There is now general consensus that climate change is a global threat and a challenge for
the 21st century. More and more information is available demonstrating how increased …

Biotic indices have become key assessment tools in most recent national and trans-national
policies aimed at improving the quality of coastal waters and the integrity of their associated …

A suite of biomarkers was measured in caged mussels at areas impacted by different
anthropogenic activities along the Greek coastline to assess biological effects of …

Hypoxia often intensifies with rising dissolved CO 2, but the concurrent effects of hypoxia
and acidification on bivalves are largely unknown. In this study, immune responses of …

In this work, flow cytometry was used to examine the immune responses of hemocytes in the
thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus exposed to six combinations of pH (7.3, 7.7, and 8.1) and …

Globally, there is a move towards using local, native species for ecotoxicological risk
assessments. Anthropogenic stressors from urban, agricultural, and industrial activities can …

During the EU project BEEP a battery of biomarkers was applied in flounder (Platichthys
flesus) and the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) collected at three locations off the Lithuanian …

Animals that live in nutrient-poor environments, such as the deep sea, often establish
intracellular symbiosis with beneficial bacteria that provide the host with nutrients that are …

An integrated approach using biomarkers and contaminant levels in mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis L. was employed to assess chemical contamination in Greek coastal waters …

The green-lipped mussel Perna viridis is distributed widely in the estuarine and coastal
areas of the Indo-Pacific region and extensively cultured as an inexpensive protein source …