Integrated monitoring of chemicals and their effects on four sentinel species, Limanda limanda, Platichthys flesus, Nucella lapillus and Mytilus sp, in Seine Bay: A key step towards applying biological effects to monitoring

Type Article
Date 2017-03
Language English
Author(s) Burgeot Thierry1, Akcha Farida1, Menard Dominique1, Robinson Craig2, Loizeau VeroniqueORCID1, Brach-Papa ChristopheORCID1, Martinez-Gomez Concepcion3, Le Goff Jeremie4, Budzinski Helene5, Le Menach Karine5, Cachot Jerome5, Minier Christophe6, Broeg Katja7, Hylland Ketil8
Affiliation(s) 1 : IFREMER, Dept Biogeochem & Ecotoxicol, Rue Ile Yeu,BP 21105, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
2 : Marine Lab, Marine Scotland Sci, 375 Victoria Rd, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, Scotland.
3 : Inst Espagriol Oceanog, Oceanog Ctr Murcia, Varadero 1, Murcia 30740, Spain.
4 : AdnTox, Ctr Francois Baclesse, GRECAN, Ave Gen Harris, F-14076 Caen 05, France.
5 : Univ Bordeaux, Lab EPOC, UMR CNRS 5805, F-33615 Pessac, France.
6 : Univ Havre, UMR SEBIO, Lab Ecotoxicol LEMA, 25 Rue P Lebon, F-76058 Le Havre, France.
7 : Fed Maritime & Hydrog Agcy Germany BSH, Benhard Nocht Str 78, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany.
8 : Univ Oslo, Dept Biosci, Pb 1066, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.
Source Marine Environmental Research (0141-1136) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2017-03 , Vol. 124 , P. 92-105
DOI 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.10.009
WOS© Times Cited 23
Note The ICON Project (the trans-European research project on field studies related to a large-scale sampling and monitoring
Keyword(s) Biomarkers, Bioassays, Chemical contamination, Integrated monitoring in chemistry and biology, Local study, Large geographical scale
Abstract The International workshop on Integrated Assessment of CONtaminants impacts on the North sea (ICON) provided a framework to validate the application of chemical and biological interpretation thresholds (BACs and EACs) in the Seine Bay in France. Bioassays (oyster larval anomalies, Corophium arenarium toxicity assay and DR Calux) for sediment and biomarkers: ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, lysosomal membrane stability (LMS), DNA strand breaks using the comet assay, DNA adducts, micronucleus (MN), PAH metabolites, intersex and fish external pathologies were analyzed in four marine sentinel species (Platichthys flesus, Limanda limanda, Mytilus sp. and Nucella lapilus). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals were analyzed in biota and sediment. Results for sediment and four species in 2008–2009 made it possible to quantify the impact of contaminants using thresholds (Environmental Assessment Criteria/EAC2008: 70% and EAC2009: 60%) and effects (EAC2008: 50% and EAC2009: 40%) in the Seine estuary. The Seine estuary is ranked among Europe's most highly polluted sites.
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Burgeot Thierry, Akcha Farida, Menard Dominique, Robinson Craig, Loizeau Veronique, Brach-Papa Christophe, Martinez-Gomez Concepcion, Le Goff Jeremie, Budzinski Helene, Le Menach Karine, Cachot Jerome, Minier Christophe, Broeg Katja, Hylland Ketil (2017). Integrated monitoring of chemicals and their effects on four sentinel species, Limanda limanda, Platichthys flesus, Nucella lapillus and Mytilus sp, in Seine Bay: A key step towards applying biological effects to monitoring. Marine Environmental Research, 124, 92-105. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.10.009 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00357/46789/