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Using community-based monitoring with GIS to create habitat maps for a marine protected area in Australia

Jacquomo Monk, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Alecia Bellgrove and Laurie Laurenson

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 865-871

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001835 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Spatio-temporal variability of zoobenthic communities in a tectonic lagoon (Lake Vouliagmeni, Attika, Greece)

Chariton Chintiroglou, Chryssanthi Antoniadou and Panagiotis Damianidis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 873-881

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001823 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Variations in Posidonia oceanica meadow structure along the coast of the Dugi Otok Island (eastern Adriatic Sea)

Petar Kru

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 883-892

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001410 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Leptogorgia ignita, a new shallow-water coral species (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Odalisca Breedy and Hector M. Guzman

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 893-899

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001902 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Encrusting bryozoan colonies on stones and algae: variability of zooidal size and its possible causes

Ekaterina B. Yagunova and Andrew N. Ostrovsky

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 901-908

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001847 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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A new method to determine the reproductive condition in female tubeworms tested in Seepiophila jonesi (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae: Vestimentifera)

Ana Hilário, Paul A. Tyler and David W. Pond

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 909-912

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001586 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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A new species of Trypanosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Brazil, with a redescription of Brazilian material of Trypanosyllis zebra

João Miguel De Matos Nogueira and Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 913-924

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001707 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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A new species of Malacoceros (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Kick'em Jenny, a hydrothermally active submarine volcano in the Lesser Antilles Arc

Jason R. Graff, James A. Blake and Karen F. Wishner

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 925-930

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001884 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Spatial patterns of meiofauna and diversity of nematode species assemblages in the Uvea lagoon (Loyalty Islands, South Pacific)

Y. Guo, M.-N. Helleouet and G. Boucher

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 931-940

doi:10.1017/S002531540800146X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Is there a better chela to use for geometric morphometric differentiation in brachyuran crabs? A case study using Pachygrapsus marmoratus and Carcinus maenas

Inês C. Silva and José Paula

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 941-953

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001483 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Copepod community structure over a marine outfall area in the north-eastern South China Sea

Li-Chun Tseng, Ram Kumar, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Chun-Te Chen, Sami Souissi, Qing-Chao Chen and Jiang-Shiou Hwang

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 955-966

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001574 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Geographical variation of barricade-building behaviour in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla

Fumiko Furukawa, Arisa Yamada, Mari Ohata and Keiji Wada

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 967-973

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001458 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Multiple spawning and length of embryonic development of Munida gregaria in northern Patagonia (Argentina)

Fernando G. Dellatorre and Pedro J. Barón

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 975-981

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001653 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Aerobic and anaerobic enzymatic activities of Calyptogena gallardoi (Vesicomyidae): a clam associated with methane cold seeps off Chile

R.R. González, R.A. Quiñones, E. Quiroga and J. Sellanes

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 983-986

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001872 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Reproductive behaviour and cross-mating of two closely related pygmy squids Idiosepius biserialis and Idiosepius thailandicus (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae)

Jaruwat Nabhitabhata and Jitima Suwanamala

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 987-993

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001616 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Role of physico-chemical environment on gastropod assemblages at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise (13°N/EPR)

Marjolaine Matabos, Nadine Le Bris, Sophie Pendlebury and Eric Thiébaut

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 995-1008

doi:10.1017/S002531540800163X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Preliminary investigation on the phytoplankton contribution to the mussel diet on the basis of fatty acids analysis

F. Biandolino, E. Prato and C. Caroppo

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1009-1017

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001598 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Reproductive biology of the Patagonian bobtail squid, Semirossia patagonica (Sepiolidae: Rossiinae) in the south-west Atlantic

Bahadir Önsoy, Vladimir Laptikhovsky and Alp Salman

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1019-1023

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001355 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Predation by the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis on capsular egg masses of the whelk Buccinum undatum

Clement P. Dumont, Jean-Sebastien Roy and John H. Himmelman

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1025-1031

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001628 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Seasonal reproductive activity in the pterobranch hemichordate Rhabdopleura compacta

Atsuko Sato

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1033-1041

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001604 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Population dynamics, allometric relationships and reproductive status of Microcosmus sabatieri (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in the Aegean Sea

Dimitris Vafidis, Chryssanthi Antoniadou and Chariton Chintiroglou

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1043-1051

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001811 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Spatial and seasonal distribution of ascidians in a semi-enclosed basin of the Mediterranean Sea

F. Mastrototaro, G. D'Onghia and A. Tursi

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1053-1061

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001392 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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New data on the reproductive biology of the common guitarfish of the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean)

Samira Enajjar, Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai and Abderrahmen Bouain

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1063-1068

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001550 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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Acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus: evidence for an unusual large vocal repertoire

M.C.P. Amorim, J.M. Simões and P.J. Fonseca

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1069-1073

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001677 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Jun 2008

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Variation in migratory history of Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in the northernmost part of its distribution

Takaomi Arai, Aya Kotake and Madoka Ohji

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 88, Issue 05, August 2008, pp 1075-1080

doi:10.1017/S0025315408001756 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 25 Jul 2008

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