Scientia Marina - 71(1): 2007

Spatial distribution, density, and relative growth of Microphrys bicornutus (Latreille, 1826) (Brachyura: Majidae) in five biotopes in a Thalassia complex Carlos A. Carmona-Suárez 5-14

On the record of the red seabream, Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) (Osteichthyes: Sparidae), in the Adriatic Sea Jakov Dulcic and Miro Kraljevic 15-17

Decapod crustacean assemblages off the West coast of central Italy (Western Mediterranean) Emanuela Fanelli, Francesco Colloca and Giandomenico Ardizzone 19-28

Colonization of the eastern Mediterranean by Red Sea cumaceans, with the description of a new species Jordi Corbera and Bella S. Galil 29-36

Relationship between viral and prokaryotic abundance on the Bajo O'Higgins 1 Seamount (Humboldt Current System off Chile) Oscar E. Chiang and Renato A. Quiñones 37-46

Comparison of the catches of European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L. 1758) taken with experimental gillnets of different mesh sizes in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean) Mario Sbrana, Paola Belcari, Stefano De Ranieri, Paolo Sartor, Claudio Viva 47-56

Spatial distribution and biomass of aquatic rooted macrophytes and their relevance in the metabolism of a Mediterranean coastal lagoon Biel Obrador, Joan Lluís Pretus and Margarita Menéndez 57-64

Hydromedusae (Cnidaria) of the Chilean southern channels (from Corcovado Gulf to Pulluche-Chacabuco Channels) Sergio Palma, Pedro Apablaza and Nelson Silva 65-74

Review of the Tripterygion tripteronotus (Risso, 1810) complex, with description of a new species from the Mediterranean Sea (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae) Josep Carreras-Carbonell, Marta Pascual and Enrique Macpherson 75-86

Stable C and N isotope concentration in several tissues of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta from the western Mediterranean and dietary implications Mónica Revelles, L. Cardona, A. Aguilar, A. Borrell, G. Fernández and M. San Félix 87-93

The occurrence of Natsushima bifurcata (Polychaeta: Nautiliniellidae) in Acharax hosts from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (south Iberian and north Moroccan Margins) Ascensão Ravara, Marina R Cunha, Clara F Rodrigues 95-100

Antibiotic activity of Iberian macroalgae N. Salvador, A. Gómez Garreta, L. Lavelli and M. A. Ribera 101-114

The exploited population of the brackish river prawn (Macrobrachium macrobrachion Herklots 1851) in the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria Francis M. Nwosu, Sieghard Holzöhner, Udeme I. Enin 115-121

Seasonal variation in the length structure and reproductive condition of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (d'Orbigny, 1835) off central-south Chile Christian M. Ibáñez and Luis A. Cubillos 123-128

Sediment as a constituent of Mediterranean benthic communities dominated by Caulerpa racemosa var. Cylindracea Luigi Piazzi, David Balata, Luca Foresi, Cristina Cristaudo, Francesco Cinelli 129-135

Notes on the biology of the Bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus (Carangidae) around Reunion Island, South-West Indian Ocean David Roos, Olivier Roux, François Conand 137-144

Reproductive biology of the striped goby, Gobius vittatus (Gobiidae) in the northern Adriatic Sea Marcelo Kovacic 145-151

On the stochastic approach to marine population dynamics Eduardo Ferrandis 153-174

Direct survival analysis: a new stock assessment method Eduardo Ferrandis and Pilar Hernández 175-185

Experimental studies on the feeding ecology of Munida subrugosa (White, 1847) (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the Magellan region, Southern Chile Patricia Karas, M. Gorny and Rubén Alarcón-Muñoz 187-190

A new alien bryozoan Celleporaria brunnea (Hincks, 1884) in the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean) Ferah Koçak 191-195

Artificial collection and early growth of spat of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), in La Rinconada Marine Reserve, Antofagasta, Chile Miguel Avendaño D., Marcela Cantillánez S., Gérard Thouzeau and Juan B. Peña 197-205

BOOK REVIEWS

Elderfield, H. (ed.) The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry Carles Pelejero and Eva Calvo 206-207