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17 February 2026

Aeromonas hydrophila infection is typically linked to outbreaks of diseases and its pathogenicity seems to be connected to environmental stress in hosts whose immune systems are compromised. Fish diseases have long been treated using synthetic antibi...

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14 February 2026

The Pantanos de Villa wetland, a protected Ramsar site in Lima, Peru, faces significant pressure from invasive species and urban pollution. This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of microhabitat use and trace-element bioaccumulation in the in...

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245 Views
12 Pages

Embryo Chemical Alarm Cues Delay Time to Hatch by Annual Killifish (Nothobranchius spp.)

  • Brian D. Wisenden,
  • Kyra M. Eischens,
  • Olivia A. Kosel,
  • Derrek J. Friesen,
  • Justin A. Burchill,
  • Bridger J. Scraper,
  • Morgan M. LeBlanc,
  • M. A. Sekhar,
  • Molly I. M. Johnson and
  • Craig A. Stockwell
  • + 7 authors

13 February 2026

Annual killifishes of the genus Nothobranchius live in seasonal water bodies in Eastern Africa. Adults die at the end of the rainy season when seasonal pools desiccate but diapaused embryos persist in the sediments and hatch in subsequent rainy seaso...

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95 Views
18 Pages

Corn Peptide: From By-Product to Functional Feed Ingredient—Application Evaluation in the Diets of Juvenile Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes)

  • Haoxuan Li,
  • Lu Zhang,
  • Liping Zhu,
  • Zhengwei Ye,
  • Weidong Li,
  • Jiahao Liu,
  • Qiang Ma,
  • Yuliang Wei,
  • Mengqing Liang and
  • Houguo Xu
  • + 2 authors

12 February 2026

This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) with corn peptide (CP) in juvenile tiger puffer in indoor tanks. Four diets were formulated for a 53-day feeding trial: a control group (CP0), and diets with 5% (CP5), 10% (CP10), and 15% (...

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108 Views
16 Pages

A Unified Comparative Evaluation of Genomic Prediction Models Across Four Aquaculture Species

  • Jinxin Zhang,
  • Xiaofei Yang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Hongxia Hu,
  • Shaogang Xu and
  • Hailiang Song

12 February 2026

Genomic prediction has been increasingly applied in aquaculture selective breeding; however, systematic evaluations of prediction accuracy across multiple aquaculture species and analytical methods under a unified and comparable framework remain limi...

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  • Open Access
143 Views
25 Pages

YOLO-FC: A Lightweight Fish Detection Model for High-Density Aquaculture Counting Scenarios

  • Luowei Pei,
  • Haodong Zhou,
  • Guoxing Lu,
  • Jian Zhao,
  • Zequn Peng,
  • Songming Zhu,
  • Zhangying Ye and
  • Jialong Zhou

12 February 2026

High-precision fish detection is the fundamental prerequisite for automated counting in aquaculture. However, current research lacks lightweight yet highly accurate detection models specifically designed to address occlusion challenges in high-densit...

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  • Open Access
98 Views
13 Pages

11 February 2026

The Sharpchin Slickhead, Bajacalifornia burragei, is a rarely collected bathypelagic fish endemic to the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and its genetic diversity remains undocumented. This study characterizes mitochondrial diversity in a localized d...

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101 Views
22 Pages

11 February 2026

The whiting, Merlangius merlangus, is a key cold-temperate demersal species in the Black Sea, yet information on its essential habitats and demographic structure remains limited for effective regional management. This study combined fishery-independe...

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155 Views
15 Pages

11 February 2026

The largehead hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) is an economically important fish species distributed in East Asian waters; however, size- or stock-specific spawning traits in females remain poorly understood. In this study, we conducted an integrated...

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279 Views
18 Pages

Therapeutic Window of Morphine on Cardiac and Respiratory Parameters of Juvenile Tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum

  • Brenda Maria Pereira Alho da Costa,
  • Joelson da Silva Farias,
  • Rodrigo Gonçalves dos Santos,
  • Clarissa Araújo da Paz,
  • Luana Vasconcelos de Souza,
  • Luciana Eiró Quirino,
  • Murilo Farias dos Santos,
  • Marcelo Victor dos Santos Brito,
  • Marcelo Ferreira Torres and
  • Luis André Luz Barbas
  • + 1 author

10 February 2026

Morphine is widely used as an analgesic in vertebrates, yet its cardiorespiratory safety and effective therapeutic range remain poorly explored in fish. This study investigated the dose-dependent effects of morphine on cardiac and respiratory paramet...

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161 Views
23 Pages

Biological Characteristics of a Subtropical Nemipterid (Pentapodus vitta) Established in a Temperate Embayment

  • Billy E. Bowe,
  • James R. Tweedley,
  • Neil R. Loneragan,
  • Daniel E. Yeoh and
  • Peter G. Coulson

10 February 2026

The biological characteristics of the Western Butterfish (Pentapodus vitta), a subtropical nemipterid, were determined in a temperate embayment (Cockburn Sound) and compared to those from a previous study in a subtropical embayment (Shark Bay), 700 k...

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96 Views
15 Pages

10 February 2026

Trypanosomiasis, caused by flagellated protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma, has recently emerged as a major threat to aquaculture in China, particularly in farmed large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea). Outbreaks lead to high mortality rates and se...

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278 Views
17 Pages

9 February 2026

Diet, trophic niche, and mercury were examined for Cyphotilapia frontosa and C. gibberosa along the east coast of Lake Tanganyika, from northern Burundi to the southern region near the Zambian border. Mercury levels were generally low across populati...

  • Comment
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184 Views
6 Pages

9 February 2026

The golden pompano is one of the most economically important marine fish species in Asia-Pacific aquaculture industry. Yet its taxonomic identity has long been obscured, with Trachinotus ovatus, T. blochii, T. mookalee, and T. anak used interchangeab...

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133 Views
21 Pages

Phage-Based Approaches for Potential Integration into Bivalve Depuration Systems

  • João Duarte,
  • David Trindade,
  • Carla Pereira,
  • Ricardo Calado and
  • Adelaide Almeida

8 February 2026

The rising global demand for bivalves and declining water quality is placing increasing pressure on depuration facilities to ensure product safety and quality, leading to extended processing times and increased energy consumption. Bacteriophages (pha...

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288 Views
19 Pages

7 February 2026

A new species of Poropuntius endemic to the Mae Klong River basin is described and compared to nine congeneric species in the Mae Klong, Chao Phraya, Salween, and Tenasserim River basins. Species of Poropuntius in these basins are almost universally...

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185 Views
15 Pages

7 February 2026

Early detection and effective monitoring of aquatic environments are essential for detecting and mitigating potential ecological threats to aquatic organisms and for ensuring the sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems. Passive sampling is an...

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182 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Compound Attractants on Intestinal Transcriptome, and Microbiota of Mandarin Fish (Siniperca chuatsi)

  • Yefeng Lv,
  • Qiong Zhou,
  • Jiezhou Zhu,
  • Chunqi Wu,
  • Weiguo Xu,
  • Jianhu Jiang,
  • Xiao Liang and
  • Fuyong Huang

7 February 2026

To evaluate the potential of compound attractants in ameliorating diet-induced intestinal dysfunction in Siniperca chuatsi fed commercial compound feed, this study investigated their effects on intestinal metabolism and microbiota composition. In thi...

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473 Views
20 Pages

6 February 2026

Incorporating protein feed ingredients that exhibit strong attractiveness to the target fish species is an effective and sustainable feeding strategy to improve feed intake and enhance growth performance. An 8-week feeding experiment was performed to...

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197 Views
12 Pages

6 February 2026

To assess the status of Coilia nasus resources in the Yangtze River Estuary and support evaluation of fishing ban effectiveness, this study integrated fishery resource survey data and environmental variables collected from 2023 to 2025. A generalized...

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227 Views
19 Pages

IMTA Production of Pacific White Shrimp Integrated with Mullet, Sea Cucumber, Oyster, and Salicornia in a Biofloc System

  • Enrique A. Estévez Hernández,
  • Ivanilson Santos,
  • Laura Moraes,
  • Morena Salala Kashane,
  • Marcelo H. Okamoto,
  • Luís André Sampaio,
  • Dariano Krummenauer,
  • César S. B. Costa,
  • Ricardo V. Rodrigues and
  • Luís H. Poersch
  • + 1 author

5 February 2026

Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) emerges as a sustainable strategy to control the excess of solids and inorganic nutrients that tend to increase in the biofloc system (BFT) cycle, since the model integrates organisms from different trophic...

  • Communication
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282 Views
17 Pages

Transcriptional Responses to Chronic Thermal Stress in Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Smolt

  • Junwon Kim,
  • Kiyoung Kim,
  • Yaeeun Gil,
  • Eun-Young Yun,
  • Young Chul Kim and
  • Jang-Won Lee

4 February 2026

Understanding the chronic thermal acclimation capacity of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) is essential for predicting species resilience and developing mitigation strategies under ocean warming. We investigated the upper limit of chronic thermal accl...

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184 Views
18 Pages

Development of Organoclay as an Artificial Micro Substrate for Chemoautotrophic Biofloc Aquaculture Systems (BFT)

  • Talita Ribeiro Gagliardi,
  • Maria Helena de Araujo Mendes,
  • Claudia Machado,
  • Loic Hilliou,
  • Wilson Wasielesky and
  • Felipe Boéchat Vieira

4 February 2026

This study investigated the characterization and application of organoclay formulations in a chemoautotrophic biofloc system. Organoclays were produced using the calcination method and bentonite, chitosan, corn, and tapioca starches as ingredients. T...

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169 Views
18 Pages

4 February 2026

Extreme natural disasters raise a fundamental question for biologically rigid food production systems: does post-disaster productivity recovery stem from technological change or from adaptive reorganization within existing constraints? In inland aqua...

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207 Views
14 Pages

3 February 2026

Offshore aquaculture requires net cages that remain stable under strong currents and during submersion and emergence operations. In this study, we proposed a submersible net cage structure equipped with vertical buoyancy columns as an alternative to...

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414 Views
15 Pages

Disinfection Strategies for Euplotes spp. Control in Marine Copepod Cultures

  • Maribeth Wichterman,
  • Grace McCranie,
  • Chase Taylor,
  • Olivia Markham,
  • Brittney Lacy,
  • Matthew DiMaggio and
  • Casey Murray

2 February 2026

Marine copepods are an essential live feed for the culture of many marine ornamental fish and other finfish species, yet their production is frequently constrained by contamination from free-living ciliates. To address this challenge, the efficacy of...

  • Article
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161 Views
18 Pages

Biochemical and Metabolic Characterization of the Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum in Response to Different Frozen Concentrated Microalgal Diets

  • Jianfeng Ding,
  • Borui Li,
  • Yanfeng Lu,
  • Yuyang Xiong,
  • Tong Chen,
  • Yanqin Ma,
  • Dongdong Li and
  • Zhongming Huo

2 February 2026

This study evaluated the effects of different frozen concentrated microalgal feeds and their mixtures on the growth, digestive enzyme activity, biochemical composition, and metabolomic profiles of adult Manila clams, Ruditapes philippinarum, aiming t...

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156 Views
23 Pages

2 February 2026

Investigating the impact of factor mobility (FM) on the economic efficiency of marine fisheries (EEMF) holds scientific reference value for promoting the high-quality development of the marine fisheries economy in China’s coastal regions. This...

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279 Views
21 Pages

Design of Monitoring System for River Crab Feeding Platform Based on Machine Vision

  • Yueping Sun,
  • Ziqiang Li,
  • Zewei Yang,
  • Bikang Yuan,
  • De’an Zhao,
  • Ni Ren and
  • Yawen Cheng

1 February 2026

Bait costs constitute 40–50% of the total expenditure in river crab aquaculture, highlighting the critical need for accurately assessing crab growth and scientifically determining optimal feeding regimes across different farming stages. Current...

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266 Views
15 Pages

A Conserved Bactericidal Permeability-Increasing Protein (BPI) Mediates Immune Sensing and Host Defense in the Hong Kong Oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis)

  • Laiba Shafique,
  • Yuwei Zhao,
  • Muhammad Farhan Khan,
  • Cheng Huang,
  • Li Li,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Peng Zhu,
  • Da Zeng,
  • Xueyu Yan and
  • Hong Zhang
  • + 3 authors

1 February 2026

The bactericidal permeability-increasing protein (BPI) and lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) are fundamental to innate immunity. However, their functional diversity and evolutionary conservation in ecologically crucial invertebrates, such as o...

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346 Views
21 Pages

1 February 2026

This review examines the status, challenges, and future trajectories of global mussel aquaculture within the blue food system. Despite steady production growth, mussels’ relative contribution to total bivalve output has significantly declined o...

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150 Views
15 Pages

Trace Metals in Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax): Patterns Across Two Northern European Populations

  • Edoardo Nobili,
  • Žilvinas Pūtys,
  • Kęstutis Jokšas,
  • Elena Hauten,
  • Eglė Jakubavičiūtė,
  • Harry Gorfine and
  • Linas Ložys

1 February 2026

Heavy metal contamination poses concerns for managing Twaite shad (Alosa fallax) populations, yet data remain sparse. Intermittent capture as bycatch, with negligible prospects for post-release survival and IUCN Red listing, provides a compelling cas...

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241 Views
20 Pages

Skin Ulceration in Farmed Leopard Coral Grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) Was Associated with Vibrio spp. and Photobacterium damselae in China

  • Yunji Xiu,
  • Xiaowan Lin,
  • Lirong Jiang,
  • Zemin Bai,
  • Jinlong Dong,
  • Jinjing Cao,
  • Xiuxiu Tian,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Wei Wang and
  • Songlin Chen
  • + 3 authors

1 February 2026

The leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), an economically important marine fish, is widely farmed in Hainan Province, China. However, intensive farming has led to frequent disease outbreaks, including viral nervous necrosis, vibriosis, and...

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155 Views
26 Pages

Design, Construction, and Efficacy of a Novel Multiepitope Chimeric Vaccine Against Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Infection

  • Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa,
  • Trung Cao,
  • Ignacio Vasquez,
  • Hajarooba Gnanagobal,
  • Ahmed Hossain,
  • Oluwatoyin Onireti,
  • Setu Chakraborty,
  • Vimbai Irene Machimbirike and
  • Javier Santander

30 January 2026

The development of effective vaccines is a critical step in effective disease management in aquaculture. This study introduces a novel Multiepitope Chimeric Vaccine (MCV) designed to enhance immunity in lumpfish against Vibrio anguillarum, Aeromonas ...

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231 Views
18 Pages

30 January 2026

Fine sediment infiltration is widely discussed as a stressor to wild salmonids’ spawning success, but its mechanisms and severity in wild salmonid redds are difficult to measure. This study examined wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) redd survi...

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184 Views
21 Pages

Floating Fish Residual Feed Identification Based on LMFF–YOLO

  • Chengbiao Tong,
  • Jiting Wu,
  • Xinming Xu and
  • Yihua Wu

30 January 2026

Identifying floating residual feed is a critical technology in recirculating aquaculture systems, aiding water-quality control and the development of intelligent feeding models. However, existing research is largely based on ideal indoor environments...

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197 Views
16 Pages

Lead Exposure Triggers Ferroptotic Hepatocellular Death in Zebrafish: Molecular and Ultrastructural Evidence

  • Ilaria Olivito,
  • Abdalmoiz Ismail Mohammedain Ahmed,
  • Federica Talarico,
  • Marcello Mezzasalma and
  • Elvira Brunelli

29 January 2026

Lead (Pb) has progressively become ubiquitous due to widespread use. The liver represents a target of Pb toxicity due to its central role in metabolism and detoxification. The mechanisms of Pb hepatotoxicity have not yet been fully elucidated, althou...

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516 Views
13 Pages

28 January 2026

A new species of Poecilia, subgenus Pamphorichthys, is described from the Cachoeirinha River, a tributary of the upper Paraguaçu River basin in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Pamphorichthys is diagnosed among the Poecilini by the stron...

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502 Views
22 Pages

27 January 2026

A recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on molecular genetic data revealed the presence of six well-supported clades within the freshwater fish family Nemacheilidae (Burmese, Eastern, Indochinese, Northern, Southern and Sundaic Clade). Species wit...

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153 Views
15 Pages

Correlation Analysis of Gut Microbiota of Fish in Yi’an Reservoir with Water Quality Parameters and Aquatic Environment Microbiota

  • Jun Wang,
  • Tienan Li,
  • Pengpeng Qiu,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Weiwei Guo,
  • Shuang Liu,
  • Tingyu Li and
  • Ji Chen

27 January 2026

Yi’an Reservoir is located on a major tributary of the Baoquan River and hosts abundant aquatic resources, with Cyprinus carpio, Carassius auratus, and Hemiculter leucisculus as the dominant fish species. Water quality parameters significantly...

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326 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Water Flow Velocity on Growth and Nutritional Quality of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas)

  • Yuanhao Liu,
  • Yang Hong,
  • Tiantian Ma,
  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Jin Ni and
  • Jian Shen

24 January 2026

This study examined the effects of hydrodynamic conditions on the growth performance and nutritional quality of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in raceway flumes. Oysters were reared under three flow velocities—low (LV, 5 cm/s), medium (MV,...

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243 Views
17 Pages

Redesigning Aquafeeds: Insect, Algae, and By-Product Blends Sustain Growth and Nutritional Value in European Sea Bass Under Feeding Constraints

  • Daniel Montero,
  • Marta Carvalho,
  • Silvia Torrecillas,
  • Luís E. C. Conceição,
  • Filipe Soares,
  • Félix Acosta and
  • Rafael Ginés

23 January 2026

Background: Adopting novel feed ingredients and aligning feeding strategies with these formulations are key to improving aquaculture sustainability. This study assessed the combined effects of alternative protein and lipid sources and feeding regime...

  • Article
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238 Views
30 Pages

Genomic Diversity and Taxonomy of Aeromonas spp. in Aquarium Fish: Potential Role of Ornamental Fish as Hidden Carriers

  • Muhammed Duman,
  • Nihed Ajmi,
  • Hector Carmona-Salido,
  • Görkem Tasci,
  • Artun Yıbar,
  • Soner Altun,
  • Jesús L. Romalde and
  • Izzet Burcin Saticioglu

23 January 2026

Aquarium fish are increasingly being recognized as reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, with Aeromonas species posing a notable risk because of their environmental resilience and opportunistic pathogenicity. This study presents the most comprehensive ge...

  • Review
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168 Views
15 Pages

A Review of Adaptive Mechanisms in Fish Retinal Structure and Opsins Under Light Environment Regulation

  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Fan Fei,
  • Liang Wang,
  • Yunsong Rao,
  • Wenyang Li,
  • Xiaoqiang Gao,
  • Ao Li and
  • Baoliang Liu

23 January 2026

Light, as one of the most crucial environmental factors, plays an essential role in the growth, physiology, and evolutionary survival of fish. To cope with diverse light conditions in aquatic environments, fish adapt through photosensory systems comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
312 Views
19 Pages

The Copepod/Artemia Trade-Off in the Culture of Long Snouted Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

  • Jorge Palma,
  • Ismael Hachero-Cruzado,
  • Miguel Correia and
  • José Pedro Andrade

23 January 2026

This study evaluated the effects of copepod use and copepod conditioning strategies on the growth and survival of long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) juveniles from 1 to 60 days post-parturition (DPP). Four dietary treatments were tested:...

  • Article
  • Open Access
340 Views
20 Pages

23 January 2026

To explore a safe and effective approach for producing strontium-enriched fish, in this study, we modified the feed for juvenile hybrid sturgeon (Acipenser baerii ♀ × Acipenser schrenckii ♂) and set three different levels of stronti...

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