Seagrass beds provide essential habitat for many fish species. This study utilized over a decade (2009 to 2022) of annual seagrass monitoring data to investigate trends in seagrass composition with the introduction of the non-native species, Halophila stipulacea . Fish community surveys, as well as benthic community surveys, were also conducted within soft bottom habitat of two Caribbean bays in 2023. Seagrass composition saw...

A 60-day feeding trial was performed to determine the effects of diets with two levels of protein (35 and 40%) and three lipids to carbohydrate ratios (L:C ratios 2:1, 1:2, and 1:6) in the gene expression of lipid (acetyl-coA carboxylase, acc ; fatty acid synthetase, fas ; carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1, ctp1 ), carbohydrate (hexokinase, hk ; glucose-6-phosphatase, g6p ; phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylkinase, pepck ), and the...

The cinnamon river shrimp ( Macrobrachium acanthurus ) is distributed along the Atlantic Ocean, from the United States to Brazil. This species represents important resources for local communities of fishermen, but natural populations are facing a progressive decline. For several years, the aquaculture supplementation of this species has been suggested as an alternative to fisheries. M. acanthurus presents several characteristi...