Bivalve molluscs stand out for their ecological success and their key role in the functioning of
aquatic ecosystems, while also constituting a very valuable commercial resource. Both …

Large changes in oxygen availability in aquatic environments, ranging from anoxia through
to hyperoxia, can lead to corresponding wide variation in the production of reactive oxygen …

The interplay between divergence and phenotypic plasticity is critical to our understanding
of a species' adaptive potential under rapid climate changes. We investigated divergence …

Oysters that occupy estuarine and intertidal habitats have well-developed stress tolerance
mechanisms to tolerate harsh and dynamically changing environments. In this review, we …

Abstract Effects of natural stressors such as copper (Cu 2+), temperature, hypoxia,
chloroform and adrenaline on physiological and biochemical responses were investigated …

Coastal environments commonly experience fluctuations in salinity and hypoxia–
reoxygenation (H/R) stress that can negatively affect mitochondrial functions of marine …

Abstract Background Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, is a commercially
important species found in brackish and fresh waters throughout China. Chronic hypoxia is a …

Organisms can modify and increase their thermal tolerance faster and more efficiently after a
brief exposure to sublethal thermal stress. This response is called 'heat hardening'as it leads …

Immunological and structural characteristics of hemocyte populations in the mussel Mytilus
galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), going from two different Sicilian habitats (Faro Lake …

As oxygen concentrations in marine coastal habitats can fluctuate rapidly and drastically,
sessile marine organisms such as the oyster Crassostrea gigas can experience marked and …