The Blueline snapper Lutjanus coeruleolineatus is a significant commercial species harvested in the traditional fishery in the Sultanate of Oman. To date the biological characteristics of Blue line snapper have not ...

Horseshoe crabs have roamed the world for almost 450 million years since the first fossil was discovered. Their survivality were due to various adaptations and potent defence system; in which hemolymph is one of them. ...

Three species of seahorses Hippocampus kuda, Hippocampus trimaculatus and Hippocampus spinosissimus was subdivided according to its gender (male and female) and screened for its antioxidant activities (DPPH free radical ...

The Asian green mussel , Perna viridis, often faces multiple stressors such as environmental temperature changes and bacterial infection, which threaten the survival of this species. Mild heat stress promotes thermotolerance ...

Short term responses of five marine macroalgae, solieria chordalis and intertidal red alga Palmaria palmata and intertidal or upper sublittoral red alga.

The use of artificial substrates has been proposed as a way to increase aquaculture production, has gained popularity in recent years. Submersed substrates provide sites for the development of a microbial community comprised ...

A large number of microalgae have been studied in term of lipid class and fatty acids composition as microalgae such as Chlorella vulgaris have great potential sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Genetic ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly specific and effective tool to eliminate or reduce target mRNAs and thus proteins. In this study, RNAi was used to knockdown Hsp70 in Artemia and to investigate Hsp70 function in embryo ...

Feeding aquatic animals with bacterial encapsulated heat shock proteins (Hsps) is potentially a new method to combat Vibriosis, an important disease affecting aquatic animals used in aquaculture. In this study, food ...

One of the pathways to reduce cholesterol production in the liver is through the inhibition of HMG-Coa reductase (HMGCR) enzyme generally using statins, but it has side effects when consumed for a ...