This research presents the invasion history as well as an up-to-date distribution of the Pacific
oyster Magallana gigas in European coastal waters, concluding that this invasive species …

The spread of non-indigenous species is a global phenomenon that affects most
ecosystems. Although invasion biology is a well-investigated discipline, there are still gaps …

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 …

Among aquaculture activities, shellfish culture is considered more sustainable and
beneficial in terms of food security. Currently, only a few bivalve species are reared and …

Reproduction and recruitment of benthic invertebrates are influenced by the climate and by
the ecological structure of marine ecosystems, along with local anthropogenic pressures …

Decreases in fish stocks have led to new resource research, particularly in the Colombian
Pacific where only a few species have traditionally been exploited. Among commercial …

One of the current major scientific challenges to sustain social-ecological systems is to
improve our understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the relationships …

The recent discovery of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (also known as Magallana gigas)
spatfields in a Mediterranean lagoon intensely exploited for shellfish farming (Thau lagoon) …

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 …