Volume 79, Issue 1, January 2013

ISSN: 0919-9268 (Print) 1444-2906 (Online)

In this issue (16 articles)

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    Review Article

    Animal cellulases with a focus on aquatic invertebrates

    Aya Tanimura, Wen Liu, Kyohei Yamada, Takushi Kishida… Pages 1-13
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    Shelter effects of coralline algal turfs: protection for Turbo cornutus juveniles from predation by a predatory gastropod and wrasse

    Jun Hayakawa, Tomohiko Kawamura, Hiroaki Kurogi, Yoshiro Watanabe Pages 15-20
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    Abundance and genetic diversity of the red crab Pleuroncodes planipes along the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

    Juan Antonio De Anda-Montañez, Ricardo Perez-Enriquez… Pages 21-32
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    The ex vivo effects of eyestalk peptides on ovarian vitellogenin gene expression in the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus

    Naoaki Tsutsui, Ayano Nagakura-Nakamura, Chiaki Nagai, Tsuyoshi Ohira… Pages 33-38
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    Considerations on diving patterns of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus based on archival tag data

    Takayuki Matsumoto, Takashi Kitagawa, Shingo Kimura Pages 39-46
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    Insulin/insulin-like growth factor-like activity in the aqueous extracts of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

    Yori Ozaki, Gen Kaneko, Fumihiko Hakuno, Shin-Ichiro Takahashi… Pages 47-53
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    Bottom feeding and net chasing improve foraging behavior in hatchery-reared Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus juveniles for stocking

    Kohji Takahashi, Reiji Masuda, Yoh Yamashita Pages 55-60
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    Mitochondrial DNA barcoding for Okinawan oysters: a cryptic population of the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata in Japanese waters

    Masashi Sekino, Hiroyoshi Yamashita Pages 61-76
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    Hyposmoregulatory ability and ion- and water-regulatory mechanisms during the leptocephalus stages of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

    Kyung Mi Lee, Yoshiaki Yamada, Akihiro Okamura, Katsumi Tsukamoto… Pages 77-86
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    Trophic structure in natural habitats of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai with distinct algal vegetation of kelp and crustose coralline algae: implication of ontogenetic niche shifts

    Nam-Il Won, Tomohiko Kawamura, Hideki Takami, Yoshiro Watanabe Pages 87-97
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    Pathogenicity comparison of high- and low-virulence strains of Vibrio scophthalmi in olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

    Guo Qiao, In-Kwon Jang, Kyoung Mi Won, Sung Ho Woo, De-Hai Xu… Pages 99-109
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    High incidence of death due to collision of hatchery-reared Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis juveniles in sea cages, as revealed by head and spinal injuries

    Kentaro Higuchi, Yosuke Tanaka, Takeshi Eba, Akefumi Nishi… Pages 111-117
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    Toxicity and absorption of dietary leucomalachite green in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

    Mintra Seel-audom, Laddawan Krongpong, Kunihiko Futami… Pages 119-127
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    A toxicity bioassay study concerning the effect of un-ionized ammonia on the mucus cells response originating from the gills of zebrafish Danio rerio

    Abdullah Salim Al-Zaidan, Makoto Endo, Masashi Maita… Pages 129-142
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    Distribution of adipocyte-related cells in skeletal muscle of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Yuna Han, Gen Kaneko, Reiko Nagasaka, Hidehiro Kondo, Ikuo Hirono… Pages 143-148
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    Myosin denaturation in heated myofibrils of scallop adductor muscle

    Aiko Satoh, Yasunori Kinoshita, Kunihiko Konno Pages 149-155
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