Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants

A Kaidarova, NR Geraldi, RP Wilson, J Kosel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Human societies depend on marine ecosystems, but their degradation continues. Toward
mitigating this decline, new and more effective ways to precisely measure the status and …

Illuminating Cassiopea jellyfish: biochemical revelations from metabolism to coloration under ultraviolet A and photosynthetically active radiation

SM Aljbour, S Agusti - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sunlight, including ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR),
is vital for the physiology of invertebrates with symbiotic Symbiodiniaceae. While the effects …

Conserving threatened species during rapid environmental change: using biological responses to inform management strategies of giant clams

SA Watson, ML Neo - Conservation Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Giant clams are threatened by overexploitation for human consumption, their valuable shells
and the aquarium trade. Consequently, these iconic coral reef megafauna are extinct in …

Giant clams as open-source, scalable reef environmental biomonitors

D Killam, D Thompson, K Morgan, M Russell - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Valvometry, the electronic measurement of bivalve shell opening and closing, has been
demonstrated to be a valuable biomonitoring technique in previous ecological and …

Effects of the daily light-dark cycle on rhythms of behavior and physiology in boring giant clam Tridacna crocea

M Li, W Yang, X Hong, A Wang, Y Yang, F Yu, C Liu - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Giant clams obtain their nutrition from both filter-feeding and photosynthates produced by
symbiotic zooxanthellae within their mantle tissue. The symbiotic partnerships between giant …

Study on the Individual Coloring Mechanism of Iridescent Cells in the Mantle of the Boring Giant Clam, Tridacna crocea

Y Li, Y Zhou, J Wei, G Shi, Q Liao, S Guo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Giant clams are marine bivalves that inhabit Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The boring giant clam,
Tridacna crocea, exhibits bright and conspicuous mantle coloration based on the …

Differential susceptibility of Red Sea Pocilloporidae corals to UVB highlights photoacclimation potential

S Overmans, S Agusti - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite being exposed to extreme water temperatures and solar irradiances, Red Sea
corals are relatively resistant to bleaching. While their thermal tolerance is well described …

Aerobic respiration, biochemical composition, and glycolytic responses to ultraviolet radiation in jellyfish Cassiopea sp

SM Aljbour, RN Alves, S Agusti - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The light-dependent zooxanthellate jellyfish Cassiopea sp.(the upside-down jellyfish) is
invasive/exotic in many shallow and clear marine habitats, where the jellyfish might be …

Drivers of the Abundance of Tridacna spp. Giant Clams in the Red Sea

S Rossbach, A Anton, CM Duarte - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Giant clams (Subfamily Tridacninae), are important members of Indo-Pacific coral reefs,
playing multiple roles in the framework of these communities. Although they are prominent …

Metagenomic approaches for exploration of halophilic prokaryotes in coastal areas

J Moopantakath, M Imchen, CH Athira… - … and microbial ecology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Coastal ecosystems encompass diverse ecosystems, which vary in their biotic and abiotic
features according to the geographical locations, seasonal variation, and anthropological …