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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140866
	The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga: Biology, ecology and the multiple impacts of its illegal fishery
	Colletti, Alberto; Savinelli, Beatrice; Di Muzio, Giorgia; Rizzo, Lucia; Tamburello, Laura; Fraschetti, Simonetta; Musco, Luigi; Danovaro, Roberto
通讯作者	Musco, L
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
出版年	2020
卷号	744
英文摘要	The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga is an edible endolithic bivalve, protected by the EU Habitats Directive and other international agreements, living inside carbonate rocks. Its illegal harvesting is carried by breaking the rocks where the bivalve grows. The impact has cascade consequences as it causes permanent changes in the substrate characteristics, the removal of benthic species, a shift from highly complex to structurally simplified habitats. As a result, the rich biodiversity of rocky reefs turns into a biological desert, named barren. Along with the over exploitation of fish, this practice leads to the increase of sea urchin density and grazing pressure on habitats, hampering the resilience of the associated biodiversity and functions. This paper summarizes the information on date mussel biology, ecology, ecotoxicology, fishery and the legal framework regulating its protection. Evidence indicates that illegal harvesting is still operated and widespread along the Mediterranean and has huge costs in terms of loss of natural capital and ecosystem services, and in terms of active ecological restoration. Two case study areas (the Sorrento and Salento peninsulas) were selected to assess the economic costs of this practice. Tangible economic costs in terms of ecosystems services' loss are huge (from ca. 35,000 to more than 400,000 euros/year in 6.6 km of Sorrento and ca. 1.8 million euros/year along the 69 km of Salento). These costs are, on average, ca. 30 times lower than those of ecosystem restoration. Data mining from websites indicates that date mussels are presently commercialized in hundreds of restaurants in Greece, Balkan countries, Spain and Italy, favoured also by the lack of appropriate consumer information. This practice should be controlled and contrasted at local scale, enforced by national legislations, and implemented by transnational initiatives. Social campaigns are needed to increase public awareness of the serious consequences of date-mussel fishery and consumption. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Habitat loss Anthropogenic impact Date mussel Public awareness Ecosystem services Marine ecosystem restoration
类型	Review
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000573552600008
WOS关键词	BIVALVIA-MYTILIDAE ; TEMPORAL TRENDS ; SEA-URCHINS ; MARINE BIODIVERSITY ; REPRODUCTIVE-CYCLE ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA ; HUMAN DISTURBANCE ; ROCKY COASTS ; DESERTIFICATION
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/326548
作者单位	[Colletti, Alberto; Savinelli, Beatrice; Rizzo, Lucia; Fraschetti, Simonetta; Musco, Luigi; Danovaro, Roberto] Stn Zool Anton Dohrn, Dept Integrat Marine Ecol, Villa Comunale 1, I-80121 Naples, Italy; [Di Muzio, Giorgia] Univ Torino, Dept Life Sci & Syst Biol, Via Accademia Albertina 13, I-10123 Turin, Italy; [Tamburello, Laura] Stn Zool Anton Dohrn, Dept Integrat Marine Ecol, Ischia Marine Ctr, I-80077 Naples, Italy; [Fraschetti, Simonetta] Univ Naples Federico II, Dept Biol, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy; [Danovaro, Roberto] Polytech Univ Marche, Dept Life & Environm Sci, Via Brecce Bianche, I-60131 Ancona, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Colletti, Alberto,Savinelli, Beatrice,Di Muzio, Giorgia,et al. The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga: Biology, ecology and the multiple impacts of its illegal fishery[J],2020,744.
APA	Colletti, Alberto.,Savinelli, Beatrice.,Di Muzio, Giorgia.,Rizzo, Lucia.,Tamburello, Laura.,...&Danovaro, Roberto.(2020).The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga: Biology, ecology and the multiple impacts of its illegal fishery.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,744.
MLA	Colletti, Alberto,et al."The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga: Biology, ecology and the multiple impacts of its illegal fishery".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 744(2020).