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The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: an update
Xavier, José C.; Golikov, Alexey V.; Queirós, José P.; Perales-Raya, Catalina; Rosas-Luis, Rigoberto; Abreu, José; Bello, Giambattista; Bustamante, PacoThe use of cephalopod beaks in ecological and population dynamics studies has allowed major advances of our knowledge on the role of cephalopods in marine ecosystems in the last 60 years. Since the 1960’s, with the pioneering research by Malcolm Clarke and colleagues, cephalopod beaks (also named jaws or mandibles) have been described to species level and their measurements have been shown to be related to ceph...
Control of zootechnology leads to improved cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, L.) r...
Capaz, Juan C.; Hernández-Brooke, Daniel; Balvet, Safia; Couto, Ana T.; Alves, Alexandra C.; Gonçalves, Rui A.; Frias, Paulo A.; Andrade, José P.Cephalopods are gaining momentum as an alternate group for aquaculture species diversification, not only because they are a good food source (highly appreciated in some worldwide markets) but they also have the potential to quickly reach a market size. However, there are some bottlenecks impeding the transition of culture technology from the laboratory to industry. One is related to control over reproduction in...