In recent years, financial losses due to salinity changes threat bivalve industry. In natural
habitat, marine bivalves should be adapted to a series of environmental stressors, including …

Aquaculture currently accounts for approximately half of all seafood produced and is the
fastest growing farmed food sector globally. Marine bivalve aquaculture, the farming of …

The effect of salinity on the filtration rate of blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, from the brackish
Great Belt (Denmark) and the low-saline Central Baltic Sea, respectively, was studied. First …

For blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, one major constrain in the Baltic Sea is the low salinities
that reduce the efficiency of mussel production. However, the effects of living in low and …

Groundwater flooding is a phenomenon which has become recognised as a significant
natural hazard in recent years. The Gort lowland karst catchment situated in south Co …

Bivalves possess a pair of valves connected to a stretchable ligament that facilitates the
opening and closing of the shell. The growth bioprocess commences when the …

The relationship between body dry weight (W) and shell length (L) of blue mussels, Mytilus
edulis, can be expressed by the condition index (CI= W/L 3) which varies from population to …

Baltic blue mussels can colonise and dominate habitats with far lower salinity (< 10 psu)
than other Mytilus congeners. Pervasive gene flow was observed between Western Baltic …

Hypo-salinity exposure is a serious concern for bivalve aquaculture, with profound effects on
the animals' physiological condition. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of …

Mussel farming, compared to marine finfish aquaculture, represents an environmentally
friendly alternative for a high quality protein source and can at the same time be a measure …