The role of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis in the cycling of nutrients in the Oosterschelde estuary (The Netherlands)

1994 ◽  
pp. 413-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Prins ◽  
A. C. Smaal
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Blue Mussel ◽  
Oosterschelde Estuary ◽  
Cycling Of Nutrients

Histochemistry of the Bucco-Oesophageal Glands of Mytilus Edulis: The Importance of Mucus in Ingestion

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Beninger ◽  
Marcel Le Pennec
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Digestive Enzymes ◽  
Blue Mussel ◽  
Suspension Feeding ◽  
Digestive Function ◽  
Acid Mucopolysaccharides ◽  
Secretory Gland ◽  
Particle Ingestion

Histochemical techniques were used to investigate the possible role of the buccooesophageal glands in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis L. (Mollusca: Bivalvia). No activity was observed for any of the eight major digestive enzymes tested; however, the glands contained large amounts of both neutral and acid mucopolysaccharides. These results confirm the importance of mucus in the ingestive process in M. edulis, and do not support the hypothesis of ingestion of particles suspended in water alone.Until recently it was thought that the Bivalvia were the only class of molluscs in which some type of secretory gland of extracellular digestive function in the bucco-oesophageal region was totally absent (Table 1). However, in a study of the mode of particle ingestion in five species of suspension-feeding bivalves, an extensive glandular complex was reported in the bucco-oesophageal region of Mytilus edulis L. only (Beninger et al., 1991). Although these glands were observed to liberate secretions into the oesophageal lumen, it was not known whether they performed any digestive function.

Depuration of Cadmium from Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) by Protein Hydrolysate-Fe2+Complex: The Role of Metallothionein

2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
pp. 2767-2773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Chuan-dong Fang ◽  
Jun-hui Xu ◽  
Hui-juan Cao
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Blue Mussel ◽  
Protein Hydrolysate

Infection of Mytilus edulis by the trematode Echinostephilla patellae (Digenea: Philophthalmidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Prinz ◽  
T.C. Kelly ◽  
R.M. O'Riordan ◽  
S.C. Culloty
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Blue Mussel ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Blue Mussels ◽  
Second Intermediate Host ◽  
The Common ◽  
Increasing Temperature

AbstractThe blue mussel Mytilus edulis is described as second intermediate host for Echinostephilla patellae from the common limpet Patella vulgata. Mussels were infected with metacercariae of E. patellae under laboratory conditions. Average infection rates increased with increasing temperature, whereas numbers of cercariae, to which individual mussels were exposed, had no effect on relative infection success. The round to slightly oval metacercariae with an average cyst diameter of 208 μm (range 186–243 μm) encysted exclusively in the foot tissue of M. edulis. Morphologically similar metacercariae were found in naturally infected mussels at sites where parasitized P. vulgata and M. edulis are sympatric. This is the first report of E. patellae in blue mussels. The detection of M. edulis being a second intermediate host is of particular interest with regard to the abundance of the parasite and host organisms in intertidal rocky shore ecosystems. The potential role of the common limpet P. vulgata as an alternative secondary host is discussed.

Role of Epicellular Molecules in the Selection of Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis

2010 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa ◽  
Dahlia Hassan ◽  
J. Evan Ward ◽  
Sandra E. Shumway ◽  
Bassem Allam
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Blue Mussel ◽  
Selection Of

The adaptation of design thinking in auditing

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda MEIJER-WASSENAAR ◽  
Diny VAN EST
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

How can a supreme audit institution (SAI) use design thinking in auditing? SAIs audit the way taxpayers’ money is collected and spent. Adding design thinking to their activities is not to be taken lightly. SAIs independently check whether public organizations have done the right things in the right way, but the organizations might not be willing to act upon a SAI’s recommendations. Can you imagine the role of design in audits? In this paper we share our experiences of some design approaches in the work of one SAI: the Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA). Design thinking needs to be adapted (Dorst, 2015a) before it can be used by SAIs such as the NCA in order to reflect their independent, autonomous status. To dive deeper into design thinking, Buchanan’s design framework (2015) and different ways of reasoning (Dorst, 2015b) are used to explore how design thinking can be adapted for audits.

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