S.O.S. Pinna nobilis: A Mass Mortality Event in Western Mediterranean Sea

S.O.S. Pinna nobilis: A Mass Mortality Event in Western Mediterranean Sea

A mass mortality event (MME) impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across a wide geographical area of the Spanish Mediterranean Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea) in early autumn 2016. Underwater visual censuses were conducted across several localities separated by hundreds of kilometers alo...

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Main Authors: Maite Vázquez-Luis, Elvira Álvarez, Agustín Barrajón, José R. García-March, Amalia Grau, Iris E. Hendriks, Santiago Jiménez, Diego Kersting, Diego Moreno, Marta Pérez, Juan M. Ruiz, Jordi Sánchez, Antonio Villalba, Salud Deudero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Pinna nobilis
Pinnidae
bivalve
mass mortality events
parasite
Haplosporida
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00220/full

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