Mussels represent about one-third of all aquaculture products sold in the European Union. Theoretically, mussel production should be an environmentally friendly and sustainable activity (0.252 kg CO2 eq. per 1 kg of mussel produced against over 20 kg...
Among aquaculture activities, shellfish culture is considered more sustainable and beneficial in terms of food security. Currently, only a few bivalve species are reared and there is a need to explore the possibility to introduce new candidates for s...
Zebra mussel invasion of North American lakes during the last century may play an important role in the occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms. However, empirical evidence quantifying their influence on cyanobacterial community dynamics at broad s...
This paper examines the financial viability and potential socioeconomic effects of introducing and operating an automated, remote-controlled management system for mussel farms which uses probes of temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity assoc...
Seagrass meadows and mussel reefs provide favorable habitats for many fish species, but few studies have compared the associated fish assemblages directly and examined the influence of environmental variables. Knowledge of fish assemblages associated...
Blue mussels are among the most abundant bivalves in shallow water along the German coasts. As filter feeders, a major ecosystem service they provide is water filtration and the vertical transfer of suspended organic and attached inorganic material t...
Bivalve aquaculture is an important component of the economy in eastern Canada. Because of current social, environmental, economic, and resource constraints, offshore mussel cultivation seems to be a promising strategy. With the objective of optimizi...
Molecular data have been an integral tool in the resolution of the evolutionary relationships and systematics of freshwater mussels, despite the limited number of nuclear markers available for Sanger sequencing. To facilitate future studies, we evalu...
This research activity, conducted in collaboration with the Aero-Naval Operations Department of the Guardia di Finanza of Bari as part of the Special Commissioner for urgent measures of reclamation, environmental improvements and redevelopment of Tar...
We studied the life history, diet, and trophic ecology of Hydropsyche alternans in four rocky sites located along the south-central coast of Lake Superior. The H. alternans life history and broad trophic niche space were similar to those of its river...
The climate impact of bivalve aquaculture remains inadequately quantified for China, the world’s dominant producer. Prevailing carbon footprint assessments often overlook the complexity of biological carbon flows and fail to capture effects tha...
In the last decade, plastic waste has become one of the main threats to marine ecosystems and their biodiversity due to its abundance and increased persistence. Microplastics can be classified as either primary, i.e., fabricated for commercial use, o...
This study addresses the issue of biofouling on marine aquaculture cages, where organisms like algae and purple mussels negatively impact both the safety of the aquaculture environment and the integrity of the cages. To solve this problem, the paper...
Better understanding the fate and transport of estuarine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) requires coupling multiple matrix-specific biogeochemical roles, rather than relying on a single-matrix approach. We therefore evaluated sediment and...