Trophic ecology is the study of feeding interactions and food acquisition by organisms. It
includes the causes and consequences of those behaviours at all levels of biological …

Considering the growing interest for safer, environmentally friendly and healthier products,
the search for natural colorants to replace their synthetic has been raised. This is particularly …

Harmful algae blooms have expanded greatly in recent decades, and their secreted toxins
pose a severe threat to human health and marine ecosystems. Saxitoxin (STX) is a main …

Over the past decades, valvometric techniques have been commonly used to record valve
opening activities of bivalves. Various relationships with environmental variations have been …

This chapter presents new insights into “blue” diatom species and marennine-like pigments
in particular, concerning the biodiversity of these microalgae, their pigments, their …

Marennine is the blue-green pigment produced by the temperate ubiquiste marine diatom
Haslea ostrearia. This pigment is water-soluble and excreted in seawater during H. ostrearia …

The global pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 has caused more than 400
million infections with more than 5.7 million deaths worldwide, and the number of validated …

Marennine is a water-soluble blue-green pigment produced by the marine diatom Haslea
ostrearia. The diatom and its pigment are well known from oyster farming areas as the …

Asparagopsis armata is classified as an invasive species in Europe. Through the exudation
of secondary metabolites, this macroalga holds a chemical defence against consumers, with …

The marine diatom Haslea ostrearia is known for its ability to produce marennine, a blue-
green water-soluble pigment, which is responsible for the oyster greening phenomenon in …