Species- and site-specific circulating bacterial DNA in Subantarctic sentinel mussels Aulacomya atra and Mytilus platensis

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Sophia Ferchiou, France Caza, Richard Villemur, Stéphane Betoulle, Yves St-Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; The Sentinel; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13774-1; https://doaj.org/article/702a313a599947bba23390351b5f6eaa

Abstract Impacts of climate changes are particularly severe in polar regions where warmer temperatures and reductions in sea-ice covers threaten the ecological integrity of marine coastal ecosystems. Because of their wide distribution and their ecological importance, mussels are currently used as se...