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Poul S. Larsen and Hans Ulrik Riisgård
A recently developed BioEnergetic Growth (BEG) model for blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), valid for juvenile mussels, has been further developed to an ?extended model? and an alternative ?ad hoc BEG model? valid for post-metamorphic mussels, where the latt...
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Sara De Simone, Ana Pero?evic-Bajceta, Danijela Joksimovic, Romeo Beccherelli, Dimitrios C. Zografopoulos and Valentina Mussi
Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected at three locations in Boka Kotorska Bay, on the Montenegrin Adriatic coast, were analyzed for the first time by optical and Raman microscopy to detect microplastics (MPs) and other emerging contaminants in th...
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Pinar Arslan and Aysel Çaglan Günal
Fipronil is widely used against insects in agriculture and ectoparasites in domestic areas and veterinary medicine. However, fipronil may influence non-target species as a result of the contamination of aquatic ecosystems. The present study aimed to inve...
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Nadezda Vladimirovna Dovzhenko, Victor Pavlovich Chelomin, Andrey Alexandrovich Mazur, Valentina Vladimirovna Slobodskova, Aleksandra Anatolyevna Istomina and Sergey Petrovich Kukla
Pollution of global oceans by plastic litter is one of the most important ecological problems of our time. At the same time, the active sorption of highly toxic chemicals dissolved in water by plastic also poses a threat to the marine environment and its...
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Dimitra Chatzivasileiou, Panagiotis D. Dimitriou, John Theodorou, Ioanna Kalantzi, Iordanis Magiopoulos, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Paraskevi Pitta, Manolis Tsapakis and Ioannis Karakassis
Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) is an innovative mariculture methodology that reduces the environmental footprint and increases the profitability of the farm. It combines the cultivation of species belonging to different trophic levels, simula...
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Antoine Marty, Franck Schoefs, Thomas Soulard, Christian Berhault, Jean-Valery Facq, Benoît Gaurier and Gregory Germain
After a few weeks, underwater components of offshore structures are colonized by marine species and after few years this marine growth can be significant. It has been shown that it affects the hydrodynamic loading of cylinder components such as legs and ...
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Graziano Rilievo, Jacopo Fabrello, Marco Roverso, Sara Bogialli and Valerio Matozzo
The musk fragrance Galaxolide® (HHCB) is widely used in personal care and household products. Its large use leads to a continuous release of the compound into aquatic environments. Although some studies on the presence of HHCB in ecosystems and biota hav...
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Beatrice De Felice and Marco Parolini
Exposure to nanoparticles (NPs) has been identified as a major concern for marine ecosystems. Because of their peculiar physico-chemical features, NPs are accumulated in marine organisms, which suffer a variety of adverse effects. In particular, bivalve ...
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Maria Pagano, Alzbeta Stara, Valbona Aliko and Caterina Faggio
The use of pesticides in agriculture has always had a strong impact on environmental contamination. Since the 1990s, neonicotinoids have grown increasingly more popular, targeting specific receptors for insects, especially bees, which is why the use of s...
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Gana Gecheva, Vesela Yancheva, Iliana Velcheva, Elenka Georgieva, Stela Stoyanova, Desislava Arnaudova, Violeta Stefanova, Deyana Georgieva, Vesela Genina, Borislava Todorova and Ivelin Mollov
For the first time, transplants with moss-bags and mussels together were applied to study the water quality in standing water bodies. The tested species: Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. and Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) were collected from unpolluted si...
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Adriaan J. Reinecke, Sophia A. Reinecke, Naomi P. Mdzeke
Pág. 9 bladsye
The development of methods to monitor the South African coastal waters offer major challenges. Knowledge and availability of suitable species that may serve as biomonitors will be valuable to obtain information to support good management decisions...
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Matthew N. George, Michael J. O?Donnell, Michael Concodello and Emily Carrington
Bivalves frequently withstand shell damage that must be quickly repaired to ensure survival. While the processes that underlie larval shell development have been extensively studied within the context of ocean acidification (OA), it remains unclear wheth...
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Lorena da Silva Souza, Estefanía Bonnail, Julia Alves Luzzi, Augusto Cesar, Tomás A. DelValls and Camilo Dias Seabra Pereira
The increasing oceanic uptake is a direct response to the increasing atmospheric burden of CO2. Oceans are experiencing both physical and biogeochemical changes. This increase in CO2 hosts in oceans promotes changes in pH and seawater chemistry that can ...
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Mikyoung Choi, Yasuhiro Takemon, Kinko Ikeda and Kwansue Jung
This study used a multiscale analysis of relationships among the bitterling and mussel communities, lentic habitat structures with conditions and flooding frequency, and channel characteristics for application in ecological sediment management. From the ...
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Xunmeng Li, Kai Wang, Meiping Feng, Jianqu Chen, Shouyu Zhang and Yuanxin Bi
Sargassum vachellianum and Sargassum horneri are the main dominant species and primary producers of seaweed beds in Chinese coastal ecosystems that play an important role in marine blue carbon sinks. However, due to the influence of frequent human activi...
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Eldad Gutner-Hoch, Roberto Martins, Tania Oliveira, Frederico Maia, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Susana Loureiro, Chen Piller, Iris Preiss, Michal Weis, Severine B. Larroze, Tania Teixeira, João Tedim and Yehuda Benayahu
The application of nano-structured compounds has been increasing rapidly in recent years, in several fields. The use of engineered nano-materials as carriers of antifouling compounds is just beginning and already reveals clear advantages compared to bulk...
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Rebekka Gieschen, Christian Schwartpaul, Jannis Landmann, Lukas Fröhling, Arndt Hildebrandt and Nils Goseberg
The rapid growth of marine aquaculture around the world accentuates issues of sustainability and environmental impacts of large-scale farming systems. One potential mitigation strategy is to relocate to more energetic offshore locations. However, researc...
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Ana Picado, Humberto Pereira, Magda C. Sousa and João Miguel Dias
A large number of estuarine systems provide favorable conditions for aquaculture, including high nutrient content, sheltered waters, and favorable water temperatures. In this context, the main objective of this work is to identify the most suitable areas...
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Chrysi A. Papadimitriou, Yiannis G. Savvidis, Sofia Galinou-Mitsoudi and Amalia Moriki
In line with the framework of strategic guidelines for marine aquacultures, mussel cultures have to be operated in Areas of Organized Aquaculture Development (AOAD). Forty per cent of the national mussel culture production, which is based in Chalastra (N...
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Gabriela F. Oliveira, Hanifah Siregar, Henrique Queiroga and Laura G. Peteiro
Bivalve relevance for ecosystem functioning and human food security emphasize the importance of predictions of mussel performance under different climate stressors. Here, we address the effect of a latitudinal gradient of temperature and food availabilit...
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