1. Animal cellulases with a focus on aquatic invertebrates

   • Aya Tanimura
   • Wen Liu
   • Haruhiko Toyohara

   Review Article 17 October 2012 Pages: 1 - 13

   

2. Shelter effects of coralline algal turfs: protection for Turbo cornutus juveniles from predation by a predatory gastropod and wrasse

   • Jun Hayakawa
   • Tomohiko Kawamura
   • Yoshiro Watanabe

   Original Article 10 November 2012 Pages: 15 - 20

   

3. 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
   • Alberto Amador-Buenrostro

   Original Article 18 November 2012 Pages: 21 - 32

   

4. The ex vivo effects of eyestalk peptides on ovarian vitellogenin gene expression in the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus

   • Naoaki Tsutsui
   • Ayano Nagakura-Nakamura
   • Hiromichi Nagasawa

   Original Article 02 November 2012 Pages: 33 - 38

   

5. Considerations on diving patterns of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus based on archival tag data

   • Takayuki Matsumoto
   • Takashi Kitagawa
   • Shingo Kimura

   Original Article 27 November 2012 Pages: 39 - 46

   

6. Insulin/insulin-like growth factor-like activity in the aqueous extracts of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

   • Yori Ozaki
   • Gen Kaneko
   • Shugo Watabe

   Original Article 17 November 2012 Pages: 47 - 53

   

7. Bottom feeding and net chasing improve foraging behavior in hatchery-reared Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus juveniles for stocking

   • Kohji Takahashi
   • Reiji Masuda
   • Yoh Yamashita

   Original Article 23 November 2012 Pages: 55 - 60

   

8. Mitochondrial DNA barcoding for Okinawan oysters: a cryptic population of the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata in Japanese waters

   • Masashi Sekino
   • Hiroyoshi Yamashita

   Original Article 05 December 2012 Pages: 61 - 76

   

9. Hyposmoregulatory ability and ion- and water-regulatory mechanisms during the leptocephalus stages of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

   • Kyung Mi Lee
   • Yoshiaki Yamada
   • Toyoji Kaneko

   Original Article 24 November 2012 Pages: 77 - 86

   

10. 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
    • Yoshiro Watanabe

    Original Article 08 December 2012 Pages: 87 - 97

    

11. Pathogenicity comparison of high- and low-virulence strains of Vibrio scophthalmi in olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

    • Guo Qiao
    • In-Kwon Jang
    • Soo Il Park

    Original Article 27 November 2012 Pages: 99 - 109

    

12. 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
    • Satoshi Shiozawa

    Original Article 13 November 2012 Pages: 111 - 117

    

13. Toxicity and absorption of dietary leucomalachite green in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

    • Mintra Seel-audom
    • Laddawan Krongpong
    • Masashi Maita

    Original Article 24 November 2012 Pages: 119 - 127

    

14. 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
    • Takayuki Katagiri

    Original Article 01 December 2012 Pages: 129 - 142

    

15. Distribution of adipocyte-related cells in skeletal muscle of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

    • Yuna Han
    • Gen Kaneko
    • Hideki Ushio

    Original Article 12 December 2012 Pages: 143 - 148

    

16. Myosin denaturation in heated myofibrils of scallop adductor muscle

    • Aiko Satoh
    • Yasunori Kinoshita
    • Kunihiko Konno

    Original Article 05 December 2012 Pages: 149 - 155