Bivalves are regulators of coastal lagoons and provide a wide range of ecosystem services.
However, coastal lagoons are sensitive to climate change. Our objective was to describe the …

Marine non-indigenous species are a significant threat to marine ecosystems with
prevention of introduction and early detection considered to be the only effective …

The decrease of microbial and nutrient inputs from the watershed has long dominated
lagoon ecosystem management objectives. Phytoplankton biomass and abundance have …

Significant mortality of Crassostrea gigas juveniles is observed systematically every year
worldwide. Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) is caused by Ostreid Herpesvirus 1 …

Understanding how habitat attributes (eg, patch area and sizes, connectivity) control
recruitment and how this is modified by processes operating at larger spatial scales is …

Spat collection of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera in atoll lagoons of French Polynesia
is the fundamental sustain of black pearl farming. Spat collection has always yielded …

The future of the wild oyster fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico is largely uncertain due to
changing environmental conditions and declining abundance of harvestable oysters …

Hiroshima Bay, located in the western part of the Seto Inland Sea, is the largest Pacific
oyster Crassostrea gigas farming area in Japan. Rafted aquaculture using natural spat of the …

Abstract The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is an important species in oyster farming
worldwide, including in Japan. Hiroshima Bay is one of the most important oyster farming …

Understanding vertical distribution of planktonic larvae is essential for elucidating larval
dispersal and recruitment processes. We investigated the vertical distribution and horizontal …