The marine environment confronts its inhabitants with a wide variety of O2 concentrations,
as well as with fluctuations of small scale local O2 availability over time. This review …

The oxidative stress theory of ageing predicts that animals living longer will have less
cumulative oxidative damage together with structural characteristics that make them more …

AMP-activated protein kinase α (AMPKα) is a key regulator of energy balance in many
model species during hypoxia. In a marine bivalve, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, we …

The purpose of this study was to examine the responses of the oyster Crassostrea gigas to
oxygen levels at subcellular and whole organism levels. Two experiments were carried out …

Marine intertidal organisms commonly face hypoxic stress during low tide emersion;
moreover, eutrophic conditions and sediment nearness could lead to hypoxic phenomena; it …

When dissolved oxygen levels decline in aquatic systems, prey may be unable to maintain
behaviours protecting them from predators. We examined how oxygen availability affected …

The aim of this study was to investigate how the worm Polydora sp., which induces oysters
into creating mud blisters in response to an irritation within their shells, could interfere with …

The aim of this work was to evaluate the potential utility of several biochemical parameters
as indicators of the toxic effects of cadmium in the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea under …

Intertidal organisms have to face daily high oxygen variations from hypoxic to hyperoxic
conditions. To cope with such constraints, these organisms must have well developed …

Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) can assemble in high densities and dominate benthic
communities. To evaluate the influence of this clam on sediment oxygen uptake and nutrient …