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Romero-Freire A, Minguez L, Pelletier M, Cayer A, Caillet C, Devin S, Gross EM, Guérold F, Pain-Devin S, Vignati DAL, Giamberini L. Assessment of baseline ecotoxicity of sediments from a prospective mining area enriched in light rare earth elements. Sci Total Environ 2018; 612:831-839. [PMID: 28881306 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Rare earth elements (REEs) disperse from indigenous rocks to the environment, thus making sediments one of the major sinks and sources of metal pollution. The emerging use of REEs and the subsequent opening of new mining areas may contribute to their release into surrounding ecosystems. For this reason, this study was performed in a natural area with geological material abundant in ferrocarbonatites and light REE. The aim of this work was to assess the natural REE availability and (eco)toxicity in freshwater sediments. Sediments showed high REE concentrations in samples with fine grain size fractions, and low in organic-rich sediments. The enrichment in LREE was mostly from rocks and the obtained enrichment factors (EF) confirmed that the sediments are not anthropogenically polluted. To assess REE availability and ecotoxicity, four toxicity tests were performed. REEs measured as the dissolved concentration in the test media were very low compared to the potentially available total REE in sediments and showed positive or negative correlations with fine or coarse grain sizes, respectively, and positive correlations with the content in Mg, Fe and Al. In tests performed in media supplemented with salts, the availability of REEs decreased considerably. Only some toxic effects could be linked to the REE contents in the ostracodtox and luminotox tests. However, measurement of toxicity could be influenced by the sediment properties and lead to a potential overestimation of ecotoxicity if only REE are regarded. Our study reveals that the physicochemical properties of sediments are a key factor controlling both REE availability and toxicity, whereas the determination of REE effects from toxicity tests using liquid media with salt addition will decrease REE availability and could mask toxic effects. Our findings provide new knowledge about REE behaviour in sediments and are a starting point for understanding potential REE pollution around prospective mining areas.
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- A Romero-Freire
- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France.
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Ressources Geoméga, 75 Boulevard de Mortagne, Boucherville J4B 6Y4, Québec, Canada
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- Ressources Geoméga, 75 Boulevard de Mortagne, Boucherville J4B 6Y4, Québec, Canada
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, 15 Avenue du Charmois, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- LIEC, CNRS, UMR 7360, Université de Lorraine, Campus Bridoux, Bâtiment IBISE, 8 rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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Kerambrun E, Rioult D, Delahaut L, Evariste L, Pain-Devin S, Auffret M, Geffard A, David E. Variations in gene expression levels in four European zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, populations in relation to metal bioaccumulation: A field study. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2016; 134P1:53-63. [PMID: 27588554 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
The present study was performed to validate the suitability of using gene expression in zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, for biomonitoring of freshwater environment. Mussels were collected in four French rivers (Meuse, Moselle, Oise and Vilaine) in spring and autumn. Relative gene expression of 9 candidate genes involved in cellular metabolic activities (Cytochrome-c-oxidase - cox, and ATP synthase - atp), detoxification process (Metallothionein - mt and Glutathion-S-Transferase - gst), oxidative stress (Catalase - cat, Superoxyde Dismutase - sod and Glutathion peroxidase - gpx) and digestive functions (Amylase - amy and Cellulase - ghf) were measured in digestive gland. Metal bioaccumulation in tissues and morphometric parameters were also analyzed to interpret molecular responses. All our results are consistent with different physiological reactions to environmental condition between zebra mussel populations. In spring, the levels of mt, sod, gpx, cat, atp, amy and ghf relative expression were significantly higher in mussels with the lowest metal bioaccumulation (the Meuse) compared to at least one of the other sites. In autumn, this higher expression levels in Meuse River were still observed for gpx, cat, atp and amy. This study has also pointed out different sources of variability in gene expression (individual size, season, trophic resources and origin of mussels) which are inevitable in natural fluctuant environment. This underlines the importance to take them into account in field study to propose a correct interpretation of biomarker responses.
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- E Kerambrun
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne/INERIS, Plateau Technique mobile de cytométrie environnementale MOBICYTE, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France; Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS, Institut Armand Frappier, 531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1B7
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- Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), CNRS, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR 6539-LEMAR (Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin), IUEM, UBO-CNRS-IRD-Ifremer, F-29280 Plouzane, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques), INERIS-URCA-ULH, France
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Garaud M, Trapp J, Devin S, Cossu-Leguille C, Pain-Devin S, Felten V, Giamberini L. Multibiomarker assessment of cerium dioxide nanoparticle (nCeO2) sublethal effects on two freshwater invertebrates, Dreissena polymorpha and Gammarus roeseli. Aquat Toxicol 2015; 158:63-74. [PMID: 25461746 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cerium nanoparticles (nCeO2) are widely used in everyday products, as fuel and paint additives. Meanwhile, very few studies on nCeO2 sublethal effects on aquatic organisms are available. We tried to fill this knowledge gap by investigating short-term effects of nCeO2 at environmentally realistic concentrations on two freshwater invertebrates; the amphipod Gammarus roeseli and the bivalve Dreissena polymorpha, using an integrated multibiomarker approach to detect early adverse effects of nCeO2 on organism biology. Differences in the behaviour of the organisms and of nanoparticles in the water column led to differential nCeO2 bioaccumulations, G. roeseli accumulating more cerium than D. polymorpha. Exposure to nCeO2 led to decreases in the size of the lysosomal system, catalase activity and lipoperoxidation in mussel digestive glands that could result from nCeO2 antioxidant properties, but also negatively impacted haemolymph ion concentrations. At the same time, no strong adverse effects of nCeO2 could be observed on G. roeseli. Further experiments will be necessary to confirm the absence of severe nCeO2 adverse effects in long-term environmentally realistic conditions.
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- M Garaud
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France; International Consortium for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (iCEINT), Aix en Provence, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR 7360, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Campus Bridoux, Rue du Général Delestraint, 57070 Metz, France; International Consortium for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (iCEINT), Aix en Provence, France.
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Pain-Devin S, Cossu-Leguille C, Geffard A, Giambérini L, Jouenne T, Minguez L, Naudin B, Parant M, Rodius F, Rousselle P, Tarnowska K, Daguin-Thiébaut C, Viard F, Devin S. Towards a better understanding of biomarker response in field survey: a case study in eight populations of zebra mussels. Aquat Toxicol 2014; 155:52-61. [PMID: 24992287 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
In order to provide reliable information about responsiveness of biomarkers during environmental monitoring, there is a need to improve the understanding of inter-population differences. The present study focused on eight populations of zebra mussels and aimed to describe how variable are biomarkers in different sampling locations. Biomarkers were investigated and summarised through the Integrated Biomarker Response (IBR index). Inter-site differences in IBR index were analysed through comparisons with morphological data, proteomic profiles and genetic background of the studied populations. We found that the IBR index was a good tool to inform about the status of sites. It revealed higher stress in more polluted sites than in cleaner ones. It was neither correlated to proteomic profiles nor to genetic background, suggesting a stronger influence of environment than genes. Meanwhile, morphological traits were related to both environment and genetic background influence. Together these results attest the benefit of using biological tools to better illustrate the status of a population and highlight the need of consider inter-population difference in their baselines.
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- S Pain-Devin
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France.
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Unité Interactions Animal-Environnement EA4689 - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Laboratoire Polymères Biopolymères Surfaces, UMR CNRS 6270, Université de Rouen, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Laboratoire Polymères Biopolymères Surfaces, UMR CNRS 6270, Université de Rouen, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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- Laboratoire Adaptation & Diversité en Milieu Marin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France
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- Laboratoire Adaptation & Diversité en Milieu Marin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France
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- Laboratoire Adaptation & Diversité en Milieu Marin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR 7360 CNRS, Metz, France
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Devin S, Burgeot T, Giambérini L, Minguez L, Pain-Devin S. The integrated biomarker response revisited: optimization to avoid misuse. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2014; 21:2448-54. [PMID: 24078236 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2169-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
Abstract
The growing need to evaluate the quality of aquatic ecosystems led to the development of numerous monitoring tools. Among them, the development of biomarker-based procedures, that combine precocity and relevance, is recommended. However, multi-biomarker approaches are often hard to interpret, and produce results that are not easy to integrate in the environmental policies framework. Integrative index have been developed, and one of the most used is the integrated biomarker response (IBR). However, an analysis of available literature demonstrated that the IBR suffers from a frequent misuse and a bias in its calculation. Then, we propose here a new calculation method based on both a more simple formula and a permutation procedure. Together, these improvements should rightly avoid the misuse and bias that were recorded. Additionally, a case study illustrates how the new procedure enabled to perform a reliable classification of site along a pollution gradient based on biomarker responses used in the IBR calculations.
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Palais F, Dedourge-Geffard O, Beaudon A, Pain-Devin S, Trapp J, Geffard O, Noury P, Gourlay-Francé C, Uher E, Mouneyrac C, Biagianti-Risbourg S, Geffard A. One-year monitoring of core biomarker and digestive enzyme responses in transplanted zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Ecotoxicology 2012; 21:888-905. [PMID: 22252290 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0851-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A 12-month active biomonitoring study was performed in 2008-2009 on the Vesle river basin (Champagne-Ardenne, France) using the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha as a sentinel species; allochthonous mussels originating from a reference site (Commercy) were exposed at four sites (Bouy, Sept-Saulx, Fismes, Ardre) within the Vesle river basin. Selected core biomarkers (acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, glutathione-S transferase (GST) activity, metallothionein concentration), along with digestive enzyme activities (amylase, endocellulase) and energy reserve concentrations (glycogen, lipids), were monitored throughout the study in exposed mussels. At the Fismes and Ardre sites (downstream basin), metallic and organic contamination levels were low but still high enough to elicit AChE and GST activity induction in exposed mussels (chemical stress); besides, chemical pollutants had no apparent deleterious effects on mussel condition. At the Bouy and Sept-Saulx sites (upstream basin), mussels obviously suffered from adverse food conditions which seriously impaired individual physiological state and survival (nutritional stress); food scarcity had however no apparent effects on core biomarker responses. Digestive enzyme activities responded to both chemical and nutritional stresses, the increase in energy outputs (general adaptation syndrome-downstream sites) or the decrease in energy inputs (food scarcity-upstream sites) leading to mid- or long-term induction of digestive carbohydrase activities in exposed mussels (energy optimizing strategy). Complex regulation patterns of these activities require nevertheless the use of a multi-marker approach to allow data interpretation. Besides, their sensitivity to natural confounding environmental factors remains to be precised.
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- F Palais
- EA2069 URVVC-SE, Laboratoire d'Ecologie - Ecotoxicologie, UFR Sciences, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Moulin de Housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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Bourgeault A, Gourlay-Francé C, Vincent-Hubert F, Palais F, Geffard A, Biagianti-Risbourg S, Pain-Devin S, Tusseau-Vuillemin MH. Lessons from a transplantation of zebra mussels into a small urban river: An integrated ecotoxicological assessment. Environ Toxicol 2010; 25:468-478. [PMID: 20549621 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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It is often difficult to evaluate the level of contamination in small urban rivers because pollution is mainly diffuse, with low levels of numerous substances. The use of a coupled approach using both chemical and biological measurements may provide an integrated evaluation of the impact of micro-pollution on the river. Zebra mussels were transplanted along a metal and organic pollution gradient in spring 2008. For two months, mussels and water samples were collected from two sites every two weeks and analyzed for metal and PAH content as well as water physicochemical parameters. Diffusive gradients in thin film (DGT) were also used to assess levels of labile metals. Exposure of mussels to contaminants and potential impact were evaluated using physiological indices and various biomarkers including condition index (CI), defense mechanisms (glutathione-S-transferase: GST), digestive enzymes (amylase and cellulase) and genotoxicity (micronucleus test: MN and comet assay: CA). For most contaminants, the water contamination was significantly higher downstream. Bioaccumulation in zebra mussels was related to water contamination in the framework of the biodynamic model, which allowed us to take into account the biological dilution that was caused by the growth of soft tissue downstream. Thus, metal influxes were on average two times higher downstream than upstream in particular for Zn, Cr, Cu and Cd. Significant differences in condition index were observed (final CI was 0.42 ± 0.03 downstream and 0.31 ± 0.03 upstream) reflecting a better food availability downstream. Moreover a significant decrease of GST activity and digestive enzymes activity in the cristalline style was observed downstream. Interpreting this decrease requires considering not only micro-pollution but also the trophic status related to the water's physicochemistry. The MN test and the CA on gill cells highlighted genotoxicity in mussels transplanted downstream compared to upstream.
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- A Bourgeault
- Cemagref, UR HBAN, Parc de Tourvoie-BP 44, F-92163 Antony, France
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