scholarly journals Manila Clam (Tapes philippinarum Adams & Reeve, 1852) in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy): Socio-Economic and Environmental Pathway of a Shell Farm

10.5772/31737 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Sladonja ◽  
Nicola Bettoso ◽  
Aurelio Zentilin ◽  
Francesco Tamberlich ◽  
Alessandro Acquavit
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Manila Clam ◽  
Northern Adriatic Sea ◽  
Tapes Philippinarum ◽  
Northern Adriatic

scholarly journals The infaunal community in experimentally seeded low and high density Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum) beds in a Po River Delta lagoon (Italy)

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 860-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mantovani ◽  
G. Castaldelli ◽  
R. Rossi ◽  
E.A. Fano
Keyword(s):  
Subsequent Development ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Manila Clam ◽  
Macrobenthic Community ◽  
In Situ Experiment ◽  
Northern Adriatic Sea ◽  
Tapes Philippinarum ◽  
Po River ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
Infaunal Community

Abstract The Sacca di Goro is a shallow, brackish, eutrophic coastal lagoon in the southernmost part of the Po River Delta (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy). It is heavily exploited for rearing the Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum), mean annual production since 1986 being 10 000 t. Commercial cultivation of bivalves can exert severe impact on a local environment, especially on the invertebrate community, reducing species richness and abundance. An in situ experiment was conducted from March 2003 to February 2004 to examine the effect of clam cultivation on the macrobenthic community. Replicated sites within an area licensed for clam farming were seeded with low (500 m−2) and high (1500 m−2) clam densities; the surrounding unseeded areas were used as a control. There were only weak effects of clam presence and density on macrobenthic community abundance and functional group composition. The main determinants regulating the macrobenthic community were seasonal variations in other biota, particularly proliferation of the invasive mussel, Musculista senhousia, in August, which in turn caused a significant increase in the biomass of surface deposit-feeders and the subsequent development of Ulva rigida beds in September.

The invasive Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve, 1850) in Northern Adriatic Sea: Population genetics assessed by an integrated molecular approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Chiesa ◽  
Francesco Nonnis Marzano ◽  
Giovanni Minervini ◽  
Davide De Lucrezia ◽  
Gianluca Baccarani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Ruditapes Philippinarum ◽  
Manila Clam ◽  
Molecular Approach ◽  
Northern Adriatic Sea ◽  
Northern Adriatic

Benthic fluxes of oxygen, carbon and nutrients in the Marano and Grado Lagoon (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy)

2012 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. De Vittor ◽  
J. Faganeli ◽  
A. Emili ◽  
S. Covelli ◽  
S. Predonzani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Benthic Fluxes ◽  
Northern Adriatic Sea ◽  
Northern Adriatic
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