1. Measurements of biomarker levels in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) from the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic).
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Kopecka J, Lehtonen KK, Barsiene J, Broeg K, Vuorinen PJ, Gercken J, and Pempkowiak J
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- Acetylcholinesterase analysis, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Catalase analysis, Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 analysis, Flounder anatomy & histology, Glutathione Transferase analysis, Lysosomes drug effects, Metallothionein analysis, Micronucleus Tests, Mytilus anatomy & histology, Oceans and Seas, Poland, Principal Component Analysis, Seasons, Vitellogenins blood, Water Pollutants, Chemical toxicity, Biomarkers analysis, Environmental Monitoring statistics & numerical data, Flounder metabolism, Mytilus metabolism, Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
- Abstract
In the framework of the EU funded BEEP project a set of biomarkers, gross morphometric indices and tissue concentrations of selected organic pollutants were measured in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and mussels (Mytilus trossulus) collected twice a year (April and October) from three sites in the inner Gulf of Gdańsk between autumn 2001 and spring 2003. In flounder, seasonal differences in most biomarkers were observed, but no correlations with tissue pollutant levels could be found. In mussels, highly variable levels in biomarker responses were seen, but no clear seasonal or spatial trends, directly related to tissue concentrations, could be established. The observed biomarkers distribution the study sites are probably mostly caused by interannual, seasonal and individual variability and, in case of flounder, possibly by exchange of stocks between the sampling sites.
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- 2006
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