| dna adducts as indicators of genotoxic exposure in indigenous and transplanted mussels, mytilus edulis l. from icelandic coastal sites. | indigenous mussels, mytilus edulis, were collected at sites with supposed different amounts of pollution; reykjavík harbour, keflavík harbour, grafarvogur and hvalfjördur (reference), along the south-western coast of iceland in march 2000. mussels from hvalfjördur and reykjavík harbour were also collected in august the same year. additionally, mussels were transplanted from the reference site to reykjavík harbour for 6 weeks during both winter and summer for comparison. dna adducts were analysed ... | 2002 | 11943615 |
| dna strand breakage in mussels (mytilus edulis l.) deployed in intertidal and subtidal zone in reykjavík harbour. | dna single-strand breaks were analysed in the blue mussel (mytilus edulis l.) deployed in intertidal and subtidal zones in the pah contaminated reykjavík harbour and at a reference site, hvalfjörethur, iceland. dna strand breaks were analysed by comet assay in isolated gill and haemocyte cells from six mussels from each site and depth. increased dna damage in both gill cells and haemocytes were observed in mussels deployed in reykjavík harbour compared to the reference site. intertidal mussels f ... | 2004 | 15178112 |
| the effect of pollution on scope for growth of the mussel (mytilus edulis l.) in iceland. | in order to evaluate effects of contaminants at high latitudes, the effects on scope for growth (sfg) were evaluated for both transplanted and resident blue mussel (mytilus edulis l.) near large and small harbours in iceland. low sfg values were found for mussels at the mouth and in the inner part of the large reykjavík harbour, which could be attributed to elevated levels of organotins and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. mussels in smaller and/or less polluted harbours and sites off reykjavík harbou ... | 2005 | 15325135 |
| lysosomal responses and metallothionein induction in the blue mussel mytilus edulis from the south-west coast of iceland. | it has recently been emphasized that high levels of inorganic and organic micropollutants (particularly organometals, pops and pahs) may be present in coastal waters at high latitudes, stressing the need to evaluate the effects of contaminants on marine organisms from sub-arctic zones. with this aim, specimens of the blue mussel mytilus edulis were sampled in polluted and reference areas along the south-west coast of iceland in july 2004. samples were collected from the intertidal zone at three ... | 2007 | 17215043 |
| dna adducts and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (pah) tissue levels in blue mussels (mytilus spp.) from nordic coastal sites. | dna adducts in gills and digestive gland, as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (pah) tissue levels were analysed in blue mussels (mytilus spp.) from nordic coastal areas (iceland, norway and sweden) with diffuse or point sources of pahs of various origins. both dna adduct and pah tissue levels were generally low, indicating low pah exposure to the mussels in the areas studied. dna adducts were found to be higher in gills than in digestive gland of the mussels at all sites studied. elevated ... | 2007 | 17537501 |
| immediate biomarker responses to benzo[a]pyrene in polluted and unpolluted populations of the blue mussel (mytilus edulis l.) at high-latitudes. | immediate biomarker responses of two high-latitude populations of the blue mussel mytilus edulis to benzo[a]pyrene (b[a]p) were evaluated. mussels collected from a clean and a polluted site in southwest iceland were exposed to the nominal dose of 100 microg b[a]p l(-l) for 3 h, after 4 days of acclimatization in clean seawater. to test the sensitivity to the toxicant and immediate biological responses, the following biomarkers were used: dna single strand breaks, heart rate and feeding rate. all ... | 2008 | 18063033 |