Estuarine bivalve metabolic response mediated by environmental drivers.

ABSTRACT: Humans are rapidly modifying environmental conditions in estuaries, which are among Earth's most productive and dynamic ecosystems. Bivalve molluscs are key estuarine organisms, contributing to range of ecosystem functions and services, though human-induced environmental changes are affecting their behaviour, physiology, and fitness with implications at individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels. Understanding how estuarine bivalves respond and adapt to different environmental drivers will enable us to better predict change at multiple levels of biological organisation. In this study, we investigated the metabolites of a common and ecological important suspension-feeding bivalve in New Zealand, the cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi. At seven of eight pre-established monit

SUBMITTER: Lam-Gordillo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12633146 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature