Histidine-rich Glycoprotein (HRG) is a metal-binding protein described from the blood plasma of a pteriomorph bivalve, the marine mussel Mytilus edulis L. We demonstrate here, using Cd-Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC), SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, and ELISA, that HRG is present in three additional pteriomorphs and two heterodont bivalves. ELISA indicates that HRG is the predomina...

This paper presents results of a malacological survey the middle and upper section Jihlava River, tributary Dyje River (Czech Republic). Twenty-three species aquatic molluscs (13 gastropods, 10 bivalves) were found at 35 sites during research realised mostly in 2017 2020. In comparison with lower significantly proportion bivalves family Unionidae was sections.

A major suspected bias in the fossil record of skeletonized groups is variation in preservability owing to differences in shell composition. However, despite extensive changes in shell composition over the 500-million-year history of marine bivalves, genus duration and shell composition show few significant relationships, and of those, virtually all are contrary to bias from preferential loss o...

Predatory, non-native fauna can influence biodiversity and trophic dynamics in invaded ecosystems. Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) are a highly successful invader, which have altered freshwater benthic communities, including bivalve populations. Bivalves keystone group global decline, partly due to invasion by alien species. However, little is known about the predatory impacts of inv...

Desa Sungai Nibung, Kubu Raya Regency, has been designated as one of the conservation areas in West Kalimantan. The coastal area this village potential natural resources with a high level diversity, including bivalves. Local community catch and sell bivalves for consumption. It is due to their nutritional content, so that they are used by local food source protein. Inventory biota first step ma...

BACKGROUND Estuaries are highly productive ecosystems that can export organic matter to coastal seas (the 'outwelling hypothesis'). However the role of this food resource subsidy on coastal ecosystem functioning has not been examined. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We investigated the influence of estuarine primary production as a resource subsidy and the influence of estuaries on biodiversit...