Living under threat: Will one of the last Pinna nobilis populations be able to survive?

Natural hybridization between pen shell species: Pinna rudis and the critically endangered Pinna nobilis may explain parasite resistance in P. nobilis

(2021) Maite Vázquez-Luis et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Role of small-sized phytoplankton in triggering an ecosystem disruptive algal bloom in a Mediterranean hypersaline coastal lagoon

(2021) Jesús M. Mercado et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Pinna nobilis in the south Marmara Islands (Sea of Marmara); it still remains uninfected by the epidemic and acts as egg laying substratum for an alien invader

(2021) MELIH ERTAN CINAR et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

First detection of the invasive Haplosporidian and Mycobacteria parasites hosting the endangered bivalve Pinna nobilis in Thermaikos Gulf, North Greece

(2020) Athanasios Lattos et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Can we save a marine species affected by a highly infective, highly lethal, waterborne disease from extinction?

(2020) J.R. García-March et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon: a story of colonization and uncertainty

(2020) F Giménez-Casalduero et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Pinna nobilis in suboptimal environments are more tolerant to disease but more vulnerable to severe weather phenomena

(2020) Patricia Prado et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

A mycobacterial disease is associated with the silent mass mortality of the pen shell Pinna nobilis along the Tyrrhenian coastline of Italy

(2019) F. Carella et al.   Scientific Reports

Real-Time PCR based test for the early diagnosis of Haplosporidium pinnae affecting fan mussel Pinna nobilis

(2019) Monserrat López-Sanmartín et al.   PLoS One

Age and growth of the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the western Mediterranean Sea

(2019) J.R. García-March et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Human impacts on the endangered fan mussel, Pinna nobilis

(2019) Fikret Öndes et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Tracking a mass mortality outbreak of pen shell Pinna nobilis populations: A collaborative effort of scientists and citizens

(2019) Miguel Cabanellas-Reboredo et al.   Scientific Reports

Haplosporidium pinnae sp. nov. , a haplosporidan parasite associated with mass mortalities of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis , in the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Gaetano Catanese et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Transplant Trials of the Fan MusselPinna nobilisInside the Coastal Lagoon of Capo Peloro (Central Mediterranean, Italy)

(2017) Teresa Bottari et al.   JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH

Long-term assessment of recruitment, early stages and population dynamics of the endangered Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Columbretes Islands (NW Mediterranean)

(2017) Diego K. Kersting et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Reproductive investment of the pen shell Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 in Cabrera National Park (Spain)

(2017) S. DEUDERO et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Transplantation as a conservation action to protect the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis

(2016) S Katsanevakis   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Transplantation as a conservation action to protect the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis

(2016) S Katsanevakis   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Spatial distribution modelling of the endangered bivalve Pinna nobilis in a Marine Protected Area

(2016) M. VÁZQUEZ-LUIS et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Impact of flash flood events on the distribution of organic pollutants in surface sediments from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain)

(2015) V. M. León et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Human Stressors Are Driving Coastal Benthic Long-Lived Sessile Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis Population Structure More than Environmental Stressors

(2015) Salud Deudero et al.   PLoS One

Contrasting evolutionary demography induced by fishing: the role of adaptive phenotypic plasticity

(2014) Manuel Hidalgo et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Input of pharmaceuticals through coastal surface watercourses into a Mediterranean lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain): Sources and seasonal variations

(2014) R. Moreno-González et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Habitat use by a large population of Pinna nobilis in shallow waters

(2014) Patricia Prado et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Boat anchoring impacts coastal populations of the pen shell, the largest bivalve in the Mediterranean

(2013) Iris E. Hendriks et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Wetland and landscape indices for assessing the condition of semiarid Mediterranean saline wetlands under agricultural hydrological pressures

(2013) J. Martínez-López et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Host–parasite interactions: Marine bivalve molluscs and protozoan parasites, Perkinsus species

(2013) Philippe Soudant et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Influence of an intensive agricultural drainage basin on the seasonal distribution of organic pollutants in seawater from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain)

(2013) R. Moreno-González et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantitative assessment of the proliferation of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus using a bioluminescence assay for ATP content

(2013) Surekha Shridhar et al.   International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance

Copper exposure affects hemocyte apoptosis and Perkinsus marinus infection in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)

(2011) Brent Foster et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The impact of mining activities on the hypersaline Mar Menor lagoon

(2010) M. Dassenakis et al.   Desalination and Water Treatment

Density and distribution patterns of the endangered species Pinna nobilis within a Posidonia oceanica meadow in the Gulf of Oristano (Italy)

(2010) S. Coppa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Hypertrophic lagoon management by sediment disturbance

(2010) Mauro Lenzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial distribution, abundance and habitat use of the protected fan mussel Pinna nobilis in Souda Bay, Crete

(2009) S Katsanevakis et al.   Aquatic Biology

Interactive effects of infectious diseases and pollution in aquatic molluscs

(2009) N.J. Morley   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Population dynamics of the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in a marine lake: a metapopulation matrix modeling approach

(2009) Stelios Katsanevakis   MARINE BIOLOGY

Fauna asociada a la nacra Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) en la costa norte y este de Túnez

(2009) Lotfi Rabaoui et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

As, Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, and Zn Contents in Sediments and Mollusks (Hexaplex trunculus and Tapes decussatus) from Coastal Zones of a Mediterranean Lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain) Affected by Mining Wastes

(2008) A. María-Cervantes et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Immunological responses of the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) with varying parasite (Perkinsus olseni) burden, during a long-term exposure to the harmful alga, Karenia selliformis, and possible interactions

(2007) Patricia Mirella da Silva et al.   TOXICON