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Mussels as a model system for integrative ecomechanics.
Emily CarringtonKenneth P. SebensJ. Herbert WaiteGianluca Saràsubject
Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaRange (biology)Climate ChangeOceans and SeasPopulationMarine Biologymussel foot proteinsAquacultureBiologyOceanographytenacitybyssus dislodgment dynamic energy budget fitness mussel foot proteins tenacityRocky shoreTheoreticalAquacultureModelsPopulation growthAnimalsBody SizeeducationTemporal scalesEcosystemAbiotic componentPopulation Densityeducation.field_of_studyEcologybusiness.industryReproductionMusselModels TheoreticalbyssusfitnessMarine Biology & HydrobiologyBiomechanical PhenomenaBivalviaFisherydislodgmentdynamic energy budgetbusinessdescription
Copyright © 2015 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved. Mussels form dense aggregations that dominate temperate rocky shores, and they are key aquaculture species worldwide. Coastal environments are dynamic across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, and their changing abiotic conditions affect mussel populations in a variety of ways, including altering their investments in structures, physiological processes, growth, and reproduction. Here, we describe four categories of ecomechanical models (biochemical, mechanical, energetic, and population) that we have developed to describe specific aspects of mussel biology, ranging from byssal attachment to energetics, population growth, and fitness. This review highlights how recent advances in these mechanistic models now allow us to link them together across molecular, material, organismal, and population scales of organization. This integrated ecomechanical approach provides explicit and sometimes novel predictions about how natural and farmed mussel populations will fare in changing climatic conditions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | Annual review of marine science |