Scientia Marina - 71(2): 2007

Comparative study on the reproductive biology of Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) and T. marmorata (Risso, 1810) in the central Mediterranean Sea Ivan Consalvo, Umberto Scacco, Michele Romanelli and Marino Vacchi 213-222

Baroclinic and wind-induced circulation in Tarragona harbour (northeastern Spain) Marc Mestres, Joan Pau Sierra and Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla 223-238

Vitellogenesis, oocyte maturation pattern, spawning rhythm and spawning frequency in Otolithes ruber (Schneider, 1801) (Sciaenidae) in the Kuwaiti waters of the Arabian Gulf Stephen Dadzie 239-248

Description of larvae and juveniles of Bairdiella ronchus (Sciaenidae: Teleostei) in southeastern Brazil Michael Kengo Itagaki, Márcio Hidekazu Ohkawara, June Ferraz Dias and Mario Katsuragawa 249-257

Low crested coastal defence structures on the Catalan coast of the Mediterranean Sea: how they compare with natural rocky shores Esperança Gacia, Maria Paola Satta and Daniel Martin 259-267

Lipid reserves of red mullet (Mullus barbatus) during pre-spawning in the northwestern Mediterranean Josep Lloret, Montserrat Demestre and Josep Sánchez-Pardo 269-277

Emigration and retention of Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) in a central western Mediterranean marine protected area Maria Cristina Follesa, Danila Cuccu, Rita Cannas, Andrea Sabatini and Angelo Cau 279-285

Decapod crustaceans associated with the snakelock anemone Anemonia sulcata. Living there or just passing by? Ricardo Calado, Gisela Dionísio and Maria Teresa Dinis 287-292

Assessment of spatial environmental quality status in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) Cláudia Batista Lopes, Maria Eduarda Pereira, Carlos Vale, Ana Isabel Lillebø, Miguel Ângelo Pardal and Armando Costa Duarte 293-304

Origin and abundance of beach debris in the Balearic Islands Lorena Martinez-Ribes, Gotzon Basterretxea, Miquel Palmer and Joaquín Tintoré. 305-314

Revision of Chone Krøyer, 1856 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the eastern central Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea with descriptions of two new species María Ana Tovar-Hernández, Margherita Licciano and Adriana Giangrande 315-338

Sequence of hydrographic changes in NW Mediterranean deep water due to the exceptional winter of 2005 Jordi Font, Pere Puig, Jordi Salat, Albert Palanques and Mikhail Emelianov 339-346

Diet of larval albacore Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) off Mallorca Island (NW Mediterranean) Ignacio Alberto Catalán, Francisco Alemany, Ana Morillas and Beatriz Morales-Nin 347-354

Vertical diel dynamic of fish assemblage associated with an artificial reef (Northern Adriatic Sea) Antonello Sala, Gianna Fabi and Sarine Manoukian 355-364

Survival probabilities of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) estimated from capture-mark-recapture data in the Mediterranean Sea Paolo Casale, Antonios D. Mazaris, Daniela Freggi, Roberto Basso and Roberto Argano 365-372

Bioaccumulation and biochemical responses in mussels exposed to the water-accommodated fraction of the Prestige fuel oil Montserrat Solé, Astrid Buet, Laura Ortiz, Francesc Maynou, Josep Maria Bayona and Joan Albaigés 373-382

Relative growth of the semi-terrestrial crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus: an information-theory approach Nikos Protopapas, Stelios Katsanevakis, Maria Thessalou-Legaki and George Verriopoulos 383-394

Feeding behaviour of the hydromedusa Aequorea vitrina Hans Ulrik Riisgård Supplementary material 395-404

Interactions between small cetaceans and the purse-seine fishery in western Portuguese waters Laura Wise, Alexandra Silva, Marisa Ferreira, Mónica A. Silva and Marina Sequeira 405-412

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Francesc Pagès (1962-2007) Josep-Maria Gili 413-414