibration-sensitive) on the walking legs of the crayfish
Movement patterns of a commercially important, free-ranging marine invertebrate in the vicinity of a bait source
The hair-peg organs of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (Crustacea, Decapoda): Ultrastructure and functional properties of sensilla sensitive to changes in seawater concentration
Distribution of white-spotted conger eel Conger myriaster and hagfish Eptatretus burgeri in the shallow region of Tokyo Bay
Diseases and Mortalities of Fishes and Other Animals In the Gulf of Mexico
Most mortality results from natural causes including red tide which is primarily restricted to West Florida and cold-kills that have greater influence in the warmer regions of South Texas and South Florida, but also kill a significant amount of fish and other animals in the northern Gulf. With the exception of red tide and other harmful algal blooms, the health of the Gulf has not been systematically studied. Mexico has only recently started to evaluate the health of its coastlines. Mortalities of marine animals, particularly fishes, in the Gulf caused by natural and anthropogenic events seem to interact with infectious disease agents and noninfectious diseases, but the mortalities are often attributed to the disease agents alone. “Events” that cause mortalities include eutrophication; hypoxia; algal blooms; temperature, salinity, and weather extremes; and chemical and sediment pollution. “Diseases” include those caused by infectious agents, parasites, neoplasms, and developmental abnormalities. Interactions of the effects of diseases and stressful events are considered important but little investigated