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AUTHOR
V. Montalto
Thermal adaptation and physiological responses to environmental stress in tunicates
Understanding the multifaceted nature of environmental fluctuations is crucial to predicting the physiological adjustments utilised by organisms in resisting or adapting to changes over time. Here we investigate the effects of 2 environmental stressors on tunicates, whose fitness can have important repercussions on the quality of habitat. Specifically, we report respiration rate (RR), clearance rate (CR), and assimilation efficiency (AE) of the ascidian Styela plicata in response to a range of temperatures and varying food availability. Temperature-dependent RR was observed only within a portion of the thermal window of the species. Significant differences in clearance rates were detected a…
The effect of lowered pH on shelled organisms of shallow waters: the case of Brachidontes pharaonis (Mollusca, Bivalvia).
Clearance and respiration rates of shallow Chondrilla nucula at varying temperature.
Testing the effects of temporal data resolution on predictions of bivalve fitness in the context of global warming
L’analisi meccanicistica dei tratti funzionali degli organismi per predire gli effetti del disturbo sugli ecosistemi.
The stakeholder's perception of socio-economic impacts generated by COVID-19 pandemic within the Italian aquaculture systems.
From the beginning of March 2020 and for the following two and half months, many European countries comprising Italy have been forced into an unprecedented lockdown, allowing only the opening of essential economic activities needed to address the problems created by the pandemic (e.g. sanitary, food provision). Like many sectors of the Italian economy, aquaculture has also slowed down due to the ongoing emergency and the consequent closure of business. In our study we provided a ‘snapshot’ of the socio-economic effects of the lockdown on the aquaculture sector in Italy, immediately following the adoption of the COVID-19 restrictions as they were perceived by the workers. Although it was sur…