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A New Parapercis Species From The Dongsha Island, South China Sea With Comments On A New Record From Taiwan, I-Shiung Chen, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Shao-Liang Hsu Dec 2013

A New Parapercis Species From The Dongsha Island, South China Sea With Comments On A New Record From Taiwan, I-Shiung Chen, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Shao-Liang Hsu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The sandperch genus, Parapercis Bleeker, 1863 is the most diverse group of Family Pinguipedidae in the perciforms. One unusual specimen of sandperches recently collected from the Dongsha Island (Pratas Island), South China Sea from 2011 expedition belonging to Taiwan, the Republic of China is turned to a new species as Parapercis dongshaensis n. sp. closely related to the newly recorded species, Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960 which also firstly collected from Taiwanese waters would been also documented herein. The new species, Parapercis dongshaensis n. sp., can be well distinguished from other congeners by the following unique combination of features: (1) fins: …


Genetic Diversity Of Pyramimonas From Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (Chlorophyceae, Pyramimonadales), Shoichiro Suda, Mohammad Azmal Hossain Bhuiyan, Daphne Georgina Faria Dec 2013

Genetic Diversity Of Pyramimonas From Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (Chlorophyceae, Pyramimonadales), Shoichiro Suda, Mohammad Azmal Hossain Bhuiyan, Daphne Georgina Faria

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The genus Pyramimonas Schmarda was traditionally described on observations of its periplast and internal structure of different flagellar apparatus or eyespot orientations and currently comprises of ca. 60 species that are divided into six subgenera: Pyramimonas, Vestigifera, Trichocystis, Punctatae, Hexactis, and Macrura. In order to understand the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of genus Pyramimonas members, we analyzed nuclear SSU rDNA molecular data from 41 strains isolated from different locations of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that strains could be segregated into six clades, four of which represented existing subgenera: Pyramimonas, Vestigifera McFadden, Trichocystis McFadden, and Punctatae McFadden, and …


Life History Of The Copepod Paramphiascella Sp. Affected By Hydrothermal Vent Effluents, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Li-Chun Tseng, Jiang-Shiou Hwang Dec 2013

Life History Of The Copepod Paramphiascella Sp. Affected By Hydrothermal Vent Effluents, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Li-Chun Tseng, Jiang-Shiou Hwang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Toxicity of Hydrothermal vent (HV) effluents was tested by investigating the effect on growth and reproduction of the copepod Paramphiascella sp. which was collected and subsequently cultured from localities nearby a shallow marine HV at Kueishan Tao Island, Taiwan. Ontogenetic stages (nauplii, copepodids, and adults) were exposed to a range of concentrations of HV effluents in a static renewal culture system. In a first of two experiments we tested the survivorship of these in HV effluent dilutions from 1 to 50%. HV effluents significantly reduced the survivorship of the naupliar stages at concentrations >5% for Paramphiascella sp. (p < 0.01) and all nauplii died at concentrations of 25% and 50%. Copepodids were significantly letally affected at concentrations >5% (p < 0.01) and all died at 50% (p < 0.01). Developmental duration in Paramphiascella was showing a trend of developmental delay in both phases, in the naupliar and in the copepodid phase. Mortality showed a greater sensitivity to chemical exposure than development time. Among both traits were early developmental stages of Paramphiascella sp. more sensitive to HV effluents than advanced stages. We showed that Paramphiascella sp. was a useful test organism in the monitoring of life cycle as well as acute effects of HV effluents being present for millions of years and providing unique ecosystems. Mortality was a useful toxicological endpoint whereas developmental duration was not.


Gall Polymorphism Of Coral-Inhabiting Crabs (Decapoda, Cryptochiridae): A New Perspective, Tsui-Ping Wei, Hon-Cheng Chen, Ying-Chou Lee, Min-Li Tsai, Jiang-Shiou Hwang, Shao-Hung Peng, Yuh-Wen Chiu Dec 2013

Gall Polymorphism Of Coral-Inhabiting Crabs (Decapoda, Cryptochiridae): A New Perspective, Tsui-Ping Wei, Hon-Cheng Chen, Ying-Chou Lee, Min-Li Tsai, Jiang-Shiou Hwang, Shao-Hung Peng, Yuh-Wen Chiu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Coral-inhabiting gall crabs are either obligate symbionts or parasitic associates with their host corals. They form a variety of galls/pits inside the skeleton of living corals. Nine genera of gall crabs on several scleractinian corals were used to test the hypothesis that galls vary among cryptochirid genera. Phylogenetic and morphometric observations were combined to analyze the possible evolutionary significance of gall construction. A high degree of conservation of gall shapes was observed in relation to the gall crabs’ phylogeny. Gall/pit morphology and fidelity was studied in each of the different species of gall crabs. In addition, the correlation analysis results …


Ichthyoplankton Community Associated With Oceanic Fronts In Early Winter On The Continental Shelf Of The Southern East China Sea, Yi-Chen Wang, Wen-Yu Chen, Yi Chang, Ming-An Lee Dec 2013

Ichthyoplankton Community Associated With Oceanic Fronts In Early Winter On The Continental Shelf Of The Southern East China Sea, Yi-Chen Wang, Wen-Yu Chen, Yi Chang, Ming-An Lee

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The study of ichthyoplankton community associated with oceanic features on the continental shelf of southern East China Sea (ECS) was conducted in early winter from 2006 to 2009. The species composition of the ichthyoplankton and its spatial distribution was classified and compared with oceanic front. A total number of 1,809 fish larvae individuals were sampled from 5 field surveys, and represented 76 families and 137 species. Using the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, the abundance of species found to exceed 0.5% of the total sample from 36 stations were classified into four groups: China Coastal Group, Mixed Shelf Group, Taiwan Strait Group, and …


A New Freshwater Goby Of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) From Hainan Island, Southern China, I-Shiung Chen, Peter J. Miller Dec 2013

A New Freshwater Goby Of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) From Hainan Island, Southern China, I-Shiung Chen, Peter J. Miller

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

A new freshwater goby of Rhinogobius Gill (1859) was collected from the Wangchuang River basin, Hainan Island, southern China. The new species, Rhinogobius sangenloensis, can be well distinguished from other congeners by a combination of the following features: second dorsal-fin rays modally I/8; anal-fin rays I/7-8; pectoral-fin rays modally 17; longitudinal scales 25-27; predorsal scales 9-11; vertebrae 26; body with 3-4 longitudinal, discontinuous orange to brown or brownish black bars and stripes; cheek with 2 grayish black spots in male; pectoral-fin base in male with 2 oblong black bars; caudal fin with an orange mark on lower 1/3 region in …


A New Genus Of Hemigobius Generic Group Goby Based On Morphological And Molecular Evidence, With Description Of A New Species, Shih-Pin Huang, Jaafar Zeehan, I-Shiung Chen Dec 2013

A New Genus Of Hemigobius Generic Group Goby Based On Morphological And Molecular Evidence, With Description Of A New Species, Shih-Pin Huang, Jaafar Zeehan, I-Shiung Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Wuhanlinigobius, a new genus of Hemigobius generic group would been established and assigned from Mugilogobius polylepis Wu and Ni, 1985. Mugilogobius polylepis has been regarded as belong to genus Eugnathogobius based on lacking head pores and representing longitudinal sensory papillae in previous taxonomic study. However, we compared the osteological features of Mugilogobius polylepis Wu and Ni, 1985 and Eugnathogobius microps Smith, 1931 as well as the molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the mtDNA ND5, Cyt-b genes and D-loop region. The molecular phylogenetic tree including 9 related Hemigobius generic group reveal that this new genus represents an independent clade which is …


Alternative Assessment Methods Applied To The Hairtail (Trichiurus Lepturus) Stock In The Aru Sea As An Example, Chao-Hsiung Cheng, Tsuyoshi Kawasaki, Kuo-Ping Chiang, Chuan-Hung Ho Dec 2013

Alternative Assessment Methods Applied To The Hairtail (Trichiurus Lepturus) Stock In The Aru Sea As An Example, Chao-Hsiung Cheng, Tsuyoshi Kawasaki, Kuo-Ping Chiang, Chuan-Hung Ho

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The Aru Sea off Indonesia is a major fishing ground for Taiwanese distant-water otter trawlers. The hairtail, an economically important demersal fish, is abundant in that area. The assessment methodology in this paper extends previous studies on hairtail fisheries by considering migration within the fishing grounds. This model is based on conventional Leslie-Delury method but makes different assumptions on stock movement and the relationship between stock abundance and catch per unit effort. It was applied to retrospective data from the hairtail fisheries in the Aru Sea. In addition, the depletion method was used to estimate the abundance of hairtail and …


Purification And Characterization Of Acidic Protease From Aspergillus Oryzae Bcrc 30118, Li-Jung Yin, Ya-Hui Chou, Shann-Tzong Jiang Feb 2013

Purification And Characterization Of Acidic Protease From Aspergillus Oryzae Bcrc 30118, Li-Jung Yin, Ya-Hui Chou, Shann-Tzong Jiang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The acidic protease was purified from 4-day cultivation of Aspergillus oryzae BCRC 30118 by DEAE Sephacel and Sephacryl S-200 HR chromatographs. The specific activity, yield and purification fold were 117.62 kU/mg, 15.1% and 6.6, respectively. The molecular weight (M) was 41.0 kDa, while the optimal pH and temperature were 3.0 and 60°C, respectively. It was stable at pH 3.0-6.0 and 4-35°C. However, it was inhibited by Fe2+, Hg2+, Fe3+ and pepstatin A, and slightly by leupeptin and TPCK. According to substrate specificity and inhibitor study, it was a cysteine protease with activation energy of 37.5 kcal/mol. Its Km, Vmax, Kcat …


Decadal Variation In Egg Abundance Of A Mesopelagic Fish, Maurolicus Japonicus, In The Japan Sea During 1981-2005, Tadanori Fujino, Tsuneo Goto, Tsuyoshi Shimura, Hiroki Yasuma, Yongjun Tian, Hideaki Kidokoro, Shinya Masuda, Kazushi Miyashita Feb 2013

Decadal Variation In Egg Abundance Of A Mesopelagic Fish, Maurolicus Japonicus, In The Japan Sea During 1981-2005, Tadanori Fujino, Tsuneo Goto, Tsuyoshi Shimura, Hiroki Yasuma, Yongjun Tian, Hideaki Kidokoro, Shinya Masuda, Kazushi Miyashita

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Egg abundance of Maurolicus japonicus, a dominant mesopelagic fish in the Japan Sea, was analyzed during 1981-2005 as an index of the spawning-adult abundance. There was a major change in egg abundance around 1988/1989, with negative anomalies occurring during 1981-1988 and positive anomalies occurring from l989. At about the same time (1986/1987), the Tsushima Current shifted from cold to warm conditions. Environmental indices were found to be positively correlated with egg abundance two years later. Our results suggest that the abundance of M. japonicus is affected by climatic regime shifts, and that it could be used as an indicator species.


Additions To The Taiwan Marine Eel Fauna With First Records Of Three Rare Moray Eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), Kar-Hoe Loh, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Hong-Ming Chen Apr 2012

Additions To The Taiwan Marine Eel Fauna With First Records Of Three Rare Moray Eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), Kar-Hoe Loh, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Hong-Ming Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The specimens of three new records of moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) were identified for the first time off the eastern (Changbin) and southern (Kenting) coast of Taiwan. They were Enchelynassa canina (Quoy and Gaimard), Gymnothorax elegans Bliss and Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus (Schultz). The monotypic genus Enchelynassa which had only one species in the genus was also a newly recorded genus to Taiwan. In this paper, we reported the three rare moray species, included diagnostic characters and the fresh coloration on whole body, head, dorsal and ventral sides; as well as their dentitions; and the key to the relative species.


Diel Distribution And Movement Of Sound Scattering Layer In Kuroshio Waters, Northeastern Taiwan, Ming-An Lee, Ming-Hsiu Chao, Jinn-Shing Weng, Yang-Chi Lan, Hsueh-Jung Lu Jun 2011

Diel Distribution And Movement Of Sound Scattering Layer In Kuroshio Waters, Northeastern Taiwan, Ming-An Lee, Ming-Hsiu Chao, Jinn-Shing Weng, Yang-Chi Lan, Hsueh-Jung Lu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

A 26-hr acoustic observation was carried out on board of the “Ocean Research II” in the Kuroshio waters at 123°09.027'E, 25°05.019'N from August 4 to 5, 2007. Acoustic volume scattering strengths (SVs) were collected by a scientific echo sounder (EK500, 38 kHz) and diel variations of sound scattering layer were analyzed. The maximum SV of surface scattering layers (SSL) around 20~80 m was observed after dawn, and mean SVs of SSL in nighttime was about -68 dB, 8 dB higher than that of daytime. Two deep scattering layers (DSL) were found in daytime at depth of 400~500 m and 600~700 …


Echo Integration Near The Seabed, Masahiko Furusawa Jun 2011

Echo Integration Near The Seabed, Masahiko Furusawa

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The echo integration (EI) method has long been used for fish abundance estimations. The method is applicable to any type of fish distribution and the analysis is easy to perform by advanced software. For fish near the seabed, however, sometimes it is difficult to perform an analysis because of so-called dead zones. In this paper, the EI near the seabed is considered, reviewing past studies and introducing some new ideas such as an unsampled zone. For the consideration, close inspection of the EI theory is necessary and a section is devoted to the purpose. As an application of the EI …


Fish Acoustics: Physics-Based Modeling And Measurement, Davis Benjamin Reeder Jun 2011

Fish Acoustics: Physics-Based Modeling And Measurement, Davis Benjamin Reeder

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The U.S. Office of Naval Research has sponsored research in the area of marine organism acoustics for many years. The research program has included development of theoretical physics-based acoustic scattering models of single animals, high-resolution laboratory measurements of scattering by individual animals, and at-sea field experiments. The program has been focused on the backscattered signal, but has also included investigation of the forward-scattered signal. Downward-looking acoustic surveys using ship borne echosounders rely on the backscattered signal and provide non-invasive, non-destructive, rapid, high-resolution, large area survey capability compared to traditional net tows. Horizontally-oriented acoustic surveys provide the opportunity to investigate both …


Vertical Distribution Of Walleye Pollock Juveniles Before And After The Period Of Transition For Feeding In Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan, Yohei Kawauchi, Osamu Shida, Hiroya Okumura, Naoki Tojo, Hiroki Yasuma, Kazushi Miyashita Jun 2011

Vertical Distribution Of Walleye Pollock Juveniles Before And After The Period Of Transition For Feeding In Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan, Yohei Kawauchi, Osamu Shida, Hiroya Okumura, Naoki Tojo, Hiroki Yasuma, Kazushi Miyashita

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

We examined the vertical distributions of walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma juveniles for two size groups (smaller and larger than 30 mm) during the period of transition for feeding (PTF) and after this period in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Samplings were conducted in May and June in 2006 and 2007, and water temperature and salinity were measured. The correlation between juvenile sizes and distributed depth was observed using net sampling. From this result, size groups were divided by depth. In addition, the distribution and abundance of juveniles were examined using acoustic data. In the PTF (May), juvenile size increased with increasing …


In Situ And Ex Situ Target Strength Measurement Of Mesopelagic Lanternfish, Diaphus Theta (Family Myctophidae), Kouichi Sawada, Kazuhisa Uchikawa, Tomohiko Matsuura, Hiroya Sugisaki, Kazuo Amakasu, Koki Abe Jun 2011

In Situ And Ex Situ Target Strength Measurement Of Mesopelagic Lanternfish, Diaphus Theta (Family Myctophidae), Kouichi Sawada, Kazuhisa Uchikawa, Tomohiko Matsuura, Hiroya Sugisaki, Kazuo Amakasu, Koki Abe

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Acoustic target strengths (TS) of myctophid fish Diaphus theta were measured in situ at 70 kHz off the east coast of Hokkaido by tethering an acoustic-optical system (the Japanese Quantitative Echosounder and Stereo-video Camera System or J-QUESTχ) at a depth of 150 m from a research vessel. Fish length distributions were obtained from daytime hauls taken with a frame trawl after the TS measurement. Measured average TS () and a standard length (SL) in cm gave the empirical length - average TS relationship, = 20logSL70.6, assuming that the linear TS is proportional to the square of the SL. A laboratory …


Preface, Kohji Iida, Ming-An Lee, Masahiko Furusawa Jun 2011

Preface, Kohji Iida, Ming-An Lee, Masahiko Furusawa

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

No abstract provided.


Technology Evolution And Advances In Fisheries Acoustics, Dezhang Chu Jun 2011

Technology Evolution And Advances In Fisheries Acoustics, Dezhang Chu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Application of sonar technology to fisheries acoustics has made significant advances over recent decades. The echosounder systems evolved from the simple analog single-beam and single-frequency systems to more sophisticated digital multi-beam and multi-frequency systems. In this paper, a brief review of major technological advances in fisheries acoustics is given, as well as examples of their applications.


Measurement And Modeling Of Three Dimensional Target Strength Of Fish For Horizontal Scanning Sonar, Muhammad Kurnia, Kohji Iida, Tohru Mukai Jun 2011

Measurement And Modeling Of Three Dimensional Target Strength Of Fish For Horizontal Scanning Sonar, Muhammad Kurnia, Kohji Iida, Tohru Mukai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper discusses the three-dimensional target strength (3DTS) of fish for a horizontal scanning sonar. Experiments were conducted in a tank using a defrosted Japanese mackerel. Measurements were made by changing the horizontal incident angle of a 50 kHz acoustic beam and the pitch angle of a tethered fish. Following the experiment, morphological characteristics, including the swimbladder size and shape, were measured using soft X-ray and digitized. The theoretical 3DTS was estimated using the prolate spheroid model and compared with the measured 3DTS. Results showed that the TS strongly depended on the fish orientation. The maximum and minimum TS were …


Spatial Estimation Of Euphausiid Biomass Along The Pacific Coast Of Eastern Hokkaido, Japan In Early Summer Of 2008, Naoki Tojo, Kenji Minami, Ryuichi Matsukura, Yohei Kawauchi, Tetsuichiro Funamoto, Masayuki Chimura, Akira Nishimura, Kazushi Miyashita Jun 2011

Spatial Estimation Of Euphausiid Biomass Along The Pacific Coast Of Eastern Hokkaido, Japan In Early Summer Of 2008, Naoki Tojo, Kenji Minami, Ryuichi Matsukura, Yohei Kawauchi, Tetsuichiro Funamoto, Masayuki Chimura, Akira Nishimura, Kazushi Miyashita

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This study focused on euphausiid distribution and biomass estimation over the coastal shelf of the Pacific coast of Hokkaido Japan in early summer 2008. Acoustic data were obtained in both day (6:00-18:00) and night (18:00-6:00) using a quantitative echosounder (EK60, Simrad) with two frequencies (120 and 38 kHz). Echoes of euphausiids were specified based on the ΔMVBS, calculated with seasonal theoretical target strength of Euphausia pacifica. The best-fit kriging models were used to quantitatively interpolate euphausiid distribution. The detected euphausiid biomass reached 38,278 t (> 15 gWWm-2), suggesting abundant prey for large fishes over study area. On the other hand, …


Effect Of Depth-Dependent Target Strength On Biomass Estimation Of Japanese Anchovy, Hiroto Murase, Atsushi Kawabata, Hiroshi Kubota, Masayasu Nakagami, Kazuo Amakasu, Koki Abe, Kazushi Miyashita, Yoshioki Oozeki Jun 2011

Effect Of Depth-Dependent Target Strength On Biomass Estimation Of Japanese Anchovy, Hiroto Murase, Atsushi Kawabata, Hiroshi Kubota, Masayasu Nakagami, Kazuo Amakasu, Koki Abe, Kazushi Miyashita, Yoshioki Oozeki

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Effect of the depth-dependent target strength (TS) on biomass estimation of Japanese ahcovy was examined by using following four TS models: (1) TS = 20logLt-71.9, (2) TS = 20logLt-72.5, (3) TS = 20logLt-(20/3)log(1+z/10)-67.6 and (4) TS = 20logLt-(20/3)log(1+z/10)-64.7, where Lt and z represent total length (cm) and depth (m), respectively. (1) and (2) have been used in conventional fisheries resources surveys; (3) and (4) take account of depth-dependent TS. Because (1)-(3) were based on in-situ measurement, pitch angles of individuals used in the models were not known. Pitch angle is assumed 0° (±10° std) in (4). Biomass estimated by (3) …


Analysis Of The Me70 Multibeam Echosounder Data In Echoview??Urrent Capability And Future Directions, Myounghee Kang Jun 2011

Analysis Of The Me70 Multibeam Echosounder Data In Echoview??Urrent Capability And Future Directions, Myounghee Kang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The general features of the multibeam echosounder (Simrad, ME70) are covered and trends in recent research on using the sonar systems are stated. Echoview's current capability for analyzing ME70 data is precisely described in two categories: split beam data analysis and multibeam data analysis. In particular, the visualization and analysis of school in three dimensions and school tracking are illustrated using fish school echoes observed in Bering Sea during the summer of 2008 and 2009. Future software developments in Echoview may include: high resolution bathymetric algorithms to detect reliable sea bottom, advanced school detection in three dimensions even for ambiguous …


An Alignment Approach To Identify Fish With Encoding Hydroacoustic Signal To Acoustics Alphabet Squences, Shih-Yen Ku, Hsueh-Jung Lu, Chi-Ting Tseng, Ker-Chau Li, Long-Jin Wu Jun 2011

An Alignment Approach To Identify Fish With Encoding Hydroacoustic Signal To Acoustics Alphabet Squences, Shih-Yen Ku, Hsueh-Jung Lu, Chi-Ting Tseng, Ker-Chau Li, Long-Jin Wu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

1D sequence homologous alignment tool, like FastA (FASTALL) [8] or BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) [1], has been widely used in bioinformatics field and perform elegant and fast searching for the sequences developed from the same kinds of species. In other word, it can classify through determining the homologous similarity which is not totally similar in sequences of protein sequences, structure or nucleotide sequences. An approach is proposed in this paper called AA-FAST (abbreviation for Acoustics Alphabet-FAST) which takes advantage of alignment tool and significant sequence encoding method. In this experiment, it could not only determine 4 fish species …


Neuroprotective Effects Of The Lipidic Extract From Integument Of Squid Dosidicus Gigas, Pai-An Hwang, Yi-Gung Tsai, Shu-Yun Gau, Yu-Lan Hung, Chi-Chung Fan Feb 2011

Neuroprotective Effects Of The Lipidic Extract From Integument Of Squid Dosidicus Gigas, Pai-An Hwang, Yi-Gung Tsai, Shu-Yun Gau, Yu-Lan Hung, Chi-Chung Fan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The integument of the squid Dosidicus gigas is an industrial waste and trouble the industrial processing. In this study, we examined the lipid composition and neuroprotective effects of D. gigas integument lipidic extract (DGI) in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells which have been exposed to H2O2. The results showed that phospholipids, triacylglycerol and cholesterol accounted for 70.90 ± 4.96 (mean ± S.D.), 20.70 ± 3.54 and 8.40 ± 0.28% of DGI, respectively. And the main fatty acids were docosahexaenoic acid (30.53% of total fatty acid), palmitic acid (20.36% of total fatty acid) and eicosapentaenoic acid (11.84% of total fatty acid). DGI at …


Estimate Of The Maximum Sustainable Yield Of Sergestid Shrimp In The Waters Off Southwestern Taiwan, Chin-Cheng Wu, Ching-Hsiewn Ou, Wen-Pei Tsai, Kwang-Ming Liu Oct 2010

Estimate Of The Maximum Sustainable Yield Of Sergestid Shrimp In The Waters Off Southwestern Taiwan, Chin-Cheng Wu, Ching-Hsiewn Ou, Wen-Pei Tsai, Kwang-Ming Liu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The sergestid shrimp, Sergia lucens is one of the major marine resources in the waters off southwestern Taiwan. The maximum sustainable yield (MSY), total allowable catch (TAC) and fishing effort at MSY (EMSY) of the sergestid shrimp in this area were estimated to be 1008 tons, 907 tons and 11292 vessel-day, respectively by using the surplus production model with deterministic observation-error estimator approach based on a catch and effort series from 1997-2008. Furthermore, the mean MSY, TAC, and EMSY with 95% CI were estimated to be 1011 (842-1243) tons, 910 (758-1119) tons, and 11296 (10758- 11807) vessel-day, respectively from the …


Evaluation Of Soybean Meal As A Protein Source And Its Effect On Growth And Nitrogen Utilization Of Black Sea Turbot (Psetta Maeotica) Juveniles, Murat Yigit, Sebahattin Ergün, Ali Türker, Burcu Harmantepe, Adnan Erteken Oct 2010

Evaluation Of Soybean Meal As A Protein Source And Its Effect On Growth And Nitrogen Utilization Of Black Sea Turbot (Psetta Maeotica) Juveniles, Murat Yigit, Sebahattin Ergün, Ali Türker, Burcu Harmantepe, Adnan Erteken

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Three experimental diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (550 g kg-1 protein) and iso-caloric (20.5 kJ gross energy g-1 diet) by substituting fish meal (FM) for defatted soybean meal (SBM) at levels of 0, 10 and 20% replacement in order to evaluate the effects of replacing FM with defatted SBM in diets for Black Sea turbot. Diets were fed to triplicate groups of young Black Sea turbot (mean initial weight of 30.2 ± 0.2 g) for 60 days. Turbot fed all three diets had no significant difference (P > 0.05) in final weight, specific growth rate, nutrient utilization, Nitrogen loss or …


The Comparison Of Antioxidative Properties Of Seaweed Oligosaccharides Fermented By Two Lactic Acid Bacteria, Shao-Chi Wu, Fu-Jin Wang, Chorng-Liang Pan Aug 2010

The Comparison Of Antioxidative Properties Of Seaweed Oligosaccharides Fermented By Two Lactic Acid Bacteria, Shao-Chi Wu, Fu-Jin Wang, Chorng-Liang Pan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The aim of this study was to investigate if the antioxidant properties of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentation products have the potential to be used in future food materials. Twenty four LAB fermentation products, derived from two LAB strains, Enterococcus (Ent.; formerly Streptococcus) faecalis BCRC13076 and/or Lactobacillus (Lb.) rhamnosus BCRC14068 fermented through four seaweed polysaccharide extracts (SwPSExts) from Gelidium sp., Gracilaria sp., Monostroma (Mon.) nitidum, and Porphyra (Por.) dentate or their seaweed-oligosaccharide-lysates (SwOSLys) source digested by agarases, had their antioxidative properties evaluated by six in vitro methods. Seaweed oligosaccharide LAB fermentation product (SwOS-LAFP) showed a significantly greater reducing power, an …


Comparison Of Meat Quality Related Chemical Compositions Of Wild-Captured And Cage-Cultured Cobia, Jan-Lung Chuang, Ruey-Tarng Lin, Chyuan-Yuan Shiau Aug 2010

Comparison Of Meat Quality Related Chemical Compositions Of Wild-Captured And Cage-Cultured Cobia, Jan-Lung Chuang, Ruey-Tarng Lin, Chyuan-Yuan Shiau

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Nine wild-captured cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and the compatible number and size of cultured cobia from two cagecultured sites, namely Penghu (PH) and Pingtung (PT) Counties, were sampled for chemical analyses. The condition factor of wild cobia was significantly lower than those of cultured fish. The wild cobia had higher moisture content than that of the cultured one, while fat contents in both dorsal and ventral muscles of the former were significantly lower than those of the latter. There were no significant differences between cultured and wild cobia in protein and ash contents. The total free amino acids (FAAs) contents in …


Identification Of Causative Fish For A Food Poisioning In Taiwan By Using Sds-Page Technique, Tai-Yuan Chen, Nan-Hong Chen, Wen-Feng Lin, Ken-Lin Hwang, Yun-Chieh Huang, Deng-Fwu Hwang Aug 2010

Identification Of Causative Fish For A Food Poisioning In Taiwan By Using Sds-Page Technique, Tai-Yuan Chen, Nan-Hong Chen, Wen-Feng Lin, Ken-Lin Hwang, Yun-Chieh Huang, Deng-Fwu Hwang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

A food poisoning incident has occurred due to ingestion of red grouper meat on February 2006 in southern Taiwan. Two patients showed diarrhea, muscle weakness, vertigo and severe muscle pain. The 2 pieces of causative residues were investigated by toxicity assay. In order to identify the fish species of causative samples, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) technique was applied in this study. According to the low molecular weight region (<30.0 kD) of species-specific patterns extracted from both myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic proteins, two poisoning samples were identified as Lutjanus bohar. L. bohar is a notorious grouper species with ciguatera in …


Removal Of Hexavalent Chromium Using Activated Carbons Derived From Marine Algae Gracilaria And Sargassum Sp., Akbar Esmaeili, Samira Ghasemi, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan Aug 2010

Removal Of Hexavalent Chromium Using Activated Carbons Derived From Marine Algae Gracilaria And Sargassum Sp., Akbar Esmaeili, Samira Ghasemi, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Industrial wastewater contain higher quantities of salts besides chromium (VI) ions, therefore, the effect of these salts on the adsorption of chromium (VI) should be studied. In this research, the batch removal of toxic hexavalent chromium ions from wastewater and aqueous solution using two different activated carbon marine algae Gracilaria (red algae) and Sargassum sp. (brown algae) were examined. Activated carbon prepared from Gracilaria and Sargassum sp. The chromium uptake was dependent on the equilibrium pH and chromium concentration, with pH = 2.0, being the optimum pH value. The experimental adsorption data were fitted to the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption …