Nucleic acid extraction and sequencing of genes from organisms within environmental
samples encompasses a variety of techniques collectively referred to as environmental DNA …

Detection of pathogens, parasites, and other symbionts in environmental samples via
eDNA/eRNA (collectively eNA) is an increasingly important source of information about their …

Shifting environmental conditions are known to be important triggers of oyster diseases. The
mechanism (s) behind these synergistic effects (interplay between host, environment and …

The last century has witnessed an increasing rate of new disease emergence across the
world leading to permanent loss of biodiversity. Perkinsea is a microeukaryotic parasitic …

There is a large diversity of eukaryotic symbionts of copepods, dominated by epizootic
protists such as ciliates, and metazoan parasites. Eukaryotic endoparasites, copepod …

Simple Summary Climate change effects strongly and negatively influence the health and
productivity of marine bivalves and particularly bivalve aquaculture. It is therefore of critical …

The final published version is available direct from the publisher website at: 10.14465/2020.arc21.aqu
Link to author version on Page 1 UHI Research Database pdf download summary Impacts …

In 2014, a high and unusual mass mortality of mussels occurred in several important
production areas along the French coasts of the Atlantic and English Channel. In the first …

In the fifty years since the introduction of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and the first
reports of the parasites Marteilia refringens and Bonamia ostreae in European waters …

Raw-bivalves consumption is a wide trend in Mediterranean countries. Despite the
unambiguous nutritional value of seafood, raw consumption of bivalves may involve risks …