Mass mortality in endangered fan mussels Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus 1758) caused by co-infection of Haplosporidium pinnae and multiple Vibrio infection in Çanakkale Strait, Turkey.
İbrahim Ender KüniliSelin Ertürk GürkanAta AksuEmre TurgayFikret ÇakirMert GürkanUğur AltinağaçPublished in: Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals (2021)
It is highly probable that the spread of H. pinnae to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea may occur earlier than expected, and it was concluded that mass deaths were caused by co-infection with H. pinnae and a geographically specific marine pathogen that can infect P. nobilis populations.