Wide-Geographic and Long-Term Analysis of the Role of Pathogens in the Decline of Pinna nobilis to Critically Endangered Species

A mass mortality event (MME) affecting the fan mussel Pinna nobilis was first detected in Spain in autumn 2016 and spread north- and eastward through the Mediterranean Sea. Various pathogens have been blamed for contributing to the MME, with emphasis in Haplosporidium pinnae, Mycobacterium sp. and V...

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Main Authors: Amalia Grau, Antonio Villalba, José I. Navas, Beatriz Hansjosten, José M. Valencia, José R. García-March, Patricia Prado, Guillermo Follana-Berná, Titouan Morage, Maite Vázquez-Luis, Elvira Álvarez, Pantelis Katharios, Christina Pavloudi, Elisabet Nebot-Colomer, José Tena-Medialdea, Monserrat Lopez-Sanmartín, Claire Peyran, Hrvoje Čižmek, Georgia Sarafidou, Yiannis Issaris, Inci Tüney-Kizilkaya, Salud Deudero, Serge Planes, Gaetano Catanese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.666640/full