The cheilostomatous bryozoan Smittina oblita sp. nov. is described from samples collected in the Patagonian Shelf and the Burwood Bank (southwest Atlantic Ocean). This new species seems to be related to Smittina lebruni ...

Five adult paralichthyid specimens with various kinds of abnormalities are reported from the south-west Atlantic Ocean. These abnormal flatfish specimens represent the first records of wholly ambicoloured Paralichthys ...

Three new species of paramunnid isopods are described: Pentaceration pleonarietis sp. nov., Neasellus argentinensis sp. nov. and N. bicarinatus sp. nov. The three species were collected off Buenos Aires province, the last ...

Food of Seriola lalandi was mainly composed of juveniles of horse mackerel (Trachurus lathami) (%IRI=99.66) showing the species as carnivorous feeders predating on small pelagic organisms. ©2008 Marine Biological Association ...

Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is an essential component of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) contributing to balance the southward flow of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). However, the role of ...

Three juvenile Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) caught in gillnets in southeast Brazil, southwest Atlantic, were found with plastic debris rings around their gill or mouth region. The rings caused severe ...

Size at maternity and size at maturity of the blue shark Prionace glauca were studied from samples collected during ten commercial longline fishing cruises off southern Brazil and in adjacent international waters. The sharp ...

Three juvenile Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) caught in gillnets in southeast Brazil, southwest Atlantic, were found with plastic debris rings around their gill or mouth region. The rings caused severe ...