Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Messina (Research Program “ORME09Y JE”)
Article History
Received: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 18 May 2018
First Online: 6 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: In this article all applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.Sampling and Field Studies have been authorized by the “Provincia Regionale di Messina”, official management body of the reserve (permission n. 557/VIII DIR, 12.03.2014).Facilities have been provided by the mussel farm FARAU s.r.l.