Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant–bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success

K Gagnon, E Rinde, EGT Bengil… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world.
Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new …

The pen shell, Pinna nobilis: A review of population status and recommended research priorities in the Mediterranean Sea

L Basso, M Vázquez-Luis, JR García-March… - Advances in marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
The pen shell Pinna nobilis (also known as the fan mussel) is an endemic bivalve of the
Mediterranean Sea. Threatened by human activities, it has been listed as an endangered …

The Implication of Vibrio Bacteria in the Winter Mortalities of the Critically Endangered Pinna nobilis

A Lattos, K Bitchava, IA Giantsis, JA Theodorou… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pinna nobilis populations, constituting the largest bivalve mollusk endemic to the
Mediterranean, is characterized as critically endangered, threatened by extinction. Among …

Pinna nobilis in the Greek seas (NE Mediterranean): on the brink of extinction?

M Zotou, P Gkrantounis… - Mediterranean …, 2020 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
The Mediterranean endemic fan mussel Pinna nobilis is suffering an ongoing basin-scale
mass mortality event (MME) since 2016. As most Mediterranean populations have …

Assessment of heavy metals pollution in the gulf of Gabes (Tunisia) using four mollusk species

L Rabaoui, R Balti, R Zrelli… - Mediterranean …, 2014 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Since the establishment of the 'Tunisian Chemical Group'in Gabes city, Tunisia, no serious
investigations were carried out about the heavy metal pollution in Gabes gulf. In the present …

Multiple Non-Species-Specific Pathogens Possibly Triggered the Mass Mortality in Pinna nobilis

F Scarpa, D Sanna, I Azzena, D Mugetti, F Cerruti… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
The fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, represents the largest bivalve endemic to the Mediterranean
Sea. Since 2016, dramatic mass mortality of this species has been observed in several …

Mussel mass mortality and the microbiome: evidence for shifts in the bacterial microbiome of a declining freshwater bivalve

JC Richard, LJ Campbell, EM Leis, RE Agbalog… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are suffering mass mortality events worldwide, but the
causes remain enigmatic. Here, we describe an analysis of bacterial loads, community …

[HTML][HTML] The relict population of Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor is facing an uncertain future

E Cortés-Melendreras, F Gomariz-Castillo… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pinna nobilis is undergoing one of the most dramatic events suffered by an endangered
species. An emerging disease has relegated its populations to coastal lagoons or estuaries …

Unexpected residual habitats raise hope for the survival of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis along the Occitan coast (Northwest Mediterranean Sea)

C Peyran, T Morage, E Nebot-Colomer… - Endangered Species …, 2022 - int-res.com
In 2019, the status of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis was elevated to 'Critically
Endangered'on the IUCN Red List, in response to the pandemic caused by the parasite …

Natural radioactivity and radiation hazard assessment of industrial wastes from the coastal phosphate treatment plants of Gabes (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean …

R El Zrelli, L Rabaoui, P van Beek, S Castet… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work is a first contribution to the knowledge of natural radionuclides (226 Ra, 238 U, 40
K, and 232 Th) activities in phosphate rock (NORM), phosphogypsum, and phosphogypsum …