Shevchuk, Larysa M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-514X
Bylyna, Liliia V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5893-4733
Shevchuk, Andrii V. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-5214
Vakaliuk, Tetiana A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6825-4697
Semerikov, Serhiy O. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0789-0272
Article History
Received: 10 January 2026
Accepted: 28 July 2026
First Online: 1 August 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: This study involves the freshwater mussel Unio crassus , an invertebrate species. Therefore, no specific ethical approval from an institutional animal care and use committee was required. However, as the species is listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine, all field studies and sample collections were conducted in strict compliance with the national environmental legislation of Ukraine and bioethical standards for field research.
Consent to participate: Not applicable.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.