Can we save a marine species affected by a highly infective, highly lethal, waterborne disease from extinction?

JR García-March, J Tena, S Henandis… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic drivers and global warming are altering the occurrence of infectious marine
diseases, some of which produce mass mortalities with considerable ecosystemic and …

Unchartered waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals

CE Sanderson, KA Alexander - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious disease emergence has increased significantly over the last 30 years, with mass
mortality events (MMEs) associated with epizootics becoming increasingly common. Factors …

Haplosporidium pinnae sp. nov., a haplosporidan parasite associated with mass mortalities of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, in the Western Mediterranean Sea

G Catanese, A Grau, JM Valencia… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study provides morphological and molecular characterization of a new species,
Haplosporidium pinnae), very likely responsible for mass mortality of fan mussels, Pinna …

Impacts of marine and lagoon aquaculture on macrophytes in Mediterranean benthic ecosystems

CF Boudouresque, A Blanfuné, G Pergent… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The direct and indirect impact of fish farms, shellfish aquaculture, and extensive forms of
aquaculture such as seeding of juvenile sea urchins, on macrophytes (seaweeds and …

A mycobacterial disease is associated with the silent mass mortality of the pen shell Pinna nobilis along the Tyrrhenian coastline of Italy

F Carella, S Aceto, F Pollaro, A Miccio, C Iaria… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Disease is an increasing threat for marine bivalves worldwide. Recently, a mass mortality
event (MME) impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across a wide geographical …

Past and future grand challenges in marine ecosystem ecology

A Borja, JH Andersen, CD Arvanitidis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 LifeWatch ERIC, Plaza de España, Seville, Spain, 4 Institute of
Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research …

Mass mortality of the invasive alien echinoid Diadema setosum (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

R Zirler, LM Schmidt, L Roth… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The sea urchin Diadema setosum is an ecological key species across its range, particularly
on coral reefs. In 2006 D. setosum was first observed in the Mediterranean Sea, and since, it …