Antioxidant capacity and carbon-based scope for growth of brackish water clams Corbicula japonica under the combined effects of natural and anthropogenic factors.

Changes in natural estuarine environment and anthropogenic disturbances are becoming significant threats to organisms, particularly bivalves. A deeper understanding of the relationship between biochemical- and individual-level responses is necessary to assess the combined effects of natural and anthropogenic factors on bivalves. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study where the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and carbon-based scope for growth (C-SFG) were applied as biomarkers to evaluate the response of the brackish water clam Corbicula japonica to four spatiotemporally varying environmental factors.