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In the present bibliographic study, the main shellfish species that focus the commercial interest are reported, where these are the mussels and the oysters. The anatomic elements of bivalves of shells are analytically described as well as the composition of water that should be used for the creation of shellfish farmings. Afterwards, the required infrastructures for collecting young individuals of mussels and oysters are described in detail, as well as the main infrastructures of stockfarming that are used widely in world scale. Additionally, the environmental conditions and water composition that Mytillus galloprovincialis requires for its growth are stated. Several pollutants play important roles in its growth and are also stated The aim of this study was the correlation of shells with the pollution of marine environment. The shells are used as detectors for the recording of the pollution of marine water, because their main ability is the filtration of the water, holding the filtrated elements. Finally, the monitoring of water in the marine ecosystem is connected inextricably with human health after shells consumption, because the bacterial content in the bodies of bivalves milluscs may affect the health of consumers and lead to food poisoning, while the content of shells in heavy metals it can lead to carcinogenesis. |
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