Kaylee Beine

University College Dublin | UCD · School of Biology and Environmental Science

Intertidal mussels experience prolonged emersion during low tide, followed by rapid submergence cooling during high tide, causing temperature-induced stress responses. This study examined variations in heart rate to investigate the relationship between emerged and submerged thermal stress in Mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and brown...

The importance of infaunal bioturbators for the functioning of marine ecosystems cannot be overstated. Inhabitants of estuarine and coastal habitats are expected to show resilience to fluctuations in seawater temperature and pH, which adds complexity to our understanding of the effects of global change drivers. Further, stress responses may be prop...

Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network topology can contribute to explain fundamental properties of genes, from expression levels to evolutionary constraints. Genes central to a network are more likely to be both conserved and highly expressed, whereas genes that are able to evolve in response to selective pressures but expressed at lower levels...

Climate change is causing the oceans around South Africa to warm resulting in changes to the habitats of intertidal organisms. This study was conducted to determine the thermal tolerance variability of two mussel species found within the intertidal zone in South Africa. The study consisted of field-based thermal ramping exposures and laboratory-bas...

Vanadium (V) is a toxicant becoming increasingly concentrated in freshwater with the potential to affect aquatic organisms. Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), accumulated in fish, can act as an oxidizing agent and cause oxidative damage. To determine the effects of V2O5 on exposed adult Oreochromis mossambicus, acute exposure experiments were conducted. Bi...