Although many studies have described the influence of bivalve aquaculture on the benthic
environment, effects on benthic functional diversity are poorly known, as are links with …

Animals can have pervasive effects on ecosystems as they modify their biogeochemical and
physical environments. In particular, when animals occur in high densities these effects can …

Bivalve culture is know to affect some interactions between the water column and the
benthic environment with the organic enrichment. An in situ mesocosms experiment was …

This experimental microcosm study reports the influence of organic enrichments by mussel
biodeposits on the metabolic activity and functional diversity of benthic prokaryotic …

Suspension-feeding bivalves increase the quantity and quality of sedimenting organic
matter through the production of faeces and pseudofaeces that are remineralised in coastal …

An in situ experiment was done to evaluate the dose-dependent response of mussel
biodeposition on benthic communities and biogeochemical fluxes. Natural benthic …

In streams, the creation of nutrient‐transformation hotspots by aggregated organisms may
have heterogeneous and strong cumulative influences on stream nutrient dynamics. Here …

Farming of extractive species such as filter feeding bivalves has been proposed as a
potential method to mitigate impacts of eutrophication in marine environments. For such …

Since its introduction into South America around 1990, the freshwater bivalve Limnoperna
fortunei (the golden mussel) has spread rapidly and is now a dominant component of the …

Suspension-feeding bivalves produce biodeposits (faeces and pseudofaeces) that have
much higher sinking velocities than their constituent particles. Consequently they cause …