aimed at assessing how
small breeding of Mediterranean sponges Ircinia variabilis and
Agelas oroides could remove some contaminants from marine
waters. In the same way, the use of other
filtering organisms can be
interesting for the improvement of waters quality. In this context,
the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha has some characteristics
that would make it suitable for the above mentioned
purpose: an enormous
filtering capacity, ranging from 5 to 400 mL/
bivalve/h