As the global ocean continues to experience the consequences of an increase in the
frequency and intensity of heat waves, the trend is expected to persist into the 21st century …

Oysters that occupy estuarine and intertidal habitats have well-developed stress tolerance
mechanisms to tolerate harsh and dynamically changing environments. In this review, we …

Two mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine mussels that took place in the Oosterschelde,
the Netherlands—the first in 2015/2016 and the second in 2019—both severely affected …

The intensity of marine heatwaves is increasing due to climate change. Heatwaves may
affect macroinvertebrates' bioturbating behavior in intertidal areas, thereby altering the …

Estuarine bivalves are especially susceptible to salinity fluctuations. Stage-specific
sensibilities may influence the structure and spatial distribution of the populations. Here we …

Drivers of marine disease outbreaks are poorly understood in spite of their growing impact.
We present here results from a unique case study examining how cockles Cerastoderma …

Quantitative reconstruction of water temperature from shells of bivalve mollusks is still a very
challenging task. For example, in highly variable environments such as intertidal zones …

Increasing prevalence of hypoxia in shallow waters of US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) estuaries
can pose a serious threat to eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Their tolerance to …

Temperature is one of the most important abiotic factors affected by climate change. It
determines physiological processes, ecological patterns and establishes the limits of …

Estimating of narrow-sense heritability is often the initial step in an applied animal selective
breeding program. To summarize the proportion of variance due to genetics, a total of 26 …