Intersex in Littorina littorea and DNA damage in Mytilus edulis as indicators of harbour polllution

Jette Rank

doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.12.008

Intersex in Littorina littorea and DNA damage in Mytilus edulis as indicators of harbour polllution

Jette Rank

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Abstract

Intersex in snails (Littorina littorea) and DNA damage in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) were analysed to assess how these bio-indicators reflected the level of chemical contamination at two sites in a highly contaminated harbour in Denmark. The comet assay using mussel gill cells was an indicator of exposure to genotoxic chemicals, and the intersex index (ISI) observed in snails was an indicator of exposure to butyltin (BT) compounds. Biota and sediments were analysed for heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn), butyltin compounds (TBT, DBT and MBT), nine PCB congeners and 19 PAH compounds. The biological effects were found to reflect the levels of the chemicals, and it was concluded that intersex in L. littorea and DNA damage in M. edulis can be used as bio-indicators of harbour pollution

Original language	English
Journal	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Volume	72
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	1271-1277
ISSN	0147-6513
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.12.008
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Littorina littorea
Intersex
Mytilus edulis
DNA damage
Comet assay
Butyltin compounds
Heavy metals
PCBs
PAHs

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10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.12.008

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