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Nobre CR, Moreno BB, Alves AV, Fontes MK, Campos BGD, Silva LFD, Maranho LA, Duarte LFDA, Abessa DMDS, Choueri RB, Gusso-Choueri PK, Pereira CDS. Microplastics and 17α Ethinylestradiol: How Do Different Aquatic Invertebrates Respond to This Combination of Contaminants? TOXICS 2024; 12:319. [PMID: 38787099 PMCID: PMC11125900 DOI: 10.3390/toxics12050319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The synthetic hormone 17α ethinyl estradiol (EE2) is a molecule widely used in female contraceptives and recognized as a contaminant of attention (Watch List) in the European Union due to its high consumption, endocrine effects and occurrence in aquatic environments. Its main source of introduction is domestic sewage where it can be associated with other contaminants such as microplastics (MPs). Due to their characteristics, they can combine with each other and exacerbate their isolated effects on biota. This study evaluated the combined effects of microplastics (MPs) and 17α ethinylestradiol (EE2) on two tropical estuarine invertebrate species: Crassostrea gasar and Ucides cordatus. Polyethylene particles were spiked with EE2 and organisms were exposed to three treatments, categorized into three groups: control group (C), virgin microplastics (MPs), and spiked microplastics with EE2 (MPEs). All treatments were evaluated after 3 and 7 days of exposure. Oysters exhibited changes in phase 2 enzymes and the antioxidant system, oxidative stress in the gills, and reduced lysosomal membrane stability after exposure to MPs and MPEs. Crabs exposed to MPs and MPEs after seven days showed changes in phase 1 enzymes in the gills and changes in phases 1 and 2 enzymes in the hepatopancreas, such as disturbed cellular health. The combined effects of microplastics and EE2 increased the toxicity experienced by organisms, which may trigger effects at higher levels of biological organization, leading to ecological disturbances in tropical coastal ecosystems.
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- Caio Rodrigues Nobre
- Department of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos Campus (UNIFESP-Santos), Rua Maria Máximo, 168, Santos 11030-100, Brazil
- Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Litoral Paulista Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente 11330-900, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos Campus (UNIFESP-Santos), Rua Maria Máximo, 168, Santos 11030-100, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos Campus (UNIFESP-Santos), Rua Maria Máximo, 168, Santos 11030-100, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Litoral Paulista Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente 11330-900, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Litoral Paulista Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente 11330-900, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Litoral Paulista Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente 11330-900, Brazil
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- Morphofunctional Laboratory, University of Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP), Avenida Dom Pedro I, 3.300, Guarujá 11440-003, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Litoral Paulista Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n, Parque Bitaru, São Vicente 11330-900, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos Campus (UNIFESP-Santos), Rua Maria Máximo, 168, Santos 11030-100, Brazil
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- Department of Ecotoxicology, Santa Cecília University (UNISANTA), Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 266, Santos 11045-907, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos Campus (UNIFESP-Santos), Rua Maria Máximo, 168, Santos 11030-100, Brazil
- Department of Ecotoxicology, Santa Cecília University (UNISANTA), Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 266, Santos 11045-907, Brazil
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Pantoja JCD, de Oliveira AEP, Ferreira MAP, da Costa LP, Nunes ZMP, da Rocha RM. First register of microplastic contamination in oysters (Crassostrea gasar) farmed in Amazonian estuaries. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 201:116182. [PMID: 38382321 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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The present study investigated the contamination of oysters farmed in Amazonian estuaries by microplastics (MPs). A total of 120 adult oysters (Crassostrea gasar) were collected from four sites along the Mangrove Coast of Pará/Brazil: S1, S2, S3 and S4, with 30 oyster for each. Overall, 58.33 % of the oyster samples contained microplastics, with mean concentrations of 0.23 MPs/g and 1.9 MPs/ind. The concentration of microplastics varied among the four sites, where S1 and S3 had the highest values while S4 had the lowest. PA fibers were the majority of particles (91 %), followed by PS fragments (9 %). The hepatopancreas and the gonad concentrated more microplastics than the rest of the body. As an important species for aquaculture in Amazon, we recommend additional regulation to reduce human exposure to microplastics, such as the installation of depuration facilities and constant monitoring of the contamination of oysters from farms in the region.
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- Juliana Caroline Dias Pantoja
- Laboratory of Cellular Ultrastructure, Institute of Biological Sciences, Sala 328, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa n°. 01, Guamá, Belem, Pará 66075-900, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Immunohistochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Sala 330, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa n°. 01, Guamá, Belém, Pará 66075-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Immunohistochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Sala 330, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa n°. 01, Guamá, Belém, Pará 66075-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pré-Embalados e Metrologia Científica - COPREM/INMETRO, Universidade Federal do Sergipe - UFS, Brazil
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- Institute for Coastal Studies, Federal University of Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro - Aldeia, Bragança, PA 68600-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cellular Ultrastructure, Institute of Biological Sciences, Sala 328, Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa n°. 01, Guamá, Belem, Pará 66075-900, Brazil
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Aguirre-Pabón J, Chasqui L, Muñoz E, Narváez-Barandica J. Multiple origins define the genetic structure of tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon in the colombian Caribbean Sea. Heliyon 2023; 9:e17727. [PMID: 37519730 PMCID: PMC10373660 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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The tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon is a native species of the Indo-Pacific Ocean that was introduced to promote its cultivation in several American countries, including Colombia. As a result of inappropriate aquaculture practices, it has established itself in the wild in almost all the Colombian Caribbean Sea. To evaluate the genetic diversity, population structure, and origin of the founder populations, samples from three sites in the Colombian Caribbean were analyzed from 10 microsatellite loci and the mitochondrial DNA Control Region. Genetic diversity similar to native populations was found to be present in three relatively discrete populations and their origin is related to natural populations from Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan and China. We discuss how oceanographic conditions and culture systems of tiger shrimp facilitated the success of biological invasion processes in marine ecosystems of the Colombian Caribbean.
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- Juan Aguirre-Pabón
- Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular, Universidad Del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22 – 08 Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470004, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Calle 25 # 2-55 Playa Salguero, 470006, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular, Universidad Del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22 – 08 Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470004, Colombia
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- Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular, Universidad Del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22 – 08 Santa Marta D.T.C.H., 470004, Colombia
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Vilke JM, Moser JR, Ferreira CP, Bebianno MJ, Zacchi FL, Bastolla CLV, Rosa CAVL, Corrêa JN, Jorge MB, Bainy ACD, Lüchmann KH. Field study of metal concentrations and biomarker responses in resident oysters of an estuarine system in southern Brazil. CHEMOSPHERE 2023:139288. [PMID: 37348614 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Pollutant exposure is considered an important factor responsible for the decline in marine biodiversity of Latin American coastal ecosystems. This threat has been detected in an estuarine system in southern Brazil, which prompted an investigation into the long-term biological effects of a chronic metal contamination on resident oysters from the Laguna Estuarine System (LES). Here, we present the species- and size-specific variations of biomarker responses (catalase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutathione S-transferase, and protein carbonylation) in the gills and digestive gland of Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea gasar. In parallel, concentrations of eight metals (Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn) in soft tissues were measured. Our analyses revealed that the metal levels exhibited decreasing order in both species: Zn > Fe > Al > Cu > Mn > Cd. Except for Cu and Al, metal concentrations did not differ between oyster species. Biomarker results highlighted that C. gasar presented higher antioxidant responses, whereas C. gigas showed increased biotransformation upon exposure to LES pollutants, which varied according to the tissue. However, C. gasar showed a significant higher content of protein carbonylation but was not related to metals. In our research approach, the observation of metals presence and biomarkers-related responses are considered biologically relevant from an ecotoxicological perspective and serve as a baseline for future pollution studies in estuaries of Latin America. Finally, we recommend adopting a suite of biomarkers in both C. gasar and C. gigas, regardless their size and weight, as sentinel organisms in future regional biomonitoring studies in southern Brazil.
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- Juliano M Vilke
- Multicenter Program in Postgraduate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - PMBqBM, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, 88520-000, Brazil; Centre for Marine and Environmental Research - CIMA, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8000-139, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88034-257, Brazil
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- Multicenter Program in Postgraduate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - PMBqBM, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, 88520-000, Brazil
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- Centre for Marine and Environmental Research - CIMA, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8000-139, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88034-257, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88034-257, Brazil
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- Fishery Engineering and Biological Sciences Department, Santa Catarina State University, Laguna, 88790-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology - LABECOTOX, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, 65080-805, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology - LABECOTOX, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, 65080-805, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88034-257, Brazil
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- Department of Scientific and Technological Education, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, 88035-001, Brazil.
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Clubley CH, Firth LB, Wood LE, Bilton DT, Silva TAM, Knights AM. Science paper or big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 877:162754. [PMID: 36921858 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Non-native species are spreading at an unprecedented rate over large spatial scales, with global environmental change and growth in commerce providing novel opportunities for range expansion. Assessing the pattern and rate of spread is key to the development of strategies for safeguarding against future invasions and efficiently managing existing ones. Such assessments often depend on spatial distribution data from online repositories, which can be spatially biased, imprecise, and lacking in quantity. Here, the influence of disparities between occurrence records from online data repositories and what is known of the invasion history from peer-reviewed published literature on non-native species range expansion was evaluated using 6693 records of the Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793), spanning 56 years of its invasion in Europe. Two measures of spread were calculated: maximum rate of spread (distance from introduction site over time) and accumulated area (spatial expansion). Results suggest that despite discrepancies between online and peer-reviewed data sources, including a paucity of records from the early invasion history in online repositories, the use of either source does not result in significantly different estimates of spread. Our study significantly improves our understanding of the European distribution of M. gigas and suggests that a combination of short- and long-range dispersal drives range expansions. More widely, our approach provides a framework for comparison of online occurrence records and invasion histories as documented in the peer-reviewed literature, allowing critical evaluation of both data sources and improving our understanding of invasion dynamics significantly.
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- Charlotte H Clubley
- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom.
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3DE, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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- Lowestoft Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, NR33 0HT Lowestoft, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
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Cryptic Marine Diversity in the Northern Arabian Gulf: An Integrative Approach Uncovers a New Species of Oyster (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), Ostrea oleomargarita. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/7058975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Animal biodiversity is greatly underestimated in nontemperate marine regions, especially for intertidal benthic organisms such as oysters. Recent surveys in the northern Arabian Gulf suggest the presence of numerous unidentified species, some of which form shallow reef ecosystems while others are cryptic and found under rocks. In this study, we focused on small oysters from Kuwait, which show typical characteristics in common with the genus Ostrea except for the presence of lophine chomata that would link it to the genera Lopha, Dendostrea, and Alectryonella. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers unambiguously placed the Kuwait oyster within the Ostreinae as a sister to the Japanese species Ostrea futamiensis. The hypothesis that the Kuwait oyster represents a new species was assessed with phylogenetic and species delimitation methods combined with a morphological assessment. Results corroborated the Kuwait oysters as a new species herein described as Ostrea oleomargarita Oliver, Salvi, and Al-Kandari, sp. nov. The phylogeny of the Ostreinae shows extensive disagreement between morphology-based genera and phylogenetic clades. The genus Ostrea is polyphyletic, and the form and distribution of taxonomic characters such as chomata are not as definitive as suggested in previous studies. This study, along with other recent investigations, confirmed the Arabian Gulf as a key region for discovering marine animal diversity and suggested a possible biogeographic divide between the Eastern and Western Indo-Pacific. A pattern that has been documented in a growing number of taxa and that warrants further research attention.
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Knudsen SW, Hesselsøe M, Thaulow J, Agersnap S, Hansen BK, Jacobsen MW, Bekkevold D, Jensen SKS, Møller PR, Andersen JH. Monitoring of environmental DNA from nonindigenous species of algae, dinoflagellates and animals in the North East Atlantic. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 821:153093. [PMID: 35038516 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Monitoring the distribution of marine nonindigenous species is a challenging task. To support this monitoring, we developed and validated the specificity of 12 primer-probe assays for detection of environmental DNA (eDNA) from marine species, all nonindigenous to Europe. The species include sturgeons, a Pacific red algae, oyster thief, a freshwater hydroid from the Black Sea, Chinese mitten crab, Pacific oyster, warty comb jelly, sand gaper, round goby, pink salmon, rainbow trout and North American mud crab. We tested all assays in the laboratory, on DNA extracted from both the target and non-target species to ensure that they only amplified DNA from the intended species. Subsequently, all assays were used to analyse water samples collected at 16 different harbours across two different seasons during 2017. We also included six previously published assays targeting eDNA from goldfish, European carp, two species of dinoflagellates of the genera Karenia and Prorocentrum, two species of the heterokont flagellate genus Pseudochattonella. Conventional monitoring was carried out alongside eDNA sampling but with only one sampling event over the one year. Because eDNA was relatively fast and easy to collect compared to conventional sampling, we sampled eDNA twice during 2017, which showed seasonal changes in the distribution of nonindigenous species. Comparing eDNA levels with salinity gradients did not show any correlation. A significant correlation was observed between number of species detected with conventional monitoring methods and number of species found using eDNA at each location. This supports the use of eDNA for surveillance of the distribution of marine nonindigenous species, where the speed and relative easy sampling in the field combined with fast molecular analysis may provide advantages compared to conventional monitoring methods. Prior validation of assays increases taxonomic precision, and laboratorial setup facilitates analysis of multiple samples simultaneously. The specific eDNA assays presented here can be implemented directly in monitoring programmes across Europe and potentially worldwide to infer a more precise picture of the dynamics in the distribution of marine nonindigenous species.
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- Steen Wilhelm Knudsen
- NIVA Denmark Water Research, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark; Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- NIVA Denmark Water Research, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, Building 1540, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Danish Technical University of Denmark, Section for Marine Living Resources, Vejlsøvej 39, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Danish Technical University of Denmark, Section for Marine Living Resources, Vejlsøvej 39, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Danish Technical University of Denmark, Section for Marine Living Resources, Vejlsøvej 39, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT Norwegian Arctic University, Tromsø, Norway
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- NIVA Denmark Water Research, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Darrigran G, Agudo-Padrón I, Baez P, Belz C, Cardoso F, Carranza A, Collado G, Correoso M, Cuezzo MG, Fabres A, Gutiérrez Gregoric DE, Letelier S, Ludwig S, Mansur MC, Pastorino G, Penchaszadeh P, Peralta C, Rebolledo A, Rumi A, Santos S, Thiengo S, Vidigal T, Damborenea C. Non-native mollusks throughout South America: emergent patterns in an understudied continent. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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La Colla NS, Botté SE, Fiori SM, Dos Santos EP, Labudía AC. First records of metal concentrations in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from a Southwest Atlantic estuary. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2019; 41:1321-1338. [PMID: 30446862 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-018-0217-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is one of the world's most widespread bivalves and a suitable species for biomonitoring metals in coastal environments. In the present research, wild individuals were collected from an Argentinian estuary and the coastal beaches nearby. The concentrations of eight metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) were quantified in the soft tissues of the Pacific oyster. Among the metals, Cu, Fe and Zn reached the highest concentrations in the soft tissues over the rest of the elements. The results showed the highest values to be estuary related, with the beach site achieving the lowest values. These results possibly lie on the impact of human activities surrounding the estuary, as well as streams and rivers that outflow within it. Higher Cu and Zn levels, both port related, were mainly found toward the outer estuary. On the other hand, high levels of Cr, Fe and Mn were found toward the inner zone of the estuary, an area with sewage sludge from the cities located on the margins of the BBE. Regarding the potential risk to public health, Cu and Zn levels found in C. gigas were above national and international safety guidelines in 100% and 11% of the samples, respectively.
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- Noelia S La Colla
- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), Florida 8000, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), Florida 8000, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), Florida 8000, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), Florida 8000, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), Florida 8000, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Slynko YV, Slynko EE, Pirkova AV, Ladygina LV, Ryabushko VI. Mitochondrial DNA Barcoding of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Ostreidae), Cultivated in the Black Sea. RUSS J GENET+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795418120153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Moreira A, Figueira E, Pecora IL, Soares AMVM, Freitas R. Native and exotic oysters in Brazil: Comparative tolerance to hypercapnia. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 161:202-211. [PMID: 29156343 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Environmental hypercapnia in shallow coastal marine ecosystems can be exacerbated by increasing levels of atmospheric CO2. In these ecosystems organisms are expected to become increasingly subjected to pCO2 levels several times higher than those inhabiting ocean waters (e.g.: 10,000µatm), but still our current understanding on different species capacity to respond to such levels of hypercapnia is limited. Oysters are among the most important foundation species inhabiting these coastal ecosystems, although natural oyster banks are increasingly threatened worldwide. In the present study we studied the effects of hypercapnia on two important oyster species, the pacific oyster C. gigas and the mangrove oyster C. brasiliana, to bring new insights on different species response mechanisms towards three hypercapnic levels (ca. 1,000; 4,000; 10,000 µatm), by study of a set of biomarkers related to metabolic potential (electron transport system - ETS), antioxidant capacity (SOD, CAT, GSH), cellular damage (LPO) and energetic fitness (GLY), in two life stages (juvenile and adult) after 28 days of exposure. Results showed marked differences between each species tolerance capacity to hypercapnia, with contrasting metabolic readjustment strategies (ETS), different antioxidant response capacities (SOD, CAT, GSH), which generally allowed to prevent increased cellular damage (LPO) and energetic impairment (GLY) in both species. Juveniles were more responsive to hypercapnia stress in both congeners, and are likely to be most sensitive to extreme hypercapnia in the environment. Juvenile C. gigas presented more pronounced biochemical alterations at intermediate hypercapnia (4,000µatm) than C. brasiliana. Adult C. gigas showed biochemical alterations mostly in response to high hypercapnia (10,000µatm), while adult C. brasiliana were less responsive to this environmental stressor, despite presenting decreased metabolic potential. Our data bring new insights on the biochemical performance of two important oyster species, and suggest that the duration of extreme hypercapnia events in the ecosystem may pose increased challenges for these organisms as their tolerance capacity may be time limited.
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- Anthony Moreira
- Departmento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departmento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Campus do Litoral Paulista - Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n São Vicente, CEP 11330-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departmento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departmento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Salvi D, Mariottini P. Molecular taxonomy in 2D: a novel ITS2 rRNA sequence-structure approach guides the description of the oysters' subfamily Saccostreinae and the genusMagallana(Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Daniele Salvi
- CIBIO-InBIO; Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão Vairão 4485-661 Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze; Università “Roma Tre”; Viale Marconi 446 Rome 00146 Italy
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Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108696. [PMID: 25250663 PMCID: PMC4177229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The bivalve family Ostreidae has a worldwide distribution and includes species of high economic importance. Phylogenetics and systematic of oysters based on morphology have proved difficult because of their high phenotypic plasticity. In this study we explore the phylogenetic information of the DNA sequence and secondary structure of the nuclear, fast-evolving, ITS2 rRNA and the mitochondrial 16S rRNA genes from the Ostreidae and we implemented a multi-locus framework based on four loci for oyster phylogenetics and systematics. Sequence-structure rRNA models aid sequence alignment and improved accuracy and nodal support of phylogenetic trees. In agreement with previous molecular studies, our phylogenetic results indicate that none of the currently recognized subfamilies, Crassostreinae, Ostreinae, and Lophinae, is monophyletic. Single gene trees based on Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian (BA) methods and on sequence-structure ML were congruent with multilocus trees based on a concatenated (ML and BA) and coalescent based (BA) approaches and consistently supported three main clades: (i) Crassostrea, (ii) Saccostrea, and (iii) an Ostreinae-Lophinae lineage. Therefore, the subfamily Crassotreinae (including Crassostrea), Saccostreinae subfam. nov. (including Saccostrea and tentatively Striostrea) and Ostreinae (including Ostreinae and Lophinae taxa) are recognized. Based on phylogenetic and biogeographical evidence the Asian species of Crassostrea from the Pacific Ocean are assigned to Magallanagen. nov., whereas an integrative taxonomic revision is required for the genera Ostrea and Dendostrea. This study pointed out the suitability of the ITS2 marker for DNA barcoding of oyster and the relevance of using sequence-structure rRNA models and features of the ITS2 folding in molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy. The multilocus approach allowed inferring a robust phylogeny of Ostreidae providing a broad molecular perspective on their systematics.
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Cavaleiro NP, Solé-Cava AM, Lazoski C, Cunha HA. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for two Atlantic oyster species: Crassostrea rhizophorae and C. gasar. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:7039-43. [PMID: 24178344 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2823-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Using a CA/CAA enriched library screening procedure, we isolated and characterised a total of seventeen polymorphic microsatellite loci for two species of Crassostrea with recognised economic importance. Eleven microsatellite loci were developed for C. rhizophorae, a Western Atlantic species for which no microsatellites were previously known. Another six loci were developed for C. gasar, a species that occurs on both sides of the South Atlantic, adding to the ten loci previously described for the species. The levels of polymorphism were estimated using 24 C. rhizophorae from Southeast Brazil (São Paulo) and 23 C. gasar individuals from North Brazil (Maranhão). The number of alleles per polymorphic locus varied from 3 to 27, and the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged between 0.174 and 0.958 and between 0.237 and 0.972 in C. rhizophorae and C. gasar, respectively. No linkage disequilibrium was found between any locus pair, and four of them exhibited deviations from Hardy-Weinberg expectations. Of the 17 loci developed, 8 cross-amplified in C. gigas and 13 in C. virginica. These markers are useful for evolution and population genetics studies of Crassostrea species and may provide fundamental data for the future cultivation of native oysters in Western Atlantic.
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- Nathalia P Cavaleiro
- Laboratório de Biodiversidade Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Brazil,
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Neto RM, Zeni TO, Ludwig S, Horodesky A, Girotto MV, Castilho-Westphal GG, Ostrensky A. Influence of environmental variables on the growth and reproductive cycle ofCrassostrea(Mollusca, Bivalvia) in Guaratuba Bay, Brazil. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2012.747449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kochmann J, O’Beirn F, Yearsley J, Crowe TP. Environmental factors associated with invasion: modelling occurrence data from a coordinated sampling programme for Pacific oysters. Biol Invasions 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0452-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Development and characterization of ten microsatellite markers for population studies of the native Brazilian oyster Crassostrea gasar. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9597-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu J, Li Q, Kong L, Yu H, Zheng X. Identifying the true oysters (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) with mitochondrial phylogeny and distance-based DNA barcoding. Mol Ecol Resour 2011; 11:820-30. [PMID: 21592313 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oysters (family Ostreidae), with high levels of phenotypic plasticity and wide geographic distribution, are a challenging group for taxonomists and phylogenetics. As a useful tool for molecular species identification, DNA barcoding might offer significant potential for oyster identification and taxonomy. This study used two mitochondrial fragments, cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) and the large ribosomal subunit (16S rDNA), to assess whether oyster species could be identified by phylogeny and distance-based DNA barcoding techniques. Relationships among species were estimated by the phylogenetic analyses of both genes, and then pairwise inter- and intraspecific genetic divergences were assessed. Species forming well-differentiated clades in the molecular phylogenies were identical for both genes even when the closely related species were included. Intraspecific variability of 16S rDNA overlapped with interspecific divergence. However, average intra- and interspecific genetic divergences for COI were 0-1.4% (maximum 2.2%) and 2.6-32.2% (minimum 2.2%), respectively, indicating the existence of a barcoding gap. These results confirm the efficacy of species identification in oysters via DNA barcodes and phylogenetic analysis.
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- Jun Liu
- College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Farrapeira CMR, Tenório DDO, Amaral FDD. Vessel biofouling as an inadvertent vector of benthic invertebrates occurring in Brazil. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2011; 62:832-839. [PMID: 21251681 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This article reviews the literature involving benthic invertebrates that are cited in association with hull fouling, reporting the species that occur on the Brazilian coast and evaluating the importance of this vector for the introduction of nonindigenous and cryptogenic invertebrates in Brazil. It discusses some of the strategies that were used by the species that allowed for their overseas transport and made it easier to cross natural barriers that otherwise would have been obstacles to their dispersion. The compiled data list 343 species (65% nonindigenous and 35% cryptogenic), mainly from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. The traveling fauna, composed mostly of cosmopolitan species (70.3%), is primarily euryhaline and marine stenohaline, with sessile and sedentary habits. After delineating the shipborne species' ecological profiles and traveling strategies and evaluating their overlapping vectors, we concluded that hull vessels were the main vector of introduction to the Brazilian coast for 89.8% of the compiled species.
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- Cristiane Maria Rocha Farrapeira
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco-UFRPE, Dept. de Biologia, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife-PE 52-171-900, Brazil.
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de Melo AGC, Varela ES, Beasley CR, Schneider H, Sampaio I, Gaffney PM, Reece KS, Tagliaro CH. Molecular identification, phylogeny and geographic distribution of Brazilian mangrove oysters (Crassostrea). Genet Mol Biol 2010; 33:564-72. [PMID: 21637433 PMCID: PMC3036104 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572010000300030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Oysters (Ostreidae) manifest a high degree of phenotypic plasticity, whereby morphology is of limited value for species identification and taxonomy. By using molecular data, the aim was to genetically characterize the species of Crassostrea occurring along the Brazilian coast, and phylogenetically relate these to other Crassostrea from different parts of the world. Sequencing of the partial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I gene (COI), revealed a total of three species of Crassostrea at 16 locations along the Brazilian coast. C. gasar was found from Curuçá (Pará state) to Santos (São Paulo state), and C. rhizophorae from Fortim (Ceará state) to Florianópolis (Santa Catarina state), although small individuals of the latter species were also found at Ajuruteua beach (municipality of Bragança, Pará state). An unidentified Crassostrea species was found only on Canela Island, Bragança. Crassostrea gasar and C. rhizophorae grouped with C. virginica, thereby forming a monophyletic Atlantic group, whereas Crassostrea sp. from Canela Island was shown to be more similar to Indo-Pacific oysters, and either arrived in the Atlantic Ocean before the convergence of the Isthmus of Panama or was accidentally brought to Brazil by ship.
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- Aline Grasielle Costa de Melo
- Laboratório de Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Campus de Bragança, Universidade Federal do Pará, Bragança, PA Brazil
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Padilla DK. Context-dependent impacts of a non-native ecosystem engineer, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Integr Comp Biol 2010; 50:213-25. [PMID: 21558200 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The introduction of non-native species represents unprecedented large-scale experiments that allow us to examine ecological systems in ways that would otherwise not be possible. Invasion by novel ecological types into a community can press a system beyond the bounds normally seen and can reveal community interactions, local drivers and limits within systems that are otherwise hidden by coevolution and a long evolutionary history among local players, as well as local adaptation of species. The success of many invaders is attributed to their ability to thrive in a wide range of habitat types and physical conditions, setting the stage for direct examination of ecological impacts of a species across a range of habitat and community contexts. Bivalves are well-known ecosystem engineers, especially oysters, which are the target of wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture. The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is grown worldwide for aquaculture, and is presently invading shores on virtually every continent. As a consequence, this non-native species is having large impacts on many systems, but the types of impacts are system specific, and greatly depend on substrate type, how physiologically stressful the environment is for intertidal zone species, and the presence of native engineering species. A novel type of engineering effect is identified for this non-native species, whereby it alters not only the physical environment, but also the thermal environment of the community it invades. The impacts of engineering by this non-native species will depend not only on whether it facilitates or inhibits species but also on the trophic level and ecological role of the species affected, and whether similar ecological types are found within the system.
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- Dianna K Padilla
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.
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Carrasco MF, Barón PJ. Analysis of the potential geographic range of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) based on surface seawater temperature satellite data and climate charts: the coast of South America as a study case. Biol Invasions 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9668-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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