Seafood is a highly traded food commodity. Farmed and captured crustaceans contribute a
significant proportion with annual production exceeding 10M metric tonnes with first sale …

Infectious marine diseases can decimate populations and are increasing among some taxa
due to global change and our increasing reliance on marine environments. Marine diseases …

Climate change has resulted in increasing temperature and acidification in marine systems.
Rising temperature and acidification act as stressors that negatively affect host barriers to …

The fisheries for crabs and lobsters (Reptantia, Decapoda) are shaped by environmental
variation through the distribution ecology, productivity or even their market traits such as …

Decapod crustacean welfare is not only an ethical consideration for legislative purposes.
Under culture and fishery settings, poor environmental conditions and operator practices …

Increasing number of evidence suggests that the hemolymph of numerous apparently
healthy invertebrates is unsterile. Investigation of hemolymph microbiota properties and the …

This study aimed to assess dietary organic zinc on zinc homeostasis, antioxidant capacity,
immune response, glycolysis and intestinal microbiota in white shrimp (Litopenaeus …

Growing evidence suggests that biodiversity mediates parasite prevalence. We have
compiled the first global database on occurrences and prevalence of marine parasitism …

The hepatopancreas of decapod crustaceans is used as an example to illustrate the range
of cytopathologies, detoxification mechanisms, and immune responses that environmental …

Pesticide residues are found ubiquitously in Queensland east coast and Great Barrier Reef
(GBR) waterbodies. The highest concentrations, often above Australian guidelines, are …