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Environmental stressors are known to play an important role in determining the distribution and abundance of intertidal species. Marine molluscs are particularly susceptible to changes in water temperature and salinity in inter-tidal zones.  Ruditapes decussatus  and  Ruditapes philippinarum  are marine intertidal clams, constantly exposed to salinity variations in their intertidal habitat. The goal of this study was to investigate whether these species would handle salinity increase as well as salinity decrease, given the general paucity of data on  R. decussatus  and  R. philippinarum  exposed to salinity changes. In this context, leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) activity changes following exposure to salinity change were investigated in clams from Tunisia and from Brittany. Samples of  R. decussatus  from Tunisia were maintained in salinity of l0% 0 , 20% 0 , 30% 0 , 45% 0  and 55% 0  for four weeks. Effects of salinity on LAP activity are also investigated in  R. decussatus  and in  R. philippinarum  from Brittany in salinities of 5% 0 , l0% 0 , 15% 0 , 17% 0 , 25% 0 , 30% 0 , 40% 0 , 45 % 0  and 55% 0 . Three sets of experiments were conducted: Short (20 h), medium (96 h) and long-term (four weeks). During salinity trials, LAP activity of  R. decussatus  ranged from 0.07 ± 0.04 to 0.2 ± 0.05 μmol of paranitroanilide mg protein –1  min −1  and from 0.15 ± 0.015 to 0.56 ± 0.41 mg protein –1  min –1  for clams from Tunisia and from Brittany, respectively. In the  R. philippinarum  species, results showed the occurrence of higher activity levels, values ranged from 0.26 ± 0.11 to 1.04 ± 0.38 μmol of paranitroanilide mg protein –1  min –1 . None of the salinity regimes gave significant differences in LAP ctivity in  R. decussatus  from Tunisia. Conclusion has also been deduced from experiments carried out on  R. decussatus  and  R. philippinarum  from Brittany. Results reported here suggest that LAP ctivity seems to be not affected by salinity changes in populations investigated. The study provided some useful insights into response of the bivalves  R. decussatus  and  R. philippinarum  to salinity stress and offered a number of candidate hypothesis as potential explanations for moderate changes in LAP activity.

Response of the carpet shell clam (Ruditapes decussatus) and the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) to salinity stress