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Tropical Hermit Crab Clibanarius Clibanarius
MARINE ECOLOGY - PROGRESS SERIES Vol. 8: 197-201, 1982 Published May P Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. / Reproduction of the Continuously Breeding Tropical Hermit Crab Clibanarius clibanarius Sudha Varadarajan* and T. Subramoniam Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Madras 600005,India ABSTRACT: On the Indian east coast, the hermit crab Clibanarius clibanarius breeds continuously with peak activity from September to January, corresponding to the onset of the retreating monsoon. Individuals within the population breed asynchronously and vary widely in their carapace lengths. probably because of steady, year-round recruitment. Our data on reproduction emphasize the flexible use of an apparently stable, tropical environment by these crabs. INTRODUCTION 18 m. In January and February, 1976 and January, 1977 all crabs were scarce and few could be collected. In tropical marine waters, where sea temperatures Females, smaller in size than males, often occupied fluctuate little seasonally, many invertebrates are smaller gastropod shells of different species of Murex, known to reproduce throughout the year (Giese and Bursa, Babylonia or Turitella. After removal from the Pearse, 1974). In Indian waters a major factor that shell, the length from the tip of the rostrum to the influences intertidal as well as offshore forms is the posterior indentation on the mid-dorsal line of the monsoon rain that differs in time and intensity on the cephalothorax was taken as carapace length. The soft east and west coasts (Panikkar and Jayaraman, 1966). abdomen was opened, the ovaries were separated from Semiannual breeding patterns have been reported for the hepatic tissue and gonad-indexes and hepatic a number of species on the east coast of India (Giese indexes (Giese, 1967) and egg mass indexes (Sub- and Pearse, 1974), where little rain falls during the ramoniam, 1979) were calculated' '. -
Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Teleost Fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida Robin M
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Laboratory of Parasitology 6-26-1969 Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Teleost Fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida Robin M. Overstreet University of Miami, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs Part of the Parasitology Commons Overstreet, Robin M., "Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Teleost Fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida" (1969). Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology. 867. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/867 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. TULANE STUDIES IN ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY Volume 15, Number 4 June 26, 1969 DIGENETIC TREMATODES OF MARINE TELEOST FISHES FROM BISCAYNE BAY, FLORIDA1 ROBIN M. OVERSTREET2 Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida CONTENTS ABSTRACT 120 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120 INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
1 Doc. 8.50 CONVENTION on INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Doc. 8.50 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ____________ Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Kyoto (Japan), 2 to 13 March 1992 Interpretation and Implementation of the Convention CRITERIA FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE APPENDICES (The Kyoto Criteria) This document is submitted by Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Background The attached draft resolution is intended to replace the existing criteria for listing species in the appendices of the Convention, for transferring species between the appendices and for deletion of species from the appendices. In addition, it incorporates and consolidates the provisions of various other Resolutions relevant to this topic and provides a basis for their removal from the list of Resolutions of the Convention. Since the Berne Criteria (Resolutions Conf. 1.1 and 1.2) have formed the basis for amendments to the appendices of the Convention since 1976, it is necessary to provide substantial justification for their replacement. General issues International trade 1. CITES was established to address international trade in wild fauna and flora. It is unable to influence the survival of species which are not exploited for trade or species which are exploited within States for domestic consumption. Perhaps the greatest threat to species is the loss or fragmentation of habitats in the countries where they occur: this problem has to be addressed through other measures. International trade may be one of the less important factors influencing the survival of the majority of species and this should be recognized. CITES is an international conservation treaty with a circumscribed role limited to those species which are genuinely threatened with extinction, or which could become so, in which there is significant international trade. -
Notification to the Parties No. 2018/031
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA NOTIFICATION TO THE PARTIES No. 2018/031 Geneva, 26 March 2018 CONCERNING: INDIA Ban on trade in wild fauna and flora, except certain specimens of Dalbergia latifolia and Dalbergia sissoo 1. The Management Authority of India has informed the Secretariat that the Government of India has banned the export for commercial purposes of all wild-taken specimens of species included in Appendices I, II and III, subject to paragraph 2 below. 2. India permits the export of cultivated varieties of plant species included in Appendices I and II and has indicated that all products, other than the wood and wood products in the form of logs, timber, stumps, roots, bark, chips, powder, flakes, dust and charcoal, produced from wild sourced (W) Dalbergia sissoo and Dalbergia latifolia and authorized for export by a CITES Comparable Certificate issued by the competent authorities of India are exempted from the general ban. Such Dalbergia sissoo and Dalbergia latifolia specimens are harvested legally as per the regional and national laws of India and as per the prescribed management (working) plans, which are based on silvicultural principles and all are covered under Legal Procurement Certificate; all the material are sold from the Government timber depots through auction or are legally procured and can be exported legally. 3. Starting on the date of this Notification, all the CITES Comparable Certificates will be issued with a footnote, stating that the wild (W) source specimens are covered under Legal Procurement Certificate as per regional and national laws in India. -
St. Kitts Final Report
ReefFix: An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Ecosystem Services Valuation and Capacity Building Project for the Caribbean ST. KITTS AND NEVIS FIRST DRAFT REPORT JUNE 2013 PREPARED BY PATRICK I. WILLIAMS CONSULTANT CLEVERLY HILL SANDY POINT ST. KITTS PHONE: 1 (869) 765-3988 E-MAIL: [email protected] 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Table of Contents 3 List of Figures 6 List of Tables 6 Glossary of Terms 7 Acronyms 10 Executive Summary 12 Part 1: Situational analysis 15 1.1 Introduction 15 1.2 Physical attributes 16 1.2.1 Location 16 1.2.2 Area 16 1.2.3 Physical landscape 16 1.2.4 Coastal zone management 17 1.2.5 Vulnerability of coastal transportation system 19 1.2.6 Climate 19 1.3 Socio-economic context 20 1.3.1 Population 20 1.3.2 General economy 20 1.3.3 Poverty 22 1.4 Policy frameworks of relevance to marine resource protection and management in St. Kitts and Nevis 23 1.4.1 National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) 23 1.4.2 National Physical Development Plan (2006) 23 1.4.3 National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) 23 1.4.4 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NABSAP) 26 1.4.5 Medium Term Economic Strategy Paper (MTESP) 26 1.5 Legislative instruments of relevance to marine protection and management in St. Kitts and Nevis 27 1.5.1 Development Control and Planning Act (DCPA), 2000 27 1.5.2 National Conservation and Environmental Protection Act (NCEPA), 1987 27 1.5.3 Public Health Act (1969) 28 1.5.4 Solid Waste Management Corporation Act (1996) 29 1.5.5 Water Courses and Water Works Ordinance (Cap. -
A Survey of the Order Tetraodontiformes on Coral Reef Habitats in Southeast Florida
Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks HCNSO Student Capstones HCNSO Student Work 4-28-2020 A Survey of the Order Tetraodontiformes on Coral Reef Habitats in Southeast Florida Anne C. Sevon Nova Southeastern University, [email protected] This document is a product of extensive research conducted at the Nova Southeastern University . For more information on research and degree programs at the NSU , please click here. Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_stucap Part of the Marine Biology Commons, and the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons Share Feedback About This Item NSUWorks Citation Anne C. Sevon. 2020. A Survey of the Order Tetraodontiformes on Coral Reef Habitats in Southeast Florida. Capstone. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, . (350) https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_stucap/350. This Capstone is brought to you by the HCNSO Student Work at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in HCNSO Student Capstones by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Capstone of Anne C. Sevon Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science M.S. Marine Environmental Sciences M.S. Coastal Zone Management Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography April 2020 Approved: Capstone Committee Major Professor: Dr. Kirk Kilfoyle Committee Member: Dr. Bernhard Riegl This capstone is available at NSUWorks: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_stucap/350 HALMOS -
Pagurid Crabs (Decapoda Anomura) from St
PAGURID CRABS (DECAPODA ANOMURA) FROM ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES 1) BY ANTHONY J. PROVENZANO, Jr. Institute of Marine Science,University of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION As part of a survey of the marine fauna and flora of the recently established U. S. Virgin Islands National Park at St. John, a series of collections have been made by Marine Laboratory personnel. Among the Crustacea taken were a number of new records for the Virgin Islands, including three species not referable to any yet named. The present report deals with the hermit crabs of the families Diogenidae and Paguridae; these families corresponding to those of MacDonald, Pike & Williamson ( 1 9 5 7 ) . Synonymies are restricted to the original description and one or more references usually containing more complete information. Size of specimens where given refers to carapace length. The station numbers refer to records kept by Herman Kumpf while at St. John; the field data being on file in the Marine Laboratory Museum. Unless otherwise noted, the general locality for material examined is St. John. Holotypes are deposited in the U. S. National Museum, while most of the remaining material is deposited in the University of Miami Marine Laboratory Museum (UMML). The writer is indebted to Dr. Marvin L. Wass of the Virginia Fisheries Labora- tory for examining the three new species and for comments incorporated in the manuscript. He would also like to thank Dr. John Randall and his co-workers who made special efforts to collect hermit crabs during their general field studies. -
An Annotated Bibliography of Diet Studies of Fish of the Southeast United States and Gray’S Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series MSD-05-2 An annotated bibliography of diet studies of fish of the southeast United States and Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary U.S. Department of Commerce February 2005 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Marine Sanctuaries Division About the Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Sanctuary Division (MSD) administers the National Marine Sanctuary Program. Its mission is to identify, designate, protect and manage the ecological, recreational, research, educational, historical, and aesthetic resources and qualities of nationally significant coastal and marine areas. The existing marine sanctuaries differ widely in their natural and historical resources and include nearshore and open ocean areas ranging in size from less than one to over 5,000 square miles. Protected habitats include rocky coasts, kelp forests, coral reefs, sea grass beds, estuarine habitats, hard and soft bottom habitats, segments of whale migration routes, and shipwrecks. Because of considerable differences in settings, resources, and threats, each marine sanctuary has a tailored management plan. Conservation, education, research, monitoring and enforcement programs vary accordingly. The integration of these programs is fundamental to marine protected area management. The Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series reflects and supports this integration by providing a forum for publication and discussion of the complex issues currently facing the National Marine Sanctuary Program. Topics of published reports vary substantially and may include descriptions of educational programs, discussions on resource management issues, and results of scientific research and monitoring projects. The series facilitates integration of natural sciences, socioeconomic and cultural sciences, education, and policy development to accomplish the diverse needs of NOAA’s resource protection mandate. -
Updated Checklist of Marine Fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the Proposed Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf
European Journal of Taxonomy 73: 1-73 ISSN 2118-9773 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.73 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2014 · Carneiro M. et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Monograph urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A5F217D-8E7B-448A-9CAB-2CCC9CC6F857 Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf Miguel CARNEIRO1,5, Rogélia MARTINS2,6, Monica LANDI*,3,7 & Filipe O. COSTA4,8 1,2 DIV-RP (Modelling and Management Fishery Resources Division), Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasilia 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 3,4 CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] * corresponding author: [email protected] 5 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:90A98A50-327E-4648-9DCE-75709C7A2472 6 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:1EB6DE00-9E91-407C-B7C4-34F31F29FD88 7 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:6D3AC760-77F2-4CFA-B5C7-665CB07F4CEB 8 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:48E53CF3-71C8-403C-BECD-10B20B3C15B4 Abstract. The study of the Portuguese marine ichthyofauna has a long historical tradition, rooted back in the 18th Century. Here we present an annotated checklist of the marine fishes from Portuguese waters, including the area encompassed by the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf and the Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ). The list is based on historical literature records and taxon occurrence data obtained from natural history collections, together with new revisions and occurrences. -
Phylogeny of the Epinephelinae (Teleostei: Serranidae)
BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 52(1): 240-283, 1993 PHYLOGENY OF THE EPINEPHELINAE (TELEOSTEI: SERRANIDAE) Carole C. Baldwin and G. David Johnson ABSTRACT Relationships among epinepheline genera are investigated based on cladistic analysis of larval and adult morphology. Five monophyletic tribes are delineated, and relationships among tribes and among genera of the tribe Grammistini are hypothesized. Generic com- position of tribes differs from Johnson's (1983) classification only in the allocation of Je- boehlkia to the tribe Grammistini rather than the Liopropomini. Despite the presence of the skin toxin grammistin in the Diploprionini and Grammistini, we consider the latter to be the sister group of the Liopropomini. This hypothesis is based, in part, on previously un- recognized larval features. Larval morphology also provides evidence of monophyly of the subfamily Epinephelinae, the clade comprising all epinepheline tribes except Niphonini, and the tribe Grammistini. Larval features provide the only evidence of a monophyletic Epine- phelini and a monophyletic clade comprising the Diploprionini, Liopropomini and Gram- mistini; identification of larvae of more epinephelines is needed to test those hypotheses. Within the tribe Grammistini, we propose that Jeboehlkia gladifer is the sister group of a natural assemblage comprising the former pseudogrammid genera (Aporops, Pseudogramma and Suttonia). The "soapfishes" (Grammistes, Grammistops, Pogonoperca and Rypticus) are not monophyletic, but form a series of sequential sister groups to Jeboehlkia, Aporops, Pseu- dogramma and Suttonia (the closest of these being Grammistops, followed by Rypticus, then Grammistes plus Pogonoperca). The absence in adult Jeboehlkia of several derived features shared by Grammistops, Aporops, Pseudogramma and Suttonia is incongruous with our hypothesis but may be attributable to paedomorphosis. -
A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States And
t a AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY QL 614 .A43 V.2 .A 4-3 AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY Special Publication No. 2 A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes -^ ru from the United States m CD and Canada (SECOND EDITION) A/^Ssrf>* '-^\ —---^ Report of the Committee on Names of Fishes, Presented at the Ei^ty-ninth Annual Meeting, Clearwater, Florida, September 16-18, 1959 Reeve M. Bailey, Chairman Ernest A. Lachner, C. C. Lindsey, C. Richard Robins Phil M. Roedel, W. B. Scott, Loren P. Woods Ann Arbor, Michigan • 1960 Copies of this publication may be purchased for $1.00 each (paper cover) or $2.00 (cloth cover). Orders, accompanied by remittance payable to the American Fisheries Society, should be addressed to E. A. Seaman, Secretary-Treasurer, American Fisheries Society, Box 483, McLean, Virginia. Copyright 1960 American Fisheries Society Printed by Waverly Press, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland lutroduction This second list of the names of fishes of The shore fishes from Greenland, eastern the United States and Canada is not sim- Canada and the United States, and the ply a reprinting with corrections, but con- northern Gulf of Mexico to the mouth of stitutes a major revision and enlargement. the Rio Grande are included, but those The earlier list, published in 1948 as Special from Iceland, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Cuba Publication No. 1 of the American Fisheries and the other West Indian islands, and Society, has been widely used and has Mexico are excluded unless they occur also contributed substantially toward its goal of in the region covered. In the Pacific, the achieving uniformity and avoiding confusion area treated includes that part of the conti- in nomenclature. -
IUCN-European-Red-List-Of-Marine
European Red List of Marine Fishes Ana Nieto, Gina M. Ralph, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, James Kemp, Mariana García Criado, David J. Allen, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Rachel H.L. Walls, Barry Russell, David Pollard, Silvia García, Matthew Craig, Bruce B. Collette, Riley Pollom, Manuel Biscoito, Ning Labbish Chao, Alvaro Abella, Pedro Afonso, Helena Álvarez, Kent E. Carpenter, Simona Clò, Robin Cook, Maria José Costa, João Delgado, Manuel Dureuil, Jim R. Ellis, Edward D. Farrell, Paul Fernandes, Ann-Britt Florin, Sonja Fordham, Sarah Fowler, Luis Gil de Sola, Juan Gil Herrera, Angela Goodpaster, Michael Harvey, Henk Heessen, Juergen Herler, Armelle Jung, Emma Karmovskaya, Çetin Keskin, Steen W. Knudsen, Stanislav Kobyliansky, Marcelo Kovačić, Julia M. Lawson, Pascal Lorance, Sophy McCully Phillips, Thomas Munroe, Kjell Nedreaas, Jørgen Nielsen, Constantinos Papaconstantinou, Beth Polidoro, Caroline M. Pollock, Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp, Catherine Sayer, Janet Scott, Fabrizio Serena, William F. Smith-Vaniz, Alen Soldo, Emilie Stump and Jeffrey T. Williams European Red List of Marine Fishes Ana Nieto, Gina M. Ralph, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, James Kemp, Mariana García Criado, David J. Allen, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Rachel H.L. Walls, Barry Russell, David Pollard, Silvia García, Matthew Craig, Bruce B. Collette, Riley Pollom, Manuel Biscoito, Ning Labbish Chao, Alvaro Abella, Pedro Afonso, Helena Álvarez, Kent E. Carpenter, Simona Clò, Robin Cook, Maria José Costa, João Delgado, Manuel Dureuil, Jim R. Ellis, Edward D. Farrell, Paul Fernandes, Ann-Britt Florin, Sonja Fordham, Sarah Fowler, Luis Gil de Sola, Juan Gil Herrera, Angela Goodpaster, Michael Harvey, Henk Heessen, Juergen Herler, Armelle Jung, Emma Karmovskaya, Çetin Keskin, Steen W. Knudsen, Stanislav Kobyliansky, Marcelo Kovačić, Julia M.