péches, 2019). This wealth is in fact a remarkable pole of economic and social development. Moreover, the growing urbanization of the coast, linked to both tourist and industrial activity, is leading to a very significant increase in polluting discharges into the marine environment (Azizi et al., 2020(Azizi et al., , 2021 Hicham et al., 2021). Bacterial pollution is one of these discharges and leads, among other things, to the contamination of seafood, where the consumption can cause health risks and present a real danger to humans (Campos and Cachola, 2007;Moumen et al., 2008). Due to their high filtration capacity, bivalve mollusks can have an impact on the levels of planktonic micro-
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