It is known that zeolite, tested in animal feeds in recent years, has a positive effect on fish growth and many physiological parameters. For this purpose, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was fed with feeds ...

Alcian blue binds to the proteoglycans components of the extracellular matrix in chondrocytes and turns the cartilage color to blue. Alizarin red stains free calcium and certain calcium compound to a red or light purple ...

The sea cucumber (Bohadschia ocellata) is a species with great density, reproduction rate and growth in the Persian Gulf. A Very  few human consumption in Islamic countries makes this species a good choice to be ...

All Spatoglossum and Stoechospermum species in Persian Gulf and Oman  Sea, Iran, have been so far identified via classical taxonomy. In this study classification of two genus of brown algae (Dictyotaceae) ...

Due to numerous reasons, marine-obtained resources have attracted the interest of researchers. One of the subjects attracted the interest of researchers in recent years in the field of biologist marine algae due to their ...

This study was carried out at Saros Bay, between June 2011 and July 2013 to determine hook selectivity of bottom longlines used on European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L. 1758) fishing. Throughout the study thick type in ...

A climate driven changes in the coastal region of Bangladesh is saltwater intrusion in freshwater, which may directly affect the fishery production as well as economy and food security. Investigation on effect of different ...

This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of three different osmotic pressure (325, 365, and 385 mOsm/kg) in combination with Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and NaCl or glucose on spermatozoa DNA damage, rate and ...

This study was carried out to evaluate the lipid oxidation and quality of rainbow fish coated by multilayer aqueous solution of chitosan–pectin and extracted Mentha piperita or Lemon essential oil in different percentages ...

The study of benthic macroinvertebrate communities is one of the most common methods for assessing the effects of stresses on the biological conditions of aquatic ecosystems and water quality monitoring. This research was ...

A 60-day trial with six diets (three different protein levels × two different lipid levels) containing 30, 35 and 40% protein with 10 and 15% lipid levels was conducted to determine the optimum dietary protein to lipid ...

The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) from Phocidae family is the only living mammal that exclusively inhabits the landlocked Caspian Sea. This study was first of its kind conducted on the Caspian seals in the southeastern ...

Inclusion of dietary herbal supplements in aquafeed can be considered as a growth promoter and enhancer of immunity system in preventing various fish infections. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to evaluate the ...

Introduction Chabahar Bay is located in southeastern coast of Iran and the northern part of the Oman Sea in the geographic area of 25°22? 47?N  and 60°39?  90?E. This Bay with having a variety of coverings, such as, ...

Echinodermata are one of the most important branches of invertebrate in marine ecosystems, which today are also known as a rich source of natural products with biological properties. Most of these properties belong to ...

Feeding strategies are typical traits reflecting the adaptation of species to environmental conditions. The aim of this paper was finding of proof that functional feeding groups the benthic macroinvertebrates can be unitized ...

TThis study was conducted to evaluate effects of different levels of NaCl used in the diet of cultivated Huso huso juveniles based on gene expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF), IGF mRNA in the liver and muscle. ...

Despite studies on the effect of androgens in female teleost fish, many aspects of androgen supplementation in female sturgeon gametogenesis remain elusive. The aim of the study was to investigate the immunological and ...

An analysis of sexual pattern, spawning ecology, and size at sexual maturity in two queenfishes (Talang queenfish, Scomberoides commersonnianus and needlescaled queenfish, S. tol) was made. Fish samples ...

The Persian Gulf and its shores are important and strategic areas with a large variety of fish species. Betanodavirus infection is known to be a serious threat to susceptible fish and causing economic damages to the fisheries ...