Environmental effects and, particularly, temperature changes have been demonstrated to influence the activity, function, and well-being of teleosts. Temperature may change seasonally in the wild, and in captivity under aquaculture operations. Moreover, climate change is expected to shift temperature profiles worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Mediterranean Triton Charonia seguenzae (Aradas and Benoit, 1870) is an endangered marine gastropod. Re-establishment of C. seguenzae populations in the depleted habitats requires knowledge of its biology and breeding in captivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCadmium (Cd) has proved to be associated with numerous toxic effects in aquatic organisms via waterborne exposure. With a view to investigate Cd toxicity along a broad spectrum of exposures reaching from environmental to toxic, we employed adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) for an in vivo study. A number of 10 fish per tank were placed in 40L tanks and were exposed for 30 days to 0.
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