Responses of Mytilus edulis on exposure to the water-accommodated fraction of North Sea oil
Widdows, J.; Bakke, T.; Bayne, B.L.; Donkin, P.; Livingstone, D.R.; Lowe, D.M.; Moore, M.N.; Evans, S.V.; Moore, S.L. (1982). Responses of Mytilus edulis on exposure to the water-accommodated fraction of North Sea oil. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 67(1): 15-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00397090
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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| Keywords |
Biological phenomena > Accumulation > Bioaccumulation
Biological stress
Biology > Physiology
Pollution > Oil pollution
Pollution effects
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top |
- Widdows, J., more
- Bakke, T.
- Bayne, B.L.
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- Donkin, P.
- Livingstone, D.R.
- Lowe, D.M.
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- Moore, M.N.
- Evans, S.V.
- Moore, S.L.
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| Abstract |
Individuals of Mytilus edulis L., collected from the Erme estuary (S.W. England) in 1978, were exposed to low concentrations (7 to 68 mu g l-1) of the water-accommodated fraction (WAF) of North Sea crude oil. The pattern of accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the body tissues was affected by the presence of algal food cells, the period of exposure, the hydrocarbon concentration in seawater, the type of body tissue and the nature of the hydrocarbon. Many physiological responses (e.g. rates of oxygen consumption, feeding, excretion, and scope for growth), cellular responses (e.g. lysosomal latency and digestive cell size) and biochemical responses (e.g. specific activities of several enzymes) were significantly altered by short-term (4 wk) and/or long-term (5 mo) exposure to WAF. Stress indices such as scope for growth and lysosomal latency were negatively correlated with tissue aromatic hydrocarbons. |
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