Multipathogen infections and multifactorial pathogenesis involved in noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis) mass mortality events: Background and current pathologic …

F Carella, D Palić, T Šarić, I Župan… - Veterinary …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Disease outbreaks in several ecologically or commercially important invertebrate marine
species have been reported in recent years all over the world. Mass mortality events (MMEs) …

[PDF][PDF] Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

K Tsirintanis, E Azzurro, F Crocetta, M Dimiza… - Aquatic …, 2022 - amu.hal.science
Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

The current situation and potential effects of climate change on the microbial load of marine bivalves of the Greek coastlines: An integrative review

A Zgouridou, E Tripidaki, IA Giantsis… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming affects the aquatic ecosystems, accelerating pathogenic microorganisms'
and toxic microalgae's growth and spread in marine habitats, and in bivalve molluscs. New …

Epidemiology of Noble Pen Shell (Pinna nobilis L. 1758) Mass Mortality Events in Adriatic Sea Is Characterised with Rapid Spreading and Acute Disease …

T Šarić, I Župan, S Aceto, G Villari, D Palić, G De Vico… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
From May to October 2019, multiple mass mortality events (MMEs) of Pinna nobilis were
observed along Croatian coastline starting from the south-east and rapidly progressing in …

Recruitment Disruption and the Role of Unaffected Populations for Potential Recovery After the Pinna nobilis Mass Mortality Event

DK Kersting, M Vázquez-Luis, B Mourre… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A devastating mass mortality event (MME) very likely caused by the protozoan
Haplosporidium pinnae first detected in 2016 in the Western Mediterranean Sea, is pushing …

Mass mortality in endangered fan mussels Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus 1758) caused by co-infection of Haplosporidium pinnae and multiple Vibrio infection in …

İE Künili, S Ertürk Gürkan, A Aksu, E Turgay, F Çakir… - Biomarkers, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Pinna nobilis (fan mussel) is one of the most important endemic bivalve molluscs in
the Mediterranean and mass mortality events were observed in these mussels in recent …

An emergency situation for pen shells in the Mediterranean: The Adriatic Sea, one of the last Pinna nobilis shelters, is now affected by a mass mortality event

H Čižmek, B Čolić, R Gračan, A Grau… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
We identified areas with high individual densities of the pen shell, Pinna nobilis, in two areas
along the Croatian Adriatic coast. The surveys carried out in 2018 and 2019 showed …

Sanctuaries are not inviolable: Haplosporidium pinnae as responsible for the collapse of the Pinna nobilis population in Lake Faro (central Mediterranean)

G Donato, A Lunetta, A Spinelli, G Catanese… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid spread of the protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae is having a strong negative effect
on Pinna nobilis populations. A case study on a residual population in Lake Faro (Sicily …

The Implication of Vibrio Bacteria in the Winter Mortalities of the Critically Endangered Pinna nobilis

A Lattos, K Bitchava, IA Giantsis, JA Theodorou… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pinna nobilis populations, constituting the largest bivalve mollusk endemic to the
Mediterranean, is characterized as critically endangered, threatened by extinction. Among …

Wide-Geographic and Long-Term Analysis of the Role of Pathogens in the Decline of Pinna nobilis to Critically Endangered Species

A Grau, A Villalba, JI Navas, B Hansjosten… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A mass mortality event (MME) affecting the fan mussel Pinna nobilis was first detected in
Spain in autumn 2016 and spread north-and eastward through the Mediterranean Sea …