Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, P.O. Box 69, 85330, Kotor, Montenegro.
National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Fornače 41, 6330, Piran, Slovenia.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2021 Feb;106(2):310-317. doi: 10.1007/s00128-020-03083-6. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
This study aims to explore the spatial and temporal patterns in biomarker responses during early spring and late summer in Mytilus galloprovincialis using samples from two Adriatic Sea ecosystems between 2009 and 2012. The condition index was higher in September at all sampling sites and suggests that mussels can store energy during summer for wintertime spawning and survival through the winter. Over the entire study period, higher values of metallothioneins indicated sites with higher levels of heavy metals (Boka Kotorska Bay), while acetylcholine esterase activity was inhibited at the Gulf of Trieste. Genotoxicity was similar among sampling sites. We summarized biomarker responses in a stress index, IBRv2, and found that sampling sites in the Gulf of Trieste had lower stress levels while the highest stress levels were detected in the Boka Kotorska Bay.
本研究旨在探讨 2009 年至 2012 年间，来自亚得里亚海两个生态系统的贻贝样本中，早春和夏末生物标志物反应的时空模式。在所有采样点，9 月的条件指数较高，这表明贻贝可以在夏季储存能量，以备冬季产卵和越冬。在整个研究期间，较高的金属硫蛋白值表明重金属含量较高的地点（博卡·科托尔斯卡湾），而乙酰胆碱酯酶活性在的里雅斯特湾受到抑制。遗传毒性在采样点之间相似。我们总结了应激指数 IBRv2 中的生物标志物反应，发现的里雅斯特湾的采样点应激水平较低，而博卡·科托尔斯卡湾的应激水平最高。
