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The BEEP Stavanger workshop: mesocosm exposures
Sundt, R.C.; Pampanin, D.M.; Larsen, B.K.; Brede, C.; Herzke, D.; Bjørnstad, A.; Andersen, O.-K. (2006). The BEEP Stavanger workshop: mesocosm exposures. Aquat. Toxicol. 78(Supplement 1): S5-S12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.02.012
In: Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier Science: Tokyo; New York; London; Amsterdam. ISSN 0166-445X; e-ISSN 1879-1514, more
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Pampanin, D.M.; Anderson, O.K.; Viarengo, A. (Ed.) (2006). The Stavanger Workshop: Biological Effects of Environmental Pollution (BEEP) in marine coastal ecosystem: the Stavanger mesocosm exposure studies. Aquatic Toxicology, Special Issue 78(Suppl. 1). Elsevier: The Netherlands. S1-S128 pp., more
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Keywords
    Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
    Biomarkers
    Ecosystems
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Marine organisms > Marine crustaceans
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Marine organisms > Marine molluscs
    Mesocosms
    Mineral resources > Mineral deposits > Subsurface deposits > Fuels > Fossil fuels > Petroleum > Crude oil
    Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

Authors  Top 
  • Sundt, R.C.
  • Pampanin, D.M.
  • Larsen, B.K.
  • Brede, C.
  • Herzke, D.
  • Bjørnstad, A.
  • Andersen, O.-K.

Abstract
    Within the BEEP project (Biological Effects of Environmental Pollution in Marine Ecosystems) the Work Package 1 was addressed to the development of new and more sensitive biomarkers of exposure in several sentinel organisms. Within this framework, common mesocosm exposures of organic pollutants relevant for marine ecosystems were conducted in the facilities of Akvamiljø a/s (Stavanger, Norway). In the first experiment, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and shore crab (Carcinus maenas) were exposed to nonylphenol, North Sea crude oil and a combination of crude oil and alkylated phenols. Mussels (Mytilus edulis) were exposed to North Sea crude oil and a combination of crude oil, alkylated phenols and PAHs. In the second experiment, Atlantic cod, turbot, mussel and spider crab (Hyas araneus) were exposed to the plasticizers bisphenol A and diallyl phatalate and the brominated flame retardant BDE-47. The main purpose of the present study was to provide the 30 participating Institutes with samples which had been exposed to defined contaminant concentrations in a controlled laboratory exposure for 3 weeks. This paper describes the mesocosm experimental design, the transplantation and treatment of the organisms, and the contaminant exposures.

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