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TABLE 15.3
Selected Examples of Biomarker-Based Monitoring Programs in Asian Countries Since 2000
Biomarkers/Details of the
Techniques or Related
Technologies
Country/
Region
Monitoring
Programs/Studies
Status
References
Cambodia,
China, Hong
Kong, India,
Indonesia,
Japan, South
Korea,
Malaysia, the
Philippines,
Singapore and
Vietnam
Biomonitoring of
contaminants:
Asia-Pacific
Mussel Watch
Green-lipped mussels
Perna
viridis
and/or blue mussels
Mytilus edulis
:
•Butyltin compounds (BTs)
including mono-, di-, and
tributyltin, and total tin (∑Sn)
•Polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDEs) including
BDE-3, BDE-15, BDE-28,
BDE-47, BDE-99, BDE-100,
BDE-153, BDE-154, BDE-183,
BDE-196, BDE-197, BDE-206,
BDE-207, and BDE-209
•Organochlorines (OCs)
including polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), DDTs,
HCHs, chlordane related
compounds (CHLs), and
hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
R&D
Sudaryanto et al.
2002;
Monirith et al.
2003;
Ramu et al. 2007
Hong Kong
SAR, China
Monitoring of
biomarkers and
biological
indicators in
coastal waters
(1) Rabbit fish
Siganus oramin
:
PAHs and PCBs in muscle;
Condition Factor (CF),
Hepatosomatic Index (HSI),
and Gonadosomatic Index
(GSI); ethoxyresoruin-
O
-
deethylase (EROD) enzyme
activities and accumulation
of secondary/tertiary
lysosomes
R&D
Au 2004; Fang et al.
2009a, b, 2010
(2)
Siganus oramin
and pony fish
Leiognathus brevirostris
: CF,
HIS, and GSI; fin erosion and
epidermal hyperplasia;
EROD activities in liver
A
HKEPD 2007
(3) Green-lipped mussel
Perna viridis
:
PAH and PCB body burdens.
R&D
A
Fang et al. 2009c
HKEPD 2007
Lysosomal integrity.
(4) Gastropod
Thais clavigera
:
relative penis size index
(RPSI) (imposex) as a
biomarker of tributyltin
(TBT) contamination
A
HKEPD 2007
South Korea
Biomarker
responses in
coastal waters
(1) Rockfish
Sebastes schleegeli
and marbled flounder
Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
:
Biliary PAH metabolites and
hepatic biomarkers after the
Hebei Spirit
oil spill incident
R&D
Jung et al. 2011
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