FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Mytilus galloprovincialis as bioindicator in embryotoxicity testing to evaluate sediment quality in the lagoon of Venice (Italy) BT AF ANNAMARIA, V CHIARA, L ALESSANDRA, A ALVISE, B HIS, Edouard FRANCESCO, G AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:2;6:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-DEL-PC;6:; C1 Univ Venice, Dept Environm Sci, I-30123 Venice, Italy. IFREMER, DEL, PC2, F-33120 Arcachon, France. C2 UNIV VENICE, ITALY IFREMER, FRANCE SI ARCACHON SE PDG-DEL-PC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe IF 0.475 TC 23 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-4200.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Elutriates;Autochthonous population;Reproducibility;Bioassay AB The possibility of using Mytilus galloprovincialis from natural populations of the lagoon of Venice in toxicity bioassays based on embryo development, according to international standard methods, was investigated. In order to valuate this method for the lagoon, iterative steps including evaluation of reproducibility, sensitivity and discriminatory capacity towards some pure substances and environmental samples were performed. Evaluation of sensitivity towards a reference toxicant (copper) evidenced good replicability and repeatability. Results showed that natural population is better than hatchery population for performing bioassays. Evaluation of applicability to elutriates revealed that the method is able to discriminate among sediments of the lagoon of Venice at different typologies and levels of contamination, showing an important effect for almost all study sites. PY 2005 PD DEC SO Chemistry and Ecology SN 0275-7540 PU Taylor & Francis VL 21 IS 6 UT 000234484000005 BP 455 EP 463 DI 10.1080/02757540500438516 ID 4200 ER EF