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Erratum to: The effects of physicochemical variables and tadpole assemblages on microalgal communities in freshwater temporary ponds through an experimental approach

Authors: Bilassé Zongo and Joseph I Boussim

The effects of physicochemical variables and tadpole assemblages on microalgal communities in freshwater temporary ponds through an experimental approach

In freshwater systems, microalgae are the major biomass of microorganisms. They occur in ecosystems that are largely structured by the climatic regime, the physical and chemical environments with which they in...

Authors: Bilassé Zongo and Joseph I Boussim

A histopathological and biometric comparison between catfish (Pisces, Ariidae) from a harbor and a protected area, Brazil

Histopathological lesions and biometric variations in catfish species are statistically associated with chemical contaminant exposure. A histopathological and biometric database for the catfish Sciades herzbergii

Authors: Raimunda Nonata Fortes Carvalho Neta, Débora Batista Pinheiro Sousa, Zafira da Silva de Almeida, Débora Martins Silva Santos and Ligia Tchaicka

Benthic infaunal community structuring in an acidified tropical estuarine system

Recent studies suggest that increasing ocean acidification (OA) should have strong direct and indirect influences on marine invertebrates. While most theory and application for OA is based on relatively physic...

Authors: M Belal Hossain and David J Marshall

Molecular analysis of bacterial diversity in mudflats along the salinity gradient of an acidified tropical Bornean estuary (South East Asia)

The Brunei River and Bay estuarine system (BES) in the northwest of Borneo is acidic and highly turbid. The system supports extensive intertidal mudflats and presents a potentially steep salinity and pH gradie...

Authors: Henk Bolhuis, Henriette Schluepmann, Juri Kristalijn, Zohrah Sulaiman and David J Marshall

In silico analysis of high affinity potassium transporter (HKT) isoforms in different plants

High affinity potassium transporters (HKTs) are located in the plasma membrane of the vessels and have significant influence on salt tolerance in some plants. They exclude Na⁺ from the parenchyma cells to reduce ...

Authors: Mahbobeh Zamani Babgohari, Esmaeil Ebrahimie and Ali Niazi

Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future

Offshore wind power provides a valuable source of renewable energy that can help reduce carbon emissions. Technological advances are allowing higher capacity turbines to be installed and in deeper water, but t...

Authors: Helen Bailey, Kate L Brookes and Paul M Thompson

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of bacterial community and characterization of Cr(VI) reducers from the sediments of Tantloi hot spring, India

A geothermal ecosystem located at Tantloi, India has been found to be an interesting habitat for microbes of diverse nature. However, the microbial diversity of this habitat is poorly explored. In this study, ...

Authors: Preeti Jain, Hasan Mahmud Reza and Subrata Pal

The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) as a candidate sentinel of Atlantic Ocean health

Seabirds have been historically used to monitor environmental contamination. The aim of the present study was to test the suitability of a species belonging to the Procellariiformes group, the Manx shearwater, Pu...

Authors: Maíra Duarte Cardoso, Jailson Fulgencio de Moura, Davi C Tavares, Rodrigo A Gonçalves, Fernanda I Colabuono, Emily M Roges, Roberta Laine de Souza, Dalia Dos Prazeres Rodrigues, Rosalinda C Montone and Salvatore Siciliano

Analysis of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in spirulina-containing supplements by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Over the last decade the amino acid beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) has come under intense scrutiny. International laboratory and epidemiological research continues to support the hypothesis that environmenta...

Authors: Pearse McCarron, Alan C Logan, Sabrina D Giddings and Michael A Quilliam

Efficient conversion of solar energy to biomass and electricity

The Earth receives around 1000 W.m⁻² of power from the Sun and only a fraction of this light energy is able to be converted to biomass (chemical energy) via the process of photosynthesis. Out of all photosyntheti...

Authors: David Parlevliet and Navid Reza Moheimani

Interactions of marine mammals and birds with offshore membrane enclosures for growing algae (OMEGA)

OMEGA is an integrated aquatic system to produce biofuels, treat and recycle wastewater, capture CO₂, and expand aquaculture production. This system includes floating photobioreactors (PBRs) that will cover hundr...

Authors: Stephanie N Hughes, Sasha Tozzi, Linden Harris, Shawn Harmsen, Colleen Young, Jon Rask, Sharon Toy-Choutka, Kit Clark, Marilyn Cruickshank, Hamilton Fennie, Julie Kuo and Jonathan D Trent

Molecular (PCR-DGGE) versus morphological approach: analysis of taxonomic composition of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in freshwater lakes

The microscopic Utermöhl method is commonly used for the recognition of the presence and taxonomic composition of potentially toxic cyanobacteria and is especially useful for monitoring reservoirs used as drin...

Authors: Aleksandra Bukowska, Aleksandra Bielczyńska, Anna Karnkowska, Ryszard J Chróst and Iwona Jasser

Aquatic Biosystems reviewer acknowledgement 2013

The Aquatic Biosystems editorial team would like to thank the following colleagues who contributed to peer review for the journal in 2013.

Authors: Edward J Phlips and Shiladitya DasSarma

High throughput screening of CO₂-tolerating microalgae using GasPak bags

Microalgae are diverse in terms of their speciation and function. More than 35,000 algal strains have been described, and thousands of algal cultures are maintained in different culture collection centers. The...

Authors: Zheng Liu, Fan Zhang and Feng Chen

Detritus-based assemblage responses under salinity stress conditions in a disused aquatic artificial ecosystem

Despite the plethora of approaches, the sensitivity of the methods to measure the relationship between the abundance and biomass curves in stressed detritus-based ecosystems still remain to be refined. In this...

Authors: Fulvio Cerfolli, Bruno Bellisario and Corrado Battisti

Use of vital wheat gluten in aquaculture feeds

In aquaculture, when alternative protein sources of Fish Meal (FM) in diets are investigated, Plant Proteins (PP) can be used. Among them, Vital Wheat Gluten (VWG) is a proteinaceous material obtained from whe...

Authors: Emmanuelle Apper-Bossard, Aurélien Feneuil, Anne Wagner and Frédérique Respondek

Infaunal macrobenthic community dynamics in a manipulated hyperhaline ecosystem: a long-term study

Understanding the responses of ecological communities to human-induced perturbations is crucial for establishing conservation goals. Ecological communities are dynamic entities undergoing fluctuations due to t...

Authors: Bruno Bellisario, Claudio Carere, Fulvio Cerfolli, Dario Angeletti, Giuseppe Nascetti and Roberta Cimmaruta

Microbial community composition of Tirez lagoon (Spain), a highly sulfated athalassohaline environment

The aim was to study the seasonal microbial diversity variations of an athalassohaline environment with a high concentration of sulfates in Tirez lagoon (La Mancha, Spain). Despite the interest in these types ...

Authors: Lilia Montoya, Carlotta Vizioli, Nuria Rodríguez, María José Rastoll, Ricardo Amils and Irma Marin

The structure of winter phytoplankton in Lake Nero, Russia, a hypertrophic lake dominated by Planktothrix-like Cyanobacteria

The permanent dominance of Planktothrix-like сyanobacteria has been often reported for shallow eutrophic\hypertrophic lakes in central Europe in summer\autumn. However studies on phytoplankton growth under ice co...

Authors: Olga Babanazarova, Sergey Sidelev and Svetlana Schischeleva

Identification of bacteria in enrichment cultures of sulfate reducers in the Cariaco Basin water column employing Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments

The Cariaco Basin is characterized by pronounced and predictable vertical layering of microbial communities dominated by reduced sulfur species at and below the redox transition zone. Marine water samples were...

Authors: Lorelei Bozo-Hurtado, M Alexandra García-Amado, Andrei Chistoserdov, Ramon Varela, J Jesus Narvaez, Rita Colwell and Paula Suárez

Diversity of picoeukaryotes at an oligotrophic site off the Northeastern Red Sea Coast

Picoeukaryotes are protists ≤ 3 μm composed of a wide diversity of taxonomic groups. They are an important constituent of the ocean’s microbiota and perform essential ecological roles in marine nutrient and ca...

Authors: Francisco Acosta, David Kamanda Ngugi and Ulrich Stingl

The distribution and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Pondicherry mangroves, India

Species distribution, abundance and diversity of mangrove benthic macroinvertebrate fauna and the relationships to environmental conditions are important parts of understanding the structure and function of ma...

Authors: Palanisamy Satheesh Kumar and Anisa Basheer Khan

Cyanobacteria in wetlands of the industrialized Sambalpur District of India

Cyanobacteria are common components of phytoplankton communities in most freshwater ecosystems. Proliferations of cyanobacteria are often caused by high nutrient loading, and as such can serve as indicators of...

Authors: Pratibha Rani Deep, Shantanu Bhattacharyya and Binata Nayak

A commentary on the XIII^th International Rotifer Symposium (Shillong, 2012)

Rotifers have attracted the attention of biologists for well over 200 years. Interest in these exquisite animals rests in their diverse morphology, short generation time resulting in high growth rates, ability...

Authors: Robert Lee Wallace, SSS Sarma and S Nandini

Optimization of bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus sp. MSU3IR against shrimp bacterial pathogens

Aquaculture is one amongst the growing and major food producing sectors. Shrimp culture is one of the subsectors of aquaculture that attracts more attention because of the economic interest. However, the shrim...

Authors: Palanisamy Iyapparaj, Thirumalai Maruthiah, Ramasamy Ramasubburayan, Santhiyagu Prakash, Chandrasekaran Kumar, Grasian Immanuel and Arunachalam Palavesam

Variation in spatial and temporal incidence of the crustacean pathogen Hematodinium perezi in environmental samples from Atlantic Coastal Bays

Hematodinium perezi, a parasitic dinoflagellate, infects and kills blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. The parasite proliferates within host hemolymph and tis...

Authors: Ammar W Hanif, Whitney D Dyson, Holly A Bowers, Joseph S Pitula, Gretchen A Messick, Rosemary Jagus and Eric J Schott

Impact of TBT on the vitellogenesis and sex hormones in freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)

Tributyltin (TBT) is a ubiquitous persistent xenobiotic that can be found in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem. TBT is a strong endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) that can cause toxic threat to aquat...

Authors: Peranandam Revathi, Palanisamy Iyapparaj, Lourduraj Arockia Vasanthi, Natesan Munuswamy and Muthukalingan Krishnan

Factors controlling bacteria and protists in selected Mazurian eutrophic lakes (North-Eastern Poland) during spring

The bottom-up (food resources) and top-down (grazing pressure) controls, with other environmental parameters (water temperature, pH) are the main factors regulating the abundance and structure of microbial com...

Authors: Krystyna Kalinowska, Adam Guśpiel, Bartosz Kiersztyn and Ryszard J Chróst

Kinetics of arsenite removal by halobacteria from a highland Andean Chilean Salar

The purpose of this study was to identify arsenite-oxidizing halobacteria in samples obtained from Salar de Punta Negra, II Region of Chile. Seven bacterial isolates, numbered as isolates I to VII, grown in a ...

Authors: Díaz-Palma Paula, Alfaro Gleny, Hengst Martha, Pozo Patricia, Stegen Susana, Queirolo Fabrizio, Rojo Gonzalo, Silva Pedro, Arias Diana, Gallardo Karem and Contreras-Ortega Carlos

Molecular identification of microorganisms associated with the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana

Prior research on the microorganisms associated with the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana, has mainly been limited to culture-based identification techniques or feeding studies for aquaculture. Our objective was...

Authors: Misty R Riddle, Bonnie K Baxter and Brian J Avery

Effects of flow restoration on mussel growth in a Wild and Scenic North American River

Freshwater mussels remain among the most imperiled species in North America due primarily to habitat loss or degradation. Understanding how mussels respond to habitat changes can improve conservation efforts. ...

Authors: Brandon J Sansom, Daniel J Hornbach, Mark C Hove and Jason S Kilgore

The quantitative proteomic response of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 to phosphate acclimation

Inorganic phosphate (P_i) is a critical nutrient for all life and is periodically limiting in marine and freshwater provinces, yet little is understood how organisms acclimate to fluctuations in P_i within their en...

Authors: Matthew A Fuszard, Saw Yen Ow, Chee Sian Gan, Josseilin Noirel, Nigel G Ternan, Geoff McMullan, Catherine A Biggs, Kenneth F Reardon and Phillip C Wright

Bacterial diversity of the rock-water interface in an East Antarctic freshwater ecosystem, Lake Tawani(P)^†

Schirmacher Oasis is one of the few ice-free plateaus in East Antarctica that maintains a unique distribution of over 120 microbial-rich, dynamic freshwater lakes, most of which are unexplored. In this study, ...

Authors: Jonathan P Huang, Ashit K Swain, Robert W Thacker, Rasik Ravindra, Dale T Andersen and Asim K Bej

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) habitat preference in a heterogeneous, urban, coastal environment

Limited information is available regarding the habitat preference of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in South Australian estuarine environments. The need to overcome this paucity of informa...

Authors: Nardi Cribb, Cara Miller and Laurent Seuront

Wastewater use in algae production for generation of renewable resources: a review and preliminary results

Microalgae feedstock production can be integrated with wastewater and industrial sources of carbon dioxide. This study reviews the literature on algae grown on wastewater and includes a preliminary analysis of...

Authors: Omatoyo K Dalrymple, Trina Halfhide, Innocent Udom, Benjamin Gilles, John Wolan, Qiong Zhang and Sarina Ergas

Gene encoding prolactin in cinnamon clownfish Amphiprion melanopus and its expression upon acclimation to low salinities

Prolactin (PRL) is a key hormone for osmoregulation in fish. Levels of PRL in the pituitary gland and plasma ion composition of clownfish seem to change to regulate their hydromineral balance during adaptation...

Authors: Gyeong Eon Noh, Sum Rho, Yong Jin Chang, Byung Hwa Min and Jong-Myoung Kim

Influence of zinc on the calcium carbonate biomineralization of Halomonas halophila

The salt tolerance of halophilic bacteria make them promising candidates for technical applications, like isolation of salt tolerant enzymes or remediation of contaminated saline soils and waters. Furthermore,...

Authors: Dirk Rothenstein, Johannes Baier, Thomas D Schreiber, Vera Barucha and Joachim Bill

Community solar salt production in Goa, India

Traditional salt farming in Goa, India has been practised for the past 1,500 years by a few communities. Goa’s riverine estuaries, easy access to sea water and favourable climatic conditions makes salt product...

Authors: Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M Bragança

Interactive effects of chemical and biological controls on food-web composition in saline prairie lakes

Salinity is restricting habitatability for many biota in prairie lakes due to limited physiological abilities to cope with increasing osmotic stress. Yet, it remains unclear how salinity effects vary among maj...

Authors: Ryan N Cooper and Björn Wissel

The seasonal distribution, diel vertical distribution and feeding behavior of Paraeuchaeta concinna in the shallow subtropical coastal waters of eastern Hong Kong

Predatory copepods of the family Euchaetidae are widely distributed in polar, temperate, subtropical and tropical oceans. Paraeuchaeta concinna is the most abundant Euchaetidae in the subtropical coastal seas of ...

Authors: Chong Kim Wong, Eva Y W Yau and Alle A Y Lie

Phenotypic and genetic characterization of Dunaliella (Chlorophyta) from Indian salinas and their diversity

The genus Dunaliella (Class – Chlorophyceae) is widely studied for its tolerance to extreme habitat conditions, physiological aspects and many biotechnological applications, such as a source of carotenoids and ma...

Authors: Krishna Preetha, Lijo John, Cherampillil Sukumaran Subin and Koyadan Kizhakkedath Vijayan

Physicochemical and biological factors controlling water column metabolism in Sundarbans estuary, India

Sundarbans is the single largest deltaic mangrove forest in the world, formed at estuarine phase of the Ganges - Brahmaputra river system. Primary productivity of marine and coastal phytoplankton contributes t...

Authors: Kaberi Chaudhuri, Suman Manna, Kakoli Sen Sarma, Pankaj Naskar, Somenath Bhattacharyya and Maitree Bhattacharyya

A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia

In a biogeographical context, the term Macaronesia broadly embraces the North Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. The peculiar arid climatic conditions ...

Authors: Francisco Hontoria, Stela Redón, Marta Maccari, Inmaculada Varó, Juan Carlos Navarro, Lluis Ballell and Francisco Amat

Hematodinium sp. and its bacteria-like endosymbiont in European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon)

Parasitic dinoflagellates of the genus Hematodinium are significant pathogens affecting the global decapod crustacean fishery. Despite this, considerable knowledge gaps exist regarding the life history of the pat...

Authors: Grant D Stentiford, Kelly S Bateman, Hamish J Small, Michelle Pond and Anette Ungfors

Phylogenetic diversity of actinomycetes cultured from coastal multipond solar saltern in Tuticorin, India

Hypersaline solar salterns are extreme environments in many tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. In India, there are several coastal solar salterns along with the coastal line of the Bay of B...

Authors: Polpass Arul Jose and Solomon Robinson David Jebakumar

An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish

Coral reefs are areas of maximum biodiversity, but the parasites of coral reef fishes, and especially their species richness, are not well known. Over an 8-year period, parasites were collected from 24 species...

Authors: Jean-Lou Justine, Ian Beveridge, Geoffrey A Boxshall, Rodney A Bray, Terrence L Miller, František Moravec, Jean-Paul Trilles and Ian D Whittington

Cloning of aquaporin-1 of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: its expression during the larval development in hyposalinity

Ontogenetic variation in salinity adaptation has been noted for the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, which uses the export strategy for larval development: females migrate from the estuaries to the coast to spawn,...

Authors: J Sook Chung, Leah Maurer, Meagan Bratcher, Joseph S Pitula and Matthew B Ogburn

Abundance, species composition of microzooplankton from the coastal waters of Port Blair, South Andaman Island

Microzooplankton consisting of protists and metazoa <200 μm. It displays unique feeding mechanisms and behaviours that allow them to graze cells up to five times their own volume. They can grow at rates which ...

Authors: S Sai Elangovan, M Arun Kumar, R Karthik, R Siva Sankar, R Jayabarathi and G Padmavati

Influence of light, temperature and salinity on dissolved organic carbon exudation rates in Zostera marinaL.

Marine angiosperms, seagrasses, are sentinel species of marine ecosystem health and function. Seagrass carbon budgets provide insight on the minimum requirements needed to maintain this valuable resource. Carb...

Authors: James Kaldy