Publications

Czaja R*, Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Bassem Allam B. 2024. Carryover effects and feeding behavior of Atlantic surfclams in response to climate change. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 573, 152002. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Barbosa M*, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2024. Probing the role of carbonic anhydrase in shell repair mechanisms in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 572, 151990. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Barbosa M*, Haley J, Pales Espinosa E, Bassem Allam B. 2024. Transcriptomics, proteomics, and physiological assays reveal immunosuppression in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica exposed to acidification stress. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 146, 109366. doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109366. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Bouallegui Y, Grouzdev D, Brianik C*, Czaja R*, Geraci‑Yee S, Kristmundsson A, Muehl M*, Schwaner C*, Tettelbach S T, Tobi H, Allam B. 2023. An apicomplexan parasite drives the collapse of the bay scallop population in New York. Scientific Reports 13, 6655. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33514-3. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Farhat S, Boutet I, Tanguy A, Barbosa M*, Grouzdev D, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2023. Combination of RNAseq and RADseq to identify physiological and adaptive responses to acidification in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Biotechnology 25, 997–1019. doi.org/10.1007/s10126-023-10255-y. Pdf

Czaja R*, Beal B, Pepperman K, Pales Espinosa E, Munroe D, Cerrato R, Busch E, Allam B. 2023. Interactive roles of temperature and food availability in predicting habitat suitability for marine invertebrates. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 293, 108515. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023. Pdf

Czaja R*, Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Lwiza K, Allam B. 2023. Using meta-analysis to explore the roles of global upwelling exposure and experimental design in bivalve responses to low pH. Science of the Total Environment 902, 165900. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165900. Pdf

Tettelbach ST, Czaja R*, Tobi H, Hughes S, Peterson B, Heck S*, MacGregor J*, DeLany F, Scannell B*, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2023. Collapse of the New York bay scallop fishery despite sustained larval and juvenile recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 714, 45-56. doi.org/10.3354/meps14334. Pdf

Czaja R*, Holmberg R, Hennen D, Cerrato R, Lwiza K, Pales Espinosa E, O’Dwyer J, Beal B, Zuklie H*, Root K**, Allam B. 2023. Behavioral and physiological effects of ocean acidification and warming on larvae of a continental shelf bivalve. Marine Pollution Bulletin 192, 115048. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115048. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Barbosa M*, Schwemmer T*, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2023. Increased food resources help eastern oyster mitigate the negative impacts of coastal acidification. Animals 13(7), 1161. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2023. RNAi silencing of the biomineralization gene perlucin impairs oyster ability to cope with ocean acidification. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(4), 3661, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043661. Pdf

Czaja R*, Hennen D, Cerrato R, Lwiza K, Pales Espinosa E, O’Dwyer J, Allam B. 2023. Using LASSO regularization to project recruitment under CMIP6 climate scenarios in a coastal fishery with spatial oceanographic gradients. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0091. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Farhat S, Haley J, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2022. Proteomic and transcriptomic responses enable clams to correct the pH of calcifying fluids and sustain biomineralization in acidified environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(24), 16066. doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416066. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Farhat S, Barbosa M*, Boutet I, Tanguy A, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2022. Molecular features associated with resilience to ocean acidification in the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. Marine Biotechnology. doi.org/10.1007/s10126-022-10183-3. Pdf

Boutet I, Alves Monteiro H, Baudry L, Takeuchi T, Bonnivard E, Billoud B, Farhat S, Gonzales-Araya R, Salaun B, Andersen AC, Toullec J-Y, Lallier F, Flot J-F, Guiglielmoni N, Guo X, Li C, Allam B, Pales Espinosa E, Hemmer-Hansen J, Tanguy A. 2022. Chromosomal assembly of the flat oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) genome as a new genetic resource for aquaculture. Evolutionary Applications 00, 1– 19. doi.org/10.1111/eva.13462. Pdf

Barbosa M*, Schwaner C*, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2022. A transcriptomic analysis of phenotypic plasticity in Crassostrea virginica larvae under experimental acidification. Genes 13, 1529-1551. doi.org/10.3390/genes13091529. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Eckstein M**, Allam B. 2022. Density of compatible ligands on the surface of food particles modulates sorting efficiency in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.882356. Pdf

Schwaner C*, Farhat S, Haley J, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. 2022. Transcriptomic, proteomic, and functional assays underline the dual role of extrapallial hemocytes in immunity and biomineralization in the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria. Frontiers in Immunology 529. doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.838530. Pdf

Farhat S, Bonnivard E, Pales Espinosa E, Tanguy A, Boutet I, Guiglielmoni N, Flot JF, Allam B. 2022. Comparative analysis of the Mercenaria mercenaria genome provides insights into the diversity of transposable elements and immune molecules in bivalve mollusks. BMC Genomics, 23, 192. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08262-1. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2021). High spatial resolution mapping of the mucosal proteome of the gills of Crassostrea virginica: implication in particle processing. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb233361. doi:10.1242/jeb.233361. Pdf

Allam S, Allam B, Pales Espinosa E. (2020). Regulation of mucosal lectins in the oyster Crassostrea virginica in response to food availability and environmental factors. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 0:1-8. doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa037. Pdf

Schwaner C, Barbosa M, Connors P, Park TJ, de Silva D, Griffith A, Gobler C, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2020). Experimental acidification increases susceptibility of Mercenaria mercenaria to infection by Vibrio species. Marine Environmental Research, 154. Pdf

Cerullo A*, Ying T.L, Allam B, Baer A, Barnes WJP, Barrientos Z, Deheyn DD, Fudge DS, Gould J, Harrington MJ, Holford M, Hung CS, Jain G, Mayer G, Medina M, Monge-Nájera J, Napolitano T, Pales Espinosa E, Schmidt S, Thompson EM, Braunschweig AB. Comparative animal mucomics: Inspiration for functional materials from ubiquitous and understudied biopolymers. 2020. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00713. Pdf

Farhat S, Tanguy A, Pales Espinosa E, Guo X, Boutet I, Smolowitz R, Murphy D, Rivara G, Allam B. 2020. Identification of variants associated with hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, resistance to Quahog Parasite Unknown disease. Genomics 112(6), 4887-4896. Pdf

Jones J, Allam B, Pales Espinosa E. (2020). Particle selection in suspension-feeding bivalves: does one model fit all? Biological Bulletin, 238:41-53. Pdf

Barbosa M, Schwaner C, Schwemmer T, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2019). Effect of food resource availability on resilience of eastern oyster larvae to ocean acidification. World Aquaculture, 50(3): 27-29. Pdf

Fernández-Robledo JA, Yadavalli R, Allam B, Pales Espinosa E, Gerdol M, Greco S, Stevick RJ, Gómez-Chiarri M, Zhang Y, Heil CA, Tracy AN, Bishop-Bailey D, Metzger MJ. (2019). From the raw bar to the bench: Bivalves as models for human health. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2018.11.020. Pdf

Lau Y-T, Santos B, Barbosa M, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Regulation of apoptosis-related genes during interaction between oyster hemocytes and the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 83: 180-189. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Reverse genetics demonstrate the role of mucosal C-type lectins in food particle selection in the oyster Crassostrea virginica.  Journal of Experimental Biology 221. doi:10.1242/jeb.174094. Pdf

Lau Y-T, Gambino L, Santos B, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Regulation of oyster (Crassostrea virginica) hemocyte motility by the intracellular parasite Perkinsus marinus: A possible mechanism for host infection. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 78: 18-25. Pdf

Hornstein J, Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Lwiza K, Allam B. (2018). The influence of temperature stress on the physiology of the Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 222: 66-73. Pdf

Hartman R, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Identification of clam plasma proteins that bind its pathogen Quahog Parasite Unknown. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 77: 214-221. Pdf

Lau Y-T, Gambino L, Santos B, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Transepithelial migration of mucosal hemocytes in Crassostrea virginica and potential role in Perkinsus marinus pathogenesis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 153: 122-129. Pdf

Lau Y-T, Sussman L, Pales Espinosa E, Katalay S, Allam B. (2017). Characterization of hemocytes from different body fluids of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 71: 372-379. Pdf

Rubin E, Tanguy A, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2017). Differential gene expression in five isolates of the clam pathogen, quahog parasite unknown (QPX). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology doi:10.1111/jeu.12400. Pdf

Rubin E, Werneburg GT, Pales Espinosa E, Thanassi DG, Allam B. (2016). Identification and characterization of peptidases secreted by quahog parasite unknown (QPX), the protistan parasite of hard clams. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 122: 21-33. Pdf

Wang K, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2016). Effect of “heat shock” treatments on QPX disease and stress response in the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology138: 39-49. Pdf

Allam B, Pales Espinosa E. (2016). Bivalve immunity and response to infections: Are we looking at the right place? Fish and Shellfish Immunology 53: 4-12. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Wikfors G, Allam B. (2016). Modeling food choice in the two suspension-feeding bivalves, Crassostrea virginica and Mytilus edulis. Marine Biology 163(2): 1-13. Pdf

Wang K, Del Castillo C, Corre E, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2016). Clam focal and systemic immune responses to QPX by RNA-Seq technology. BMC Genomics 17:146. Pdf

Wang K, Pales Espinosa E, Tanguy A, Allam B. (2016). Alterations of the immune transcriptome in resistant and susceptible hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) in response to Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX) and temperature. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 49: 163-176. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Koller A, Allam B. (2016). Proteomic characterization of mucosal secretions in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Proteomics 132: 63-76. Pdf

Rosa M, Ward JE, Ouvrard M, Pales Espinosa E, Shumway SE, Allam B. (2015). Examining the physiological plasticity of particle capture by the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis (L.): Confounding factors and potential artifacts with studies utilizing natural seston. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 473: 207-217. Pdf

Mars M, McElroy A, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2015). Antimicrobial activity in the cuticle of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 44: 542-546. Pdf

Allam B, Pales Espinosa E. (2015). Mucosal immunity in mollusks. Book chapter In: Mucosal Health in Aquaculture. Benjamin Beck and Eric Peatman (Eds). Academic Press. pp. 325-370. ISBN: 978-0-12-417186-2. Pdf

Rubin E, Pales Espinosa E, Koller A, Allam B (2015). Characterization of the secretome of the clam parasite QPX. International Journal for Parasitology 45: 187-196. Pdf

Allam B, Tanguy A, Jeffroy F, Le Bris C, Pales Espinosa E, Paillard C. (2014). Transcriptional changes in Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) in response to brown ring disease. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 41(1): 2-11. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E., Corre E, Allam B. (2014). Pallial mucus of Crassostrea virginica regulates the expression of putative virulence genes of its pathogen Perkinsus marinus. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 305-317. Pdf

Rubin E, Tanguy A, Perrigault M, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2014). Characterization of the transcriptome and temperature-induced differential gene expression of in quahog parasite unknown QPX, the thraustochytrid parasite of hard clams. BMC Genomics 15: 245. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Tanguy A, Le Panse S, Lallier F, Allam B, Boutet I. (2013). Endobacteria in Loripes lacteus: Characterization, localization and some aspect of host-symbiont regulation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448: 327-336. Pdf

Rosa M, Ward JE, Shumway SS, Wikfors GH, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2013). Effects of Particle Surface Properties on Feeding Selectivity in the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and the Blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 446: 320-327. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Winnicki S, Allam B. (2013). Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: Pallial mucus of Crassostrea virginica modulates the growth and virulence of its pathogen Perkinsus marinus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 104: 237-247. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2013). Food quality and season affect the expression of the mucosal lectin MeML and food sorting abilities in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Marine Biology 160(6): 1441-1450. Pdf

Allam B, Carden WE, Ward JE, Ralph G, Winnicki S, Pales Espinosa E. (2013). Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: Evidence that the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus infects through the oyster mantle during rejection of pseudofeces. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 113: 26-34. Pdf

Perrigault M, Dahl SF, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2012). Effects of salinity on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) defense parameters and QPX disease dynamics. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 110(1): 73-82. Pdf

Jing X, Pales Espinosa E, Perrigault M, Allam B. (2011). Identification, molecular characterization and expression analysis of a mucosal C-type lectin in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 30: 851-858. Pdf

Perrigault M., Dahl S.F., Pales Espinosa E., Gambino L., Allam B. (2011). Effects of temperature on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) immunity and QPX (Quahog parasite unknown) disease development: II. Defense parameters. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 106: 322-332. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Hassan D, Ward JE, Shumway SE, Allam B. (2010). The blue mussel Mytilus edulis uses recognition molecules to select food particles. Biological Bulletin 219: 50-60. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Perrigault M, Allam B. (2010). Identification and molecular characterization of a mucosal lectin (MeML) from Mytilus edulis and its potential role in particle capture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 156:495-501. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Perrigault M, Ward JE, Shumway S, Allam B. (2010). Lectin binding patterns of microalgae: role in particle selection in suspension feeding bivalves. Biological Bulletin 218:75-86. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Perrigault M, Shumway SE, Ward JE, Allam B. 2010. Microalgal cell surface carbohydrates as recognition sites for particle sorting in suspension-feeding bivalves. Biological Bulletin 218: 75-86. Pdf

Pales Espinosa, E, Perrigault, M., Ward, JE, Shumway, SE, Allam, B. (2009). Lectins associated with the feeding organs of the oyster Crassostrea virginica can mediate particle selection. Biological Bulletin 217: 130-141. Pdf

Pales Espinosa, E, Allam, B, Ford SE. (2008). Particle selection in the ribbed mussel Geukensia demissa and the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica: effect of microalgae growth stage. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79:1-6. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Barillé L, Allam B. (2007). Use of encapsulated live microalgae to investigate pre-ingestive selection in Crassostrea gigas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 343(1), 118-126. Pdf

Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2006). Comparative growth and survival of juvenile hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, fed commercially available diets. Zoo Biology 25(6), 513-525. Pdf

Barillé L, Haure J, Pales Espinosa E, Morançais M. (2003). Finding new diatoms for intensive rearing of the pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): energy budget as a selective tool. Aquaculture 217(1-4): 501-514. Pdf

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