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Metallothioneins in Arctic Bivalves

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 1998
In the framework of an International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS) Project on biodiversity and adaptation strategies of Arctic coastal marine benthos, research was focused on the role of metallothioneins as a possible indicator of the effect on animals and ...
Amiard-Triquet, C.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A thin-layer chromatography-densitometry assay for intracellular lipase activity in bivalves (Argopecten purpuratus)

open access: yesCiencias Marinas, 2006
 This study provides a method for the determination of lipase activity in bivalves. Using this method, lipase activities were studied in extracts of digestive gland of Argopecten purpuratus fed a diet that mimics the food available in natural ecosystems
MJ Fernández-Reiriz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solent Disturbance and Mitigation Project Phase II: Predicting the impact of human disturbance on overwintering birds in the Solent. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Solent coastline provides feeding grounds for internationally protected populations of overwintering waders and wildfowl, and is also extensively used for recreation.
Clarke, Ralph T.   +3 more
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Gleaning the Rocky Shore? 2500 Years of Coastal Resource Use at Red Bluff 1, GunaiKurnai Country, SE Australia

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hotspot of TTX Contamination in the Adriatic Sea: Study on the Origin and Causative Factors

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2022
Tetrodotoxins (TTXs), the pufferfish venom traditionally associated with Indo-Pacific area, has been reported during last decades in ever wider range of marine organisms and ever more geographical areas, including shellfish in Europe.
Simone Bacchiocchi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bycatch and discard survival rate in a small-scale bivalve dredge fishery along the Algarve coast (southern Portugal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Although the bivalve dredge used on the Algarve coast (southern Portugal) is highly selective for the target species, in some periods of the year the bycatch can exceed the catch of the commercial species. The present study aimed to quantify the bycatch
Alverson   +65 more
core   +3 more sources

Zooarchaeological Analysis of an Atoll Assemblage From Central Micronesia

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There has been a dearth of archaeological research on atolls in the central‐eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. This has limited our understanding of pre‐contact subsistence and settlement strategies in these more marginal and remote environments, particularly in regards to zooarchaeological data.
Philippa Jorissen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community structure of bivalve on seagrass ecosystems in the West Bali National Park area

open access: yesDepik Jurnal
The waters of Taman Nasional Bali Barat are one of the waters that have abundant diversity of marine ecosystems. Seagrass is an ecosystem that has many benefits for organisms that live in it, one of which is bivalves.
Sang Ayu Made Putri Suryani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ESBL- and Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among Bivalves from Portuguese Shellfish Production Areas

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
Bivalves are filter-feeding organisms and biomarkers of bacterial pollution. Our study aimed to analyze the occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli among bivalves.
Samanta Freire   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mollusk species at a Pliocene shelf whale fall (Orciano Pisano, Tuscany) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The recovery of an intact, 10 m long fossil baleen whale from the Pliocene of Tuscany (Italy) offers the first opportunity to study the paleoecology of a fully developed, natural whale-fall community at outer shelf depth.
Betocchi, U, Danise, S, Dominici, S
core   +2 more sources

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