Spatial-temporal variability of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 populations and their accumulated sediment in northern Portugal

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Catarina Ramos-Oliveira, Leandro Sampaio, Marcos Rubal, Puri Veiga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021
• Subjects: Ecosystem engineer; north east Atlantic; Rocky shore; Sediment stress; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Lamarck; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11499; https://doaj.org/article/35d9cda0d44544d390cd71418f61d6ca

Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecosystem engineer that provides habitat and generates environmental heterogeneity, increasing local biodiversity. Moreover, it is an economically important species representing 14% of the global production of marine bivalves. Natural drivers and the increase of anthr...