The human-mediated introduction of marine non-indigenous species is a centuries-if not
millennia-old phenomenon, but was only recently acknowledged as a potent driver of …

In addition to xenobiotic assaults, cultured bivalve mollusks (mussels and oysters) and
crustacean arthropods (Penaeid shrimps) are continuously confronted with infectious …

▪ Abstract Many factors (climate warming, pollution, harvesting, introduced species) can
contribute to disease outbreaks in marine life. Concomitant increases in each of these …

Electronic decision-support tools are now an essential component of government strategies
to battle non-native species, with taxon-specific, paper-based risk analysis schemes often …

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of
marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in …

Pacific oysters are now one of the most 'globalised'marine invertebrates. They dominate
bivalve aquaculture production in many regions and wild populations are increasingly …

Emerging diseases pose a recurrent threat to bivalve aquaculture. Recently, massive
mortality events in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas associated with the detection of a …

The conservation and active restoration of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) populations
are a major focus of ecological restoration efforts to take advantage of the wide‐ranging …

Genetic differentiation of the flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) was studied along the European
coast, from Norway to the Black Sea, by means of variation at five microsatellite loci. The …

The history of French oyster culture consists of a succession of developmental phases using
different species, followed by collapses caused by diseases. The indigenous species Ostrea …