Biomarkers of Genotoxicity for In Situ Studies at Individual and Population Levels - Ecological Biomarkers: Indicators of Ecotoxicological Effects - page 335

Nordic coasts
Iceland (IS)
Norway (NO)
Baltic Sea

Mytilus sp . references

+ poll sites
Reykjavik
Norway
Sweden SW
Baltic
Remote site

Oct 2000 0.5-1.2 gills ΣPA H 32 40-240 Skarphédinsdottir

et al. 2007

10
10
2.8
2.6
3.8

11,670
5120
925
1330
100

Mediterranean
Sea
Riviera (F)

Mytilus
galloprovincialis

Carteau gills

9 -33 spring
19-28 summer
3-45 winter
17-44 spring
6-54 summer

Bodin et al. 2004

ΣPA H 13
ΣPCB 9
Σmetals
As, Cd, Cr,
Cu, Hg, Pb
Ni, Zn

101 ± 60 Σtissues
90 ± 27
202 ± 78

1999

2000

Ionian Sea M.

galloprovincialis

2001 3-66 gills

0.1-33 digest. gl.
8-53 gills
0.8-45 digest. gl.

Pisoni et al. 2004

2002

Venice lagoon
(IT)

Zosterisessor
ophiocephalus

site1 -poll 1998

summer

5.9 ± 4 gills
5.1 ± 4 liver
20.6 ± 14 gills
4.7 ± 4 liver

Site1/site 7
101/1058 ng/g
d.w. lipids

Venier and
Zampieron 2005 ΣPA H 16

site7 +poll

Aroclor 1254

153/1176 ng/g

M.
galloprovincialis

site1 -poll
site7 +poll

1999
summer

4.3 ± 0.6 gills
37 ± 1.2 gills

+ 1260 d.w. lipids

Note: PAH concentrations in soft tissues in mussels or in sediments ( in italic ), PAH biliary metabolites in ish or other measured parameters. NS, not signiicant;
ref, reference; ctm, contaminated; f.w., fresh weight; d.w., dry weight; ND, not detected; nd, no data; prot., protein; pt, point; spm, settling particulate matter;
m., males; fem., females; juv., juveniles; ad., adults; Poll., polluted; -poll, less polluted; +poll, the most polluted.
a Adduct enrichment method by butanol extraction (numbers in italic) or by using P1 nuclease.
b μg/kg fresh tissue expressed in equivalent 1-hydroxypyrene (biliary FACs, biliary luorescent aromatic compounds measured in the bile; THC, total
hydrocarbons).
c Mean results (in ng/g d.w. soft tissues) of three samples of zebra mussels, collected in June 2001, June 2003, and June 2004.
*

Signiicantly different from control site.