Characteristics of Suspended Particulate Matter, Benthic Environmental Factors, and Their Relationship to Bivalves
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Bivalves are of great ecological and economic importance across coastal zones around the globe. Their distribution and abundance are affected by various benthic environmental factors, including suspended particulate matter (SPM). The relationship between bivalves and SPM has been studied in various contexts but not recently. Thus, the authors conducted a literature review of SPM found in the marine environment, its characteristics (particle size and density), and how the surrounding benthic environmental factors (salinity, light availability, and current velocity) influence its characteristics. Certain areas were found to lack or require further research, such as on the characteristics of microplastics and the mechanism behind the positive influence of PIM in bivalve diet components not yet discovered. Over the past decades, coastal environments have undergone huge development and change that has affected the SPM components and conditions in coastal marine environments, justifying updated research. The need for this and other information will influence future research, as summarized at the end of the article.
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.24s28
Authors: Albert Valdish MANUEL, Kazumasa HASHIMOTO, Takeo KURIHARA
Institution: Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409913873