Long-term 2007–2013 monitoring of reproductive disturbance in the dun sentinel Assiminea grayana with regard to polymeric materials pollution at the coast of Lower Saxony, North Sea, Germany
| Autor: | Bernd Daehne, Marc Herlyn, Martin G. J. Löder, Kristina Gall, Burkard Watermann, Anja Thomsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences Pollution Biocide Microplastics Time Factors Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Snails Zoology Snail 010501 environmental sciences Biology 01 natural sciences Germany biology.animal Paint Animals Environmental Chemistry Endocrine system Ecotoxicology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Ovotestis Ecology Reproduction 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology General Medicine Assiminea grayana biology.organism_classification Female North Sea Water Pollutants Chemical Disinfectants Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24:3352-3362 |
| ISSN: | 1614-7499 0944-1344 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-016-8058-2 |
| Popis: | During biological effect monitoring studies of endocrine active compounds with the snail Assiminea grayana in 2007-2013, reproductive disorders including atresia, transformation of capsule/albumen glands into prostates in females and ovotestis, transformation of prostates to capsule/albumen glands, disruption of spermatogenesis, and calcification of tubules in males, were encountered in several years. The search of sources of endocrine active substances was first directed to antifouling biocides from paint particles and extended to leaching compounds from polymeric materials. In contrast to the reference sites, most of the observed disorders occurred at a station near harbors and dockyards polluted with residues from antifouling paints and polymeric materials. Beside of investigations about the potential ingestion of polymer particles by the snails, further investigations of compounds of polymeric materials with endocrine potential should follow. |
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