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Paralytic shellfish toxins and associated toxin profiles in bivalve mollusc shellfish from Argentina

, 2020
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning is a potentially fatal syndrome, resulting from the filter-feeding activities of marine molluscs accumulating harmful neurotoxins naturally occurring in microalgae.
Alejandra B. Goya, Andrew D. Turner, Robert G. Hatfield, Lewis, A., Sophie Tarnovius, Adam M. Lewis, Lewis Coates   +6 more
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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca, Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roles of Carotenoids in Invertebrate Immunology

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Carotenoids are biologically active pigments that are well-known to enhance the defense and immunity of the vertebrate system. However, in invertebrates, the role of carotenoids in immunity is not clear.
Karsoon Tan, Karsoon Tan, Karsoon Tan, Hongkuan Zhang, Hongkuan Zhang, Hongkuan Zhang, Leong-Seng Lim, Hongyu Ma, Hongyu Ma, Hongyu Ma, Shengkang Li, Shengkang Li, Shengkang Li, Huaiping Zheng, Huaiping Zheng, Huaiping Zheng   +15 more
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Using Financial and Sustainability Ratios to Map Sectors. An Approach With Compositional Data

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article aims to visualize in a single graph Spanish fish and meat processing companies with respect to solvency, energy, waste and water intensity and gender employment gap. These financial, environmental, and social indicators are ratios, which require specific statistical analysis methods.
Elena Rondós‐Casas, Núria Arimany‐Serrat, Miquel Carreras‐Simó, Germà Coenders   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Shellfish Sanitation Program: Guide for the control of molluscan shellfish

, 1997
406 pgs.The National Shellfish Sanitation Program is a federal and state program responsible for the sanitary control of shellfish used for human consumption. This report outlines the guide for the control of molluscan shellfish.
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
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Sustainability Disclosure and External Assurance of Reports in the Italian Agrifood Sector

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union introduced the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) with the aim of aligning the “walk”—the implementation of substantive sustainability practices—and the “talk”—their representation in sustainability reporting.
Andrea Caccialanza, Mirta Casati, Marco Angelo Marinoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of cottonseed oil as a substitute for fish oil in the commercial diet for juvenile swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus)

Animal Nutrition
A six-week feeding trial was carried out to determine the feasibility of cottonseed oil (CSO) as a viable substitute for fish oil (FO) in the commercial diet of swimming crabs.
Tiantian Xu, Zheng Yang, Shichao Xie, Tingting Zhu, Wenli Zhao, Min Jin, Qicun Zhou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source