In the wild, overfishing, habitat loss, industrial and agriculture activity has led to the degradation of freshwater habitats and, therefore, dramatically declines the Mississippi paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) stocks ...

The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of chromium chloride on the blood electrolytes of Heteropneustes fossilis for short- and long-term exposure. In short-term exposure the fish were subjected to 50% of ...

The rise in global concern on the adverse effects of uncontrolled utilization of synthetic antibiotics in the production of food fish necessitates search for alternative natural products in aquaculture. Tamarind (Tamarindus ...

Farmed female Siberian sturgeon's gonad (n= 30, 3-year old) was examined using an ultrasonograph unit with a 9–13 MHz linear transducer and results were compared with serum steroid hormones, biochemical parameters and body ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of the Neotropical freshwater fish matrinxã, Brycon amazonicus, exposed to Roundup Transorb®, a newer commercial formulation 50% stronger than the ordinary mixtures ...

Growth in shrimp farming has shown an expansion of rearing farms and intensification of production methods, which have affected shrimp health, growth and survival and environmental integrity of the coastal areas, making ...

Salinity is one of the stressful environmental factors, which affects life, metabolism, and distribution of aquatic animals. In this study, the effects of different levels of water salinity were investigated on serum ...

The intensive production of catfish is adversely affected by infectious diseases. This study determined the immune effector activities and clinical biochemistry of healthy pangas catfish Pangasius pangasius to ascertain ...

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the combined effects of mannan oligosaccharide ( MOS) + β-glucan (BZT® PRE-GE) supplementation administered at different frequencies on the immune responses and resistance of Penaeus ...

In the present study, solvent extracts were used at 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mg/L, at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 hours and 12, 24, 36,48 and 60 hours under in-vitro and in-vivo conditions, respectively 25-30, (A. bengalensis/fish) ...

In recent years, there has been increasing concern about the ecotoxicological consequences of the drug Diclofenac on freshwater organisms. Influences on the largest freshwater invertebrates, the freshwater crayfish, are ...

Trichlorfon [TCF] is an organophosphate compound used to eliminate or control a variety of parasites in farmed fish. The physiological and biochemical responses of juvenile Nile tilapia were studied after 96 hours of ...

Araruama lagoon is one of the largest permanent hypersaline lagoons in the world and has been impacted for twenty years by sewage dumping. In early 2005, a Prasinophyceae (Pseudoscourfieldia sp) phytoplankton bloom occurred, ...

A study on silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus) distribution and demographic structure was carried out in northern Aegean Sea from bottom trawl surveys (MEDITS: Mediterranean International Bottom Trawl Survey) ...

This study was conducted to analyze the water quality parameters and biological data of the southern Caspian Sea during two phases, Phase 1 (1996-97) and Phase 2 (2005). The invasion of the southern Caspian Sea by the alien ...

Elvers of the American eel Anguilla rostrata collected along the east coasts of North America and Haiti exhibited geographic variations in age and size at time of arrival at estuaries and in duration of glass eels as well ...

In all-male culture of the non-improved tilapia strains based on manual sexing, females are discarded because their growth is slower than that of males which results in a wastage of effort and undue expenses in growing the ...

The aim of this study was to present evidence for the health issues related to the fatty acid content in the edible flesh of farmed fish. The polyunsaturated fatty acids content of two widely farmed fish species in Europe, ...

Stability of cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) ventral skin gelatin film (CG) and film incorporated with Fenton's reagent (H2O2 0.02 M + Fe2SO4 0.002 M) (FG) was evaluated after 21 days of storage at 50% relative humidity and ...

The contribution of aquaculture to fish production is steadily increasing. Among various kinds of cultivated aquatic organisms, many marine and freshwater finfish and shellfish species constitute an important industry with ...