Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the great scallop, Pecten maximus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)

Growth anomalies in Pecten maximus from coastal waters (Bay of Brest, France): Relationship with diatom blooms

Previous studies carried out with Pecten maximus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) juveniles in the Bay of Brest have demonstrated that diatom and, more obviously, toxic dinoflagellate blooms could have a negative effect on the daily growth rate. The aim of this study was to characterize the daily shell growth from early 1998 to late spring 1999 with a careful qualitative and quantitative description of t...

Interspecific comparison of Cd bioaccumulation in European Pectinidae (Chlamys varia and Pecten maximus)

Complete Genome Sequence of Arcobacter sp. Strain LFT 1.7 Isolated from Great Scallop (Pecten maximus) Larvae

Arcobacter sp. strain LFT 1.7 was isolated from great scallop (Pecten maximus) larvae. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain LFT 1.7 formed an independent lineage in the genus Arcobacter The draft genome of LFT 1.7 was sequenced to determine the taxonomic position and ecological function of this strain.

A new species of Pecten (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from northern Western Australia

Pecten dijkstrai n. sp. is described from several localities in northern Western Australia. It represents a new, rare example of a tropical member of the genus Pecten. The new species most closely resembles P. excavatus Anton, 1838, previously reported from southern Japan to Indonesia, differing in its smaller size, greater length (antero-posterior dimension), more numerous, lower radial costae...

Delineation of Pb contamination pathways in two Pectinidae: the variegated scallop Chlamys varia and the king scallop Pecten maximus.

Bioaccumulation of Pb was determined in Chlamys varia and Pecten maximus exposed to (210)Pb via seawater, food and sediment. Both scallops readily concentrated dissolved Pb with whole-body 7-d concentration factors of 250+/-40 and 170+/-70, respectively. In both species, more than 70% of Pb taken up from seawater was strongly retained within tissues (biological half-life>1.5 month) whereas Pb i...