Aacl Bioflux 

About: Aacl Bioflux is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Aquatic animal & Aquaculture. It has an ISSN identifier of 1844-8143. Over the lifetime, 728 publications have been published receiving 3918 citations.

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: The article presents some general facts about omega-3 fatty acids and their role in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for the human body. Their beneficial effects in the prevention of cardiovascular disease have been known for decades. Since then, several epidemiological and interventional trials showed the value of omega-3 acids in the treatment of certain diseases. Most of them revealed the protective role of omega-3 fatty acids on heart and cardiac functions. However, some of these studies couldn’t demonstrate a positive association between fish oils and preventing cardiac events. The major cardiologic societies from European Union and United States of America recommend omega-3 fatty acids as supplements for primary and secondary prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases.

The causes of deterioration of Sundarban mangrove forest ecosystem of Bangladesh: Conservation and sustainable management issues

Abstract: The Sundarban forest, located in the southwest of Bangladesh, is one of the largest continuous blocks of mangrove forests in the world. This mangrove forest ecosystem in Bangladesh is now in captious position. Negative natural and anthropogenic impacts and overexploitation of natural resources have caused severe damage to the ecosystem. Growing human population with few alternative livelihood opportunities poses a serious threat to the mangrove forest. The rapidly expanding shrimp farming industry is a significant threat to the mangrove forests of Bangladesh. Due to illegal cutting, encroachment of forest areas and illegal poaching of wildlife, the mangrove forest is losing biodiversity in an alarming rate. This forest ecosystem also has become vulnerable to pollution, which may have changed the ecosystem's biogeochemistry. Further threats arise from global climate change, especially sea level rise. This study seeks to identify the root causes of deterioration of the Sundarban mangrove forest in Bangladesh. It also recommends the application of sustainable management strategies covering needs for an advanced silvicultural system, improvement of scientific research as well as conservation measures.

Freshwater fishes of Iran; an updated checklist.

Abstract: The present study provides a new and updated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Iran. The confirmed freshwater fishes of Iran comprise 257 species in 106 genera, 29 families, 18 orders and 3 classes. The most diverse order is the Cypriniformes with 162 species or 63.04% of the fauna, followed by Perciformes (32 species, 12.45%), Cyprinodontiformes (17 species, 6.61%) and Clupeiformes (11 species, 4.28%). The most diverse family is the Cyprinidae with 111 confirmed species (43.19%) followed by Nemacheilidae (44 species, 17.12%), Gobiidae (24 species, 9.34%), Cyprinodontidae (14 species, 5.45%), Clupeidae (10 species, 3.89%), Cobitidae (7 species, 2.72%) and Salmonidae (7 species, 2.72%). Twenty-two families have 6 or fewer species. Fourteen families have only one species. Endemics comprise 73 species (28.40% of total fauna) in seven families although this is expected to increase, as new species are describing. Cyprinidae with 30 endemics (41.10% of endemic species) is ranked first followed by Nemacheilidae with 25 (34.25%), Cyprinodontidae with 11 (15.07%), Cobitidae with 4 (5.48%), and Cichlidae, Gobiidae and Sisoridae, each with one species (1.37% each). An additional 23 species require confirmation of their presence in Iran. Twenty-seven exotic species in nine families are listed here. Cyprinidae with 11 species (40.74% of exotic species) is ranked first followed by Salmonidae (5 species, 18.52%), Poeciliidae with 3 species (11.11%), Mugilidae and Cichlidae both with 2 species (7.41% each) and 4 families each with only one species (3.70% each). Exotic species containing, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Cyprinus carpio transplanted by Iranian Fisheries Organization (Shilat) for aquaculture developments throughout Iran, but Alburnus hohenackeri, Carassius auratus, Carassius gibelio, Hemiculter leucisculus, Pseudorasbora parva, and Gambusia holbrooki, transferred with them inadvertently to Iranian water resources. Certain nominal species can be regarded as species complexes, probably containing several undescribed species. The genera Capoeta, Squalius, Alburnus and Barbus are wide-ranging and complexes genus in Iran, that systematics of them need careful reassessment.

Coral tree nursery©: an innovative approach to growing corals in an ocean-based field nursery.

Abstract: Successful mariculture of stony corals has been demonstrated extensively for the past ten to fifteen years, mostly in the tropical Pacific Ocean for the global marine ornamental aquarium market. Many different methods have been used to asexually fragment and grow branching stony corals, but all utilize a two-dimensional grow out design, primarily horizontal and affixed on some sort of disk like structure. To maximize growing surface and take advantage of the three dimensional water column space above the sea floor, the Coral Restoration Foundation has developed a novel new technique, the Coral Tree Nursery, which has proven to be very effective at both increasing growth over previous methods and reducing disease and damage risks from wave forces.

Diversity of Gastropods and Bivalves in mangrove ecosystem rehabilitation areas in Aceh Besar and Banda Aceh districts, Indonesia.

Abstract: Introduction Mangrove forests are a typical forest ecosystem growing along the coast or estuaries and they are affected by the tide and flow with a wide variety of environments throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions (Nybakken 1992; Aksornkoae 1993). Mangrove plays an important role in the lifecycle of various aquatic organisms such as fishes, shrimps and mollusks especially for spawning, nursery and feeding grounds (Pramudji 2001). Mangrove as a feeding ground contributes to the habitat complexity and diversity of the macrofauna associated in mangrove ecosystem, while crustaceans and mollusks are the dominant macrofauna in this ecosystem (Hutchings & Saenger 1987; Sasekumar 1974). The macrofauna diversity and abundance may reflect biological indicators of changing habitat in mangrove ecosystem (Macintosh et al 2002). The past tsunami in late 2004 has destroyed and reduced the mangrove ecosystem in Aceh coastal zone and it resulted in a negative impact on mangrove biota for example Gastropods and Bivalves. According to Dewiyanti (2005) Rhizopora apiculata, R. stylosa and Avicennia marina were the dominant species of mangrove pre tsunami in Ulee Lheue coastal, Banda Aceh city. Furthermore, Dewiyanti (2005) reported that there were 22 species of Gastropods and 17 species of Bivalves occurred before tsunami in mangrove area of Ulee-Lheue where the most dominant families were Cerithidae and Isognomonidae for Gastropods and Bivalves, respectively. The changes of mangrove forest from the stable vegetation pre tsunami to the newly vegetations covered by sapling and seedling certainly caused a serious impact to the biotic life in changing of community structures in relation to abundance and diversity. Most of Bivalves, not only were consumed by the local people, but also were used as a commercial alternative livelihood of local people to increase their income. Gastropods and Bivalves are generally benthos organism and they are regularly used as bio-indicators of aquatic healthy. Gastropods and Bivalves can produce a billion of larvae in the form of meroplankton that sustains the biotic population and they have a role in food chain. The observation of Gastropods and Bivalves populations in mangrove ecosystem is important to evaluate their condition in the post tsunami rehabilitation program in Aceh where the new communities have begun to form. Hence, the objective of the present study was to assess the species composition of Gastropods and Bivalves in mangrove rehabilitation area post tsunami based on the different level of vegetation age.