An increasing body of research has demonstrated the often idiosyncratic responses of
organisms to climate‐related factors, such as increases in air, sea and land surface …

Of the hundreds of publications on bivalve reproductive cycles, only a handful reports the
presence of pre-spawning oocyte autolysis, or atresia. This is at variance with the author's …

Native and caged mussels were used in combination for the monitoring of pollution
biological effects through an integrative biomarker approach. Mussels (Mytilus …

Abstract North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans contain large amount of undiscovered oil and gas
reserves. Therefore threat of oil spills and its hazardous ecological consequences are of …

Mytilus galloprovincialis is common in Morocco's Anza-Taghazout coast, previously polluted
by wastewater. Since treatment plants were installed in 2016, no study examined the …

In coastal areas, sessile species can be severely affected by thermal stress associated to
climate change. Presently, the effect of elevated temperature on metabolic, cellular and …

Numerous trace elements (TEs) can be considered as potential pollutants of the
environment, their mining productions and industrial uses increasing worldwide. Their …

This work analyzes the influence of environmental and physiological parameters on PAHs
accumulation in cultured mussels. Lipid content and reproductive stage are directly related …

For reliable mussel monitoring programmes based on biomarkers, regionally relevant
reference values and their natural variability need to be known. The Baltic Sea exhibits high …

Urdaibai is a Biosphere's Reserve, containing rich bivalve populations. In the present work
we aimed to characterize the reproductive cycle and to study possible disturbances in …