A5057965854- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
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University of Alicante
2015-2025
Universidad de Murcia
1999-2022
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 242:237-252 (2002) - doi:10.3354/meps242237 Attraction of wild fish sea-cage farms in south-western Mediterranean Sea: spatial and short-term temporal variability Tim Dempster1,*, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez2, Just T. Bayle-Sempere2, Francisca Giménez-Casalduero2, Carlos Valle2 1School Biological Sciences, University...
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...
Populations of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis have progressively decreased over last decades as a result anthropogenic activities. The rate decline has strongly increased since 2016, when mass mortality event triggered by parasite Haplosporidium pinnae occurred, and evidence exists that Mycobacterium species may also played major role in event. Indeed, epidemic spread throughout Mediterranean, although coastal lagoons seem to offer degree ‘resistance’ against parasite. In early...
Pinna nobilis is undergoing one of the most dramatic events suffered by an endangered species. An emerging disease has relegated its populations to coastal lagoons or estuaries with salinities beyond 36.5-39.7 psu range. The Mar Menor two such locations on Spanish coastline. Poor environmental conditions and eutrophication anoxia events, that became critical in 2016, 2019 2021, have reduced population >99 %. In this work, spatial distribution species within lagoon factors determining...
The widespread mass mortality of the noble pen shell (
The bivalve mollusk Pinna nobilis is critically endangered. specimens from the Mar Menor coastal lagoon constitute one of only two surviving populations in Spain. Due to eutrophic conditions and environmental collapse lagoon, number living individuals has been drastically reduced. Furthermore, these conditions, along with other factors, have made it difficult for species reproduce successfully. In this report, a new recruitment detected described first time years. It was considered their...
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 is native to the western coast of Atlantic Ocean. Although its arrival Mediterranean was probably due ballast water, this species has several characteristics that have enabled it successfully invade countless localities in and Black Sea. Little known about feeding habits ecosystem impacts basin. This study aimed provide information on natural diet C. by comparing stomach contents specimens caught different seasons habitats SE Iberian Peninsula...