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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) accumulation in different common sole (Solea solea) tissues from the North Adriatic Sea peculiar impacted area.
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Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2018 Dec; Vol. 137, pp. 61-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 05. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This study extends our knowledge of the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine organisms and investigates its possible determinants. PAH levels were measured in Solea solea tissue and in marine sediments collected from three areas of the northern Adriatic Sea characterized by different anthropic impacts (Venetian Lagoon, Po Delta, and fishing grounds off Chioggia). The possibility of differential PAH bioaccumulation in different tissues (muscle, liver and gills) was investigated by seeking relationships between mean individual and total PAH concentrations in tissue and sediment samples, the physicochemical properties of PAHs (rings and K <subscript>ow</subscript> ), and some key biological variables (lipid content of tissues, body size, habitat). The present study demonstrated that the lipid content might not be the only determinant of PAH bioaccumulation in common sole tissues. The habitat characteristics, the tissue types and some physicochemical properties of compounds were closely related to PAH bioaccumulation.<br /> (Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Environmental Monitoring
Gills chemistry
Gills metabolism
Liver chemistry
Liver metabolism
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons analysis
Seawater analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
Flatfishes metabolism
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons metabolism
Water Pollutants, Chemical metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-3363
- Volume :
- 137
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Marine pollution bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30503474
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.002