The Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman circulation and water masses, subject to monsoon forcing, reveal a strong seasonal variability and intense mesoscale features. We describe and analyze this variability and these features, using both meteorological data (from ECMWF reanalyses), in situ observations (from the ARGO float program and the GDEM – Generalized Digital Environmental mode – climatology), satellite altimetry (from AVISO) a...

Garlic, A llium sativum L . , extract administered as a therapeutic bath was shown to have antiparasitic properties towards N eobenedenia sp. ( M ac C allum) ( Pl atyhelminthes: M onogenea) infecting farmed barramundi, L ates calcarifer ( B loch). The effect of garlic extract (active component allicin) immersion on N eobenedenia sp. egg development, hatching success, oncomiracidia (larvae) longevity, infection success and juve...