Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: A review

Beyer, Jonny; Green, Norman Whitaker; Brooks, Steven; Allan, Ian; Ruus, Anders; Gomes, Tânia; Bråte, Inger Lise Nerland; Schøyen, Merete

doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.07.024

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“…Statistical analysis was performed using MS-Excel or MS-Excel Add-Ins or freely available Internet applications (e.g., VassarStats-Website for Statistical Computation, http://vassa rstat s.net, or StatTools, http:// www.obg.cuhk.edu.hk). The Condition Index (CI) was calculated as follows: (soft body wet weight [g]/shell wet weight [g]) × 100 [3,40]. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to evaluate relationships between biometrical characteristics and chemicals' concentrations.…”

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“…As discussed by Beyer and Green [3] the CI depends on the nutritional and reproductive status of the mussel and may vary quite strongly in the course of the year. Thin shells and high soft body weights are typically associated with rapid growth.…”

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“…being an important food source for other species, like polychaetes, sea stars, sea birds and otters. Moreover, blue mussels are coveted food and thus represent a link between the marine environment and human health [3]. These features in concert with their widespread abundance, their sedentary way of life, and their relatively high tolerance towards environmental conditions make them ideal sentinels for environmental pollution and indicators for marine and coastal biodiversity (e.g., for ICES [4], OSPAR [5], HELCOM [6,7], the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program AMAP [8,9], and the Mussel Watch Programs [10,11]).…”

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Seasonal variability in metal and metalloid burdens of mussels: using data from the German Environmental Specimen Bank to evaluate implications for long-term mussel monitoring programs

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Background: Metal and metalloid concentrations in mussels can vary between seasons. In biota monitoring, the sampling time is therefore an important issue. Within the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) program blue mussels (Mytilus edulis Complex) are sampled regularly since the 1980s. The samples are collected in two-monthly intervals at two North Sea sites and in 6-month intervals at one Baltic Sea site. All samples from one site and year are combined to annual composite samples and archived as sub-samples under cryogenic conditions. In order to investigate a possible reduction of the number of annual sampling intervals while maintaining comparability with the long-term composite sample data, the seasonal variability of metals/metalloids was analyzed based on the half-yearly and bimonthly samples of 2013, 2015 and 2017.Results: In mussels from the North Sea site Eckwarderhoerne seasonality of metals/metalloids was comparable in all 3 years (arsenic being the only exception). At the North Sea site Koenigshafen seasonality of cobalt, nickel, cadmium, copper, lead, and arsenic was comparable in 2013 and 2015 but not in 2017, while selenium showed the same seasonality in all 3 years. Within 1 year, concentrations of metals and metalloids can vary by the same order of magnitude as observed between annual composite samples of different years making it impossible to select just one representative sampling time point per year that would provide the same information as the respective annual composite sample. Conclusions:The findings highlight the importance of carefully selecting the sampling time point when using mussels in biota monitoring. For the German ESB program it is recommended to continue with the current sampling strategy and analyze annual composite samples in order to maintain comparability with the long-term data series, which are a special feature of the ESB.

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“…During the last decades, the approach of determining actual biological effects of contaminants on biota by using various types of biomarkers has been widely elaborated and applied both in laboratory and field studies (van Der Oost 2003; Garmendia et al 2011);Vethaak et al 2017;Sanni et al 2017;Beyer et al 2017). Post-accident monitoring campaigns in relation to marine oil spill disasters such as "Exxon Valdez" (Alaska, USA) in 1989 and "Prestige" (Galicia, Spain) 2002 still showed detectable biological effects in organisms after several years from the accidents when tissue accumulation of hydrocarbons could not be observed anymore (Esler et al 2010).…”

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Biomarker responses and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mytilus trossulus and Gammarus oceanicus during exposure to crude oil

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Sanni

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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In the brackish water Baltic Sea, oil pollution is an ever-present and significant environmental threat mainly due to the continuously increasing volume of oil transport in the area. In this study, effects of exposure to crude oil on two common Baltic Sea species, the mussel Mytilus trossulus and the amphipod Gammarus oceanicus, were investigated. The species were exposed for various time periods (M. trossulus 4, 7, and 14 days, G. oceanicus 4 and 11 days) to three oil concentrations (0.003, 0.04, and 0.30 mg L −1 based on water measurements, nominally aimed at 0.015, 0.120, and 0.750 mg L −1 ) obtained by mechanical dispersion (oil droplets). Biological effects of oil exposure were examined using a battery of biomarkers consisting of enzymes of the antioxidant defense system (ADS), lipid peroxidation, phase II detoxification (glutathione S-transferase), neurotoxicity (acetylcholinesterase inhibition), and geno-and cytotoxicity (micronuclei and other nuclear deformities). In mussels, the results on biomarker responses were examined in connection with data on the tissue accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). In M. trossulus, during the first 4 days of exposure the accumulation of all PAHs in the two highest exposure concentrations was high and was thereafter reduced significantly. Significant increase in ADS responses was observed in M. trossulus at 4 and 7 days of exposure. At day 14, significantly elevated levels of geno-and cytotoxicity were detected in mussels. In G. oceanicus, the ADS responses followed a similar pattern to those recorded in M. trossulus at day 4; however, in G. oceanicus, the elevated ADS response was still maintained at day 11. Conclusively, the results obtained show marked biomarker responses in both study species under conceivable, environmentally realistic oil-in-seawater concentrations during an oil spill, and in mussels, they are related to the observed tissue accumulation of oil-derived compounds.

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“…As filter feeders, a major ecosystem service they provide is water filtration and the vertical transfer of suspended organic and attached inorganic material to the sea floor [3]. Research interest in blue mussels, as demonstrated by a Scopus literature search (with key "Mytilus edulis", key in title/abstract/keywords, only articles, limited to subject areas agriculture, environment, Earth sciences) goes back over a century and had a pronounced peak in the 1990s, along with a maximum in wild catch of blue mussels [4]; recently, renewed interest in blue mussels and filtration services has arisen from the major build-up of new habitats on offshore wind farm support structures [5], as contributors to and possible mitigators of water clarity for European water quality targets [6], or as a sentinel organism to indicate toxin and heavy metal concentrations [7].…”

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North Sea Ecosystem-Scale Model-Based Quantification of Net Primary Productivity Changes by the Benthic Filter Feeder Mytilus edulis

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2018

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Blue mussels are among the most abundant bivalves in shallow water along the German coasts. As filter feeders, a major ecosystem service they provide is water filtration and the vertical transfer of suspended organic and attached inorganic material to the sea floor. Laboratory and field studies previously demonstrated that blue mussels can remove large quantities of plankton from the surrounding water. I here perform numerical experiments that investigate the effect of filtration at the scale of an entire coastal sea—the southern North Sea. These experiments were performed with a state-of-the-art bentho-pelagic coupled hydrodynamic and ecosystem model and used a novel reconstruction of the benthic biomass distribution of blue mussels. The filtration effect was assessed as the simulated change in net primary productivity caused by blue mussels. In shallow water, filtration takes out up to half of the entire annual primary productivity; it is negligible in offshore waters. For the entire basin, the filtration effect is 10%. While many ecosystem models have a global parameterization for filter feeders, the coastal gradient in the filtration effect is usually not considered; our research demonstrates the importance of including spatially heterogeneous filtration in coupled bentho-pelagic ecosystem models if we want to better understand the spatial patterns in shallow water coastal systems.

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Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: A review

Cited by 418 publications

References 423 publications

Seasonal variability in metal and metalloid burdens of mussels: using data from the German Environmental Specimen Bank to evaluate implications for long-term mussel monitoring programs

Seasonal variability in metal and metalloid burdens of mussels: using data from the German Environmental Specimen Bank to evaluate implications for long-term mussel monitoring programs

Biomarker responses and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mytilus trossulus and Gammarus oceanicus during exposure to crude oil

North Sea Ecosystem-Scale Model-Based Quantification of Net Primary Productivity Changes by the Benthic Filter Feeder Mytilus edulis

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