Effects of experimental small-scale cockle (Cerastoderma eduleL.) fishing on ecosystem function

Ecosystem effects of fishing.

Modelling of the Common European Cockle ( Cerastoderma edule L . ) fishing grounds aimed at sustainable management of traditional harvesting A

In the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, a 3110 ha tidal bay in NW France, English channel, the cockle (Cerastoderma edule) has been collected by traditional fishing methods for many decades without any evaluation or management of this resource taking place. Since 2001, the national Natural Reserve of the bay of Saint-Brieuc has carried out an evaluation of the stock and a mapping of the cockle fishing grou...

Effect of trematode parasites on cockle Cerastoderma edule growth and condition index: a transplant experiment

We quantified the effect of trematode parasites in cockles through a 303 d transplant experiment. Cockles were sampled in 3 different sites on the southwest coast of France characterized by 3 different trematode communities, i.e. Royan (RO): high Meiogymnophallus minutus abundance near cockle heart, South Arguin (SA): high Himasthla interrupta abundance in the mantle margin, and North Arguin (N...

Cell-free transmission of a haemic neoplasm in the cockle Cerastoderma edule.

A haemic neoplasm occurs in populations of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule L. along the coast of Ireland. The morphology, epizootiology and distribution of the disease have previously been described. The aetiology of the neoplasm is unknown. In this study transmission of the neoplasm between cockles was accomplished using both whole neoplastic cells and neoplastic cell-free homogenates whi...

The cockle Cerastoderma edule at Northeast Atlantic shores: genetic signatures of glacial refugia

The cockle Cerastoderma (Cardium) edule (L.) ranges from NW Africa to northern Scandinavia. Abundance in shallow coastal sediment is often high, and it attracts commercial harvest. In this study, a complex genetic pattern has been revealed by mitochondrial DNA in 383 individuals from 19 sampling sites. Parsimony network analysis of 79 haplotypes identified two dominant central haplotypes separa...