The microbiome actually deals with micro‐organisms that are associated with indigenous
body parts and the entire gut system in all animals, including human beings. These …

Aquaculture is viewed as a potential mechanism to meet the growing demand for seafood
around the world. The future of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the US hinges on sustainable …

We used high throughput pyrosequencing to characterize stomach and gut content
microbiomes of Crassostrea virginica, the Easter oyster, obtained from two sites, one in …

Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world.
Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new …

In his seminal 1961 paper 'The paradox of the plankton'Am Nat 95: 137-147, GE Hutchinson
asked why many species of phytoplankton can coexist while competing for a small number …

An international community of biologists presents the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas as a
candidate for genome sequencing. This oyster has global distribution and for the past …

Introduction Bivalve aquaculture has direct and indirect effects on plankton communities,
which are highly sensitive to short-term (seasonal, interannual) and long-term climate …

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) involves incorporation of species from different
trophic or nutritional levels in the same system to get better production based on mutual gain …

Temperature increase caused by thermal discharge from power plants promotes
phytoplankton growth and frequent bloom in eutrophic subtropical waters, particularly in cold …

This essay reviews two important topics in coastal ecology: the work on the relative role of
bottom–up and top–down controls in natural communities and the loss of wetlands …