Lead (Pb) is one of the pollutants in aquatic environment that often questioned because it has toxic and dangerous properties for biota indirect impacts on humans who consume it. Lorjuk (Solen sp.) biotas can accumulate lead its body a filter feeder. The levels accumulated lorjuk be reduced by immersion using chelating agent, such as citric acid bind metals thereby freeing food from metal conta...

A finals del segle XV i principis XVI, les forces espanyoles van envair diverses ciutats costaneres nord d’Àfrica. Els historiadors solen considerar aquesta trobada com la continuació d’una dinàmica familiar de relacions cristiano-musulmanes a Mediterrània occidental. D’aquesta manera, es considera que els espanyols gairebé tenien un coneixement previ topografia, s’assemblava als paisatges ibèr...

We examined structural changes in the molluscan community for ten years (2001-2010) before and five years (2011-2015) after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami around Matsushima Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Before the earthquake and tsunami, Ruditapes philippinarum, Macoma incongrua, Pillucina pisidium, and Batillaria cumingii were dominant, and an alien p...

The neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) has been identified as an environmental factor triggering neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the possible vectors of BMAA and its isomers 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) and N-2(aminoethyl)glycine (AEG) in marine mollusks collected from the Chinese coast. Sixty-eight s...