Variability and distribution of parasites, pathologies and their effect on wild mussels (Mytilus sp) in different environments along a wide latitudinal span in the Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Denis Benito, Dragana Palecek, Xabier Lekube, Urtzi Izagirre, Ionan Marigomez, Benat Zaldibar, Manu Soto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biomonitoring; Environmental factor; Health statu; Histopathology; Parasite; Prevalence; Arctic; Tromso; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/963855; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105585; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113622000307?via=ihub

Histopathological examination in mussels can provide useful information for the diagnosis of ecosystem health status. The distribution of parasites in mussels can be conditioned by several environmental factors, including mussels collecting sites or the presence/absence of other species necessary to...