This review paper aims to offer a current view on the function of zooplankton as food for
common carp, as traditionally its role has been underestimated compared with benthic …

This study investigates the nutritional properties of edible oysters cultivated in Hong Kong (ie
Deep Bay) to determine their nutritional values compared with other foodstuffs (eg land and …

We have reviewed foreign and domestic literature devoted to the study of the amino acid
(AA) composition of aquatic organisms representing major groups of producers (green …

The influence of hydrology, nutrient composition, food resource availability and predation on
zooplankton taxonomic and size diversity was analyzed in several shallow lagoons of a …

Crustaceans that are now called copepods have been known, not necessarily by that name,
since Aristotle. Published reports of their post-embryonic development, however, date only …

Differences in size and species diversity were analysed in a zooplankton community of a
Mediterranean salt marsh (Empordà wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula), where the dominance …

Understanding the biology of the innumerable number of aquatic species on our planet is
the focus of sustained research efforts. Environmental degradation, management or …

Live preys' availability to larval fish is determined on the basis of suitable size, frequently
described as gape width/prey size proportion (Dabrowski and Bardega, 1984). In some …

Anthropogenic effects lead to nonrandom alterations to macroinvertebrate communities,
which may lead to alteration of the 'micronutrient landscapes' experienced by higher …

Feeding of the different developmental stages of Calanipeda aquaedulcis on natural
particles (bacterio-, phyto-and microzooplankton) was measured in a Mediterranean salt …