There is no doubt that plastic is polluting the environment. Much terrifying evidence has
been provided to show how great the impact of plastic on the living environment has …

Annelids and mollusks, both in the superphylum of Lophotrochozoa (Bilateria), are important
ecological groups, widespread in soil, freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. Like …

Plastic has emerged as a common pollutant in marine environments. The majority of the
plastic debris in oceans originate from river streams. Some of these debris will end up being …

Marine invertebrate microbiomes play important roles in diverse host and ecological
processes. However, a mechanistic understanding of host-microbe interactions is currently …

Molluscs are among the most ancient, diverse, and important of all animal taxa. Even so, no
individual mollusc species has emerged as a broadly applied model system in biology. We …

Background Oysters in coastal environments are subject to fluctuating environmental
conditions that may impact the ecosystem services they provide. Oyster-associated …

Microplastics (MP) are a contaminant of emerging concern and, as such, there has been a
rush to action and publication. Over the past two decades, this haste has resulted in a …

Molluscan hemolymph is a unique kind of body fluid, which in many respects is analogous to
human blood, although there are several crucial differences. Here, for the first time, we …

Disseminated neoplasia (DN) is one of the most challenging and unrecognised diseases
occurring in aquatic fauna. It has been diagnosed in four bivalve species from the Gulf of …

The hemolymph metabolome of Mytilus galloprovincialis injected with live Vibrio splendidus
bacteria was analyzed by 1H-NMR spectrometry. Changes in spectral hemolymph profiles …