A5020718894- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr
2016-2025
Universitat de València
2002-2024
Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training
2019
Instituto Nacional del Agua
2019
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011
Marine Biological Laboratory
2006-2007
A mass mortality event impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across a wide geographical area of Spanish Mediterranean Sea (Western Sea) in early autumn 2016. Underwater visual censuses were conducted several localities separated by hundreds kilometres along coasts and revealed worrying high rates reaching up to 100% center southernmost Iberian Peninsula including Balearic Islands. Populations on northern seemed be unaffected (Catalonian region). Histological examination affected...
A mass mortality event is devastating the populations of endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis in Mediterranean Sea from early autumn 2016. newly described Haplosporidian endoparasite (Haplosporidium pinnae) most probable cause this ecological catastrophe placing one largest bivalves world on brink extinction. As a pivotal step towards conservation, contribution combines scientists and citizens' data to address fast- vast-dispersion prevalence outbreaks pathogen. Therefore, potential role currents...
A devastating mass mortality event (MME) very likely caused by the protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae first detected in 2016 Western Mediterranean Sea, is pushing endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis to near extinction. Populations recovery, if possible, will rely on larval dispersal from unaffected sites and potential recolonization through recruitment of resistant juveniles. To assess impact MME species' recruitment, an unprecedented network collector stations was implemented over several thousands...
A mass mortality event (MME) affecting the fan mussel Pinna nobilis was first detected in Spain autumn 2016 and spread north- eastward through Mediterranean Sea. Various pathogens have been blamed for contributing to MME, with emphasis Haplosporidium pinnae , Mycobacterium sp. Vibrio spp. In this study, samples from 762 mussels (necropsies 263 individuals, mantle biopsies 499) of various health conditions, wide geographic age range, taken before during MME environments along Sea, were used...
Biodegradable polymers offer a potential solution to marine pollution caused by plastic waste. The biofilms that formed on the surfaces of poly(lactide acid) (PLA) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) were studied. Bioplastics exposed for 6 months conditions in Mediterranean Sea, their assessed. presence specific PLA PHBV degraders was also showed extensive areas with microbial accumulations this led higher surface densities than (4.75 vs. 5.16 log CFU/cm2). Both polymers'...
The knowledge of the feeding habits in marine species is fundamental to better understand their relationship with environment. Although phytoplankton has been traditionally reported as main food source consumed by Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis, recent studies have revealed that detritus represents an important for this species. We analysed degree acceptance muddy and utilisation its organic matter (OM) P. nobilis on a group 21 individuals (30.3-59.7 cm total shell height (Ht))....
For marine meta-populations with source-sink dynamics knowledge about genetic connectivity is important to conserve biodiversity and design protected areas (MPAs). We evaluate of a Mediterranean sessile species, Pinna nobilis. To address large geographical scale, partial sequences cytochrome oxidase I (COI, 590 bp) were used phylogeographical patterns in the Western Mediterranean, whole basin using overlapping from literature (243 bp). Additionally, we combined (1) larval trajectories based...
Noble pen shell or fan mussel, Pinna nobilis Linnaeus (1758), protected since 1992, was incorporated into the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species (Category: Vulnerable, Royal Decree 139/2011). The status is presently in process being catalogued as critically endangered, pending approval by Government (https://www.mapama.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/participacion-publica/Borrador_OM_situacion_critica.aspx). International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN) alerted countries Mediterranean...
Abstract The fan mussel Pinna nobilis is currently on the brink of extinction due to a multifactorial disease mainly caused highly pathogenic parasite Haplosporidium pinnae , meaning that selection pressure outweighs adaptive potential species. Hopefully, rare individuals have been observed somehow resistant parasite, stretching need identify traits underlying this better fitness. Among candidate explore at first intention are fast‐evolving immune genes, which toll‐like receptor (TLR). In...
The widespread mass mortality of the noble pen shell (