The wedge clam Donax trunculus as sentinel organism for Mediterranean coastal monitoring in a global change context

S Tlili, C Mouneyrac - Regional environmental change, 2019 - Springer
The wedge clam Donax trunculus is commonly used in environmental monitoring studies as
sentinel species for the biomonitoring of sandy beaches in Mediterranean areas. Taking in …

A technical note on seasonal growth models

E García-Berthou, G Carmona-Catot, R Merciai… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2012 - Springer
The growth of many organisms is seasonal, with a dependence on variation in temperature,
light, and food availability. A growth model proposed by Somers (Fishbyte 6: 8–11, 1988) is …

From urbanization to bioaccumulation: A comparative study of metal pollution and biomarker responses in Donax trunculus along a touristic coastal area in Morocco

M Ben-Haddad, S Hajji, MR Abelouah… - Regional Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the use of the edible bivalve, Donax trunculus, as a bioindicator of
metal pollution (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cr) resulting from beach urbanization related to touristic …

Growth and reproduction of Donax trunculus from the Gulf of Annaba (Northeast Algeria) in relation to environmental conditions

A Hamdani, N Soltani, N Zaidi - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
This study was aimed to evaluate the physiological reproductive end points (sex ratio,
gametogenic cycle) and biological indices (condition index, length–weight relationship) in D …

Recreational harvesting of the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in southern Portugal: Characterization of the activity based on harvesters' perception and local …

L Sordo, P Vasconcelos, D Piló, AN Carvalho… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was the first attempt to characterize the recreational harvesting of the wedge clam
(Donax trunculus). For this purpose, 403 face-to-face interviews were performed in the …

Donax trunculus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) as a potential biological indicator of grain-size variations in beach sediment

P La Valle, L Nicoletti, MG Finoia, GD Ardizzone - Ecological Indicators, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Donax trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the most common bivalve molluscs
inhabiting the sandy shores of the Mediterranean Sea. This species, which is preferentially …

Bycatch and discards from two types of bivalve dredges targeting Donax trunculus and Chamelea gallina used in the southern coast of the Marmara Sea, Turkey

S Çolakoğlu - Fisheries science, 2020 - Springer
Intensive commercial harvesting of the wedge clam Donax trunculus and the striped venus
Chamelea gallina was conducted along the southern coast of the Marmara Sea using a …

Assessment of reproductive cycle, parasitism and biological indices of the wedge clam Donax trunculus along the Taghazout coastline (on the Moroccan Atlantic …

I Lamine, AA Alla, A Elazzaoui, N Meryam… - Regional Studies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to assess the physiological parameters of reproduction (sex ratio
and gametogenic cycle), parasitism and biological indices (condition index and gonadal …

The absence of canonical respiratory complex I subunits in male-type mitogenomes of three Donax species

A Burzyński, B Śmietanka, J Fernández-Pérez… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Bivalves are an extraordinary class of animals in which species with a doubly uniparental
inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA have been described. DUI is characterized as a …

Genetic diversity and population genetic analysis of Donax vittatus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and phylogeny of the genus with mitochondrial and nuclear markers

J Fernández-Pérez, E Froufe, A Nantón… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the genetic diversity of Donax vittatus across the Iberian Peninsula was
investigated using four mitochondrial (COI, Cytb, 16S F and M types) and three nuclear (H3 …