dc.creatorGiarratano, Erica
dc.creatorGil, Monica Noemi
dc.creatorMalanga, Gabriela Fabiana
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-28T17:17:00Z
dc.date.available2016-12-28T17:17:00Z
dc.date.created2016-12-28T17:17:00Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-11
dc.identifierGiarratano, Erica; Gil, Monica Noemi; Malanga, Gabriela Fabiana; Biomarkers of environmental stress in gills of ribbed mussel Aulacomya atra atra (Nuevo Gulf, Northern Patagonia); Elsevier Inc; Ecotoxicology And Environmental Safety; 107; 11-6-2014; 111-119
dc.identifier0147-6513
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/10488
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we assessed in gills of native ribbed mussels Aulacomya atra atra from three sites within Nuevo Gulf (Northern Patagonia) several biomarkers such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid radicals (LR), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione S -transferase (GST) and metallothionein (MT). Furthermore, concentrations of main trace metals (Fe, Al, Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb) were quanti fi ed in mussel tissue. Results showed signi fi cant induction of SOD, GST, MT and MDA, as well as, higher concentration of Fe, Al and Cd in winter than in summer. The high MDA content measured in mussels from Folías Wreck seemed to be caused by the very high levels of Fe that would come from the corrosion of the vessel. Mussels from the control site Punta Cuevas presented the lowest levels of Cd and the highest of Al in winter. Despite positive correlations were found between Al and GST and MT, no spatial differentiation was detected in those biomarkers. On the other hand, MT was only related to Al been most likely in fl uenced by environmental variables than by the trace metals. It has to be highlighted that the relationship detected among water temperature, nutrients and antioxidant responses in gills is probably related to the fact that this tissue is in direct contact with water and it is sensitive to its fl uctuations. Taking into account that mussel gill is a tissue actively proliferating and the fi rst target of contaminants present in water, so that changes in its antioxidant system can provide an earlier warning signal than in other tissues.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier Inc
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.003
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoenv
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectBiomarkers
dc.subjectTrace Metals
dc.subjectOxidative Stress
dc.subjectGills
dc.subjectRibbed Mussel Aulacomya Atra Atra
dc.titleBiomarkers of environmental stress in gills of ribbed mussel Aulacomya atra atra (Nuevo Gulf, Northern Patagonia)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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