Mussels are important ecosystem engineers that have significant impacts on the ecology of
the seafloor. In this study, we attempt to characterize and explain infaunal and epifaunal …

The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of bottom and suspended mussel cultures,
cultured in different physical environments, on the sedimentary environmental conditions …

With most fish stocks in the NE Atlantic at historically low levels there is pressure for more
effective fishery management practices. One approach involves marine protected areas …

Mussel bottom culture is historically based on transplanting wild mussel seed to designated
culture plots. Seed mussel collectors (SMCs) that are deployed in the water column are …

Many bivalve species occur in aggregations, and locally cover large parts of the seafloor.
Above a certain density they provide a distinct, three-dimensional structure and the …

Over the past 20 years, the Bohai Sea has been subjected to a considerable human impact
through over-fishing and pollution. Together with the influence of the Yellow River cut-off, the …

Commercial dredging for blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and oysters (Ostrea edulis,
Crassostrea gigas) constitute the main bivalve fisheries in Denmark. These activities …

Mussel dredging causes resuspension of sediment particles that reduce water clarity and
potentially leads to reduced eelgrass growth. In order to study the impact of resuspension …

Marine invertebrate recruitment may be affected by food limitation during the pelagic larval
life stages. In the present study, field data on abundance of bivalve larvae along with their …

Dredge efficiency measurements were conducted in 2003 by comparing paired dredge and
diver samples taken on eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica beds in the New Jersey waters …