Nereis diversicolor is a widely distributed estuarine polychaete worm that is particularly abundant in the mid to upper parts of estuaries. Laboratory annular flumes were used to study the effects of N. diversicolor density (0 [control], 100, 300, 1000, 3000 individuals m–2) on erodability of cohesive muddy sediments. At the highest densities (1000 and 3000 ind. m–2) there was evidence of activ...

Abalone sperm lysin is a 16 kDa acrosomal protein used by sperm to create a hole in the egg vitelline envelope. Lysins from seven California abalone exhibit species-specificity in binding to their egg receptor, and range in sequence identity from 63 % to 90 %. The crystal structure of the sperm lysin dimer from Haliotis fulgens (green abalone) has been determined to 1.71 A by multiple isomorpho...

Species of Haliotis (abalone) show high variety in structure and mineralogy of the shell. One of the European species (Haliotis tuberculata) in particular has an unusual shell structure in which calcite and aragonite coexist at a microscale with small patches of aragonite embedded in larger calcitic zones. A detailed examination of the boundary between calcite and aragonite using analytical mic...

HasPOU-III is expressed in multiple cell types during the first 3 days of development of the gastropod Haliotis asinina. HasPOU-III expression begins in two bilaterally symmetrical sets of cells on the ventral ectodermal surface of the trochophore larva; one set are putative foot mucous cells. After torsion, HasPOU-III transcripts transiently appear in the developing ganglia of the central nerv...

The lipid and fatty acid (FA) contents of abalone Haliotis discus hannai from Fujian, Qingdao, Rongcheng, China were studied over four seasons. In spring, the content Rong...

To cite this version: Hedman, Jenny Elisabet and Gunnarsson, Jonas S. and Samuelsson, Göran and Gilbert, Franck Particle reworking and solute transport by the sediment-living polychaetes Marenzelleria neglecta and Hediste diversicolor. (2011) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 407 (n° 2). pp. 294-301. ISSN 0022-0981 Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (OATAO) OATAO is an...