Biomarker responses in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and mussel (Mytilus edulis) in the Klaipėda-Būtingė area (Baltic Sea)
| Autor: | Aleksandras Rybakovas, Janina Baršienė, Janusz Pempkowiak, Heta Vuontisjärvi, Thomas Lang, Pekka J. Vuorinen, Kari K. Lehtonen, Katja Broeg, Veronika Dedonyte, Janina Šyvokienė, Rimantas Repečka, Angela Koehler, Justyna Kopecka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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0106 biological sciences
Oceans and Seas Acid Phosphatase Flounder 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Pleuronectidae Oceanography Hydrocarbons Aromatic 01 natural sciences Statistics Nonparametric Animals 14. Life underwater 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Mytilus Analysis of Variance Micronucleus Tests biology Macrophages 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Lithuania Mussel Bivalvia biology.organism_classification Pollution Platichthys Fishery Liver 13. Climate action Indicator species Environmental chemistry Acetylcholinesterase Metallothionein Seasons Biomarkers Water Pollutants Chemical Blue mussel Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Marine Pollution Bulletin. 53:422-436 |
| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.03.009 |
| Popis: | During the EU project BEEP a battery of biomarkers was applied in flounder ( Platichthys flesus ) and the blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis ) collected at three locations off the Lithuanian coast (Baltic Sea) in June and September 2001 and 2002. The elevated biomarker responses in specimens sampled in September 2001 were apparently related to the extensive dredging activities in the Klaipėda port area and subsequent dumping of contaminated sediments. High concentrations of organic pollutants (organochlorines and PBDEs) were also measured in the tissues of both indicator species. In addition, response levels of genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity as well as concentrations of PAH metabolites in the bile of flounder showed elevations in 2002 after an oil spill in the Būtingė oil terminal in November 2001. In flounder, biomarker measurements 10 months after the spill indicated recovery processes but in mussels a high level of genotoxicity could still be observed 22 months later. The present study illustrates the usefulness of the multi-biomarker approach in the detection of biological effects of pollution in this region of the Baltic Sea. |
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