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Carbone D, Faggio C. Helix aspersa
as sentinel of development damage for biomonitoring purpose: A validation study. Mol Reprod Dev 2019; 86:1283-1291. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Donatella Carbone
- Department of ChemicalBiological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences‐University of MessinaViale Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres Sant'Agata Messina Italy
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- Department of ChemicalBiological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences‐University of MessinaViale Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres Sant'Agata Messina Italy
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Querfeld R, Schulz W, Neubohn J, Steinhauser G. Anthropogenic radionuclides in water samples from the Chernobyl exclusion zone. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-6030-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fuller N, Smith JT, Nagorskaya LL, Gudkov DI, Ford AT. Does Chernobyl-derived radiation impact the developmental stability of Asellus aquaticus 30years on? THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 576:242-250. [PMID: 27788439 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Effects of long-term, environmentally relevant doses of radiation on biota remain unclear due to a lack of studies following chronic exposure in contaminated environments. The 1986 Chernobyl accident dispersed vast amounts of radioactivity into the environment which persists to date. Despite three decades of research, impacts of the incident on non-human organisms continues to be contested within the scientific literature. The present study assessed the impact of chronic radiation exposure from Chernobyl on the developmental stability of the model aquatic isopod, Asellus aquaticus using fluctuating asymmetry (FA) as an indicator. Fluctuating asymmetry, defined as random deviations from the expected perfect bilateral symmetry of an organism, has gained prominence as an indicator of developmental stability in ecotoxicology. Organisms were collected from six lakes along a gradient of radionuclide contamination in Belarus and the Ukraine. Calculated total dose rates ranged from 0.06-27.1μGy/h. Fluctuating asymmetry was assessed in four meristic and one metrical trait. Significant differences in levels of pooled asymmetry were recorded between sample sites independent of sex and specific trait measured. However, there was no correlation of asymmetry with radiation doses, suggesting that differences in asymmetry were not attributed to radionuclide contamination and were driven by elevated asymmetry at a single site. No correlation between FA and measured environmental parameters suggested a biotic factor driving observed FA differences. This study appears to be the first to record no evident increase in developmental stability of biota from the Chernobyl region. These findings will aid in understanding the response of organisms to chronic pollutant exposure and the long term effects of large scale nuclear incidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima.
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- Neil Fuller
- Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 9LY, UK
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- School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3QL, UK
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- Applied Science Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Academicheskaya Str., 220072 Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Freshwater Radioecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Geroyev Stalingrada Ave. 12, UA-04210 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 9LY, UK.
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Binelli A, Della Torre C, Magni S, Parolini M. Does zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) represent the freshwater counterpart of Mytilus in ecotoxicological studies? A critical review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2015; 196:386-403. [PMID: 25463737 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
One of the fundamentals in the ecotoxicological studies is the need of data comparison, which can be easily reached with the help of a standardized biological model. In this context, any biological model has been still proposed for the biomonitoring and risk evaluation of freshwaters until now. The aim of this review is to illustrate the ecotoxicological studies carried out with the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha in order to suggest this bivalve species as possible reference organism for inland waters. In detail,we showed its application in biomonitoring, as well as for the evaluation of adverse effects induced by several pollutants, using both in vitro and in vivo experiments. We discussed the advantages by the use of D. polymorpha for ecotoxicological studies, but also the possible limitations due to its invasive nature.
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- A Binelli
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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SATAKE K, UENO R, MATSUZAKI SIS, TANAKA A, KOHZU A, NAKAGAWA M, NOHARA S. The activity concentrations and concentration factors of radio-cesium 137 ( 137Cs) in chironomid larvae in Lake Kasumigaura two years after the Fukushima Accident. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.77.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Kiyoshi SATAKE
- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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Falfushynska H, Gnatyshyna L, Yurchak I, Ivanina A, Stoliar O, Sokolova I. Habitat pollution and thermal regime modify molecular stress responses to elevated temperature in freshwater mussels (Anodonta anatina: Unionidae). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 500-501:339-350. [PMID: 25240236 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Elevated temperature and pollution are common stressors in freshwater ecosystems. We study cellular stress response to acute warming in Anodonta anatina (Unionidae) from sites with different thermal regimes and pollution levels: a pristine area and an agriculturally polluted site with normal temperature regimes (F and A, respectively) and a polluted site with elevated temperature (N) from the cooling pond of an electrical power plant. Animals were exposed to different temperatures for 14 days and stress response markers were measured in gills, digestive gland and hemocytes. Mussels from site N and A had elevated background levels of lactate dehydrogenase activity indicating higher reliance on anaerobic metabolism for ATP production and/or redox maintenance. Exposure to 25°C and 30°C induced oxidative stress (indicated by elevated levels of lipid peroxidation products) in digestive gland and gills of mussels from A and F sites, while in mussels from N sites elevated oxidative stress was only apparent at 30°C. Temperature-induced changes in levels of antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, metallothioneins and glutathione) were tissue- and population-specific. Acute warming led to destabilization of lysosomal membranes and increased frequencies of nuclear lesions in mussels from F and A sites but not in their counterparts from N site. Elevated temperature led to an increase in the frequency of micronuclei in hemocytes in mussels from F and A sites at 25°C and 30°C and in mussels from N site at 30°C. The mussels from N site also demonstrated better survival at elevated temperature (30°C) than their counterparts from the F and A sites. Taken together, these data indicate that long-term acclimation and/or adaptation of A. anatina to elevated temperatures result in increased thermotolerance and alleviate stress response to moderate temperature rise. In contrast, extreme warming (30°C) is harmful to mussels from all populations indicating limit to this induced thermotolerance.
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- H Falfushynska
- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, 46027 Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, 46027 Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, 46027 Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, 46027 Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
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MATSUZAKI SIS, SATAKE K, TANAKA A, UENO R, NAKAGAWA M, NOHARA S. The fate, concentration factors and ecological half-life of cesium-137 in a freshwater snail and a freshwater mussel in Lake Kasumigaura after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.76.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Shin-ichiro S. MATSUZAKI
- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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- Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute of Environmental Studies
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Zuykov M, Pelletier E, Rouleau C, Popov L, Fowler SW, Orlova M. Autoradiographic study on the distribution of 241Am in the shell of the freshwater zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Mikrochim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-009-0239-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mutvei H, Westermark T. How Environmental Information Can Be Obtained from Naiad Shells. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSELS UNIONOIDA 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56869-5_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Lau S, Mohamed M, Yen AT, Su'ut S. Accumulation of heavy metals in freshwater molluscs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 1998; 214:113-121. [PMID: 9646520 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(98)00058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Heavy metals in the aquatic environment have to date come mainly from naturally occurring geochemical materials. However, this has been enhanced by human activity such as gold mining in the case of heavy metal pollution in Sg Sarawak Kanan. The high suspended solid loads in the river have quite efficiently removed most soluble metals from the water and trapped them in the bottom sediment. Three freshwater mollusc species were collected at the point source of the heavy metal pollutants and analysed for the heavy metal contents in their tissues and shells. Two of the mollusc species (Brotia costula and Melanoides tuberculata) are purely freshwater species while the Clithon sp. nr retropictus is able to survive in fresh and brackish water environments. The Brotia costula and the Clithon sp. are the edible species which are sold in the market. Accumulation of As, Cu, Fe, Se and Zn in all the three mollusc species were determined and the level of As in the tissues of Brotia costula and the Clithon sp. was much higher than the permissible level for human consumption. The mollusc species also demonstrated different preferences for the uptake of different metals. Variations in the heavy metal contents in the shell and tissues of the same species were also observed.
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- S Lau
- Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
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