Can the Activities of Acetylcholinesterase and Glutathione S-Transferases of Crangon crangon (L.) be Used as Biomarkers of Fuel Oil Exposure?

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

Menezes, S (Autor) Outra; Soares, AMVM (Autor) Outra; Guilhermino, L. (Autor) ICBAS; Peck, MR (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Vol. 208

Páginas: 317-322

ISSN: 0049-6979

Editora: Springer Nature

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências biológicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-7BX

DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0169-7

Abstract (EN): This work aimed to determine the sensitivity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and glutathione S-transferases (GST) activities of Crangon crangon (L.) to the water-accommodated fraction (WAF) of the fuel oil spilled by the oil tanker Prestige, in order to assess their usefulness as markers for this kind of pollution. Laboratory exposure of shrimps to WAF of weathered Prestige fuel oil showed no significant interference with AChE activity. Significant induction of GST activity was observed, potentially as a result of high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. However, these results were only obtained with the higher WAF concentrations tested. It was concluded that AChE and GST activities of C. crangon were not useful biomarkers for short-term exposure to the WAF of fuel oil spilled by the tanker Prestige and carried to the beaches of Galicia (NW Spain).

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6